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2:10 PM ET, December 7, 2011

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Gingrich or Romney: McCain prepares to play kingmaker  —  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.
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Romney promises ‘loud and clear’ fight with Gingrich
Discussion: The Reaction and Boston Globe
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.”
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The White House:
Remarks by the President on the Economy in Osawatomie, Kansas  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody.  Please, please have a seat.  Thank you so much.  Thank you.  Good afternoon, everybody.  —  AUDIENCE: Good afternoon.  —  THE PRESIDENT: Well, I want to start by thanking a few folks who've joined us today.
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Fewer Veterans to Remember Pearl Harbor Day
Ian W. Toll / New York Times:
A Reluctant Enemy  —  ON a bright Hawaiian Sunday morning 70 …
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots
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  —  Rod Blagojevich, Illinois' 40th governor, was sentenced to 14 years in prison today for the attempted sale of a U.S. Senate seat, illegal shakedowns for campaign cash and lying to federal agents.  —  U.S. District Judge James Zagel handed down the sentence …
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.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Israel rift roils Democratic ranks  —  Two of the Democratic Party's core institutions are challenging a bipartisan consensus on Israel and Palestine that has dominated American foreign policy for more than a decade.  —  The Center for American Progress, the party's key hub of ideas and strategy …
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William Galston / The New Republic:
What Israelis Hear When Obama Officials Talk About Iran
Alec Baldwin / Associated Press:
US will use foreign aid to defend gay rights abroad, Clinton, Obama declare: culture no excuse  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The Obama administration's declaration that it plans to use foreign assistance, international diplomacy and political asylum to promote gay rights abroad is a momentous step …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
TV News Programs Ignore Obama Administration's Landmark LGBT Announcement
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Mediaite
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Bachmann Is Concerned About Bestiality In The Military  —  Michele Bachmann condemned Congress on Glenn Beck's web show last night for moving to repeal Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which outlaws both sodomy and sex with animals.  The repeal measure is part …
Discussion: WorldNetDaily
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Eric Pfeiffer / Yahoo! News:
Tennessee family home burns while firefighters watch  —  A Tennessee couple helplessly watched their home burn to the ground, along with all of their possessions, because they did not pay a $75 annual fee to the local fire department.  —  Vicky Bell told the NBC affiliate WPSD-TV …
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msnbc.com:
Firefighters let home burn over $75 fee — again
Discussion: Law Blog and Indecision Forever
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Daily Mail:
Girl gang who kicked woman in the head while yelling ‘kill the white slag’ freed after judge hears 'they weren't used to drinking because they're Muslims'  — Judge: 'Those who knock someone to the floor and kick them in the head can expect to go inside, but I'm going to suspend the sentence'
fda.gov:
Statement from FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, M.D. on Plan B One-Step  —  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been carefully evaluating for over a decade whether emergency contraceptives containing levonorgestrel, such as Plan B One-Step, are safe and effective for nonprescription use …
Discussion: Washington Post and LifeNews.com
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Polling Conservative Bloggers On The 2012 GOP Primaries  —  Right Wing News polled more than 250 right-of-center bloggers on which candidate they'd support if the 2012 Republican primaries were today.  The following 78 bloggers responded: 101 Dead Armadillos, Alarming News, All American Blogger …
Discussion: TBogg, Vox Popoli and Althouse
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Walsh complains about protesters' vomit in his office  —  All Rep. Joe Walsh saw when almost two dozen Americans came to talk to him about unemployment for six hours were expensive laptop computers and “vomit on the carpet,' he tweeted.  —  “My office was invaded by the Occupy Protesters today …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Defiant Assad Denies Ordering Bloody Syrian Crackdown  —  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad defiantly denied any suggestion that he has ordered a bloody crackdown against protesters who are demanding that he resign, and claims instead that most of the people who died in the unrest were his supporters and troops.
 
 
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Agence France Presse:
China's Hu urges navy to prepare for combat
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Rangel renews call for military draft
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Denis Cuff / Contra Costa Times:
Poll casts cloud over high-speed rail project
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Will Kane / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. police raid Occupy camp, arrest 70
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The right's problems with children's entertainment
Mikhail Gorbachev / Associated Press:
Mikhail Gorbachev calls for a new vote in Russia
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John B. Taylor / Economics One:
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