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10:35 PM ET, January 5, 2012

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Grand Strategy Behind Obama's Recess Appointment  —  Large American flags for all, Daily Show correspondent soundalikes for others!  —  President Obama's decision to use a recess appointment to seat Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was a no-brainer …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A telling sign: Scott Brown comes out in support of Cordray recess appointment  —  Here's a pretty clear sign of which way the politics are moving in the fight over Obama's decision to employ a recess appointment to install Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Investor's Business Daily:
Acting Like A King Isn't Among The President's Duties
Wall Street Journal:
Contempt for Congress  —  Obama makes recess appointments when there's no recess.
KCCI-TV:
Could Typo Rewrite Caucus History?  —  Caucus Vote Counter Says Romney Mistakenly Given 20 Votes  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Caucus night was chaotic in many places, with hundreds of voters, candidates showing up and the throngs of media who followed.  The world's eyes were on Iowa.
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Face It: Romney's the Nominee  —  The media will desperately try to persuade you there is still a Republican race.  Do not pay attention.  —  Is there anyone not annoyed by Mitt Romney's narrow win in the Iowa caucus?  Conservatives are disappointed because they recognize …
New York Post:
Those damn debates have turned into the strife of this party
Discussion: Via Meadia and The Other McCain
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Rick Santorum Rakes In $2 Million In Two Days, Plans ‘Major’ South Carolina Ad Buy  —  ABC News' Shushannah Walshe, Michael Falcone and Jake Tapper and report:  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Enjoying a wave of momentum from his near-win in the Iowa caucuses, Rick Santorum's campaign is raising money faster than ever before.
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A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: McCain takes aim at Santorum in South Carolina
Discussion: The Politico
The Boston Globe:
For vision and national unity, Huntsman for GOP nominee  —  DISSATISFACTION WITH the economy, expressed in spasms of anger toward Wall Street and Washington; the dashed hopes of many who believed that Barack Obama's election would create a new spirit of unity; and genuine uncertainty …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Santorum denies making racially-charged statement on welfare  —  Iowa runner-up Rick Santorum said Thursday that he would be “a much bigger player” than expected in the New Hampshire primary and denied saying that he wanted “to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money” …
Discussion: Indecision Forever
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Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
New Hampshire Polls Show Small Movement
Discussion: msnbc.com and Indecision Forever
Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
Partisan Politics and Vicious Assaults  —  First it was Alan Colmes; now it is Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, who went on MSNBC to mock Rick Santorum for how he and his wife Karen dealt with the death of their son Gabriel.  (A severe prenatal development led to his very early delivery …
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Eugene Robinson: Rick Santorum's Stillborn Baby Story Is “Very Weird”  —  Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Eugene Robinson doesn't think voters will be “down” with how Rick Santorum and his wife mourned their stillborn child.  —  “He's not a little weird, he's really weird,” Robinson said of Santorum.
Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Santorum Insists On Comparing Marriage Equality To Polygamy In Heated Exchange With Students  —  Addressing a college student convention in Concord, New Hampshire moments ago, Rick Santorum was put on the defensive by numerous members of the audience who pressed him about his opposition to marriage equality.
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
House GOP weakened, divided  —  House Republicans aren't looking for another bloody battle on the payroll tax.  They don't think it's worth stepping into the ring with President Barack Obama during his 2012 crusade against Congress.  —  But they are willing to fight each other — over policy, strategy and leadership.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ben Smith / The Politico:
How to fight liberals: Imitate them  —  Impressed by the effectiveness of the liberal Center for American Progress, a group of conservative journalists and operatives is preparing to engage in their own sincerest form of flattery - launching their own advocacy group with a similar name and mission but very different target.
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Keith Olbermann Clashes With Current TV  —  The broadcaster Keith Olbermann is famous for estranging himself from his bosses, be it at ESPN, Fox or MSNBC.  —  At his new home, Al Gore's Current TV, he has done it in record time.  —  Mr. Olbermann, who was hired last year to be the top star …
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New York Times:
President Obama Puts His Stamp on Defense Strategy  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama has for the first time put his own stamp on an all-encompassing American military policy by turning from the grinding ground wars that he inherited from the Bush administration and refocusing on what he described …
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CNBC:
Jobs Picture: Claims Fall, Job Creation Surges; Layoffs Ease  —  The news is all good for the jobs market so far in 2012: Separate reports Thursday showed a surge in private-sector job creation, a sharp drop in weekly unemployment claims and planned layoffs at their lowest level in six months.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Hot Air
Washington Monthly:
What If Obama Loses?  —  Imagining the consequences of a GOP victory.  —  Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Delicious  —  It's a common complaint—we've certainly made it over the years—that too much political campaign coverage focuses on the horse race.
Associated Press:
Restaurant Sign Reads, ‘No Politicians, No Exceptions’  —  PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — It's common for presidential candidates to make the rounds at New Hampshire restaurants, but one has had enough of the visits.  —  The sign at the entrance of Colby's Breakfast & Lunch in Portsmouth reads “No Politicians, No Exceptions.”
Daniel Bice / JSOnline:
Three charged in John Doe investigation of Walker aides  —  By Daniel Bice of the Journal Sentinel  —  Three individuals - including a former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker - were charged Thursday with felonies as part of the ongoing John Doe investigation into Walker staffers.
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Teenager Mistakenly Deported To Colombia  —  How can it be that a runaway teenager is deported to Colombia without even a cross-check of her identity?  Here's how it happened, via WFAA.com: … There's really no excuse for this.  I don't care how much of a priority it is to enforce immigration laws.
 
 
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Tdaedalus / The American Conservative Union:
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Iran's growing state of desperation
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Jamie Weinstein / The Daily Caller:
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