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8:15 PM ET, January 14, 2012

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Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Romney opens 21-point lead in South Carolina: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has opened a wide lead over his rivals in the South Carolina primary election race, trouncing Newt Gingrich and gaining momentum in his march toward the party's nomination, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
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Beltway Buzz:
Evangelicals Throw Support to Santorum  —  After a two day meeting at a ranch outside of Houston a group of 150 Christian leaders, business leaders and conservative activists have coalesced behind Rick Santorum.  —  Friday night surrogates from every GOP campaign (except that of Jon Huntsman) …
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
What does Ron Paul want?
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
150 Social Conservative Activists Settle on Supporting Santorum In Stop Romney Move
ABCNEWS:
SC Republicans Boo Newt Gingrich Over Romney Attacks
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Hot Air
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Social conservatives back Rick Santorum
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Santorum wins support of evangelical leaders at Texas meeting
Discussion: Sky Dancing
Kim Geiger / Los Angeles Times:
Religious leaders rally behind Rick Santorum
Josh Dorner / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Social Conservatives Officially Unite on Rick Santorum As Romney Alternative
Discussion: Booman Tribune
CNN:
Police arrest Italian captain of cruise ship that ran aground, killing 3  —  Cruise ship runs aground off Italy  —  Porto Santo Stefano, Italy (CNN) — The Italian captain of the cruise ship that ran aground — killing three people, injuring 20 and leaving dozens unaccounted for …
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BBC:
Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia: Search for missing  —  The BBC's Alan Johnston says it “must have been an extraordinarily harrowing experience”  —  Emergency teams in Italy are racing to rescue those missing after a cruise ship ran aground off the country's west coast with about 4,000 people on board.
ZIP / Weasel Zippers:
Unreal: Obama Regime Condemns Assassination Of Iranian Nuke Scientist...  In other words, Obama condemns Israel's Mossad for doing something we should be doing.
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Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Santorum: US wrong to condemn Iran scientist death  —  GREENVILLE, S.C.—Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Saturday the U.S. was wrong to condemn the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist this week.  —  The Obama administration's public posture on the death Wednesday …
Macon Phillips / White House.gov Blog:
Obama Administration Responds to We the People Petitions on SOPA and Online Piracy  —  The White House has responded to two petitions about legislative approaches to combat online piracy.  In their response, Victoria Espinel, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator at Office of Management and Budget …
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Financial Times:
Merkel says eurozone must act fast  —  By Gerrit Wiesmann in Berlin and Scheherazade Daneshkhu in Paris  —  German chancellor Angela Merkel has called on eurozone governments speedily to implement tough new fiscal rules after Standard & Poor's downgraded the credit ratings of France and Austria and seven other second-tier sovereigns.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Mitt Romney's new problem: A rising sun  —  Mitt Romney was on the campaign trail in South Carolina yesterday, and brought up the issue he expects to ride into the White House: the U.S. economy.  Unfortunately for the former governor, the message isn't quite the same as it was a few months ago.
Jeffrey Sachs / The Huffington Post:
How the Wall Street Journal Misleads About Federal Jobs  —  The editorial board of Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal has a simple game.  They want to cut taxes for the rich and government services for the rest, and end regulations of banks and the environment.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Warns Israel on Strike  —  Officials Lobby Against Attack on Iran as Military Leaders Bolster Defenses  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. defense leaders are increasingly concerned that Israel is preparing to take military action against Iran, over U.S. objections, and have stepped up contingency planning …
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
‘Supply-Sider’ for the Working Man  —  Mitt Romney's conservative rival Rick Santorum wants to grow the economy with tax breaks for manufacturing—and babies.  —  Manchester, N.H.  —  'I'm someone who believes that making things creates wealth," says Rick Santorum.
Discussion: National Review
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Mandarin Smackdown!  Stewart vs. Huntsman vs. Xiao Li  —  What do Messrs.  Stewart and Huntsman have in common, apart from spelling their first name Jon?  Apparently an interest in Asian language.  Stewart puts the needle effectively in Huntsman for using Mandarin on the campaign trail, starting at time 5:00 of this clip.
Discussion: The Agonist
 
 
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John R. Emshwiller / Wall Street Journal:
Lawmakers Tied to VIP Loan Program
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Climate Guest Blogger / ThinkProgress:
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New York Times:
In Reversal, Gingrich Calls for Withdrawal of Film Attacking Romney and Bain
Kim Severson / New York Times:
Town, Cast as Romney's Victim, Says, ‘Huh?’
Digby / Crooks and Liars:
Blue America Endorses Annie Kuster for Congress
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Virginia Postrel / Bloomberg:
About Virginia Postrel  —  Virginia Postrel writes about commerce …
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