There is little new information on the anti-Mormon push polling story out of Iowa and New Hampshire.  But there has been much written, and much of it worth attention.  Because of how hot this story is we are going to present those writings here in simple link/bullet format.  We'll save the analysis and commentary for Monday.

There is information missing from this pile.  Not information concerning the basic whodunnit question, but repudiations of these heinous actions.  McCain (other reporting of same) - Thompson - Guiliani have all been heard from repudiating these calls.  

What is missing is similar repudiations from some of the more likely suspects, like any Democratic candidate, Mike Huckabee, the other also-rans, and leading Evangelical political organizations.

Some further basic reporting…

• Wizbang Politics
• Jonathan Martin on understanding push polls 
• WaPo's The Trail blog
• More testimony from call recipients
• Talking to the polling company
• Other summaries

The investigation begins…

• Romney requests
• NH Attorney General responds positively (he has to, it is a matter of law) 

Analysis and repudiation…

• David Brody repudiates
• Marc Ambinder speculates/ analyzes
• As does Hugh Hewitt

Romney responds…

• To Jonathan Martin
• To Larry Kudlow  Romney hammers McCain-Feingold hard in both places, but stops short of trying to pin the push polls on McCain.  Kudlow later in the day on Hewitt, keeps pushing the McCain angle.  McCain has sideled uncomfortable up to The Question on several occasions, but I do not think he is this dumb.

On the radio…

Hugh Hewitt covered the story extensively with:

• Yours truly
• Charles Krauthammer. 

We'll keep you posted if more develops!

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