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12:50 AM ET, December 16, 2011

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New York Times:
Gingrich Parries With Challengers in Final Debate Before Iowa Caucuses  —  SIOUX CITY, Iowa — The Republican presidential candidates began delivering their closing arguments at the final debate of the year here on Thursday night, with the rivals trying to whittle away at the credibility of Newt Gingrich …
Discussion: The Caucus, Rush Limbaugh and The Page
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Gingrich Momentum Slows, Polls Suggest  —  A lot of bad habits when analyzing general election polls can be good ones when it comes to primaries and caucuses.  In particular, making inferences about a trend based on just a couple of polls will often lead you astray in the general election.
Rasmussen Reports:
Iowa: Romney 23%, Gingrich 20%, Paul 18%
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
SIOUX CITY IOWA DEBATE TONIGHT
Discussion: Althouse
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Recuse Yourself, Chris Wallace
Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
High Stakes, High Drama for Final Debate Before Voting Begins
Discussion: Fox News
Juli Weiner / Vanity Fair:
In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011  —  Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant—died today at the age of 62.  Hitchens was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the spring of 2010, just after the publication of his memoir …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Writer Christopher Hitchens Dies At 62  —  This graphic requires version 9 or higher of the Adobe Flash Player.Get the latest Flash Player.  —  Writer Christopher Hitchens was a critic of personalities, politicians and religious figures.  —  The influential writer and cultural critic …
Jeffrey Lord / American Spectator:
The Ron Paul Newsletters  —  Yesterday, during a discussion on Ron Paul with Sean Hannity on the latter's radio show, Hannity brought up with me the impossible-to-get around subject of the infamous Ron Paul Newsletters.  —  As Hannity quite correctly pointed out, with the other GOP candidates having received …
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Air Force Vet Ron Paul Drops Bombs On Newt Gingrich for War Deferments  —  Air Force veteran and presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul.  R-Texas, has opened up a new line of attack against former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.  —  Interviewed by Megyn Kelly on Fox News Channel …
The Politico:
David Mark  —  Moderator :  —  Now that Rep. Ron Paul …
Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
GOP wins light bulb fight  —  The shutdown-averting budget bill will block federal light bulb efficiency standards, giving a win to House Republicans fighting the so-called ban on incandescent light bulbs.  —  GOP and Democratic sources tell POLITICO the final omnibus bill includes …
Discussion: Instapundit
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Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Omnibus spending deal blocks funding for light bulb efficiency standards  —  Omnibus spending legislation greenlighted by House and Senate negotiators Thursday night blocks Energy Department light bulb efficiency standards that have come under fire from conservatives in recent months.
Washington Post:
Congressional leaders reach spending deal to avoid government shutdown  —  Congressional negotiators signed off Thursday evening on a $1 trillion spending agreement for federal agencies, just 28 hours before a deadline that would have led to a government shutdown.
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David Rogers / The Politico:
Deal averts shutdown
Discussion: Business Insider
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Congress sends defense authorization bill to the White House
Discussion: The Politico
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Frustration with Congress Could Hurt Republican Incumbents  —  GOP Base Critical of Party's Washington Leadership  —  OVERVIEW  —  Public discontent with Congress has reached record levels, and the implications for incumbents in next year's elections could be stark.
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Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
Allen West: Goebbels would be proud of Democrats
Discussion: The Raw Story
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
GOP debate: Gingrich's electability at issue  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's (R-Ga.) electability against President Obama and authenticity as a conservative were in focus at the top of Thursday's Republican presidential debate in Iowa, the last such skirmish before the state's Jan. 3 caucuses.
