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9:15 PM ET, January 6, 2012

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Dylan Byers / The Politico:
What Newt said about food stamps  —  Newt Gingrich's comments about African-Americans and food stamps, made at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire yesterday, have made the expected media rounds — from Slate to The Daily Beast to The Associated Press to MSNBC — but the interpretation has changed somewhat along the way.
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Adam Sorensen / Swampland:
TIME/CNN/ORC Poll: Romney Storms Ahead in South Carolina  —  In another sign of the front-runner's growing strength.  Mitt Romney has taken the lead in South Carolina, according to a TIME/CNN/ORC poll released Friday.  —  The poll, which surveyed likely primary voters on Wednesday and Thursday …
Emily Schultheis / The Politico:
New Paul S.C. ad hits Santorum on ‘betrayal’  —  Ron Paul's campaign is out with this new ad in South Carolina, which hits Rick Santorum on his “record of betrayal.”  —  “One serial hypocrite exposed,” the ad says, showing clips of Newt Gingrich.  “Now another has emerged: Rick Santorum …
Rasmussen Reports:
South Carolina Primary: Romney 27%, Santorum 24%, Gingrich 18%  —  What a difference a caucus makes.  Rick Santorum who two months ago had one percent (1%) support among likely South Carolina Republican Primary voters now is running a close second there with 24% of the vote.
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Ron Paul Suggests Third Party Presidential Run Still An Option … 2012 Election , Elections 2012 , Ron Paul , Video , New Hampshire Primary , New Hampshire Primary Election , Ron Paul 2012 , New Hampshire Primary 2012 , New Hampshire Primary Election 2012 , Politics News
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: Romney and Santorum soar in South Carolina
Discussion: The Caucus and Business Insider
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Paul blasts Santorum as ‘serial hypocrite’
Discussion: The Politico
WMUR:
Poll: Romney Holds Onto Big Lead In NH
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Pro-Santorum SuperPAC Buys Ad Time in South Carolina
Discussion: The Page
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Newt: Obama will ‘laugh’ at Mitt
Discussion: CNN
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Gingrich: Romney should drop out if he doesn't win New Hampshire primary
Discussion: CNN, Ballot Box, The Caucus and The Politico
ABCNEWS:
Gingrich on Romney Debating the President: ‘Obama is Going to Laugh at Him’
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Another Romney layoff victim, this one a conservative, speaks out  —  Reuters published a blockbuster story today on GS Technologies, a steel mill in Kansas City that was acquired by Bain Capital, leading to the layoffs of some 750 workers.  In this case, the workers lost promised severance pay …
Discussion: Wonkette, GOP 12 and Riehl World View
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Reuters:
Special report: Romney's steel skeleton in the Bain closet  —  (Reuters) - It was funny at first.  —  The young men in business suits, gingerly picking their way among the millwrights, machinists and pipefitters at Kansas City's Worldwide Grinding Systems steel mill.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Bain, Barack and Jobs
Discussion: Business Insider, ABCNEWS and Daily Kos
Rick Perlstein / Crooks and Liars:
Santorum's ‘Freedom’ is Pretty Much Slavery  —  Rick Santorum got high marks for his near-victory speech in Iowa.  In the Washington Post, E.J. Dionne called it “by far the best speech Tuesday night.”  Santorum's address impressed me, too, but for a different reason: his astonishing endorsement …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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ABCNEWS:
Rick Santorum Says by the Time He Had Campaign Cash, All the N.H. TV Time Was Bought Up
Discussion: Hot Air and The Hill
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama takes victory lap  —  Two days after defying Republicans and appointing Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, President Obama took a little time to gloat.  —  Making a victory lap of sorts at the independent agency, Obama cracked a joke …
Discussion: The Politico and Weasel Zippers
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New York Post:
This power grab's a sign of weakness
Discussion: Belmont Club and Betsy's Page
Brad Cooper / Kansas City Star:
Legislator apologizes for ‘YoMama’ email about first lady  —  Kansas legislator acknowledges forwarding email note mocking first lady's name, hair style.  —  Kansas House Speaker Mike O'Neal on Thursday apologized for an email that made fun of first lady Michelle Obama's hair style and mockingly called her “Mrs. YoMama.”
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
House Democrats Rush Floor Demanding Republicans Come Back To Work, GOP Cuts Off C-SPAN  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and a group of Democratic lawmakers took to an empty House floor today to demonstrate that they were willing to work while Republicans lawmakers are at home.
Discussion: The Raw Story
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ABCNEWS:
House Democrats Demand GOP ‘Come Back From Vacation’
Carol Felsenthal / Chicago magazine:
Jodi Kantor Goes Inside the Obamas' Marriage in New Book  —  INSIDE THE EAST WING: A new book pulls back the curtains on the First Couple  —  This month, Jodi Kantor, 36, a Washington correspondent for The New York Times, delves into the lives of the president and First Lady with The Obamas (Little, Brown and Company, $29.99).
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
White House proposes 0.5 percent pay increase for federal workers
David Frum / FrumForum:
All Good Things...  FrumForum launched itself almost exactly three years ago, on Inauguration Day 2009.  Over the subsequent interval, our hundreds of contributors have reached more than 5 million individual readers.  I like to think that together we have helped to move the national debate.
Bruce Vielmetti / JSOnline:
Embezzlement probe also results in sex charges  —  By Bruce Vielmetti of the Journal Sentinel  —  The secret John Doe investigation into embezzlement of funds intended for veterans also produced a jarring unrelated sex crime case against the domestic partner of a former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker.
Beth Stebner / Daily Mail:
Pictured: Home invader teen widow shot dead who 'was coming for her dead 58-year-old husband's drugs'  — Shot dead intruder on New Year's Eve who broke in carrying 12-inch knife and was allegedly after dead husband's drugs  —  The man who broke into an 18-year-old Oklahoma widow's home …
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Short NBC gig for Chelsea?  —  Chelsea Clinton's much-trumpeted deal with NBC seems to be nearly done.  Her contract is for only 90 days, and while she'll provide the network with two more stories, sources say it is not certain she'll immediately sign again.
 
 
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Ry Rivard / Charleston Daily Mail:
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
S.E.C. Changes Policy on Firms' Admission of Guilt
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
Obama administration defends healthcare law in Supreme Court brief
Discussion: The Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Lee Drutman / Sunlight Foundation Blog:
As senator, Santorum was obsessed with abortion
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Democracy Now:
Occupy New Hampshire Protester Takes Romney to Task for Declaring “Corporations Are People”
David Weigel / Slate:
Occupiers for Huntsman, Part II: “Of Course Corporations Are Not People”
Discussion: Daily Kos
Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
Big Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain
Discussion: Opinion L.A.
Jason Mattera / Human Events:
Rubio in letter to Obama: You are turning America into a ‘deadbeat nation’
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Students Laugh When Obama Tells Them “You Inspire Me”
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Path to Green Card for Illegal Immigrant Family Members of Americans