Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
7:25 PM ET, January 30, 2015

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
The Romney Statement: Not Running.  “I've decided it is best to give other leaders in the Party the opportunity to become our next nominee.”  —  I've been emailed this text of remarks Mitt Romney will be making to his supporters shortly:  —  Let me begin by letting you know who else is on this call, besides Ann and me.
RELATED:
Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Politics:
How Mitt Romney Made His Decision Not To Run  —  Late Thursday evening, Romney's political operation sent scores of supporters an email under his name inviting them to join a Friday morning conference call to be led by Romney himself for “an update.”  The email was signed “All the best, Mitt.”
New York Times:
Mitt Romney Said to Decide Against Running in 2016 Presidential Election  —  WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney will not seek the Republican nomination for president in 2016, according to people familiar with his decision.  —  Mr. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, was expected to share …
John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
New Iowa Poll: Romney Would Have Faced Many Campaign Hurdles  —  Mitt Romney would have faced numerous challenges in the presidential nomination lead-off state of Iowa if he had decided to enter the 2016 presidential contest, a new Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows.
The Daily Beast:
Mitt Romney Is Running for President  —  Mitt Romney will call senior donors at 11am EST Friday to give them “an update” on his campaign plans.  Sources have told the Daily Beast that the former Massachusetts governor will announce his intention to explore another run for the White House.
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:   White House: Romney ‘Worthy of Our Respect’
ABC News:
Mitt Romney Says No to 2016 Presidential Run
Catalina Camia / Associated Press:
Mitt Romney decides against 2016 presidential race
Jon Ward / Yahoo! News:
Mitt Romney says he will not make 2016 White House bid
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Israeli Ambassador: Netanyahu Never Meant to Disrespect Obama  —  Ron Dermer, the Israeli ambassador to the U.S. (Reuters)  —  Earlier this week, shortly after I published a lengthy post critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer …
RELATED:
Jerusalem Post:
Obama has agreed to 80 percent of Iran's demands in nuclear talks, Israeli officials tell Ch. 10
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Jeff Dunetz / “The Lid”:
Report: Obama Has Already Given Iran 80% Of What They Want.
Discussion: Hot Air
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Do we really mean ‘never again’?
Discussion: Ed Driscoll and Betsy's Page
Andrew Porter / SportsRadio 94WIP's Wing Bowl 23:
Wing Bowl Exclusive: Cataldi Releases Never Before Seen Footage Of Christie Falling In-Studio  —  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Never before publicly-seen footage of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie falling off his chair during an in-studio appearance at SportsRadio 94WIP was released Friday morning during 94WIP's Wing Bowl 23.
Louise Radnofky / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans to Block Legislative Fix to Health-Care Law  —  Supreme Court Considers Striking Down Subsidies to Millions Nationwide  —  Congressional Republicans say they won't move to preserve consumers' health insurance tax credits if the Supreme Court strikes them down …
RELATED:
Politico:
GOP chairmen to lead task force to develop Obamacare alternative
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
The Republican Congress Meets Reality  —  Republicans promised to do a couple of things right away if given control of Congress.  One was to pass a bill to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline.  Another was to open up the Senate processes that they charged the Democrats had bottlenecked during their time in the majority.
Discussion: CNN, Politico and Truth Revolt
RELATED:
A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
GOP is back at the edge
Discussion: Politico
Joshua Green / Bloomberg Business:
Scott Walker is Out of Mitt's Shadow—But Staying In the Spotlight Is A Challenge  —  In a D.C. speech, the Wisconsin governor expands his presidential case.  —  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was the breakout star of last weekend's Iowa Faith and Freedom Summit, elbowing aside bigger names …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Althouse
RELATED:
Katie Glueck / Politico:   Scott Walker visits D.C., slams D.C.
Daily Mail:
'Kill our pilot and we'll execute ALL your prisoners': Jordan ‘says it will hang its ISIS captives’ if airman hostage is dead  —  Jordan has threatened to fast-track the execution of a would-be suicide bomber the Islamic State is trying to free if the terror group kills its captured pilot, it was reported today.
Michael Moore / Facebook:
The Day Clint Eastwood Said He Would “Kill” Me, 10 Years Ago This Week  —  A lot of people are asking me if this is true as this “rumor” about Clint Eastwood confronting me in 2005 has now re-surfaced and floated around the internet in the past few days.  So I thought I should say a few words...
Vindicator:
Former Gov. Ted Strickland will run for the U.S. Senate next year, sources close to him confirmed today.  —  Attempts to reach Strickland, a Democrat, by The Vindicator today have been unsuccessful.  —  However, those sources say he told political allies Thursday that he would run …
Michael KranishGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Jeb Bush shaped by troubled Phillips Academy years  —  Possible presidential candidate had tumultuous four years at Andover school
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
Jeannine Aversa: (202) 606-2649 (News Media)  —  National Income and Product Accounts  —  Gross Domestic Product: Fourth Quarter and Annual 2014 (Advance Estimate)  —  Real gross domestic product — the value of the production of goods and services in the United States, adjusted for price changes …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 7:25 PM ET, January 30, 2015.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
The Sophisticated Bigotry of Bobby Jindal
Meghan E. IronsGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Kerry fined for failing to shovel sidewalk outside home
Discussion: Truth Revolt, Fox News and NPR
ABC News:
Delta Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Pilot Locked Out of Cockpit
Discussion: Truth Revolt, Mashable and 6abc.com
Michael Kruse / Politico:
Jeb ‘put me through hell’
Shiv Malik / Guardian:
Boris Johnson: jihadis are porn-watching ‘wankers’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Fund / National Review:
The Scandals at Justice  —  It is well known in legal circles …
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden: ‘The Past Six Years Have Been Really, Really Hard For This Country’
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama to Dems: ‘Get informed, not by reading the Huffington Post’
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
5 Points On How New York State Got So Damn Corrupt
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
A grim warning cry on soaring US debt
Discussion: Politico and VodkaPundit