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• Santorum defends earmarks after Iowa win (AP)
• Iowa vote doesn't resolve GOP search for identity (AP)
• After Iowa, Romney now hopes to pull away in NH (AP)
• Romney accepts McCain's endorsement in GOP race (AP)
• Santorum faces organization, money hurdles (AP)
• Obama campaign casting president as promise keeper (AP)
• Paul criticizes Gingrich as campaign shifts to NH (AP)
• Stirring up a fight, Obama names consumer watchdog (AP)
• Retiring Ohio pol knocks Boehner (Politico)
• Obama makes 3 NLRB recess appointments (Politico)
• Gingrich takes tougher tone in criticism of Romney (AP)
• Huntsman: Republican race wide open in Iowa's wake (AP)
• US wants 2012 talks for Taliban political office (AP)
• Iran says has way to work around EU oil ban threat (Reuters)
• John McCain Endorses Mitt Romney in Manchester, N.H. (ContributorNetwork)
• Iowa Caucus Sparks Verbal Brawl Between Ron Paul and Rick Santorum (ContributorNetwork)
• Obama swings for the Buckeye State (Daily Caller)
• Ron Paul: Gingrich ‘chickened out’ when called for military service [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)
• Bachmann off, Perry on the Republican rollercoaster (Reuters)
• Michele Bachmann Ends Her Presidential Campaign, Not Her Political Career (ContributorNetwork)

Santorum defends earmarks after Iowa win (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 03:46 PM PST AP - Presidential contender Rick Santorum is defending previous statements and votes a day after he nearly defeated rival Mitt Romney in Iowa's leadoff nominating contests.

Iowa vote doesn't resolve GOP search for identity (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 02:08 PM PST AP - The Republicans' identity crisis is producing the most volatile presidential primary season in memory and threatening to dilute the conservative fervor that swept the party to huge wins in 2010.

After Iowa, Romney now hopes to pull away in NH (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 04:06 PM PST AP - Mitt Romney eagerly pocketed an endorsement from two-time New Hampshire primary winner John McCain on Wednesday and bid to convert a single-digit victory in Iowa into a Republican presidential campaign juggernaut. Unimpressed, Newt Gingrich ridiculed the former Massachusetts governor as a liberal turned moderate now masquerading as a conservative.

Romney accepts McCain's endorsement in GOP race (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 02:38 PM PST AP - Mitt Romney on Wednesday accepted an endorsement from Arizona Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, as the former Massachusetts governor pushed for an overwhelming victory in next week's New Hampshire primary.

Santorum faces organization, money hurdles (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 03:29 PM PST AP - Rick Santorum is counting on momentum — and perhaps help from outside groups — to carry him to victory in New Hampshire and beyond. He has little choice.

Obama campaign casting president as promise keeper (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:07 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's campaign team is casting him as a man of his word, countering Republican efforts to portray his White House record as nothing but a series of failed promises. But the approach carries risks that Republicans hope to capitalize on.

Paul criticizes Gingrich as campaign shifts to NH (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:43 PM PST AP - Republican Ron Paul blasted rival Newt Gingrich on foreign policy Wednesday, calling the former House speaker a "chicken hawk" for advocating U.S. overseas military conflicts even though he avoided service as a young man.

Stirring up a fight, Obama names consumer watchdog (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 03:29 PM PST AP - Defying Republican lawmakers, President Barack Obama on Wednesday barreled by the Senate and installed a national consumer watchdog on his own, provoking GOP threats of a constitutional showdown in the courts. Setting a fierce tone in the election-year fight for middle-class voters, Obama said: "I refuse to take `no' for an answer."

Retiring Ohio pol knocks Boehner (Politico) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 03:36 PM PST Politico - Steve Austria hints that Boehner’s role in Ohio redistricting hastened the end of his Hill career.

Obama makes 3 NLRB recess appointments (Politico) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:24 PM PST Politico - The board was in danger of becoming inactive when a term expired, depriving it of a quorum.

Gingrich takes tougher tone in criticism of Romney (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 03:29 PM PST AP - GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich pummeled front-running rival Mitt Romney as "a moderate Massachusetts Republican to the left of the vast majority" of their party, displaying a tough new tone in New Hampshire after a disappointing performance in Iowa's caucuses.

Huntsman: Republican race wide open in Iowa's wake (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 03:35 PM PST AP - Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman rallied campaign volunteers Wednesday by saying he can smell success in New Hampshire — and by showing off his presidential campaign's first television ad.

US wants 2012 talks for Taliban political office (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 09:34 AM PST AP - The Obama administration hopes to restore momentum in the spring to U.S. talks with the Taliban insurgency that had reached a critical point before falling apart this month because of objections from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, U.S. and Afghan officials said.

Iran says has way to work around EU oil ban threat (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 09:39 AM PST Reuters - Iran has ready alternatives to a threatened European Union embargo on its oil and increased pressure from Washington, and intends to keep up exports of some 2.3 million barrels per day (bpd) this year, a senior Iranian oil official told Reuters.

John McCain Endorses Mitt Romney in Manchester, N.H. (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST ContributorNetwork - John McCain endorsed Mitt Romney in a rally at Central High School in Manchester, N.H., in the same gymnasium where the man who beat McCain for the presidency, Barack Obama, held his own rally early last month.

Iowa Caucus Sparks Verbal Brawl Between Ron Paul and Rick Santorum (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 08:00 AM PST ContributorNetwork - The clash between Ron Paul and Rick Santorum is no longer just a battle for Iowa between two surging presidential candidates who were previously seen as irrelevant and unelectable; it's personal now.

Obama swings for the Buckeye State (Daily Caller) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:35 PM PST Daily Caller - President Barack Obama made another bet on swing-state Ohio by flying in to Cleveland to announce his appointment of a former Buckeye State Democrat to run the federal government's new far-reaching financial regulatory agency.

Ron Paul: Gingrich ‘chickened out’ when called for military service [VIDEO] (Daily Caller) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:07 PM PST Daily Caller - Continuing to bash Newt Gingrich as a “serial hypocrite,” Texas Rep. Ron Paul is now pointing out that despite the former House speaker's tough stance on foreign policy, he avoided the draft during the Vietnam War.

Bachmann off, Perry on the Republican rollercoaster (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:43 PM PST Reuters - The rough-and-tumble Republican race for the White House became even more entangled on Wednesday when Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann quit and Rick Perry decided to stay in after all.

Michele Bachmann Ends Her Presidential Campaign, Not Her Political Career (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 09:48 AM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Rep. Michele Bachmann, having listened to the judgment of the voters of Iowa, not to mention the gentle suggestion from her erstwhile political ally Sarah Palin, has suspended her campaign, effectively ending her quest for the presidency, according to ABC News,

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