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9:25 PM ET, January 9, 2012

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Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:
Romney at Bain: Big Gains, Some Busts  —  Mitt Romney's political foes are stepping up attacks based on his time running investment firm Bain Capital, tagging him with making a fortune from the rougher side of American capitalism—even as Mr. Romney says his Bain tenure shows he knows how to build businesses.
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Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
Conservatives vs. Capitalism  —  The last two presidential election cycles have revealed a stinking hypocrisy in conservatives: They profess their love of capitalism and entrepreneurship, but when offered a real capitalist and entrepreneur, they go, “Eek, a mouse!”  And they tear him down in proud social-democrat fashion.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Gingrich Swift Boats Romney  —  There is an informal set of rules governing attacks in the presidential primary campaigns, so as to keep things within the healthy, winnowing spirit of Darwinian competition, and away from dangerous subversion of the eventual nominee.
Emily Goodin / Ballot Box:
Romney looks forward to South Carolina
Discussion: The Politico
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Romney Waves Away Opponents' Intensifying Attacks
The Caucus:
Gingrich's Own Close Tie to Buyout Industry
Discussion: Hot Air, The Page and DealBook
A.Killough / CNN:   McCain: Super PACs will result in scandal, corruption
Christi Parsons / Los Angeles Times:
William Daley to step down as Obama's chief of staff  —  White House Chief of Staff William Daley, left, confers with White House Press Secretary Jay Carney as President Barack Obama addresses the media in the briefing room of the White Hous.  (Win McNamee/Getty Images / December 8, 2011)
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Daley to leave White House
Discussion: The Politico, CNN and The PJ Tatler
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Daley to step down as chief of staff
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and CNN
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Texas Voting Rights Case Heard by Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON — Several members of the Supreme Court appeared frustrated on Monday as they surveyed the available options and looming deadlines in a major voting rights case from Texas that could help decide control of the House.
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and msnbc.com
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Supreme Court grapples with messy Texas redistricting case
Discussion: Off the Kuff, CNN and SCOTUSblog
ABCNEWS:   Supreme Court Hears Messy Texas Redistricting Case
American Prospect:   Battle of the Supremes  —  The Montana Supreme Court …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
A way out on Texas?
Discussion: The Politico and Election Law Blog
Robin Bravender / The Politico:
SCOTUS upholds foreign money ban
Discussion: Election Law Blog
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney didn't really say he enjoys firing people  —  Dems are jumping up and down this morning because, as Taegan Goddard puts it, they've “caught him on video saying he likes firing people.”  —  Let me go on record saying it would be misleading and unfair to clip the video in question …
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Laura Conaway / The Maddow Blog:
And Mitt Romney keeps on talking
Byron Tau / The Politico:
Obama spokesman: ‘!!!’  —  Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt tweets …
Santina Leuci / ABCNEWS:
Todd Palin Endorses Newt Gingrich  —  ABC News' Santina Leuci and Z. Byron Wolf report:  —  Sarah Palin's husband is endorsing Newt Gingrich for president, Todd Palin told ABC News today.  —  But Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and John McCain's 2008 Republican running mate …
Matthew Breen / Advocate:
Gayest Cities in America, 2012  —  It's no secret that megalopolises New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles have robust LGBT life — and we've even heard tell of little queer hoods like the Castro and P-Town.  This isn't that list.  —  There's the official census with information …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Record-High 40% of Americans Identify as Independents in '11  —  More Americans identify as Democrats than as Republicans, 31% to 27%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The percentage of Americans identifying as political independents increased in 2011, as is common in a non-election year …
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
GOP Voters Still Unenthused About Presidential Field  —  Romney Ahead Nationally, Santorum Gains Ground  —  OVERVIEW  —  On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, Republican voters continue to express mixed views of the party's presidential field.  Roughly half (51%) of Republican …
Torie Bosch / Slate:
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie Responds to Female Hecklers With Offensive Oral Sex Joke … - New Hampshire Debate: Gingrich Attacks Romney for His “Pious Baloney” - CBS Stakes Its Claim as the Adult Contemporary of the Network Morning Shows  — Chris Christie Responds to Female Hecklers With Lame …
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: Among GOP hopefuls, Romney fares best against Obama  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a two-point lead against President Obama …
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: 58% of Republicans want more presidential choices
Discussion: Hot Air
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Media mob chases Ron Paul from campaign stop in New Hampshire  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — A campaign stop at a New Hampshire eatery unraveled into a bit of a circus when the media scrum chasing Ron Paul apparently became too much for the 76-year-old Texas congressman to handle.
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Michael Barbaro / The Caucus:
Paul Cuts Off CNN, Again
Discussion: Slate, Washington Post and The Hill
Christian Newswire:
Satan Cheers Graham, Osteen, Starr for Not Telling the Truth About Mormonism  —  Contact: Bill Keller, bkeller@liveprayer.com, 727-420-7005  —  Bill Keller, the world's leading Internet Evangelist and the founder of LivePrayer.com, with over 2.4 million subscribers worldwide reading …
Josh Lederman / The Hill:
Crowd boos mentioning of McCain's name at Santorum event  —  SOMERSWORTH, N.H. — Drawing an implicit contrast with Mitt Romney on the eve of the first-in-the-nation primary, Rick Santorum on Monday implored New Hampshire not to settle for a centrist, establishment candidate.
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
California Bars Prisoner From Reading ‘The Atlantic’  —  We received an unusual letter last week here at The Atlantic, from the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, one of the larger prisons in the California state system (and home to the state's death row for women).
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
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Discussion: Althouse and Above the Law
Reuters:
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Discussion: Truthdig
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Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Gay marriage a threat to humanity's future: Pope
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
America Locked A Children's Humanitarian Aid Worker In Gitmo For Seven Years
Discussion: Crooked Timber and Sky Dancing
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Campaign Disavows Pro-Gay Rights Flyer From 2002