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12.21.11 | 10:10 am
Sign Of The Times

Often all you need is a picture, to tell the tale of momentous change.

12.21.11 | 9:40 am
Mitt: Go Spartarines!

Mitt Romney has pledged an uncertain allegiance to the sports teams of his home state’s two most prominent universities.

12.21.11 | 9:40 am
Really Subtle

Like Rick Perry, Mitt Romney also has an ad out reminding voters of his marriage’s longevity.

12.21.11 | 8:34 am
Subtle

Rick Perry puts his wife front-and-center of his new ad.

12.21.11 | 6:53 am
Vern Buchanan, Call Your Office

Florida GOP Rep. Vern Buchanan said the FEC ‘exonerated’ him from any wrongdoing over charges he had his former car dealership reimburse employees for donations made to his campaign.

Turns out that’s not really the case. A report obtained by TPM suggests that far from clearing him, the FEC thinks Buchanan’s explanation “does not seem credible.”

12.21.11 | 6:25 am
Terrible Optics

This short – and brutal – video strikingly illustrates why the GOP’s current payroll tax stance is so potentially calamitous for them.

12.21.11 | 4:53 am
Brutal Airwaves

What do the airwaves look like in Iowa for Newt Gingrich right now? Take a look.

12.21.11 | 3:01 am
Circular Firing Squad Watch

It’s not every day that congressional Republicans get taken to the proverbial woodshed in the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal.

But the lead op-ed in today’s paper is pretty devastating, both for its relative clarity on the issue at hand for the GOP, and for its frank recognition of the potentially suicidal path that House GOP backbenchers have put the party on. Read More

12.20.11 | 2:06 pm
Everything You Know Is Wrong

Want to catch up on the twists and turns of the payroll tax imbroglio? Brian Beutler’s got your back here and here. Or you could get the parallel universe take on matters by watching Fox News.

12.20.11 | 1:48 pm
A Rude Awakening

Gingrich’s sky-high Iowa poll numbers are plummeting back to earth. And if the past few weeks felt like a dream to the candidate, then he got a rather rude awakening today.