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11:00 AM ET, February 9, 2012

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Wall Street Journal:
Where's the Rest of Them?  —  Santorum's rise, Romney's weakness, and the GOP coalition.  —  Rick Santorum did his second Lazarus act on Tuesday with his triple victory in two Midwest states and Colorado, interrupting Mitt Romney's media coronation.  The question now is whether the Pennsylvanian can …
Discussion: GOP 12
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msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Romney retools his message  —  Romney retools his message — with his biography and even his policy... GOPers and conservatives tell Romney to step it up... Dems break ranks on the contraception issue... Yet polling (for now) shows the issue isn't as controversial …
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Mitt Romney ventures into conservative lion's den at CPAC  —  Mitt Romney is headed into the conservative lion's den just as concerns about his appeal to the Republican Party's right flank are reaching a fever pitch.  —  Romney's address on Friday before the Conservative Political Action Conference …
Discussion: CNN and New York Times
CNN:
Santorum talks faith with Texas pastors
USA Today:
Obama mandate on birth control coverage stirs controversy  —  WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders and Republican presidential candidates joined Catholic religious groups on Wednesday in denouncing the Obama administration's mandate requiring health insurers to offer birth control coverage, but the White House stood its ground.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Report: White House to offer 10 states waivers on No Child Left Behind  —  President Obama on Thursday will offer waivers to 10 states that applied for exclusion from some aspects of the No Child Left Behind Law, according to a report in The Associated Press that cited an anonymous White House official.
Discussion: CNN
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama administration struggles to contain uproar over birth-control rule  —  The White House struggled Wednesday to contain the growing uproar over its birth-control mandate, with Democrats peeling off one by one in what has become an increasingly divisive election-year controversy.
New York Times:
States Negotiate $26 Billion Agreement 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 …
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
49-State Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Will Be Finalized Today  —  Forty-nine states, every one but Oklahoma, as well as federal regulators will participate in a foreclosure fraud settlement that will release the five biggest banks (Wells Fargo, Citi, Ally/GMAC, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America) …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and emptywheel
Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
The Top Twelve Reasons Why You Should Hate the Mortgage Settlement
Wall Street Journal:
Banks Near $25 Billion Pact on Foreclosure Probe
Discussion: Calculated Risk and Law Blog
Jim Vandehei / Reuters:
The political transformation of Barack Obama  —  There are two indisputable facts about politics.  —  The first is that every modern president in the fourth year of his presidency resorts to the cheap political stunts, broken promises and truth-fudging it takes to win reelection in what has been and will be a 50-50 nation.
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Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:   Obama: I'm going after Romney, not Wall Street
Rolling Stone:
Why Wall Street Should Stop Whining
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Return of the Culture Wars: Can Mitt Romney Win Conservative Backing?  —  The resurgence of social and cultural issues in voters' minds poses new challenges for GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney as he reels from surprising losses Tuesday to conservative favorite Rick Santorum.
Discussion: The Reaction
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New York Post:
Romney's new test  —  Newt Gingrich's surprise victory …
Discussion: The Page
Truth Wins Out:
Truth Wins Out to Slam Newt Gingrich for Hypocrisy on Marriage Equality in Thursday Roll Call Ad  —  Contact: Wayne Besen, Executive Director  —  WASHINGTON - Truth Wins Out is placing a provocative full-page ad in the Capitol Hill publication Roll Call on Thursday admonishing Newt Gingrich …
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Obama, Explained  —  As Barack Obama contends for a second term in office, two conflicting narratives of his presidency have emerged.  Is he a skillful political player and policy visionary—a chess master who always sees several moves ahead of his opponents (and of the punditocracy)?
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Pol ‘Tebows’ after bill Ok'd  —  Virginia Del. Robert Bell celebrated his bill passing the state House on Wednesday by taking a knee and Tebowing.  —  The legislation — dubbed the “Tebow bill” for the Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow — would allow the state's homeschooled students …
Discussion: Stateline.org and New York Times
Carol E. Lee / Washington Wire:
Michelle Obama Takes Aim at Military Weight  —  First Lady Michelle Obama leaves Thursday for a three-day, four-state tour to mark the second anniversary of her “Let's Move!” initiative to get Americans to eat healthier and be more physically fit. … The trip is a mix of events and announcements …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Eye doctor warns of dangers of political protest on gay marriage  —  It's been called the “most fabulous form of protest,” but according to one medical expert, the potential dangers of “glitter bombing” are far from marvelous.  —  In an increasingly popular form of protest, activists are throwing glitter on unsuspecting targets.
Discussion: Reuters and ThinkProgress
Damian Carrington / Guardian:
The Himalayas and nearby peaks have lost no ice in past 10 years, study shows  —  Meltwater from Asia's peaks is much less than previously estimated, but lead scientist says the loss of ice caps and glaciers around the world remains a serious concern  —  • Live Q&A: What does the Himalaya glacier study mean for climate change?
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
New Huckabee Radio Show Could Vie With Limbaugh  —  Rush Limbaugh will soon have a new radio rival: Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor who ran for the Republican presidential nomination four years ago and thought about running again this year.  —  Instead, he will be running …
New York Times:
U.S. and Israel Split on Ways to Deter Iran  —  WASHINGTON — Amid mounting tensions over whether Israel will carry out a military strike against Iran's nuclear program, the United States and Israel remain at odds over a fundamental question: whether Iran's crucial nuclear facilities are about to become impregnable.
Anthony Shadid / New York Times:
Libya Struggles to Curb Militias as Chaos Grows  —  TRIPOLI, Libya — As the militiamen saw it, they had the best of intentions.  They assaulted another militia at a seaside base here this week to rescue a woman who had been abducted.  When the guns fell silent, briefly …
Discussion: Booman Tribune, The Agonist and Hot Air
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Rick Santorum's Sweater Vest Slammed by Scarlett Johansson  —  Scarlett Johansson isn't ready to talk yet about Nate Naylor, her just-revealed boyfriend of five months.  —  The sartorial choices of Rick Santorum and the Republican National Committee, however, were fair game for Johansson …
 
 
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Brody Mullins / Wall Street Journal:
Chamber Starting Early Hill Ad Blitz
Discussion: Ballot Box
CBS Los Angeles:
LA County OKs $1,000 Fine For Throwing Football, Frisbee On Beaches
Discussion: Moonbattery and nation.foxnews.com
Lorraine Woellert / Bloomberg:
Fannie Mae Nixed Plan to Reduce Mortgage Debt, Democrats Say
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story:
Cantor slammed for ‘neutering’ the STOCK Act
Jason Stein / JSOnline:
Unions ask Democrats in Walker recall to make budget veto pledge
Discussion: Hot Air and Althouse
BBC:
Greece bailout: Coalition fails to agree cuts
Manu Raju / Politico:
Mitch McConnell takes aim at ‘liberal thugs’
John Celock / The Huffington Post:
John Kasich Parkinson's Imitation Marks Ad Hoc Speech That Veered Off The Rails
Discussion: Business Insider and Hullabaloo
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Steve Brown / Fox News:
Just how much time Does Republican Senator Richard Lugar spend in Indiana?
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Ballot Box
New York Times:
Drilling Reaches Lake Vostok, Long Trapped Under Antarctic Ice Sheet
Discussion: The Lede and Althouse
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN's Roland Martin suspended for homophobic tweets
 

 
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