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8:05 PM ET, January 7, 2012

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
All We Are Saying . . .  The establishment usually wins.  That, after all, is what it means to be an establishment.  But not always.  Three of the last six presidents—Jimmy Carter in 1976, Ronald Reagan in 1980, and Barack Obama in 2008—ran against their own party's powerbrokers …
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Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Santorum: All Students Shouldn't Be Pushed to Go to College  —  GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — Former Sen. Rick Santorum expanded his populist message into education Saturday, accusing President Barack Obama and others of “snobbery” for pushing all kids to go to college.
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Santorum Accuses Obama Of ‘Elitist Snobbery’ For Wanting Every Child To Go To College  —  ThinkProgress filed this report from Amherst, New Hampshire  —  President Obama has laid out an ambitious agenda for America's high school students, stating that by 2020, he wants the United States …
Los Angeles Times:
Rick Santorum focuses on gay marriage  —  He suggests to a New Hampshire audience that an imprisoned father is preferable to a same-sex parent.  —  Mitt Romney leaves a campaign event outside an old peanut warehouse in Conway, S.C. (David Goldman, AP / January 6, 2012)
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Rick Santorum to get Gary Bauer endorsement Sunday  —  Gary Bauer, a leader in the social conservative movement, will endorse Rick Santorum's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination Sunday in South Carolina, according to a person close to Bauer.  —  Bauer, who chairs the Campaign …
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Hot Air
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Gary Bauer to endorse Rick Santorum
Discussion: CNN
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Romney pushing for four-state streak to steamroll GOP opponents
Universal Uclick / uExpress:
SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES UNITE FOR SANTORUM
A.Killough / CNN:
Gingrich in friendly attack-mode ahead of debate  —  Wolfeboro, New Hampshire (CNN) - With a World War II-era military tank behind him and two critical debates ahead of him, Newt Gingrich gave his most muscular performance in weeks at a town hall Saturday.  —  Speaking at a WWII museum in Wolfeboro …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Hot Air
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Washington Examiner:
Why Gingrich tanked  —  NASHUA, NH — Just as in Iowa, Newt Gingrich's popularity has plunged here in New Hampshire.  The former House speaker, who hit 24 percent in a Rasmussen survey in late November, is languishing at eight percent in the latest Rasmussen Granite State poll.
ABCNEWS:
Republican Candidates Ready to Rumble in Key New Hampshire Debate
MiamiHerald.com:
Santorum again stresses social issues at event in N.H., criticizing gay marriage
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Paul pushback on Huntsman video  —  Ron Paul supporters have pushed back furiously in the last 24 hours on the charge that one Paul backer posted an offensive video questioning Jon Huntsman's national loyalty, and showing clips of Huntsman speaking Mandarin with his adopted Chinese daughter.
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Emily Goodin / Ballot Box:
Huntsman's New Hampshire strategy: ‘Speak from the heart’  —  MANCHESTER — Jon Huntsman stopped by his Manchester headquarters Saturday afternoon to drop off chicken tenders for his supporters and rally his troops.  —  The former Utah governor, who is counting on a strong performance …
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Michelle Obama and the Evolution of a First Lady  —  Michelle Obama was privately fuming, not only at the president's team, but also at her husband.  —  In the days after the Democrats lost Edward Kennedy's Senate seat in January 2010, Barack Obama was even-keeled as usual in meetings …
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Ventura County / Ventura County Star Stories:
Rep. Elton Gallegly to retire  —  U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Simi Valley, the longest serving congressional representative in Ventura County history, announced this morning that he will not seek re-election and will retire at the end of the current Congress.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:   Rep. Gallegly to retire
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Gallegly to retire  —  Rep. Elton Gallegly will not seek reelection …
Discussion: Capitol Alert
Mark Steyn / National Review:
The Left's So-Called Empathy  —  Lest you doubt that we're headed for the most vicious election year in memory, consider the determined effort, within ten minutes of his triumph in Iowa, to weirdify Rick Santorum.  Discussing the surging senator on Fox News, Alan Colmes mused on some of the “crazy things” he's said and done.
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The G.O.P.'s ‘Black People’ Platform  —  That didn't take long.  —  As we've gotten around to casting votes to select a Republican presidential nominee, the antiblack rhetoric has taken center stage.  —  You just have to love (and despise) this kind of predictability.
 
 
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