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• Gingrich under fire on race, Freddie Mac contracts (AP)
• Analysis: Jobs rate gives Obama positive plot line (AP)
• Santorum: Trim Social Security now even if painful (AP)
• Paul campaign pulls in cash from military donors (AP)
• GOP rivals ask: Who is Romney? (AP)
• Paul criticizes Santorum at first NH event (AP)
• All but conceding NH, Romney's rivals look to SC (AP)
• Flood of campaign ads slows to ripple in NH (AP)
• U.S says Iran 'desperate for friends' (Politico)
• Sunday talk show tip sheet (Politico)
• Iowa defeat leaves Perry in unfamiliar role: loser (AP)
• Santorum shrugs off report of Iowa vote errors (AP)
• Jobs report, consumer agency on tap for Obama (AP)
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• Not-Romney Republicans Still Not Ready for Not-Obama (ContributorNetwork)
• Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum: Are You Playing Racist Chicken? (ContributorNetwork)
• Paul campaign volunteers in NH forced to sign nondisclosure agreements (Daily Caller)
• Pelosi in ’05: Bush’s recess appointment a ‘mistake’ that harms U.S. reputation [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)
• Romney keeps focus on Obama in Southern outings (AP)

Gingrich under fire on race, Freddie Mac contracts (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 03:47 PM PST AP - Working to reboot his presidential bid, Newt Gingrich is on the defensive in New Hampshire, under fire for a remark on race and facing fresh questions about his work for mortgage giant Freddie Mac.

Analysis: Jobs rate gives Obama positive plot line (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 02:58 PM PST AP - The promising drop in unemployment on Friday looks like a job-security bonus for President Barack Obama as well, undercutting Republicans' assertions that his economic policies have failed. The president himself heralded the news with his most confident assessment yet.

Santorum: Trim Social Security now even if painful (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 03:35 PM PST AP - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum called Friday for immediate cuts to Social Security benefits, risking the wrath of older voters and countless others who balk at changes to the entitlement program.

Paul campaign pulls in cash from military donors (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 02:20 PM PST AP - An Army reservist who spoke up for Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul while in uniform — and landed in trouble for it — is just one of the soldiers getting behind the Texas congressman's campaign.

GOP rivals ask: Who is Romney? (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:39 PM PST AP - Who is Mitt Romney? And what does he believe?

Paul criticizes Santorum at first NH event (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:45 PM PST AP - Texas Rep. Ron Paul on Friday dismissed Republican presidential rival Rick Santorum as being insufficiently conservative, predicting GOP voters would cool on the former Pennsylvania senator once they learn of his support for spending programs in Washington.

All but conceding NH, Romney's rivals look to SC (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 03:27 PM PST AP - Mitt Romney's rivals are all but conceding defeat in next Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, looking past a weekend debate doubleheader in the Granite State and focusing on South Carolina as their best chance to slow his march to the Republican presidential nomination.

Flood of campaign ads slows to ripple in NH (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 02:17 PM PST AP - The flood of presidential campaign ads that saturated Iowa has slowed to nearly a ripple in New Hampshire, where only Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and an outside group supporting Jon Huntsman are spending heavily before the state's primary next Tuesday.

U.S says Iran 'desperate for friends' (Politico) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 02:26 PM PST Politico - Ahmadinejad is planning a visit to Latin America.

Sunday talk show tip sheet (Politico) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:02 PM PST Politico - NBC’s "Meet the Press" joins Facebook to host the last Republican presidential debate before N.H.

Iowa defeat leaves Perry in unfamiliar role: loser (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 03:41 AM PST AP - Rick Perry did something in Iowa he's never done in three decades of public life: He lost.

Santorum shrugs off report of Iowa vote errors (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2012 08:28 PM PST AP - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum shrugged off reports late Thursday that the vote count from Iowa's caucuses might be wrong, saying the errors appear not to change the fact that he and Mitt Romney were nearly tied.

Jobs report, consumer agency on tap for Obama (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2012 05:15 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama plans to visit the offices of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday, just two days after defying Senate Republicans and appointing a new head to the watchdog agency.

(AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:11 AM PST AP - Britain says there is no evidence to recommend routine removal of PIP breast implants.

Not-Romney Republicans Still Not Ready for Not-Obama (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 03:56 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | There is something definitely Romney-phobic about the Republican electorate. In fact, Mitt Romney has been challenged in the polls by every candidate (except former Utah governor Jon Huntsman), including undeclared contenders like businessman Donald Trump. But Romney won the Iowa Caucus, so how long before the focus of the Republican race shifts from being anti- or not-Romney to being simply not-Obama?

Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum: Are You Playing Racist Chicken? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:00 AM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Perhaps there is a bet among the members of the GOP. Perhaps there is a game of "Truth or Dare" gone awry, or maybe it's the strangest, loudest game of political "Chicken" to date. There is little else that can explain it.

Paul campaign volunteers in NH forced to sign nondisclosure agreements (Daily Caller) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:36 PM PST Daily Caller - NASHUA, N.H. — Ron Paul’s presidential campaign makes some of its volunteers, or “interns,” sign nondisclosure forms and instructs them not talk to the press, The Daily Caller has learned.

Pelosi in ’05: Bush’s recess appointment a ‘mistake’ that harms U.S. reputation [VIDEO] (Daily Caller) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:15 PM PST Daily Caller - In 2005, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President George W. Bush's decision to “circumvent the Senate” and appoint John Bolton as U.N. Ambassador during a congressional recess was a “mistake” that would “harm the United States' reputation.” But Pelosi said on Thursday that she is “glad” President Barack Obama made “bold” recess appointments while the Senate was technically still in session.

Romney keeps focus on Obama in Southern outings (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 06:50 AM PST AP - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is keeping his focus on President Barack Obama as he works South Carolina, leaving the Republican intraparty attacks to his new public ally, Sen. John McCain.

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