- Mitt Romney is still dominating New Hampshire in the latest Granite State Poll, but Michele Bachmann has shot to the front of the also-ran pack. Pawlenty and Huntsman remain stalled.
- The conservative Union Leader dings Romney’s economic message.
- The Salt Lake Tribune continues its great series on the Huntsmans.
- Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Huntsman’s former campaign manager and chief of staff, endorses Romney.
- The Gingrich campaign is in debt, will have to rely on “volunteers and frugality.” (Pictured in the second link: Newt disembarking a private jet in Cedar Rapids.)
- Ron Paul’s disdain for loose monetary policy produces an interesting theory on how to temporarily dodge the debt ceiling.
- Jamie Dimon is a welfare queen.
- The Obama administration detained a terrorism suspect on a Navy ship for two months.
- And only in Jersey: the fascinating politics of calling one’s most important ally “a rotten prick.”
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