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• SOTU forecast: Atmospherics over policy (Politico)
• The Fast Fix: Where are all the GOP candidates? (The Newsroom)
• House leader Cantor believes Obama is a US citizen (AP)
• Republicans press for Senate vote on health care (AP)
• Tea partiers say defense in mix for budget cuts (AP)
• One-fifth of House freshmen bunk in their office (Daily Caller)
• Rick Santorum back to N.H. for dinner (Politico)
• Pawlenty: More spending 'atrocious' (Politico)
• State of the Union: It's the economy, again (AP)
• Italy's top bishop slams Berlusconi for scandal (AP)
• Cohen tapped for Treasury anti-terrorism post (AP)
• 2012: ‘An Open Field and a Fair Chance’ (The Weekly Standard)
• GOP conservatives push Boehner to keep word on $100 billion in cuts (Daily Caller)
• Chris Christie turned down offer to give State of the Union response (Daily Caller)
• Tim Pawlenty’s new ad looks like a Jerry Bruckheimer film (The Ticket)
• GOP list of programs for ax loaded with survivors (AP)

SOTU forecast: Atmospherics over policy (Politico) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:46 AM PST Politico - When President Barack Obama steps into the House chamber Tuesday to deliver his second State of the Union address, ambience will trump substance.

The Fast Fix: Where are all the GOP candidates? (The Newsroom) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:48 AM PST The Newsroom - By this time in the 2008 election, at least 13 candidates had said they would run for the GOP nomination. This time, there's one. Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for the Morning Fix newsletter. …

House leader Cantor believes Obama is a US citizen (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 06:09 PM PST AP - The new Republican House majority leader says he doesn't think questions about President Barack Obama's citizenship should play a role in the discussion of policy matters.

Republicans press for Senate vote on health care (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 06:09 PM PST AP - Senate Republicans want to box majority Democrats into allowing a health care repeal vote even if GOP lawmakers expect to be on the losing side.

Tea partiers say defense in mix for budget cuts (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 11:18 PM PST AP - Back home, tea partiers clamoring for the debt-ridden government to slash spending say nothing should be off limits. Tea party-backed lawmakers echo that argument, and they're not exempting the military's multibillion-dollar budget in a time of war.

One-fifth of House freshmen bunk in their office (Daily Caller) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 11:36 PM PST Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerGOP conservatives push Boehner to keep word on $100 billion in cutsChris Christie turned down offer to give State of the Union response Behar's dilemma: What's the difference between 'grown-ups' and 'young people' talking about anal sex?Feminists cheer Olbermann's demiseTheDC on TV: Deputy Editor Jamie Weinstein on 'The Big Picture'

Rick Santorum back to N.H. for dinner (Politico) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:41 PM PST Politico - The presidential hopeful will headline three Lincoln-Reagan dinners for local GOP organizations.

Pawlenty: More spending 'atrocious' (Politico) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 10:38 AM PST Politico - Former Minn. governor launches preemptive criticism of Obama’s expected spending proposals.

State of the Union: It's the economy, again (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:29 PM PST AP - Standing before a nation clamoring for jobs, President Barack Obama will call for targeted spending to boost the economy but also for budget cutting in Tuesday night's State of the Union address, his first in a new era of divided political power.

Italy's top bishop slams Berlusconi for scandal (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 08:48 AM PST AP - Italy's top bishop has issued scathing criticism of Premier Silvio Berlusconi over his sex scandal by insisting that public officials must control themselves and warning of the damage being done to Italians and their reputation.

Cohen tapped for Treasury anti-terrorism post (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:09 PM PST AP - The White House says President Barack Obama will nominate David Cohen to head up the U.S. effort to battle terrorism with financial sanctions.

2012: ‘An Open Field and a Fair Chance’ (The Weekly Standard) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:54 PM PST The Weekly Standard - "We need a candidate!" You can't have a conversation with a Republican here in Washington without hearing that plaintive wail. Indeed, as President Obama stages a bit of a comeback, and it seems that 2012 won't be a cakewalk, the plaintive wail has become an imploring request—even a pathetic and desperate cry: "WE NEED A CANDIDATE! NOW!"

GOP conservatives push Boehner to keep word on $100 billion in cuts (Daily Caller) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:29 PM PST Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerGOP conservatives push Boehner to keep word on $100 billion in cutsChris Christie turned down offer to give State of the Union response Behar's dilemma: What's the difference between 'grown-ups' and 'young people' talking about anal sex?Feminists cheer Olbermann's demiseTheDC on TV: Deputy Editor Jamie Weinstein on 'The Big Picture'

Chris Christie turned down offer to give State of the Union response (Daily Caller) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:10 PM PST Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerGOP conservatives push Boehner to keep word on $100 billion in cutsChris Christie turned down offer to give State of the Union response Behar's dilemma: What's the difference between 'grown-ups' and 'young people' talking about anal sex?Feminists cheer Olbermann's demiseTheDC on TV: Deputy Editor Jamie Weinstein on 'The Big Picture'

Tim Pawlenty’s new ad looks like a Jerry Bruckheimer film (The Ticket) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:43 PM PST The Ticket - It's not just Sarah Palin who can make fancy videos. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, her potential 2012 rival, is out today with a fairly slick new political ad touting his recently released book, "Courage to Stand." But the roughly 90-second video is hardly your average political ad. Rather, it looks and sounds almost like [...]

GOP list of programs for ax loaded with survivors (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:28 PM PST AP - Can the tea party kill off what Newt Gingrich couldn't?

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