Mark Halperin's Political Tip Sheet for February 7, 2012

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<div style="text-transform:uppercase">The Page by Mark Halperin</div>
<div>Tuesday, 7 February 2012</div>
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<!-- From: The Page by Mark Halperin - TIME.com --><!-- Subject: Mark Halperin's Political Tip Sheet for February 7, 2012 -->Help Wanted<br/>http://time.chtah.com/a/tBPMVGLBASRffB8ex6jCUgxosI6/time50 available jobs jump to near three-year high of 3.38 million openings in December.<br/><br/>More Komen Fall Out<br/>http://time.chtah.com/a/tBPMVGLBASRffB8ex6jCUgxosI6/time51 VP for Public Policy and former Georgia SecState Karen Handel resigns.<br/><br/>Dog Bites Man<br/>http://time.chtah.com/a/tBPMVGLBASRffB8ex6jCUgxosI6/time52 passes on Nebraska Senate bid after public flirtation.<br/><br/>Apparently Expecting to Lose<br/>http://time.chtah.com/a/tBPMVGLBASRffB8ex6jCUgxosI6/time53 reading: Romney campaign memo preemptively spins possible Tuesday loss(es).

<br/><br/>Relentless<br/>http://time.chtah.com/a/tBPMVGLBASRffB8ex6jCUgxosI6/time54 to hold Tuesday conference call on Gingrich's "unreliable leadership" with ex-Newt backer, Georgia State Rep. David Casas at 1:15 pm ET.<br/><br/>Bandwagon Rolls Tuesday<br/>http://time.chtah.com/a/tBPMVGLBASRffB8ex6jCUgxosI6/time55 finance litigator James Bopp endorses Romney.

Georgia State Rep. David Casas defects from Newt World to back the Bay Stater.

AND/BUT: Gingrich scores support from former football coach Dan Reeves.<br/><br/>Carney to Brief<br/>http://time.chtah.com/a/tBPMVGLBASRffB8ex6jCUgxosI6/time56 answers reporters' questions at the WH.

Watch it LIVE here at 1:30 pm ET.<br/><br/>Same Again?<br/>http://time.chtah.com/a/tBPMVGLBASRffB8ex6jCUgxosI6/time57 on why Obama's forthcoming budget plan sounds familiar.<br/><br/>
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