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4:25 PM ET, December 31, 2011

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Jonathan Martinand Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Rick Perry campaign plays blame game  —  DES MOINES - With a revamped message and a significant TV presence here, Rick Perry is hoping to revive his disappointing presidential campaign with a surprise finish Tuesday.  —  But even as they hold out hope that Perry can find a way back into contention …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Perry bets Iowa fortunes on robust ground game  —  Boone, Iowa (CNN) - Even as they grapple with mediocre poll numbers, a gaffe-prone candidate and internal staff feuding, Rick Perry's advisers are confident that a top-three caucus finish is within reach on Tuesday.  —  The reason?
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Three days to go  —  Special weekend edition of First Thoughts... The moving parts we're watching: Des Moines Register poll unveiled at 8:00 pm ET, and candidates campaign in IA and NH... Observations from the ground in Iowa... And observations from watching Santorum's surge …
Discussion: Swampland and Washington Post
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Santorum's closing argument on Iowa TV
Discussion: The Politico
William Petroski / Iowa Caucuses:
Leadership profile: Rick Santorum seen as diligent, dedicated
Discussion: The Politico and GOP 12
Carl Cameron / Fox News:
Virginia Attorney General Intervenes in GOP Primary Ballot Dispute  —  Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is intervening in the Virginia presidential primary dispute and plans to file emergency legislation to address the inability of most Republican presidential candidates to get their name on the ballot, Fox News has learned.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Obama Signs Defense Authorization Bill  —  This afternoon, Obama signed the controversial Defense authorization bill, despite his reservations about provisions related to the treatment of terrorism suspects.  The National Journal reports: … The AP has more from the signing statement …
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Sara Sorcher / NationalJournal.com:
Obama Signs Defense Authorization Bill  —  President Obama signed on Saturday the defense authorization bill, formally ending weeks of heated debate in Congress and intense lobbying by the administration to strip controversial provisions requiring the transfer of some terror suspects to military custody.
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama to Target Congress in 2012 Re-election Campaign  —  HONOLULU — President Obama is heading into his re-election campaign with plans to step up his offensive against an unpopular Congress, concluding that he cannot pass any major legislation in 2012 because of Republican hostility toward his agenda …
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
In 2012, Obama to press ahead without Congress
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Power Line:
KEYNES WAS RIGHT-ABOUT THE JEWS?  —  So Paul Krugman phoned in his periodic “Keynes Was Right” column today, arguing that the Obama Porkulus failed only because, like “true” Communism, it wasn't tried vigorously or faithfully enough.  —  I wonder if Krugman also credits Keynes's views on Jews …
Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Romney gets emotional talking about parents, tells audience 'I won't cry'  —  Mitt Romney stopped short of his GOP rival Newt Gingrich on Friday evening when he spoke emotionally about his parents but did not tear up.  —  Romney described the patriotism of his parents, both deceased, at a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Friday.
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Romney claims Obama will be a ‘footnote in history’
Discussion: The Politico
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Obama team exploits Romney team's birther gaffe
David Chalian / Yahoo! News:
Ann Selzer, queen of the Iowa caucuses: For a day, the most powerful woman in American politics  —  Every presidential candidate, campaign operative and political journalist in Iowa will spend most of Saturday in suspended animation, waiting for the results of the final Des Moines Register poll before the caucuses.
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Occupy Iowa: We aren't trying to disrupt caucuses
Discussion: 24Ahead and Firedoglake
Haley Barbour / Washington Post:
If I were campaigning for president...  They're not running, but if they were, what would these leading Republicans be talking about on the trail?  Here are responses from Haley Barbour, Sarah Palin, Mitch Daniels and Herman Cain.  —  Governor of Mississippi
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Enjoy the payroll tax break while it lasts  —  Last week, after a needlessly-contentious process, Congress approved a two-month extension of the payroll tax break.  As part of the agreement, a conference committee will try to come up with an agreement to extend the cut through the end of 2012.
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Outside groups overwhelm Gingrich  —  When Newt Gingrich opened up a sizable lead in Iowa last month, he was promptly broadsided by a torrent of negative Super PAC advertisements that now threaten to sink his once-promising campaign.  —  The amount of campaign advertising will likely set …
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New York Times:
Restore Our Future Attack Ads Harm Gingrich in Iowa
John Marshall / Associated Press:
No one hurt after camera falls at Insight Bowl … TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Flying cameras have been providing unique perspectives on everything from golf to college and professional football for more than a decade, becoming so commonplace that fans rarely notice the whizzing remote-controlled devices.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
ABCNEWS:
Gingrich: Politics Is a ‘Nasty, Vicious, Negative’ and Disgusting Business  —  In an interview with ABC News, Newt Gingrich accused his Republican opponents of lying in their negative ads and offering “no hope they will be any good as president.”  —  “Politics has become a really nasty …
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Niall Stanage / Ballot Box:
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Elliott Abrams / The Atlantic Online:
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Waterbury Republican American:
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Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
There's no crying in baseball, but in politics...
Dominic Sandbrook / Daily Mail:
The spectre of 1932: How a loss of faith in politicians and democracy could make 2012 …
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 Earlier Items: 
Damon W. Root / Hit & Run:
The Left-Wing Origins of Newt Gingrich's Attack on the Courts
Discussion: Washington Post
Jean H. Lee / Associated Press:
Kim Jong Il's presence is felt in series of images
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
JJ Hensley / Arizona Republic:
Black leaders in Phoenix area ask Arpaio to step down
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Tucson Citizen
Wall Street Journal:
Holder's Racial Politics
Discussion: Hot Air and TEXAS REDISTRICTING
NY Daily News:
Democratic fundraiser convicted of engineering $21 million bank fraud scheme