A string of four firebombings — suspected to be bias crimes targeting Muslims — tonight in Queens.

Apparently no one was injured in the attacks, though two of the attacks seem to have triggered major fires.

Rupert Murdoch just got set up with a Twitter account over the weekend. And one of his first tweets seems to express at least some warm feelings if not quite an endorsement of Rick Santorum …

Good to see santorum surging in Iowa. Regardless of policies, all debates showed principles, consistency and humility like no other.

Thanks to TPM Reader BG for the tip.

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We’ve got yet another late poll out of Iowa tonight. This one from PPP.

The numbers aren’t dramatically out of line with the trend we’ve seen develop over the last week. But they heighten the drama.

And the results are: Paul 20%, Romney 19%, Santorum 18%, Gingrich 14%, Perry 10%, Bachmann 8%, Huntsman 4%, Roemer 2%.

Newly updated trend chart after the jump … Read More

Mitt Romney hasn’t had to pay any attention to Rick Santorum — until now.

Last January, as we and others reported at the time, Rick Santorum expressed particular dismay over an African American being pro-choice: “The question is — and this is what Barack Obama didn’t want to answer — is that human life a person under the Constitution? And Barack Obama says no. Well if that person — human life is not a person, then — I find it almost remarkable for a black man to say, ‘we’re going to decide who are people and who are not people.'”

Two days before a likely top-3 finish in the Iowa caucus, Ron Paul is still Ron Paul, dismissing sexual harassment in the workplace as a dubious and private matter.

The highly respected and eagerly awaited Des Moines Register/Selzer poll just came out. It has the top three Romney 24%, Paul 22% and Santorum 15%. That’s more or less in line with recent polls. The current TPM Poll Average (pre-DMR data) is Romney 22%, Paul 17% and Santorum 16%.

But the write-up adds this bit of detail …

But the four-day results don’t reflect just how quickly momentum is shifting in a race that has remained highly fluid for months. If the final two days of polling are considered separately, Santorum rises to second place, with 21 percent, pushing Paul to third, at 18 percent. Romney remains the same, at 24 percent.

And look at this trend line to put that movement in perspective. Read More

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Ron Paul tries to scare the crap out of Iowans about the UN takeover and riots in the streets over the emerging dictatorship in America.

Must read stuff.