Are Dems foolish to overlook the Gingrich threat? (The Week)

New York ? President Obama's supporters are focusing their attacks on Mitt Romney ? even though Newt leads in many GOP primary polls

Newt Gingrich is on a roll. The former House speaker, who recently?won the endorsement of New Hampshire's influential Union Leader newspaper, has risen to the top of GOP presidential polls. Still, Democrats are focusing their attacks on Mitt Romney, whom they seem to view?as the inevitable Republican nominee, and largely ignoring Newt. Are Democrats wisely avoiding wasted resources, or will they rue the day that they failed to take Gingrich more seriously?

Democrats are wise to focus on Mitt: Dems clearly think that "Mitt Romney is the GOP's most formidable opponent for President Obama," says J.P. Green at The Democratic Strategist, "and weakening him now could help one of the more vulnerable Republican candidates get the GOP nod, thereby improving Obama's re-election prospects." This strategy is not without its risks, "but the Republican attack ads against President Obama are already rolling, and they should be answered."
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Still, Obama might have to go after Newt: As a leader in the GOP pack, says Robert J. Vicker in the Harrisburg, Penn., Patriot-News, Romney's enjoyed the luxury of being able to ignore his GOP opponents and focus on the Democratic incumbent ? a classic primary strategy that fosters a sense of inevitability. But now that Gingrich is gaining momentum, he's also "giving his Republican primary rivals a pass," and attacking Obama directly. The Democrats couldn't ignore Romney. And they might not be able to ignore Newt any longer, either.
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And the Dems' Newt-bashing strategy is clear:?There's a real chance that Newt will be the GOP nominee, says Scott Galupo at U.S. News. So Obama should attack "the firebrand Gingrich" using the same strategy Bill Clinton employed against "milquetoast Beltway compromiser" Bob Dole in 1996: Hanging an unpopular Congress like a "millstone" around your GOP opponent's neck. Team Clinton successfully "conjured a mythical two-headed beast ? the 'Dole-Gingrich Congress.'" Obama can do the same thing to the former House speaker if he "relentlessly spotlights" the current House GOP's unpopular proposals ? such as its "plan to cut Medicare spending."
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Siri lends a hand via your Bluetooth-enabled car stereo, reminds you to buy milk (video)

Sure, we've seen Siri used to do a host of things, including controlling the temperature in a hacker's home. But the folks over at Autoblog were curious to know just how well the virtual assistant would work with Bluetooth-enabled car stereos. Once your iPhone 4S is properly tethered, holding down the handset's home button will activate Siri. Treating her as an incoming call, your Notorious B.I.G. playlist will pause before the ready-for-command chime sounds. The in-car assistant was tested on two Mercedes-Benz automobiles, a Chrysler 300, a Dodge Charger and a Nissan Maxima, with the Maxima showcasing the best results. It comes as no surprise that mic placement on each stereo and in-cabin background noise provided a noticeable difference in Siri's listening abilities during the test. For a glimpse of the action before trying it out yourself, hit the video just past the break.

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PFT: Texans to work out Delhomme, Garcia

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The Texans want to kick Jeff Garcia?s tires for a second straight week, but they are looking at other alternatives to sign to their roster.

John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports that Garcia and Jake Delhomme will both work out for the Texans on Tuesday. McCLain says that one of them should sign.

The plan is to start rookie T.J. Yates, with either Garcia or Delhomme competing with Kellen Clemens to be the backup.

There was talk in Houston Monday that the team may sign Sage Rosenfels if he was released by the Dolphins. That doesn?t appear likely to happen now, based on McClain?s report.

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Wendy Strgar: Language of Gratitude

"When something does not insist on being noticed, when we aren't grabbed by the collar or struck on the skull by a presence or an event, we take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude." - Cynthia Ozick

Our communication is the currency of our relationships, literally the energetic equivalent and the substance that drives us towards or away from the people in our lives. Couple that with the fundamental and universal needs we all share for being seen and valued and you get a glimpse of the powerful alteration that happens in the world when you express gratitude. Unleashing the energy of gratitude in your life is all about re-focusing our attention and perfecting the art of appreciation.

What we focus on multiplies. To the degree that we keep our focus on what is wrong, we often entirely overlook what is right. In this same vein, our shared fixation on the how of getting things done, often overlooks the much more crucial question of why. Allowing the why of our lives and our relationships more focus, is a place of gratitude and clear intention. Focusing our attention on the why of what we love or the why we persist with a problem that won't quite resolve opens you up to receiving, which is at once the prerequisite and the reward of feeling gratitude.

Our attention is our most powerful resource and shining that light with gratitude upon the people and events in our lives, even and maybe especially when they challenge us changes the trajectory of our experience. Fear is vanquished in our gratitude and problem-solving acquires a serendipity that resolves the how in ways that were not previously accessible or visible to us. Gratitude expressed literally re-shapes the world you live in and begets more of the same.

