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5:20 PM ET, December 7, 2011

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Gingrich or Romney: McCain prepares to play kingmaker in 2012 GOP primary  —  Arizona Sen. John McCain, the GOP presidential nominee in 2008, is moving toward endorsing a candidate for 2012.  —  Republican sources familiar with his thinking say he will probably endorse his onetime political enemy, Mitt Romney.
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Romney Losing Among Fox News Viewers  —  If there were a Fox News primary, Mitt Romney would be losing it.  —  Among Republican voters in Iowa, nearly 40 percent say they get most of their news from the network and its many conservative hosts, according to the most recent New York Times poll.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Colorado shows GOP electability differences
Discussion: Hot Air and Ballot Box
Jackie Kucinich / USA Today:
Romney says he'd consider naming his Cabinet early
Rob Stein / Washington Post:
Obama administration refuses to relax Plan B restrictions  —  The federal government Wednesday rejected a request to let young teenage girls buy the controversial morning-after pill Plan B directly off drugstore and supermarket shelves without a prescription.
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Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:
Ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years  —  Disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison after he made a final plea for leniency, acknowledging his guilt and saying, “I am unbelievably sorry.”  —  “I believe he did, in fact, accept [responsibility] …
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Chicago Tribune:
Blagojevich gets 14 years
Michael Pollak / New York Times:
Harry Morgan, Colonel Potter on ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 96  —  Harry Morgan, the prolific character actor best known for playing the acerbic but kindly Colonel Potter in the long-running television series “M*A*S*H,” died Wednesday morning at his home in Los Angeles.  He was 96.
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Fewer Veterans to Remember Pearl Harbor Day
Associated Press:
Pearl Harbor attack remembered at 70th anniversary
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and UrbanGrounds
Swampland:
Topline Results of Nov. 29-Dec. 6, 2011, CNN/TIME/ORC Poll  —  FLORIDA  —  BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH 446 REGISTERED REPUBLICANS WHO ARE LIKELY TO VOTE IN THE FLORIDA REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY — SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 4.5 PERCENTAGE PTS.  —  1. If the Republican presidential primary were held today …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
CNN Poll: Gingrich front-runner in 3 of first 4 states to vote
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William Galston / The New Republic:
What Israelis Hear When Obama Officials Talk About Iran
Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Documents: ATF used “Fast and Furious” to make the case for gun regulations  —  Documents obtained by CBS News show that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) discussed using their covert operation “Fast and Furious” to argue for controversial new rules about gun sales.
Michael Kazin / The New Republic:
Why a Gingrich vs. Obama Matchup Would Be Good For the Country  —  I sincerely hope Newt Gingrich wins the Republican nomination for president: It could bring a healthy candor to our politics and end up boosting the fortunes of liberalism as well.  Now, I realize the former Speaker may not be able …
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
My Confession  —  The problem with Mitt Romney is the inconsistencies in his record.
Discussion: Money & Politics Blog and GOP 12
Tom Kennedy / Telegraph:
Nasa's Voyager 1 in ‘cosmic purgatory’ on verge of entering Milky Way  —  Nasa's Voyager 1 has entered a new region of space between the Solar System and interstellar space in what Nasa has described as a ‘cosmic purgatory’.  —  Nasa's Voyager 1 spacecraft
Discussion: Clayton Cramer's Blog
Washington Examiner:
Transcript of our interview with Mitt Romney  —  MARK TAPSCOTT: From the very beginning of this race you've drawn support from about 25 percent of Republican voters and there's been a succession of “not Romney” shooting stars, if you will, who shot up and then down.
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Rick Perry TV ad hits President Obama ‘war on religion’  —  Rick Perry's latest spot in his Iowa ad buy rotation is another faith-based appeal, but one that has one of the most audible dog-whistles so far this cycle about President Obama.  —  In the spot, “Strong,” Perry says …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama's Kansas speech: some suspect facts  —  “I mean, understand, it's not as if we haven't tried this theory.  Remember in those years, in 2001 and 2003, Congress passed two of the most expensive tax cuts for the wealthy in history.  And what did they get us?  The slowest job growth in half a century.”
Susan Crabtree / Washington Times:
Gingrich struggles on state deadlines for filing  —  May not make ballot in Ohio  —  Newt Gingrich is surging in the presidential polls, but his campaign organization has not caught up - making it possible he'll miss Wednesday's deadline to file enough signatures to even appear on Ohio's primary ballot.
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Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
The Gingrich who stole Christmas?
Discussion: Ballot Box and Business Insider
Fox News:
Lawmakers Blast Administration For Calling Fort Hood Massacre ‘Workplace Violence’  —  Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday blasted the Defense Department for classifying the Fort Hood massacre as workplace violence and suggested political correctness is being placed above the security of the nation's Armed Forces at home.
Kathy Matheson / Associated Press:
Death penalty dropped against Mumia Abu-Jamal  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, meaning he will spend the rest of his life in prison for gunning down a white police officer nearly 30 years ago.
Curtis Cartier / The Daily Weekly:
Crystal Cox, Oregon Blogger, Isn't a Journalist, Concludes U.S. Court—Imposes $2.5 Million Judgement on Her  —  ​A U.S. District Court judge in Portland has drawn a line in the sand between “journalist” and “blogger.”  And for Crystal Cox, a woman on the latter end of that comparison, the distinction has cost her $2.5 million.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The right's problems with children's entertainment  —  You've likely heard about Fox News targeting the Muppets, but it's worth appreciating the extent to which this ties into a larger pattern. … Bolling actually went after Muppets twice, first accusing the movie of trying to …
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Chuck Grassley: Lanny Breuer must go  —  The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, demanded the resignation of Lanny Breuer, a senior Justice Department official, for what he said was Breuer's “lack of judgment” and for misleading Congress.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and CNN
Ishaan Tharoor / Time:
1. Occupy Wall Street Protests Spread  —  On Sept. 17, a couple hundred protesters demonstrating against the excesses of corporate execs and the pervasive influence of high finance in U.S. politics set up camp in Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park and refused to leave.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Why Newt's surge is for real  —  Washington is waking up to a prospect that a week ago seemed far-fetched.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Limbaugh Declares Fox News and National Review to Be Un-Conservative  —  The talk-radio host takes right-wing heretic-hunting to its logical conclusion … Has there ever been a less conservative sentiment uttered than the one above?  —  Yet its creator, Rush Limbaugh …
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and Hit & Run
 
 
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Seung Min Kim / Reuters:
Jon Corzine gets a third Hill subpoena
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Byron Tau / The Politico:
Obama unveils new border rules
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Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Romney wouldn't recommend Romneycare for states
Discussion: Daily Kos
Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
The cost of switching to an insurance exchange
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Political Mojo
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Did Israel Train American Interrogators in Torture?
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 Earlier Items: 
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Democrat says GOP trying to deny blacks the right to vote
Scott Wong / The Politico:
Republicans stands solidly against Richard Cordray
Discussion: Politics Extra and CNN
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Walsh complains about protesters' vomit in his office
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Bachmann Is Concerned About Bestiality In The Military
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msnbc.com:
Firefighters let home burn over $75 fee — again
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Polling Conservative Bloggers On The 2012 GOP Primaries
Daily Mail:
Girl gang who kicked woman in the head while yelling ‘kill the white slag’ …