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01.20.12 | 3:25 pm
Stop Blowing It

Republicans give Romney free advice on how not to blow the race he’s actually pretty much already won.

01.20.12 | 11:39 am
Strength!

The Romney campaign seems to be sending conflicting signals about whether Mitt will show up for the next debate on Monday. But NBC is persevering. The show will go on! Probably.

01.20.12 | 9:27 am
Bain & CO: We Loves Us Some Mitts!

We’ve obtained an email sent out recently by Bain & Co to recent recruits on how to deal with questions about power-alum Mitt Romney. The gist is: Mitt is awesome! But as long we’re on the subject we’re Bain & Co, not Bain Capital where all those people got fired. Read it.

01.20.12 | 8:38 am
Holy Crap

My God. If you want to know why the GOP establishment is freaking out, check out this chart. Read More

01.20.12 | 8:02 am
Gas for the Fire

Pressed on tax returns, Romney calls for Gingrich to release 90s ethics report. And not just Mitt. His surrogates — like fmr. Gov. John Sununu (R-NH) — are pushing the same thing.

01.20.12 | 6:36 am
Ooops

Speaker of the Kansas House apologizes for sending an emailing praying for Obama’s “days [to] be few and brief.”

01.20.12 | 5:52 am
Into the Cyclone

There are signs this morning that the Romney campaign is prepping supporters for a loss in South Carolina tomorrow night. The upside — or what people think is the upside — for Romney is his continuing strength nationally. Indeed, the big news of the last couple weeks was that Romney finally seemed to be breaking out of the sub-30 box he’d languished in for so long. But the latest polls show the national primary electorate just as fluid as it was. Frank Newport of Gallup — usually your classic hyper-cautious poll analyst — talked about Romney’s numbers “collapsing” nationwide. I’m not sure I would have used quite that word. But big picture, he’s right. Look at these numbers.

01.20.12 | 5:04 am
Now Obama Sings Aretha?

Wow, fresh off President Obama’s performance last night of Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together, a follower on Twitter sends me this earlier bootleg of President Obama singing Aretha Franklin. No really. After the jump … Read More

01.20.12 | 4:25 am
Love Stuff Like This

Scientists stumble across monkeys in Indonesia long thought to be extinct and manage to capture rare photos of them.

01.20.12 | 4:24 am
PIPA Vote Delayed

Harry Reid pulls the plug on PIPA vote.