December 2011
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4 Days To Go...Gingrich Tears Up On The Trail- and...
4 DAYS UNTIL IOWA (28 delegates) 11 DAYS UNTIL NEW HAMPSHIRE (12 delegates) 22 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA (25 delegates)
ALL POLITICS EDITION
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Politics has become a really nasty, vicious, negative business and I think it’s disgusting and I think it’s dishonest”- Newt Gingrich to ABC’s Jonathan Karl
HIGHLIGHTS FROM TODAY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL:
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This Evening: 3-way Tie 5 Days Before Iowa,...
5 DAYS UNTIL IOWA (28 delegates) 12 DAYS UNTIL NEW HAMPSHIRE (12 delegates) 23 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA (25 delegates)
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CAMPAIGN RESET- from The Washington Post’s Dan Balz in Ames- “Romney prepares aggressive Iowa finish”
“Romney is far from a clear favorite in Iowa: Rep. Ron Paul of Texas continues to show strength in the polls and is banking on a...
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This Evening: 6 Days To Go- Romney's Rising,...
6 DAYS UNTIL IOWA (28 delegates) 13 DAYS UNTIL NEW HAMPSHIRE (12 delegates) 24 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA (25 delegates)
ALL POLITICS EDITION
TOP STORY- “Romney, Santorum Rising in Iowa”- The Washington Post’s Amy Gardner on the ground in Des Moines-
“There was evidence of growing intensity on both sides of the argument [today] as the candidates crisscrossed the state on...
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Inside the White House's Payroll Tax Strategy
Via Mike Allen’s Friday Playbok
PFEIFFER’S WORKSHOP - HOW THE WHITE HOUSE POUNDED ITS MESSAGE:
“—Monday: WH Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer did an hour of satellite TV time into the following markets: Palm Beach, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Portland and Seattle. … The regional communications team did a press call with their top regional reporters with Josh Earnest...
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The Evening Report for Thursday December 22 2011
12 DAYS UNTIL IOWA 19 DAYS UNTIL NEW HAMPSHIRE
BREAKING: A magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck near Christchurch, New Zealand, the US Geological Survey reports
TOP STORY: A deal.
Late this afternoon, Speaker of the House John Boehner, looking weary and defeated after a week of intense negotiations, came to the microphones to announce that he had reached a deal with Senate Majority Leader Harry...
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President Obama to Sign Executive Order and...
Later this morning, President Obama will issue an Executive Order and release the United States’ first-ever National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security. These two new documents lay out the concrete steps the Administration will take to increase our commitment to support women as critical participants in preventing and resolving conflict.
We know that enabling women to have a voice...
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Statement from the Press Secretary on Report of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 18, 2011
Statement by the Press Secretary on reports of the death of Kim Jong Il
We are closely monitoring reports that Kim Jong Il is dead. The President has been notified, and we are in close touch with our allies in South Korea and Japan. We remain committed to stability on the Korean peninsula, and to the freedom and security of our allies.
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The Evening Report for Sunday December 18
16 DAYS UNTIL IOWA
BREAKING: North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jon-Il has died.
The news broke just after 10pm Eastern Time and is developing at this hour. The death of one of the world’s most notorious and mysterious dictators becomes one of the largest news stories of the year 2011, a year that has also seen the death of Osama bin Laden, and Muhammar Kadaffi.
THE LATEST- via...
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The Evening Report for Friday December 16
FRIDAY’S EARLY EDITION
18 DAYS UNTIL IOWA
TOP STORY: Shutdown Averted- The latest from The Hill-
“The House easily approved a $1 trillion omnibus Friday, sending the bill to a Senate for a likely weekend vote.
Senate passage would send the bill to the White House and avert a government shutdown, but won’t end Congress’s business for the year. Lawmakers are expected...
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Save Service Statement on National Service Cuts in...
Save Service in America Campaign Director AnnMaura Connolly released the following statement today in response to H.R. 2055:
“While we understand the difficult choices our nation’s policymakers face in a time of great economic turmoil, we are disappointed to see lawmakers scale back investment in Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) programs that provide...
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The Evening Report for Thursday December 15
19 DAYS UNTIL IOWA
25 HOURS UNTIL A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
In Sioux City, Iowa tonight- the 13th Republican Presidential Candidates Debate. It is the final debate before the January 3rd Caucuses.
