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• Gingrich says he's in till GOP convention (AP)
• Romney would rank among richest presidents ever (AP)
• NBC asks Romney to remove news material from ad (AP)
• Feisty Gingrich stakes campaign on electability (AP)
• Backyard politics: risks and rewards for Gingrich (AP)
• GOP candidates' pitch to voters: I'm your leader (AP)
• Paul says he has no intention of dropping out (AP)
• Gingrich says space exploration in US tradition (AP)
• The non-endorsing endorsers (Politico)
• Dems bash, bank secret cash (Politico)
• GOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to size (AP)
• Obama urges Congress to act in election year (AP)
• Hillary Clinton to visit Europe next week (AP)
• UN Security Council discusses Syrian crisis (AP)
• President Obama’s Mistakes Are Big News (ContributorNetwork)
• Pat Buchanan: Reagan White House saw Newt as ‘something of a political opportunist’ (Daily Caller)
• Al Sharpton: Obama’s Al Green karaoke moment helped save the economy (Daily Caller)
• Palin's Swipe at Republican Establishment 'Cannibals' Part of a Strategy (ContributorNetwork)

Gingrich says he's in till GOP convention (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 03:16 PM PST AP - On the weekend before the pivotal Florida primary, Newt Gingrich vowed Saturday to stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination until the national convention this summer even if he loses Tuesday's vote. Front-runner Mitt Romney poured on the criticism of his rival in television ads airing across the state.

Romney would rank among richest presidents ever (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 12:50 PM PST AP - Just how rich is Mitt Romney? Add up the wealth of the last eight presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama. Then double that number. Now you're in Romney territory.

NBC asks Romney to remove news material from ad (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 01:30 PM PST AP - NBC asked GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Saturday to pull a campaign advertisement made up almost entirely of a 1997 "Nightly News" report on Newt Gingrich's ethics committee reprimand.

Feisty Gingrich stakes campaign on electability (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 09:31 AM PST AP - Newt Gingrich has staked his presidential bid on the idea that he's best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama. Yet even some supporters seem to be struggling to buy that claim, an indication that efforts by chief rival Mitt Romney to undercut him may be working.

Backyard politics: risks and rewards for Gingrich (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 01:24 PM PST AP - Newt Gingrich's promise to colonize the moon isn't pie-in-the-sky in Florida. It illustrates an adage: All politics is local.

GOP candidates' pitch to voters: I'm your leader (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 06:43 AM PST AP - The pitch from the Republican presidential contenders to voters sounds a lot like the children's game of follow the leader.

Paul says he has no intention of dropping out (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 12:20 PM PST AP - Ron Paul said Saturday the Republican presidential race has "a ways to go" and he doesn't intend to get out or get behind another candidate anytime soon.

Gingrich says space exploration in US tradition (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 06:34 AM PST AP - Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich says critics of his call to ramp up U.S. space exploration don't understand the power of science, technology and entrepreneurship to change the future.

The non-endorsing endorsers (Politico) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 11:30 AM PST Politico - These pols want it both ways — to stay in the conversation but not make a difficult decision.

Dems bash, bank secret cash (Politico) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 04:03 AM PST Politico - Team Obama blesses a network of super PACs trying to raise the same seven-figure checks as Romney’s.

GOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to size (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 09:10 PM PST AP - Republican insiders are rising up to cut Newt Gingrich down to size, testament to the GOP establishment's fear that the mercurial candidate could lead the party to disaster this fall.

Obama urges Congress to act in election year (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:11 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama rallied House Democrats for an election-year fight, urging them to work with Republicans if they show some willingness to put politics aside but telling the rank and file to call them out if they stand in the way.

Hillary Clinton to visit Europe next week (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 12:10 PM PST AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will make a short trip to Europe next week, making her sixth visit to Germany and first to Bulgaria as America's top diplomat.

UN Security Council discusses Syrian crisis (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:43 PM PST AP - The Security Council began closed-door negotiations Friday on a new Arab-European draft resolution aimed at resolving the crisis in Syria, but Russia's envoy said he could not back the current language as it stands.

President Obama’s Mistakes Are Big News (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 11:20 AM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | There are some who would argue President Barack Obama's mistakes are old news, not big news at all. However, that he admits to them is big news.

Pat Buchanan: Reagan White House saw Newt as ‘something of a political opportunist’ (Daily Caller) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 12:48 PM PST Daily Caller - Over the last week, several people that worked in the Reagan administration have come forward and countered former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s claim that he is a “Reagan Republican." These people say Gingrich "wasn’t on board with a lot of what President Ronald Reagan tried to accomplish during his two terms."

Al Sharpton: Obama’s Al Green karaoke moment helped save the economy (Daily Caller) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 10:48 AM PST Daily Caller - On his Friday MSNBC show “PoliticsNation,” Rev. Al Sharpton explained that since President Barack Obama sang a few opening lines from Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” at the Apollo Theater in Harlem last week, it sent download sales soaring. And that, he said, boosted the economy, which is something Republicans should be weary of come November.

Palin's Swipe at Republican Establishment 'Cannibals' Part of a Strategy (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 09:36 AM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The pile on Newt Gingrich by the Republican establishment, as well as some conservative writers, has drawn the ire of Sarah Palin, who decried the attacks of "Cannibals in GOP Establishment" in a recent Facebook post.

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