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It’s A Free Country: The Podcast Episode #2: Mitt Romney revealed this week that he pays an effective tax rate of 15% — Brian Lehrer, Anna Sale, and Todd Zwillich discuss Romney’s inability to shake the “Richie Rich” image. Plus, what White voters in South Carolina are looking for, and how Newt Gingrich may be using his conservative “dog whistle” on them. And special guest Ana Marie Cox of the Guardian brings a clip to the competition. More | Itunes

Jon Huntsman may be out of the race, but that doesn’t mean Bob and Brooke from On the Media can’t poke fun at the attack ads that were running against him. Stay tuned for more Media Scrutiny Theater 3000 (MST3K) throughout the 2012 race.

Track the Iowa Results by Community Type

Here’s one way to track tonight’s results - through Dane Chinni’s Patchwork Nation method of identifying community types. We’ll be updating the map all night, and lots more at our politics site It’s A Free Country.

Wait, there’s something happening in Iowa today? Spend five minutes reading the explainer from It’s A Free Country on how the Iowa Caucus works (for one, it’s different for the Dems and the GOP) - then you’ll be able to explain it to your friends later.

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