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2:20 PM ET, December 15, 2011

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Rasmussen Reports:
Iowa: Romney 23%, Gingrich 20%, Paul 18%  —  For the fifth straight survey, the GOP field has a new frontrunner in Iowa.  —  On this first release video, Scott Rasmussen reveals Mitt Romney as the new frontrunner in the Iowa Caucus.  —  Although this video is available to everyone, most of the content on Rasmussen Reports is not.
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Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Poll: Dramatic drop in Gingrich support in Iowa  —  DES MOINES — A new survey from pollster Scott Rasmussen shows support for Newt Gingrich in Iowa has fallen sharply in recent days.  The poll shows the former House speaker with the support of 20 percent of likely Republican caucus-goers …
David Grant / Christian Science Monitor:
Jon Huntsman leapfrogs Ron Paul in New Hampshire, says poll
Judson Berger / Fox News:
GOP Candidates Looking to ‘Close the Deal’ in Last-Chance Iowa Debate
National Review:
Winnowing the Field  —  A hard-fought presidential primary campaign is obscuring the uncharacteristic degree of unity within the Republican party.  It has reached a conservative consensus on most of the pressing issues of the day.  All of the leading candidates, and almost all of the lagging ones, support the right to life.
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ABCNEWS:
Rudy Giuliani Carves Up Mitt Romney on Morning Show  —  Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani has some thoughts on the GOP field, and he generously shared them with cable news audiences this morning in appearances so sharp they could be used in anti-Romney ads.  —  “It may be that Newt is appealing …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Giuliani slams Romney, likens Newt to Reagan  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani slammed Mitt Romney as an unelectable flip-flopper, and said Newt Gingrich, who he compared to Ronald Reagan, offers Republicans the best shot at unseating President Obama.
Discussion: CNN and nation.foxnews.com
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Pretending That Ron Paul Doesn't Matter Won't Make Him Go Away
Greg Hengler / Townhall.com:
2008 Flashback: Michele Bachmann Gushes Over Newt Gingrich
Discussion: The Politico
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Rudy Giuliani: Mitt Romney is world-class flip-flopper
Discussion: CNN
Wall Street Journal:
A Bipartisan Way Forward on Medicare  —  Allowing private plans to compete with traditional Medicare will help lower costs and spur innovation.  —  Few issues draw more heated partisan rhetoric than the future of Medicare.  Seniors are a reliable and powerful voting bloc …
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Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC  —  The Ron Wyden, Paul Ryan Pile On Begins
Wall Street Journal:
The Wyden-Ryan Breakthrough  —  A better, bipartisan Medicare future.
Discussion: Corrente
Bloomberg:
U.S. Lawmakers Offer Bipartisan Proposal for Medicare With Private Option
New York Times:
U.S. War in Iraq Declared Officially Over  —  BAGHDAD — The United States military officially declared an end to its mission in Iraq on Thursday even as violence continues to plague the country and the Muslim world remains distrustful of American power.  —  In a fortified concrete courtyard …
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Pete Souza / People.com:
Obama Family Portrait Revealed  —  From left: Michelle, Malia, Barack and Sasha Obama  —  President Obama may be gearing up his campaign for reelection soon, but at home with his wife and daughters, he couldn't be happier.  —  The White House is releasing this new family portrait of the Obamas …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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Laura Meckler / Washington Wire:
Obama Says He Relished Trip to NYC After Bin Laden's Death
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Frustration with Congress Could Hurt Republican Incumbents  —  GOP Base Critical of Party's Washington Leadership  —  Nearly three months after protests began in New York and later expanded to cities around the country, 44% support the Occupy Wall Street movement and 35% oppose it.
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Payroll tax cut and spending bill stall in Senate, raising threat of shutdown  —  Negotiations over how to extend a payroll tax holiday for 160 million Americans and avoid a government shutdown this weekend ground to a halt Wednesday after a standoff in the Senate over how to proceed.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
President Obama to stay in D.C. while Michelle Obama, daughters head to Hawaii
Chris McGreal / Guardian:
Americans face Guantánamo detention after Obama climbdown  —  Defence funding bill allows American citizens to be arrested as terrorists on home soil and held indefinitely without trial  —  Barack Obama has abandoned a commitment to veto a new security law that allows the military …
Associated Press:
‘Dismal’ prospects: 1 in 2 Americans are now poor or low income  —  Juan Morena sits on a Los Angeles, Calif., sidewalk as he waits for the St. Francis Center soup kitchen to open on Sept. 13.  —  By Associated Press  —  WASHINGTON - Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans …
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Herman Cain's Cabinet dream: DOD  —  Herman Cain says that if he could be a Cabinet secretary, he wants to be head of the Department of Defense.  —  In an interview with Barbara Walters, who chose Cain as one of the “10 Most Fascinating People” of the year, the former presidential hopeful was asked what Cabinet position he would like.
Jake Silverstein / Texas Monthly:
Why We Chose Rick Perry as Our 2012 Bum Steer of the Year  —  As most readers know, every January TEXAS MONTHLY picks a Bum Steer of the Year, an honor conferred on whatever individual we feel has been responsible for the biggest screw-up, gaffe, fumble, stumble, train wreck, or humiliation of the past twelve months.
Discussion: The Hill and Trail Blazers Blog
Elizabethwarren / Blue Mass Group:
Protecting and Promoting Equality  —  Warren sets the terms of debate. - promoted by Bob_Neer  —  I've had the chance to say it in living rooms and school auditoriums, but I'm glad to have the chance to say it here: No one - no one - should be discriminated against because of race, color …
Discussion: Ballot Box and Good As You
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
China's epic hangover begins  —  China's credit bubble has finally popped.  The property market is swinging wildly from boom to bust, the cautionary exhibit of a BRIC's dream that is at last coming down to earth with a thud.  —  Chinese stocks are flashing warning signs.  The Shanghai index has fallen 30pc since May.
 
 
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