Monday, January 16, 2012

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Republicans point toward 1st of 2 SC debates (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:30 PM PST

COMMERCIAL IMAGE In this photograph taken by AP Images for Myrtle Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Team Sandtastic of Sarasota, Fla makes final touches to the 2012 Republication Primary Debate ‘Mount Myrtle’ sand feature, located across the street from the Sheraton Myrtle Beach Hotel and Convention Center on Sunday, January 15, 2012 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The 1,175,100 pound sand sculpture (525 tons) has taken five sand sculptors six days to complete and features three separate elements. (Willis Glassgow /AP Images for Myrtle Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau)AP - The Republican presidential contenders on Monday campaigned their way into the first of two debates before a pivotal weekend primary in South Carolina, with Mitt Romney savoring an endorsement from the latest campaign dropout and his pursuers struggling to emerge as the race's principal conservative.

Huntsman departure a marginal help to Romney in SC (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:43 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, accompanied by his wife Mary Kaye Huntsman, announces he is ending his campaign, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Republican Jon Huntsman's endorsement of Mitt Romney further cements Romney as the favorite in Saturday's pivotal South Carolina primary, adding another name to the list of party figures calling him best able to beat Democratic President Bararck Obama.

GOP maps strategy in wake of payroll tax debacle (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:09 AM PST

AP - When last seen in Washington, House Republicans were furious with their own leader, Speaker John Boehner, and angry with their Senate Republican brethren over how the showdown over the Social Security tax cut turned into a year-end political debacle.

Santorum accuses pro-Romney PAC of lying in SC (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 07:40 AM PST

AP - Republican Rick Santorum complained bitterly Monday that a political action committee that supports presidential rival Mitt Romney is lying about his record. He called on Romney, the front-runner in the nomination race, to ask the group to edit or remove its advertisements from the air before Saturday's pivotal primary in South Carolina.

Santorum mixes academia into campaign trail pitch (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 12:41 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., speaks as he campaigns at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Prayer Breakfast in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Rick Santorum is running for president but his campaign speeches sometimes sound like he's working toward tenure.

Paul's flights fly in face of cut-spending theme (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:19 AM PST

AP - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has been spending large amounts on airfare as a congressman, flying first class on dozens of taxpayer-funded flights to his home state. The practice conflicts with the image that Paul portrays as the only presidential candidate serious about cutting federal spending.

Concerns about Romney's faith quieter but not gone (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:07 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, hands back seven-month-old Ellen Whitaker as he campaigns at American Legion Post 15 in Sumter, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The second time around, the shock has worn off.

FACT CHECK: All's not well for 'King of Bain' (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:03 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich makes remarks during a campaign event at the Jones Memorial AME Zion Church, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - It's become a case of the unsubstantiated vs. the discredited.

Right blogs take on Newsweek cover (Politico)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:01 PM PST

Politico - The magazine's controversial question has hit a little too close to home for some authors on the right.

Brown, Warren call for Super PAC cease fire (Politico)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:42 AM PST

Politico - Senate candidates agree that they don’t want outside money in race.

Justice Dept says recent recess appointments legal (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:22 PM PST

President Barack Obama visits the new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray, right, at CFPB's offices in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. Obama riled congressional Republicans this week by using a recess appointment, a rarely invoked legal tactic, to appoint Cordray, the former Ohio attorney general to run the watchdog agency. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The Justice Department is publicly rebutting Republican criticism of the legality of President Barack Obama's recent recess appointments of a national consumer watchdog and other officials.

Document backs claims KGB stopped Wallenberg probe (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:40 AM PST

FILE - An undated black and white photo showing World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg. A newly found Swedish document shows how the Soviet secret police intervened in the early 1990's to stop an investigation into World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg's fate, two U.S.-based researchers said Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. The Swedish diplomat, who would have turned 100 this year, is credited with rescuing tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazis. He disappeared after being arrested by the Soviet Red Army in 1945. The Russians have said he was executed on July 17, 1947, but unverified witness accounts and newly uncovered evidence suggest he may have lived beyond that date. (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden, File) SWEDEN OUTAP - A newly found Swedish document shows how the KGB intervened in the early 1990s to stop an investigation into World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg's fate, two U.S.-based researchers said Monday.

Is Romney ‘inevitable?’ Here’s how he lines up against Obama (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 03:06 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - If electability trumps ideology in the Republican nominating contest â€" and in the end it almost always does (Barry Goldwater in 1964 was an exception) â€" then the 2012 presidential race inevitably will boil down to Romney vs. Obama.

Why Can't Mitt Romney Be Pro-Life About Corporations? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 03:38 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report," is perpetrating a parody of a run for the GOP nomination. He's doing it to shed light on the dark side of campaign finance, according to an ABC interview with George Stephanopoulos. The New York Times reports Colbert's Super PAC is running an attack ad. The ad accidentally raises an interesting point about stem cell research and abortion issues.

Sold! To the gentleman in the blonde toupee (Daily Caller)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:18 PM PST

Daily Caller - As Tim Tebow was getting thrown up and down the field by the New England Patriots defense Saturday night, Donald Trump was shelling out big bucks for the devout Christian's memorabilia.

Report: Facebook IPO planned for May (Daily Caller)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:08 PM PST

Daily Caller - The highly anticipated Facebook IPO could happen as early as May, according to a Monday report from the Wall Street Journal.

Tea Party "kingmaker" DeMint focuses on Senate races (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 03:42 PM PST

Reuters - Everybody was waiting for Jim DeMint. Mitt Romney had reason to hope the South Carolina senator would repeat his 2008 endorsement of his presidential bid.

Paul returns to SC, picks up key endorsement (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:11 PM PST

AP - Ron Paul has returned to South Carolina to pick up an endorsement from a state lawmaker popular with tea party activists.
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