Discussion: CNN
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Wyden-Ryan Medicare Proposal Has White House ‘Concerned’
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
In Congress, a Merry (and Stupid) Christmas Compromise
Rebecca Evans / Daily Mail:
Saviour of 2,000 Afghans who saved a baby's life executed by the Taliban  — Dr Karen Woo was with nine others in the Kuran Wa Munja district of Badakhshan when they were killed  —  A British doctor shot dead by the Taliban was part of a humanitarian mission that had helped 2,000 Afghans, an inquest heard yesterday.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Weasel Zippers
Alex Pappademas / GQ:
We ♥ Huntsman  —  ...Or at least his daughters.  Mary Anne, Liddy, and Abby may not be able to save Jon Huntsman's presidential campaign, but their Funny or Die-style videos, planking photos, and @Jon2012girls Twitter (what's a Mormon girl have to do to land a date with Tagg Romney …
Scott Peterson / Christian Science Monitor:
Exclusive: Iran hijacked US drone, says Iranian engineer  —  In an exclusive interview, an engineer working to unlock the secrets of the captured RQ-170 Sentinel says they exploited a known vulnerability and tricked the US drone into landing in Iran.  —  ISTANBUL, TURKEY
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Tehran Times:
Foreign spy drones in Iran's possession to be put on display
Discussion: Guardian and Israel Matzav
Devin Dwyer / Yahoo! News:
Obama faults Republican ‘lurch into extremes’ for DC gridlock  —  As political gridlock again threatens Washington with government shutdown, President Obama faulted Republicans' election year “lurch into extremes” for keeping compromise out of reach.  —  “You know, you never want to say …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Byron Tau / The Politico:
POTUS on the GOP: 'Anything that Obama's for, we're against'
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Newt Gingrich: Gay People Choose To Be Gay Like Priests Choose Celibacy  —  Newt Gingrich told the Des Moines Register's editorial board this morning that gay people have a “significant range of choice within a genetic pattern” and can choose to be straight just like someone can “choose to be celibate.”
Christina Ng / Nation:
Exclusive: ‘White Only’ Pool Sign Owner Explains  —  A female landlord, Jamie Hein, had a sign that read, “Public Swimming Pool, White Only” hanging on a gate at her house and her private pool.  (Photo credit: Ohio Civil Rights Commission)  —  An Ohio landlord accused of discriminating …
Josh Lederman / The Hill:
Tea Party leader arrested with gun at NY airport  —  A major leader in the Tea Party movement was arrested at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Thursday after he tried to check in for a flight while carrying a gun.  —  Prosecutors charged Mark Meckler, the co-founder of Tea Party Patriots …
Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and CNN
Brian Stelter / The Caucus:
Romney Ku Klux Klan Report Backfires on Media  —  Don't just repeat it.  Report it.  —  That's the lesson this week for MSNBC and for The Washington Post, both of which apologized for repeating a liberal blog's claim that Mitt Romney had uttered a phrase on the campaign stump that was used in the past by the Ku Klux Klan.
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Former Bush Attorneys General Call Gingrich Position on Courts ‘Dangerous’  —  Two former attorneys general under President George W. Bush have found a few things to like in Newt Gingrich's position paper on reining in the authority of the federal courts, but other parts, they say, are downright disturbing.
The Politico:
Newt in the loot?  —  Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has discussed directing $20 million to an outside group backing Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign, multiple sources told POLITICO — but Adelson denies he's made that promise.  —  After leaving Congress, Gingrich cultivated a network …
 
 
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Rep. West: Joseph Goebbels would be ‘very proud of the Democrat Party’
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
73 cosponsors sign House resolution of ‘no confidence’ in AG Eric Holder
Discussion: Wake up America and Daily Pundit
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Professor Blasts Bill O'Reilly, Says Need For Voter ID Bills Is The Same For Bills To Protect People From Lighnting
Discussion: National Review
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
GOP Rep. Davis won't seek another term
Discussion: CNN and The Politico
Ronald Brownstein / 2012 Decoded:
Where Obama Has Slipped  —  There's an ominous trend …
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
New-style scandal fixer helps Rick Perry, Herman Cain
 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
Jobless claims drop to 3.5 year low
Skip Navigation / ACLU:
Report: “Protecting Privacy From Aerial Surveillance: Recommendations for Government Use of Drone Aircraft”
Discussion: Blog of Rights, Bits, msnbc.com and TalkLeft
emptywheel:
How to Indefinitely Detain Jamie Dimon
Discussion: Daily Kos
iowahawk:
Is This Hell? No, It's Iowa
Discussion: Power Line and The Atlantic Online
Paul Bedard / US News:
Harvard Poll: Young Voters Say Obama Will Lose
New York Times:
In Baghdad, Panetta Leads Uneasy Moment of Closure