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Mj Lee / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh mocks GOP establishment — Rush Limbaugh mocked the Republican establishment on his radio show Wednesday for being “shocked” by Rick Santorum's three-state win, saying, “I can't believe how insulated they are.” — “They're literally shocked. The Republican establishment had no idea this was percolating out there.
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Mediaite, nation.foxnews.com and RADAMISTO
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Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
The Rick Santorum boomlet presents an interesting conundrum for Mitt Romney: It neutralizes the section of the GOP establishment otherwise known as the conservative commentriat. — While the center-right media intelligentsia were more than happy to help destroy the “unserious” …
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Washington Examiner, Hot Air, GOP 12 and FiveThirtyEight
Rush Limbaugh:
Establishment Shocked by Santorum Sweep
Establishment Shocked by Santorum Sweep
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Taegan Goddard's … and Saint Petersblog
CNN:
Romney: Rivals are ‘Republicans who acted like Democrats’
Romney: Rivals are ‘Republicans who acted like Democrats’
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Politico, The Daily Beast, Swampland and Ballot Box
Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Why White House sees political opportunity in the contraception battle — (Public Religion Research Institute) The controversy over the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation's decision to eliminate funding to Planned Parenthood—and subsequent reversal— continues.
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Bloomberg:
Obama Weighed Faith Politics in Contraceptives
Obama Weighed Faith Politics in Contraceptives
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Reuters, The Daily Caller, Politico, Weasel Zippers, ABCNEWS and Guardian
Ben Pershing / Washington Post:
Tim Kaine splits with Obama on birth control rule for religious groups
Tim Kaine splits with Obama on birth control rule for religious groups
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Politico, Firedoglake, CatholicVote.org, Speaker and National Review
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Santorum Invents New Front In Fake War On Religion: Obama Wants Female Catholic Priests
Santorum Invents New Front In Fake War On Religion: Obama Wants Female Catholic Priests
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Sky Dancing, The Loyal Opposition and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Michael Brendan Dougherty / Business Insider:
FORGET JOBS: The 2012 Election Is About The Culture War
FORGET JOBS: The 2012 Election Is About The Culture War
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Campaign Stops and Rod Dreher
ABCNEWS:
Senate Democrats Say Obama ‘Reinforced’ His Stance on Contraception Mandate at Democratic Retreat — President Obama “reinforced” his stance on the controversial contraception mandate while speaking at the Democrats' annual retreat at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. today, Senate Democrats said.
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Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit
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ABCNEWS:
The White House Has No Opinion About Whether the Senate Should Pass a Budget - Today's Q's for O's WH - 2/8/12
The White House Has No Opinion About Whether the Senate Should Pass a Budget - Today's Q's for O's WH - 2/8/12
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RedState and The Lonely Conservative
Christopher Goins / CNSNews:
Hoyer: 'The Fact Is You Don't Need a Budget'
Hoyer: 'The Fact Is You Don't Need a Budget'
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and Michelle Malkin
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Congress' Job Approval at New Low of 10% — Republicans and Democrats equally negative — PRINCETON, NJ — A record-low 10% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, down from 13% in January and the previous low of 11%, recorded in December 2011.
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The Moderate Voice, The Daily Caller, Lez Get Real, Politico, The Hill, The Reaction and USA Today
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN's Roland Martin suspended for homophobic tweets — On Super Bowl Sunday, Roland Martin of CNN issued some homophobic tweets that got him in trouble with gay organizations and this blog. CNN stayed silent on the matter, until just moments ago, when it issued this statement:
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New York Times:
States Negotiate $26 Billion Deal for Homeowners — After months of painstaking talks, government authorities and five of the nation's biggest banks have agreed to a $26 billion settlement that could provide relief to nearly two million current and former American homeowners harmed by the bursting …
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Booman Tribune and DealBook
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New York Times:
Foster Friess, a Santorum Supporter With Deep Pockets — Mitt Romney and Foster Friess, a wealthy donor to conservative causes, were walking out of an event together a few months ago when Mr. Friess broke the news: After backing Mr. Romney for president four years ago, he was getting behind Rick Santorum this time around.
