memeorandum: Campaign 2016: E-publish or perish (Ben Schreckinger/Politico)

Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:

GOP pounces on Obama's tax plan — Republicans pounced on President Obama's tax plan that he will unveil during Tuesday's State of the Union Address as little more than a partisan stunt with virtually no chance of passing in the GOP-controlled Congress. — A senior White House officials …

Discussion: The Nation and Moe Lane

Obama Will Seek to Raise Taxes on Wealthy to Finance Cuts for Middle Class — WASHINGTON — President Obama will use his State of the Union address to call on Congress to raise taxes and fees on the wealthiest taxpayers and the largest financial firms to finance an array of tax cuts for the middle class …

Dave Jamieson / The Huffington Post:

Obama To Propose Tax Hikes On Wealthy, Breaks For Middle Class — During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will lay out a plan to extend tax credits to the middle class by hiking taxes on wealthier Americans and big banks, according to senior administration officials.

Discussion: Fox News, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Daily Kos

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

The reinvention of Mitt Romney — Former Obama campaign aides mock their 2012 opponent's new anti-poverty crusade. — Mitt Romney, sudden champion of Americans trying to make ends meet — it's coming off to progressives and veterans of Obama's winning re-election campaign as a little too rich.

Discussion: Political Wire

Darren McCollester / ABC News:

‘This Week’ Transcript: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee — Below is a rush transcript and may contain errors. It will be updated. — MARTHA RADDATZ, HOST: Joining us now, former Arkansas governor, Mike Huckabee, author of “God, Guns, Grits and Gravy.”

Discussion: Bloomberg Politics and Politico

Nancy Cordes / CBS News:
Mitt Romney jokes about 2016 “speculation” at RNC meeting

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine and Talking Points Memo

Washington Post:
Romney, moving toward 2016 run, outlines vision to eradicate poverty

Discussion: The Mahablog, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Hinterland Gazette, The Moderate Voice, Telegraph, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite, Washington Monthly, New York Times, Politico and NBC News

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Not Just A Movie — WASHINGTON — I WENT Friday morning to see “Selma” and found myself watching it in a theater full of black teenagers. — Thanks to donations, D.C. public school kids got free tickets to the first Hollywood movie about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday weekend …

Discussion: Althouse, Washington Post, Booman Tribune and Liberal Values

Jack Healy / New York Times:

Odd Byproduct of Legal Marijuana: Homes That Blow Up — DENVER — When Colorado legalized marijuana two years ago, nobody was quite ready for the problem of exploding houses. — But that is exactly what firefighters, courts and lawmakers across the state are confronting these days …

Discussion: Raw Story

Ben Schreckinger / Politico:

Campaign 2016: E-publish or perish — Why some 2016 candidates are ditching the staid pre-presidential book for a new format. — The pre-presidential campaign book — that quadrennial rite in which anyone running for president, thinking about running or even denying they're running releases …

Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:

Police In St. Louis County Admit They Beat Up The Wrong Young Black Man — Police in St. Louis County, MO are apologizing for beating up and handcuffing a 22-year-old student who they mistook for a suspect in a car chase Thursday afternoon. But the college junior, Joseph Swink …

Discussion: Liberaland, FreakOutNation and FOX2now.com

Discussion: Raw Story

Patrick Temple-West / Politico:

Graham ‘definitely’ eyeing 2016 presidential bid — Sen. Lindsey Graham acknowledged on Sunday he's seriously exploring a bid for the Republican presidential nomination. — Asked on NBC's “Meet the Press” if he had started polling voters about his chances in 2016, Graham said he is not polling …

Discussion: Political Wire

Peter Baker / New York Times:

The Bushes, as Distinct and Alike as Brothers Can Be — WASHINGTON — One day last fall, former President George W. Bush called Mel Sembler, a Republican donor from Florida who had served as his ambassador to Italy. Mr. Sembler had just had a pacemaker implanted into his chest, and his wife had also recently had surgery.

Mary Kay Mallonee / CNN:

Supreme Court agrees to take on same-sex marriage issue — Newlyweds Jeff Delmay and Todd Delmay hug during a marriage ceremony in a Miami courtroom on Monday, January 5. Florida began allowing same-sex marriages after a judge — following similar rulings across the nation — struck down the state's old law banning such unions.

Discussion: Raw Story