Meister Eckhart once wrote, "If the only prayer you said in your whole life was "Thank you," that would suffice." Some days when I am groping for the path back to a grateful way of being in the world, I will just start to repeat the word thank you and look around. It is a simple but profound practice of noticing the details of your world, appreciating the small things like the changing scent in the air as the leaves fall or the comfort of a steaming cup of tea. It's the easy banter of high school boys in the back seat of the car or the joy of my dog let loose on her walk. The more I say thank you out loud to these little events, the more there is to say thank you for. The first awkward ones that feel forced, quickly slip out of mind as my foul mood hasn't a chance against the power of gratitude expressed. Expressing our gratitude is the doorway to receiving the goodness and love in our lives.

Bringing this same practice into your personal relationships will amaze you. Even strangers light up in recognition. When was the last time you noticed a waitress or a clerk for trying to please you or even mentioning how nice it was to be met by their smile? You may well be creating the nicest, most memorable moment of the day for them. Family members and partners oddly enough are often those who miss our appreciation most. I promise you will be stunned by the reciprocity that thank you engenders. Even the most jaded teenager softens at the words thank you.

I remember childhood admonishments to say thank you and feeling more beholden than gratitude when I obliged. I wish instead, I had learned as a child the magic of appreciation. Gratitude is truly the capacity that grows in us, where we see everything, even the most painful aspects of relating to life as a gift. This is how appreciation cultivates our best selves, by offering up the gentle but critical lessons that live inside of all adversity. Gratitude is the open door.

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iPhone 4 combusts on Australian flight, looks madder than a spurned Qantas employee

On an airline that's actually serving the great country of Australia these days, an iPhone 4 decided enough was enough. Shortly after Regional Express flight ZL319 landed in Sydney from Lismore, "a passenger's mobile phone started emitting a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow." What happened next is a bit of an Aussie mystery, but it seems at some point that the glow was "extinguished successfully." No one onboard was harmed, and the handset in question has been handed over to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau for "analysis." It suffered only mild reception issues prior to its final collapse, and if faced with a similar situation, Siri reportedly stated that it would consult a therapist before discharging hot fury.

Update: Ross let us know that officials from the Australian Transport and Safety Bureau are investigating the incident.

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Saboteurs blow up Egypt gas pipeline to Jordan, Israel (Reuters)

CAIRO (Reuters) ? Saboteurs blew up Egypt's gas pipeline to Jordan and Israel on Monday, witnesses and security sources said, a few hours before the country holds its first free election since President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February.

The explosion struck the pipeline west of al-Arish in Sinai, witnesses said. There was a second consecutive blast, about 100 meters away, sources said.

State news agency MENA said the explosion was in al-Sabeel area. Security forces and fire trucks raced to the scene.

Security sources said the explosions were detonated from a distance and that tracks from two vehicles were found in the area. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The pipeline, which supplies gas to Jordan and Israel, was last attacked on November 25. It is the eighth such attack since Mubarak stepped down on February 11. It is the ninth this year, with the first attack a few days before Mubarak was toppled.

Egypt's 20-year gas deal with Israel, signed in the Mubarak era, is unpopular with the Egyptian public, with critics arguing that the Jewish state does not pay enough for the gas.

An executive of the East Mediterranean Gas Co (EMG), which exports Egyptian gas to Israel, said in July that international shareholders in the firm were pursuing legal claims against Egypt for $8 billion in damages from contract violations in gas supplies, following disruptions caused by pipeline attacks.

Egypt doubled the price of gas exported to Jordan last month. Petroleum Minister Abdullah Ghorab said the new price was just above $5 per million BTU, up from $2.15 to $2.30.

The government said this month it would tighten security measures along the pipeline by installing alarm devices and recruiting security patrols from Bedouin tribesmen.

(Reporting by Yusri Mohamed, Dina Zayed and Ahmed El-Sheemy; Editing by Elizabeth Piper)

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Lenovo launches LePad S2005, a 5-inch Gingerbread tabletphone for China

You may recall that last week we had a cheeky peek at Lenovo's upcoming tabletphone, and now our brethren at Engadget Chinese are actually touching one in Beijing! Dubbed the LePad S2005 in China (and to be branded under the IdeaTab series elsewhere), this Android 2.3.5 slate packs a 5-inch 800 x 480 LTPS display with 178-degree viewing angle (but same resolution as the Dell Streak 5's LCD, sadly), a Qualcomm dual-core 1.2GHz chip, 1GB RAM, a five megapixel 1080p imager on the back, a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera and a 1,680mAh battery. In terms of connectivity and expansion we have a micro-USB port, micro-HDMI port and HSPA+ radio (so it's ready for China Unicom's network). All of this is packaged in a 9.95mm-thick body, weighing a total of 198g. Just as thick as the Streak 5 but lighter, even with the slightly larger battery capacity.

There aren't any prices just yet, but given that this device is entering the Chinese market in two days' time, it won't be a long wait for those obessed with tabletphones (and speaking of which, it's rather odd that Lenovo's marketing this as a tablet rather than a phone). Stay tuned for our hands-on photos.

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