- Congressional Republicans lose the Wall Street Journal editorial board on the payroll tax cut.
- The White House has scrambled the jets to try to make this a political winner.
- What’s behind Obama’s job approval bounce.
Must Reads
Morning Must Reads: Profits
- House GOP delays vote on Senate payroll tax cut extension, may try to move straight to conference.
- Two-month extensions really are a bad idea.
- Gingrich’s national lead is gone.
- Iowa expectations.
Morning Must Reads: Kim
- Kim Jong Il is dead.
- North Korea awaits succession.
- The House GOP revolts on payroll tax cut extension.
- Ron Paul leads in Iowa, Newt is sinking like a stone.
Morning Must Reads: Wisdom
- Congress funds the government for the rest of FY 2012 without a shutdown.
- Nikki Haley returns the favor of Mitt Romney’s early endorsement.
- His lead is comfortable again in New Hampshire.
- Romney gets moral in Iowa.
Morning Must Reads: Endorsement
- Romney grapples with Newt.
- Gingrich pitches “bold ideas,” “new solutions” and ’90s nostalgia on air:
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Morning Must Reads: Person of the Year
- It’s the protester.
- Paul Ryan and William McRaven were both runners-up.
Morning Must Reads: Sharp
- The Huntsman-Gingrich debate was convivial, but not too kind to Romney.
- The Tax Policy Center finds Gingrich’s tax plan to be pricey, sharply regressive.
- Romney is like Clinton in ’08, only better organized.
Morning Must Reads: Frugal
- Newt gets serious about Florida.
- He’s still expanding his polling lead there and in South Carolina.
- The Romney $10,000 bet pile-on begins.
- He’s frugal, in a way.
Morning Must Reads: Perry
- Romney’s Super PAC prepares to launch an air-to-Gingrich missile in Iowa.
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Morning Must Reads: Spokesman
- The Obama administration won’t allow over-the-counter sale of the morning after pill, ducking a political fight.
- Democrats begin to close the enthusiasm gap.
- Their party rolls drop in key states.
- Elizabeth Warren pulls ahead of Scott Brown.
Morning Must Reads: Unsettled
- Democrats take Gingrich seriously.
- Romney will highlight “integrity,” family.
- His campaign’s still built for a long contest.
Morning Must Reads: Purge
- Gingrich takes double-digit leads in Iowa and South Carolina.
- Republicans rate him most “acceptable;” he’s a big hit among Tea Partyers and seniors.
- Romney’s end-of-term purge of state computers cost Massachusetts taxpayers $100,000.
Morning Must Reads: Pardon
- Gingrich surges to first place in Iowa as Paul solidifies second. He’s also gaining on Romney in New Hampshire.
- His timing is good; a lead 30 days before the caucuses has historically augured victory.
- He’s joining the Iowa air war today with a $250,000 buy:
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