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• Romney's chief Iowa rivals press electability (AP)
• Bachmann, Perry plan to head south after Iowa vote (AP)
• Romney criticizes Santorum as career politician (AP)
• Bright spots, dark clouds — Obama seeks right tone (AP)
• Bachmann plays gender card as Iowa GOP vote nears (AP)
• Paul at home in Texas on weekend before Iowa vote (AP)
• Gingrich: 'I feel Romney-boated' (AP)
• Santorum urges activists to send a message (AP)
• Top 10 viral videos of 2011 (Politico)
• New super PAC backs Obama (Politico)
• Santorum says he would bomb Iran nuclear sites (AP)
• US targets money laundering activity for cartels (AP)
• Police detain 60 at Moscow protest (AP)
• With 48 hours left, Romney close to Iowa breakthrough (Reuters)
• Romney swipes Santorum for time spent in DC (Daily Caller)
• Reliably accurate Des Moines Register poll: Romney leads in Iowa (Daily Caller)

Romney's chief Iowa rivals press electability (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 02:32 PM PST AP - With time running short, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum and other Republican presidential contenders argued Sunday that they could beat President Barack Obama as they worked to persuade undecided Iowa Republicans aching to win the White House to choose them over chief rival Mitt Romney.

Bachmann, Perry plan to head south after Iowa vote (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 02:20 PM PST AP - Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann plan to make their next — and possibly last — stands in South Carolina instead of chasing the rest of the GOP presidential pack to New Hampshire.

Romney criticizes Santorum as career politician (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 02:00 PM PST AP - Mitt Romney is criticizing rival Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum as a career politician and defending his own conservative credentials.

Bright spots, dark clouds — Obama seeks right tone (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:20 AM PST AP - Bullish yet wary, President Barack Obama is highlighting recent economic bright spots while taking care not to overstate a recovery that still has not put millions back to work.

Bachmann plays gender card as Iowa GOP vote nears (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 06:09 AM PST AP - Desperate for a late lift in Iowa, Republican Michele Bachmann is increasingly stressing a distinction in the presidential field: She's the only woman competing for the nomination.

Paul at home in Texas on weekend before Iowa vote (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 05:37 AM PST AP - The last time Ron Paul's congressional district was redrawn, he ended up with NASA's Johnson Space Center as a new neighbor. A group of Houston businessmen soon invited their new congressman for a primer on the value of the space shuttle.

Gingrich: 'I feel Romney-boated' (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 02:56 PM PST AP - Newt Gingrich said Sunday he'd been "Romney-boated" in Iowa and suggested his GOP rival would buy the presidency if he could.

Santorum urges activists to send a message (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 01:44 PM PST AP - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is telling the conservative activists who pushed his rise in the polls that they can send a message to the world about family and faith by giving him a solid showing in Iowa's leadoff caucuses.

Top 10 viral videos of 2011 (Politico) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 01:13 PM PST Politico - Here’s POLITICO’s list of the videos last year that made people say: “You’ve got to see this.”

New super PAC backs Obama (Politico) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 09:44 AM PST Politico - 1911 United will be dedicated to mobilizing black voters in key swing states to support Obama.

Santorum says he would bomb Iran nuclear sites (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 08:06 AM PST AP - Republican Rick Santorum says that if he's elected president, he would bomb Iran's nuclear facilities unless they were opened for international arms inspectors.

US targets money laundering activity for cartels (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2011 08:29 AM PST AP - The Obama administration has hit two men with sanctions for allegedly laundering money on behalf of Mexican and Colombian drug cartels.

Police detain 60 at Moscow protest (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:30 AM PST AP - Police detained 60 opposition activists on Saturday to prevent them from protesting on a central Moscow square against the Kremlin's stifling of democratic freedoms.

With 48 hours left, Romney close to Iowa breakthrough (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 01:54 PM PST Reuters - The Republican White House hopefuls launched a two-day dash to the finish in Iowa on Sunday, with front-runner Mitt Romney poised for a strong showing that could set him on the path to the nomination.

Romney swipes Santorum for time spent in DC (Daily Caller) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 02:17 PM PST Daily Caller - ATLANTIC, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took a subtle swipe Sunday at rival Rick Santorum for being a Washington insider during a campaign stop at a local diner.

Reliably accurate Des Moines Register poll: Romney leads in Iowa (Daily Caller) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:50 PM PST Daily Caller - The Des Moines Register Iowa caucuses poll, considered by political observers to be the most important and reliably accurate poll of the primary season, has determined that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney leads the Republican field.

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