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2:20 PM ET, December 13, 2011

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Ben Smithand Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Romney's role: The Hillary Clinton of 2012?  —  For Mitt Romney this December, it's beginning to look a lot like Clinton.  —  Like the great, fallen front-runner of 2008, here is another well-funded, Establishment-blessed, presumptive nominee whose supposedly firm hold on his party's greatest prize seems to be slip-sliding away.
Discussion: CNN, msnbc.com and Taylor Marsh
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Dylan Byers / The Politico:
Romney '02 edition  —  Thanks to Andrew Kaczynski, the Internet's favorite new oppo research hobbyist, a 2002 video of Mitt Romney is making the rounds that features potentially damaging fodder for his opponents:  —  “I'm not a partisan Republican,” Romney says in the interview.
David Corn / Political Mojo:
Romney in 2002: I'm “Moderate,” “Progressive,” and “Not a Partisan Republican” [VIDEO]
Jason Zengerle / New York Magazine:
Playing With Mud  —  The hobbyist oppo researcher.
New York Post:
GOP cruise missiles
Dave Levinthal / The Politico:
Super PAC forms for Gingrich  —  A longtime executive and fundraiser for Newt Gingrich's American Solutions for Winning the Future organization is forming a super PAC to back the former House speaker's presidential candidacy.  —  Calling itself Winning Our Future, the new Atlanta-based super PAC materializes …
Discussion: GOP 12 and The Daily Caller
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Josh Lederman / The Hill:
Mitt Romney starts to show cracks as front-runner status slips further
Discussion: CNN and Prairie Weather
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Perry Ad Indirectly Targets Gingrich
Discussion: MyFox Philadelphia
Alexander Burnsand Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
The South is up for grabs
Discussion: CNN
Susan Page / USA Today:
Swing States Poll: Downbeat Dems, resurgent Republicans  —  WASHINGTON - President Obama is moving to energize the Democratic base for his re-election campaign, but in the case of a dozen battleground states, he'll have to work harder than four years ago to find it.
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Elizabeth Mendes / Gallup:
In U.S., Fear of Big Government at Near-Record Level
BBC:
Deadly attack rocks central Liege in Belgium  —  A gun and grenade attack in the centre of the Belgian city of Liege has killed at least two people and wounded about 25, Belgian media say.  —  They say several men threw grenades and fired on a crowd at a bus stop in Place Saint Lambert, a busy square.
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Andy Bloxham / Telegraph:
Belgium grenade attack: latest  —  At least two people have been killed and dozens wounded when up to four grenades exploded outside the main courthouse in the eastern Belgian city of Liege.  —  The scene of the grenade attack in Liege … Live  —  15.51 In another shocking attack in Europe today …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Daily Pundit
Lizzy Davies / News: News blog:
Belgium attack: grenades thrown at bus-stop in Liège
Telegraph:
Belgium grenade attack leaves at least two dead
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pirate's Cove
Hank Stuever / Washington Post:
Chelsea Clinton makes broadcast debut on NBC's ‘Rock Center’  —  It's no surprise whatsoever that Chelsea Clinton didn't electrify broadcast journalism with her debut Monday night on NBC's “Rock Center With Brian Williams,” because she has no experience in broadcast journalism.
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Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
The TV Watch: Chelsea Clinton Finally Embraces Her Celebrity
Rep. Dennis Cardoza / The Hill:
Opinion: Obama would rather be university professor than president  —  After observing President Obama for the last three years, it has become obvious to me that the President might prefer to be a university professor rather than do the job he holds today.  While he may not realize that he feels …
The Hill:
Republican leaders say they'll have the votes to pass payroll-tax bill  —  House Republican leaders on Tuesday predicted they will have the votes to pass legislation to extend a payroll tax cut.  —  The leaders are “close” to securing enough support to pass the bill, members leaving a closed-door GOP conference meeting said Tuesday.
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Conferees omit anti-gay provisions from defense bill  —  Lawmakers on Capitol Hill unveiled on Monday an agreement on major defense budget legislation that omits anti-gay provisions found in the House version of the legislation — including language that would have prohibited military chaplains …
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:   Deal reached on DoD authorization bill
Lynn Sweet:
Axelrod on Newt: “the higher a monkey climbs...the more you can see his butt.”  —  Obama 2012 Press Secretary Ben LaBolt, Strategist David Axelrod, Campaign Manager Jim Messina, Deputy Manager Stephanie Cutter at Tuesday press briefing at the DNC.  (photo by Lynn Sweet)
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Millionaires on Food Stamps and Jobless Pay?  G.O.P. Is on It  —  WASHINGTON — It's an image many Americans would find rather upsetting: a recently laid-off millionaire, luxuriating next to the pool eating grapes bought with food stamps while waiting for an unemployment check to roll in.
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Rep. Issa asks Obama official why illegal camping of Occupy DC was permitted  —  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Tuesday announced he wants answers on whether “political judgments played a role” in allowing Occupy D.C. protesters to remain camped in Northwest Washington.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Yearly deficit falls below $1 trillion for the first time under Obama  —  The Treasury Department forecast Monday that the budget deficit for fiscal 2012 will come in at $996 billion, the first time President Obama has presided over an annual deficit of less than $1 trillion.
Washington Post:
Eric Holder wades into debate over voting rights as presidential election nears  —  The Obama administration on Tuesday will wade into the increasingly divisive national debate over new voting laws in several states that could depress turnout among minorities and others who helped elect the president in 2008.
BBC:
Saudi woman executed for ‘witchcraft and sorcery’  —  A Saudi woman has been executed for practising “witchcraft and sorcery”, the country's interior ministry says.  —  A statement published by the state news agency said Amina bint Abdul Halim bin Salem Nasser was beheaded on Monday in the northern province of Jawf.
Bloomberg:
Gingrich Tax Plan Puts ‘Hole’ In Deficit: Study  —  The economic plan proposed by Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich would add $1.3 trillion to the U.S. budget deficit in 2015 alone, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Gay Vietnam Vet Who Challenged Romney On Marriage Equality Speaks Out  —  Yesterday, 63-year-old gay veteran Bob Garon met Mitt Romney during a campaign stop at Chez Vachon restaurant in Manchester and asked the former governor if he would overturn New Hampshire's same-sex marriage law.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Gingrich misses a McCain moment  —  John McCain in 2008 took the occasional strange, xenophobic question about Barack Obama, and routinely batted them back: Obama wasn't scary, or (God forbid!) “an Arab,” as one woman memorably told him.  He was a decent family man, just wrong on the issues.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Republicans Don't Nominate Swells  —  Don't pull a silver dollar out of that ear!  Don't!  —  The political press corps has decided that the “moment” of Saturday night's Republican presidential debate occurred when Mitt Romney decided to challenge Rick Perry to a $10,000 bet.
 
 
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Fars News Agency:
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Bernanke Joins Bargain Hunters Who Refinance
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Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
House to close ‘strip club loophole’
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