THE HEADLINE: “Newt Under Attack in Iowa Debate”
QUOTE OF THE NIGHT- POLITICO
“Asked about his views on the Keystone XL pipeline, and how House Republicans should handle their...
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The Evening Report for Wednesday December 14
20 DAYS UNTIL IOWA
50 HOURS UNTIL A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
TOP STORY: Brinkmanship by both parties on Capitol Hill has set the federal government up for a potential shutdown effective Saturday morning after the Senate today rejected a House passed payroll tax bill, which also includes a provision speeding implementation of the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline.
This evening, Senate...
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The Evening Report for Tuesday December 13
21 DAYS UNTIL IOWA
JUST IN: Conservative activist and former Delaware senate candidate Christine O’Donnell tonight announced her endorsement of Mitt Romney on FOX News. And tonight, the Romney campaign is TRUMPETING the endorsement.
TOP STORY: The House passed a payroll tax cut extension this evening; it is considered dead on arrival in Senate.
THE VOTE: 234-to-193. 10 Democrats...
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The Evening Report for Monday December 12
22 DAYS UNTIL IOWA
TOP STORY: NEARING A DEAL- Reports from Capitol Hill that Congressional appropriators have reached a deal- barring technical corrections- on a $1+ trillion spending measure to fund the federal government into next fiscal year, a key item on Congress’ to-do list before the holiday recess.
From The Hill:
“Congress must approve the omnibus or a temporary...
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The Evening Report for Sunday December 11
23 DAYS UNTIL IOWA
BIG PICTURE- “Political winds shift to Democrats”- The Hill-
“President Obama is in better shape at the prospect of a prolonged GOP primary battle between former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and Mitt Romney. Democrats in the House have been buoyed by a series of court decisions on redistricting and Senate Democrats have recently landed potentially...
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The Evening Report for Thursday December 08
26 DAYS UNTIL IOWA
TOP STORY: Shooting at Virginia Tech- A VT campus police officer on a routine traffic stop was shot dead today by a gunmen, who police believe later shot himself on the campus of the Blacksburg, Virginia university that is the site of the worst school shooting in American history, on April 16, 2007.
JUST IN: Police have identifed the slain police officer as 39-year old...
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Obama Strategy Against Gingrich
As reported in Playbook this morning, David Axelrod offered some insight yesterday into the Obama 2012 playbook in going after Newt Gingrich. This is also a story being reported, in different forms, by National Journal and the New York Times this morning.
“But in many ways, to the extent that there is kind of [an] angry base, … he’s expert at speaking to that. … [H]e was...
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Romney Strategy Against Gingrich
ABC News reports this morning in The Note on the expected Romney campaign strategy against Newt Gingrich, who is now challenging Romney for frontrunner status. ABC reports that the Romney campaign held a series of meetings over last weekend to develop the strategy, below:
–Romney will not go after Gingrich on personal issues, but ABC News has learned that you can expect to see Romney surrogates...
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The Evening Report for Tuesday December 06
28 DAYS UNTIL IOWA
TOP STORY: President Obama delivered a major speech today in Oswatomie, Kansas, the site of a speech by President Theordore Roosevelt on August 31, 1910 in which the 26th President laid out his vision for a “new nationalism.”
It is a theme that President Obama hopes to adopt as a central message of his 2012 presidential election campaign, and a defining...
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The Evening Report for Sunday December 04, 2011
30 DAYS UNTIL IOWA
TOP STORY: Early returns are in from the Russian parliamentary election and with 75% of the vote being reported, Vladimir Putin’s party, United Russia, has less support now than they reported in the last election in 2007. Three months from now, Putin is expected to run, and was widely expected to win, Russia’ presidential election.
From the BBC:
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The Evening Report for Friday December 02 2011
32 DAYS UNTIL IOWA
FRIDAY’S EARLY EDITION
TOP STORY: The Labor Department reported this morning that 120,000 jobs were added in the month of November and that the national unemployment rate dropped to 8.6%, the lowest level since early 2009 shortly after President Obama assumed office.
This month’s employment snapshot also found that over 380,000 workers dropped out of the...
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President Obama at New York Fundraisers Wednesday...
Telling quotes, via Mike Allen’s Playbook, from President Obama’s night of political fundraising in New York City:
“[I]n addition to preventing a financial meltdown and preventing a second Great Depression, we were able to pass a historic health care bill that’s going to make sure that 30 million people have coverage. We were able to pass a Wall Street reform package...