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11:35 AM ET, January 26, 2012

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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Thou Shalt Not Write Bad Things About Obama  —  Drudge has a story about Obama getting off of Air Force One in Arizona, greeting Republican governor Jan Brewer, and immediately giving her a piece of his mind.  Evidently our president did not appreciate something Brewer wrote about him.
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Donovan Slack / The Politico:
Brewer?s tense exchange with Obama  —  It was a tense moment on the tarmac.  —  President Obama, alighting from the stairs of Air Force One in Phoenix this afternoon, was greeted by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, who handed him an envelope and the two exchanged what appeared to be some heated sentiments.
Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:
Obama, Ariz. governor in heated exchange  —  President Obama got into a verbal dust-up with the governor of Arizona Wednesday.  —  Republican Jan Brewer and Mr. Obama got into a finger-pointing conversation when the president arrived in Phoenix.  —  She says he was upset about the description …
Discussion: Associated Press and The Reaction
Drudge Report:
OBAMA HAS HEATED ARGUMENT WITH AZ GOV
Paige Lavender / The Huffington Post:
Jan Brewer, Obama Face Off Over Book, Immigration Issues
Discussion: The Raw Story
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
On visit to Arizona, Obama and Gov. Brewer spar over her book
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Brewer On Heated Argument With Obama: “He Was A Little Tense”
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: A turning point for Obama?  —  Are we seeing a turning point on the economy and for President Obama? ...  It's a coin flip in Florida ... The candidates debate one last time before voters go to the polls there - what to watch for ... It's Vegas, baby, Vegas for Obama …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Polls Suggest Gingrich's Support May Have Peaked  —  Polling released within the past 24 hours suggests that Mitt Romney may have stopped and possibly reversed Newt Gingrich's momentum before the Florida primary on Tuesday.  —  The FiveThirtyEight forecast model still projects Mr. Gingrich …
Marc Caputo / MiamiHerald.com:
Gingrich yanks attack ad on Romney after Sen. Rubio says it's unfair
Discussion: Mediaite
Ben Smith / Reuters:
Mitt Romney's immigration dilemma
Discussion: msnbc.com and The Daily Caller
Dylan Byers / The Politico:
Gingrich admits ABC claim was false  —  After nearly a week on the defensive, CNN's John King reports tonight that Newt Gingrich's claim about offering witnesses to ABC News in his defense — to rebut the network's interview with his second wife, Marianne Gingrich — was not true.
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A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Gingrich campaign admits error  —  (CNN) - Newt Gingrich's campaign admitted Wednesday night the former House speaker was inaccurate when he claimed his team offered several witnesses to ABC News to refute statements made by Gingrich's second wife in a controversial interview aired last week.
Discussion: GOP 12
Kevinliptak / CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: Dead heat in Florida ahead of debate
Paul Roderick Gregory / EconWorld:
Warren Buffett's Secretary Likely Makes Between $200,000 And $500,000/Year  —  Warren Buffett's secretary, Debbie Bosanek, served as a stage prop for President Obama's State of the Union speech.  She was the president's chief display of the alleged unfairness of our tax system …
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ABCNEWS:
Warren Buffett and His Secretary Talk Taxes  —  ABC News' Seniboye Tienabeso reports:  —  In a week when taxes and tax returns have dominated the headlines, billionaire investor Warren Buffett jumped back into the political debate and showed his returns exclusively to ABC News' Bianna Golodryga …
Wall Street Journal:
Economy Gives Obama a Lift  —  Mitt Romney mounted a fresh attack on President Barack Obama's stewardship of the economy Wednesday, while a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll raised caution signs for Mr. Romney's strategy of putting the economy at the center of his campaign.
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NBC's Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Obama benefits from growing economic optimism
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Gingrich pledges moon colony during presidency
Discussion: The Page
David Weigel / Slate:
Newt's Moon Speech: Not Actually Crazy
Discussion: Politics, The PJ Tatler and Hot Air
Eric Pfeiffer / Associated Press:
Former President John Tyler's (1790-1862) grandchildren still alive  —  Former President John Tyler, born 221 years ago, still has two living grandchildren.  The one-term president isn't a well-known historical figure; he's probably best remembered for helping to push through the annexation of Texas in 1845 …
Discussion: National Review
Investor's Business Daily:
36 Obama aides owe $833,000 in back taxes  —  Pete Souza / White House (Obama addresses his White House staff, file)  —  How embarrassing this must be for President Obama, whose major speech theme so far this campaign season has been that every single American, no matter how rich, should pay their “fair share” of taxes.
New York Times:
The iEconomy: Apple's iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China  —  A staggering manufacturing system in China has made it possible for Apple and other companies to make devices almost as quickly as they can be dreamed up, but for workers, it can be dangerous.
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Disclose Act: Super PAC Transparency Legislation To Be Introduced By House Democrats … Elections 2010 , Campaign Finance Reform , Chris Van Hollen , DISCLOSE Act , Politics News , Dccc , Disclose Act House , Disclose Act Karl Rove , Disclose Act Van Hollen , Super Pac , Super Pacs Disclose , Politics News
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Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:   John McCain Goes Off Message, Predicts ‘Major Scandal’ Related To Unlimited Political Giving
David Adams / Reuters:
Florida's Rubio a star, but an unlikely VP pick  —  (Reuters) - He could be the Republican vice presidential candidate from central casting: telegenic, Hispanic and a fiscal conservative who has been embraced by the Tea Party.  —  That is why Florida Senator Marco Rubio …
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Jeb Bush / Washington Post:
Four ways Republicans can win Hispanics back
Christy Hoppe / Dallas Morning News:
Perry's job approval plunges after failed presidential run, News poll shows  —  Gov. Rick Perry, campaigning last week at a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Murrells Inlet, S.C., before he exited the presidential race, has seen his job approval rating plunge in Texas, according to a new poll.
Lee Drutman / Sunlight Foundation:
On FIRE: How the Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Sector Drove the Growth of the Political One Percent of the One Percent  —  In the last two decades, finance, insurance, and real estate have made many individuals quite rich, propelling them to stratospheric levels of wealth.
Discussion: Washington Wire
 
 
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Jim Vandeheiand Mike Allen / The Politico:
The right drops a bomb on Newt
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Ener1, Inc. Reaches Agreement With Primary Investors and Lenders on Plan to Reduce Debt and Secure …
Ken Mehlman / unionleader.com:
Republicans should be for same-sex marriage
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
IED attacks in Afghanistan set record
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Warren Strobel / Reuters:
Obama set to speed aid to Egypt: official
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Gingrich and Reagan  —  In the increasingly rough Republican campaign …
 

 
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