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The Caucus and JustOneMinute
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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Rick Santorum Vows Not to Run for ‘Pastor in Chief’
Rick Santorum Vows Not to Run for ‘Pastor in Chief’
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Guardian
Mike Blasky / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Video shows officers beating motorist in diabetic shock — Loading the player... Adam Greene is on his stomach as a pack of police officers pile on him, driving their knees into his back and wrenching his arms and legs. One officer knees him in the ribs; another kicks him in the face.
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Hullabaloo, NEWS ON 6, The Agitator and Balloon Juice
Michael Brendan Dougherty / Business Insider:
Cardinal Edward Egan Just Withdrew His Apology For The Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal — St. John Chrysostom, once said “The road to hell is paved with the skulls of bishops.” — Here's proof that he was right. — In an interview this week with Connecticut Magazine, Cardinal Edward Egan …
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Rod Dreher and Joe. My. God.
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Andy Newman / City Room:
Cardinal Egan Criticized for Retracting Apology on Sexual Abuse Crisis
Cardinal Egan Criticized for Retracting Apology on Sexual Abuse Crisis
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News Desk, No More Mister Nice Blog, Gothamist and Shakesville
New York Times:
Drilling Reaches Lake Vostok, Long Trapped Under Antarctic Ice Sheet — MOSCOW — In the coldest spot on the earth's coldest continent, Russian scientists have reached a freshwater lake the size of Lake Ontario after spending a decade drilling through more than two miles of solid ice, the scientists said on Wednesday.
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The Lede, Ecocentric, Althouse and newsfeed.time.com
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Republican Enthusiasm Issue is Real — The paltry turnout in the Republican Presidential contests over the last week reflects what we've seen in our recent national polling: Democrats are now more excited about voting this fall than Republicans are, reversing the enthusiasm gap that plagued the party in 2010.
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Washington Monthly, The Moderate Voice, The Maddow Blog, Politico and Saint Petersblog
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Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog:
GOP turnout troubles continue
GOP turnout troubles continue
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Guardian, FiveThirtyEight and Balloon Juice
Mark Oppenheimer / Salon:
The making of gay marriage's top foe — Salon exclusive: How Maggie Gallagher's college pregnancy made her a single mom, and a traditional marriage zealot — In September 1978, Yale freshmen would not have voted Maggie Gallagher the member of the Class of 1982 most likely to get pregnant before graduation.
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Good As You, ThinkProgress, New York Times, Joe. My. God., The Huffington Post and Box Turtle Bulletin
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Don't Forgive Path, the Creepy iPhone Company that Misled Us Once Already — The tech world has been consumed today with news the app Path quietly uploaded users' iPhone address books without permission. Path, in an increasingly common Silicon Valley ritual, apologized and promised it wouldn't happen again.
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kottke.org, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and Mashable, more at Techmeme »
Damian Carrington / Guardian:
Asia's mountains ‘lost no ice in 10 years’ — Meltwater from Asia's peaks is much less then previously estimated, but lead scientist says the loss of ice caps and glaciers around the world remains a serious concern — • In pictures: the best images of the earth from space
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Don Surber, Weasel Zippers and Green
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP pushes to shield faith groups from birth-control ruling — Senate Republicans are pushing legislation to overturn the Obama administration's decision that the health plans of faith-based organizations must cover contraception if they serve people of various religious backgrounds.
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Politico, Washington Post and Daily Kos
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Boehner, GOP pledge to reverse Obama birth-control mandate
Boehner, GOP pledge to reverse Obama birth-control mandate
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Politico, CNN, The Last Tradition and ThinkProgress
Heritage Foundation:
The 2012 Index of Dependence on Government — Abstract: The great and calamitous fiscal trends of our time—dependence on government by an increasing portion of the American population, and soaring debt that threatens the financial integrity of the economy—worsened yet again in 2010 and 2011.
Los Angeles Times:
Divided court rejects Proposition 8 — The 9th Circuit panel declares that California's gay-marriage ban is unconstitutional. — Opponents of Proposition 8 celebrate outside the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a three-judge panel ruled that the measure violates the civil rights of gays and lesbians.
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L.A. NOW, The Reaction, GetReligion, Public Religion Research …, American Foundation … and National Review
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Six Republican Senators — Including Snowe And Collins — Co-Sponsored Federal Contraception Mandate In 2001 — Republicans have gone to war against President Obama's regulation requiring employers and insurers to provide contraception coverage, portraying the measure as a “government takeover” …
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The Maddow Blog and Balloon Juice