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9:30 AM ET, January 18, 2012

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Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Newt Gingrich: If Mitt Romney Wins South Carolina, It's Over … South Carolina Primary Election , South Carolina Primary Election 2012 , Politics News  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — Newt Gingrich came clean Tuesday afternoon, admitting that if he can't win this state's primary on Saturday …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Palin: I'd vote for Gingrich in South Carolina  —  Sarah Palin's not quite endorsing Newt Gingrich for president, but if she were a South Carolina voter, he's the one she'd cast her ballot for this weekend.  —  The idea, Palin explained on Fox News, would be to keep the primary season going.
Discussion: The Reaction and CNN
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama up 5 on Romney nationally  —  PPP's first national poll of 2012 finds Barack Obama with his best standing against Mitt Romney since last May, right after the killing of Osama bin Laden.  Obama leads Romney 49-44.  —  It's not as if Obama's suddenly become popular.
David Catanese / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum set South Carolina expectations  —  LEXINGTON, S.C. — To hear Newt Gingrich tell it, South Carolina is his do-or-die state, the Alamo where he makes his stand as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney.  The hour is late, according to the former House Speaker …
Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
Chris Matthews Accuses Newt Gingrich Of Racially Charged Use Of The Name ‘Juan’
Pete Kasperowicz / Ballot Box:
Gingrich doubles down on promise to follow Obama around the country to force debates
Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
Democrats file 1 million signatures for Walker recall  —  Petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker are delivered Tuesday to the Government Accountability Board headquarters in Madison.  Recall supporters filed about twice as many signatures as they needed.  Republicans, meantime …
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Monica Davey / New York Times:   Organizers Say 1 Million Signed Petition to Recall Wisconsin Governor
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Dems gather more than one million signatures to recall Scott Walker
Fox News:
‘Occupy’ protesters suspected of throwing smoke bomb over White House fence  —  WASHINGTON - The Secret Service was responding Tuesday night to an escalating protest that may have involved one or more smoke bombs being thrown over the White House fence.  —  An estimated 1,000 protesters have gathered.
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Paul Bedard / US News:
Taxpayers on Hook for D.C. Protester's Potties  —  The Capitol installed 17 Don's Johns for today's Occupy protests.  They were lined up next to the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial seen in the background.  —  America's taxpayers, already on the hook for watching over the Occupy movement's three-month seizure …
CNET:
Google will protest SOPA using popular home page  —  The tech sector is pulling out the big guns.  —  Google, the Web's top search company and one of technology's most influential powers in Washington, will post a link on its home page tomorrow to notify users of Google's opposition …
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Megan Ruyle / The Hill:
Unbowed by protests, Lamar Smith to move ahead on piracy bill
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
It's Baaaaaaaaack: Lamar Smith Says SOPA Markup To Resume In February
Donovan Slack / The Politico:
White House locked down because of ‘smoking objects’  —  The White House was locked down Tuesday night because of “smoking objects” found near the North Portico as hundreds of protesters rallied outside the executive mansion, Secret Service officials said.  —  “We had approximately 1,000 …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, The Hill and Firedoglake
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nbcwashington.com:
Apparent Smoke Bomb Tossed Over White House Fence
Discussion: msnbc.com and Talking Points Memo
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Recess appointments might not hold  —  Some legal experts, including those who have sided with President Obama on other constitutional issues, think there is a good chance the courts could overturn his recent recess appointments.  —  Legal experts said courts could invalidate Obama's appointments …
Andrew Kaczynski / Politics:
The Book On Mitt Romney: Here Is John McCain's Entire Opposition Research File … The Book On Mitt Romney: Here Is John McCain's Entire Opposition Research File  —  Politics Buzz A document found online by BuzzFeed appears to be John McCain's entire, 200-page opposition research file …
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Obama's jobs council report says ‘drill’  —  President Obama's jobs council called Tuesday for an “all-in approach” to energy policy that includes expanded oil-and-gas drilling as well as expediting energy projects like pipelines.  —  “[W]e should allow more access to oil …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Gary Martin / MySanAntonio.com:
State's attorneys defend redistricting maps  —  They insist the process was fair and transparent.  —  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Texas defended the state's redistricting plans Tuesday as open, bipartisan and compliant with constitutional requirements despite legal challenges …
Discussion: Off the Kuff
Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:
WH: Newt's Obama food stamp charge is ‘crazy’  —  President Obama's White House spokesman dismissed as “crazy” Newt Gingrich's claim that Obama has “put” people on food stamps, citing the ailing economy as the cause for the expanded use of welfare programs.  —  “Well, you know as well as I …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Gingrich On Food Stamp Comment: “Among The Politically Correct, You Are Not Supposed To Use Facts …
Discussion: Big Government and RedState
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Why They Stood and Cheered  —  Gingrich confronts the left's insidious theory of racial supremacy.  —  Bye-Ku for Jon Huntsman  —  Call me crazy, but  —  I think insulting voters  —  Will warm them to me  —  The live-audience reaction to Republican presidential debates is a matter …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Romney Caricatures Himself  —  Mitt Romney, in all likelihood, is going to walk away with his party's presidential nomination.  Yet from the standpoint of positioning himself for the general election, the primary season has been a disaster for him.  Romney's campaign has worked hard …
Nycsouthpaw / Politics:
Michelle Obama's Birthday Restaurant Has Occupy-Themed Burger Menu  —  Michelle Obama's Birthday Restaurant Has Occupy-Themed Burger Menu  —  Politics Buzz The Obamas are celebrating Michelle's birthday with friends at BLT Steak in Washington, DC this evening.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pat Dollard
 
 
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Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:
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ABCNEWS:
Va. Appeals Court Rules Against Perry and Gingrich's Attempt to Get on Ballot
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
What Would New York Look Like With a Smaller Financial Sector?
Discussion: ZeroHedge and TBogg
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Conservative Media Is the Biggest Culprit in Huntsman's Weak Showing
Sara Murray / Real Time Economics:
Nearly Half of U.S Lives in Household Receiving Government Benefits
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Pinkberry co-founder beat homeless man with tire iron, LAPD says
Rick Perlstein / Rolling Stone:
What Mitt Romney Learned From His Dad
Bruce Horovitz / USA Today:
Burger King tries home delivery
Discussion: msnbc.com and The Atlantic Online
 

 
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