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• Rivals say split SC conservative vote aids Romney (AP)
• FACT CHECK: All's not well for 'King of Bain' (AP)
• Anti-immigration tone alienating Hispanics (AP)
• Steve Colbert talks about presidential ambitions (AP)
• Where's Newt? SC campaign stumbles plague Gingrich (AP)
• Perry: Marines in video are 'kids,' not criminals (AP)
• Concerns about Romney's faith quieter but not gone (AP)
• Attacks on Romney getting personal (AP)
• Santorum urges 'conscience' vote (Politico)
• Newt battles crowd at black church (Politico)
• Gingrich defends Bain criticisms in SC GOP forum (AP)
• Santorum backed by social conservative leaders (AP)
• Russia assails US over Guantanamo prison (AP)
• Obama honors Martin Luther King at Washington church (Reuters)
• Connecting Tebowing to Public Schools and Hate Crimes (ContributorNetwork)
• Harry Reid: ‘The tea party’s dying out as the economy’s getting better slowly’ [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)
• Perry attacks Obama admin’s ‘disdain for the military’ [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)
• DiCaprio, Streep celebrate at pre-Globes tea party (AP)

Rivals say split SC conservative vote aids Romney (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 03:21 PM PST AP - A splintered conservative vote in South Carolina could pave the way for Mitt Romney to win this week's pivotal primary, some rivals said Sunday, acknowledging an outcome that prominent state lawmakers suggested could end the nomination fight.

FACT CHECK: All's not well for 'King of Bain' (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 03:21 PM PST AP - It's become a case of the unsubstantiated vs. the discredited.

Anti-immigration tone alienating Hispanics (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 09:38 AM PST AP - The Republican Party is beefing up its minority outreach nationwide and preparing to put its rising Latino stars on the campaign trail amid concerns that tough immigration rhetoric in the presidential primary is taking on an increasingly anti-Hispanic tone.

Steve Colbert talks about presidential ambitions (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 07:22 AM PST AP - Comedian Stephen Colbert says that just because his name won't appear on Saturday's ballot in South Carolina's Republican primary doesn't mean he couldn't become president, or even pope, someday.

Where's Newt? SC campaign stumbles plague Gingrich (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 07:09 AM PST AP - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich was greeted with a standing ovation when he was announced at a barbecue.

Perry: Marines in video are 'kids,' not criminals (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 03:21 PM PST AP - Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry on Sunday accused the Obama administration of "over-the-top rhetoric" and "disdain for the military" in its condemnation of a video that purportedly shows four Marines urinating on corpses in Afghanistan.

Concerns about Romney's faith quieter but not gone (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 03:22 PM PST AP - The second time around, the shock has worn off. The prospect of a Mormon president appears to be less alien to South Carolina Republicans who are giving Mitt Romney a second look after his failed White House bid in 2008.

Attacks on Romney getting personal (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:56 PM PST AP - The criticism of Mitt Romney is getting personal.

Santorum urges 'conscience' vote (Politico) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:31 AM PST Politico - He spends Sunday morning at a prayer breakfast.

Newt battles crowd at black church (Politico) Posted: 14 Jan 2012 07:00 PM PST Politico - He offered 50 minutes of back-and-forth, explaining why poor children should have part-time jobs.

Gingrich defends Bain criticisms in SC GOP forum (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:45 PM PST AP - Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Saturday that Republicans will err if they don't scrutinize Mitt Romney's role in a private equity firm called Bain Capital.

Santorum backed by social conservative leaders (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2012 07:20 PM PST AP - A week before the pivotal South Carolina primary, Rick Santorum's quest to emerge as the chief alternative to Mitt Romney received a boost Saturday from a group of evangelical leaders and social conservatives who voted to back his candidacy in a last-ditch effort to stop the GOP front-runner's march to the nomination.

Russia assails US over Guantanamo prison (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 08:09 AM PST AP - Russia's Foreign Ministry has accused the U.S. of breaking international law by keeping terror suspects in indefinite custody without trial at the Guantanamo Bay prison.

Obama honors Martin Luther King at Washington church (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 02:31 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama celebrated the legacy of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with his family on Sunday, clapping and swaying to the boisterous strains of "Amazing Grace" at a historic Washington D.C. Baptist church.

Connecting Tebowing to Public Schools and Hate Crimes (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 09:52 AM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Two high school basketball fans were attacked after a game for Tebowing, according to Fox News. As a political scientist, I find this case extremely inviting due to the questions that can be raised from the action of Tebowing and from the attack itself. This case could easily open a can of worms which could be debated for weeks if not longer.

Harry Reid: ‘The tea party’s dying out as the economy’s getting better slowly’ [VIDEO] (Daily Caller) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:53 AM PST Daily Caller - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday in a rare television interview that his Republican counterparts in the Senate are guilty of “obstructionism on steroids" and that the tea party is slowly "dying out."

Perry attacks Obama admin’s ‘disdain for the military’ [VIDEO] (Daily Caller) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:58 AM PST Daily Caller - The video of U.S. Marines urinating on dead Taliban soldiers that surfaced last week has sparked its share of outrage. However, it is the Obama administration's reaction that has Texas Gov. Rick Perry concerned.

DiCaprio, Streep celebrate at pre-Globes tea party (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2012 10:41 PM PST AP - Before the Golden Globes Champagne, there is the BAFTA tea.

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