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1:00 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.
ABCNEWS:
Romney Team Shifts Tactics
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Romney promises ‘loud and clear’ fight with Gingrich
Discussion: The Reaction and Boston Globe
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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Robert Reich:
The Most Important Economic Speech of His Presidency
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama's Kansas speech: some suspect facts
Discussion: Hit & Run and The PJ Tatler
A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
Obama Strikes Populist Chord With Speech in Heartland
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 …
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Reid Wilson / 2012 Decoded:
Perry Drops Half Million On Iowa Ads
Charles Krupa / ABCNEWS:
Rick Perry Says Human Rights for Gays 'Not in America's Interests'
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
WPSD Local 6:
Home burns while firefighters watch, again
Discussion: The Raw Story and ABCNEWS
Manny Fantis / wusa9.com:
Sidwell Friends School, Sasha and Malia Obama's School, Opts For Asian, including Japanese Food On Pearl Harbor Day  —  Sidwell Friends School's website shows the menu for Wednesday December 7th, 2011, the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day, as an Asian food day.
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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: The Moderate Voice
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
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.
John B. Taylor / Economics One:
Restoring Robust Growth in America  —  Why has the recovery been so slow?  What can we do about it?  Alan Greenspan, George Shultz, Ed Prescott, Steve Davis, Nick Bloom, John Cochrane, Bob Hall, Lee Ohanian, John Cogan and I recently met at the Hoover Institution at Stanford to present papers …
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Noah / Noahpinion:
Hoover Institute recommends Hooverite policies
Will Kane / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. police raid Occupy camp, arrest 70  —  (12-07) 09:09 PST SAN FRANCISCO — Police raided the Occupy SF camp early today, arresting 70 campers and protesters at Justin Herman Plaza and clearing out the 2-month-old encampment.  —  Officers, sheriff's deputies, firefighters …
Discussion: Guardian, The Snitch and L.A. NOW
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News:
At White House press briefing, reporter asks if Obama approves of bestiality  —  At White House press briefings, you don't normally hear questions about bestiality.  Today was not normal.  —  On Monday, press secretary Jay Carney fielded an unusual question from World Net Daily reporter Lester Kinsolving.
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.
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 …
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'
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Rangel renews call for military draft  —  Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) on Wednesday morning renewed his call for a mandatory military draft to ensure that the demands of the U.S. armed forces are not met only by lower-income Americans who are more likely to join the military to earn a paycheck.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Agence France Presse:
China's Hu urges navy to prepare for combat
Denis Cuff / Contra Costa Times:
Poll casts cloud over high-speed rail project
Discussion: Hot Air and Jammie Wearing Fools
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Polling Conservative Bloggers On The 2012 GOP Primaries
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Althouse
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Mine safety bill stalled in Congress
Discussion: Mine Safety … and ThinkProgress
Mikhail Gorbachev / Associated Press:
Mikhail Gorbachev calls for a new vote in Russia
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Obama back to 51 percent disapproval in latest Gallup polling
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
Obama and the Hezbollah Terrorist
Discussion: Lawfare and The PJ Tatler
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
TV News Programs Ignore Obama Administration's Landmark LGBT Announcement
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Mediaite
New York Times:
Senate G.O.P. Blocks Confirmation of Caitlin Halligan as Judge
Rich Miller / Bloomberg:
American Economy Rebounding as Investor Favorite in Global Poll
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Gingrich struggles on state deadlines for filing
 

 
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