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3:35 PM ET, January 28, 2012

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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
NBC, Tom Brokaw ask Romney to take down ad with news footage  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — Mitt Romney may have hoped that by featuring former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw in his new campaign ad, he could lend to his attacks on Newt Gingrich the credence of one of the country's most eminent journalists.
Discussion: CNN, Wake up America and Hot Air
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Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Newt Gingrich Campaign Leaking Hot Air Ahead Of Florida Primary, GOP Insiders Say … 2012 Elections , Marco Rubio , Mitt Romney , Newt Gingrich 2012 , Elections 2012 , Florida , Newt Gingrich , Politics , Sarah Palin , Video , Florida Primary , Florida Debate , South Carolina …
Niall Stanage / Ballot Box:
Gingrich camp confronts visiting Romney surrogates  —  Delray Beach, Fla. — Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) found his own tactics turned against him during a Newt Gingrich event here Friday afternoon.  —  Chaffetz, a Mitt Romney supporter, has been turning up at Gingrich events during the past two days …
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Cannibals in GOP Establishment Employ Tactics of the Left
Ginger Gibson / The Politico:
Sarah Palin: Newt Gingrich's secret weapon
Discussion: CNN, Reuters and TBogg
Nancy Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Impeach Obama?  —  Grover Norquist predicts a rebellion if President Obama wins reelection and doesn't extend the Bush tax cuts. … While other Washington insiders are wringing their hands over the lack of action expected on Capitol Hill in this election year, Grover Norquist is studying his color-coded maps.
Guardian:
Sun journalists arrested in corruption investigation  —  Met police search News International's headquarters in Wapping as four current and former Sun employees are arrested  —  Four current and former senior Sun journalists and one serving police officer have been arrested as part …
Matt Campbell / Kansas City Star:
Cleaver aids woman in trouble  —  U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver came to the aid of a woman in distress on Friday.  —  The congressman was in Kansas City to attend a meeting regarding the Green Impact Zone and was riding in a car near 44th Street and Troost Avenue before 10 a.m. when he spotted someone waving …
Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press and CNN
Politics:
Elizabeth Warren Says She's Not In The 1%  —  In fact, she is.  The liberal standard-bearer's wealth is in the eight-figures.  —  Source: youtube.com  —  The rhetoric of class and inequality is back in force, and Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren — the standard-bearer …
Conal Urquhart / Guardian:
‘Inexcusable’ language on immigration alienating Latino voters, Republicans told  —  Florida senator Marco Rubio and former governor Jeb Bush warn party's frontrunners not to use ‘harsh and intolerable’ language  —  Senior Republicans including the brother of the former president George Bush …
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Rosie Gray / Politics:
Cooter From Dukes Of Hazzard Really, Really Hates Newt Gingrich  —  Ben Jones played Cooter and also ran against Gingrich for a seat in Congress.  He's the latest 90s figure to come out of the woodwork to stop Newt.  —  The actor who played Cooter on Dukes of Hazzard is joining the ranks …
Discussion: BuzzFeed
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Joe Scarborough / Reuters:
The Newt I know  —  Yeah, yeah.  I know.  Newt Gingrich …
Discussion: NO QUARTER, Hot Air and New York Times
The Politico:
Dems bash, bank secret cash  —  Democrats have seized on Republicans as the party of unlimited secret money.  —  The only problem: so are Democrats.  —  In recent days, Obama released an ad blasting “secretive oil billionaires” for attacks on him, Nancy Pelosi unveiled a campaign slogan calling for …
Discussion: Right Wing News and ABCNEWS
Jack and Suzy Welch:
Ron Paul and the pink slip that could decide the election  —  Have you ever woken up in the morning knowing you have to let someone go and just felt sick to your stomach?  It's the worst part of work, isn't it?  Even when it's absolutely necessary — the money isn't there or the employee …
Discussion: Mediaite and Politics
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Readies IPO Filing  —  Morgan Stanley Seen Leading Deal Valuing Giant at $75 Billion to $100 Billion  —  Facebook Inc. could file papers for its initial public offering as early as next week, people familiar with the matter said, as anticipation mounts for what is likely to be one of the biggest debuts for a U.S. company.
New York Times:
Close Ties to Goldman Enrich Romney's Public and Private Lives  —  Goldman Sachs, which manages Mitt Romney's family's fortune, is also his largest source of campaign contributions.  —  Romney Goes on Offensive in Florida, Bolstered by Debate Performance
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Obama bashes congressional obstruction in weekly address  —  (CNN) - In his weekly address Saturday, President Barack Obama took aim at Congressional Republicans blocking White House nominations and pieces of legislation for what he said were political ends.
Discussion: The Politico
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Scott Wong / The Politico:
Lee vows to block Obama nominees
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Stinque and ACS Blog
 
 
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