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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
White House to Announce ‘Accommodation’ for Religious Organizations on Contraception Rule — With the White House under fire for its new rule requiring employers including religious organizations to offer health insurance that fully covers birth control coverage, ABC News has learned …
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Fierce White House Debate Over Contraception Mandate — “What are we doing here?” asked Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, stepping outside his wheelhouse to ask about a rising storm involving the Obama administration and the Catholic Church. “What's the point?”
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
They're back: Social issues overtake US politics
They're back: Social issues overtake US politics
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The Hill
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Biden: Compromise on contraception
Biden: Compromise on contraception
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Sky Dancing and Weasel Zippers
Debra Erdley / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Pa. GOP voters quit Gingrich for Santorum — It never pays to count Rick Santorum out. — A Tribune-Review/WPXI-TV poll conducted Feb. 2-6 shows the former senator was gaining strength among Pennsylvania Republicans even before this week's victories in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota …
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Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney's Struggles Take Republican Angst To New Heights
Mitt Romney's Struggles Take Republican Angst To New Heights
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The Moderate Voice, NationalJournal.com, Chicago Tribune, Politico and Wall Street Journal
CNN:
As Santorum and Romney battle, Paul slams both as liberal
As Santorum and Romney battle, Paul slams both as liberal
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2012 Decoded, The Hill, ABCNEWS and Daily Kos
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum takes on ‘environmental terror’
Santorum takes on ‘environmental terror’
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Sky Dancing, Roland Martin Reports, Politico and Little Green Footballs
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Is 2012 Slipping Away From the GOP? — For a long time, I was confident that Republican voters would oust Barack Obama in 2012, hold the House and, in all likelihood, take the Senate. Obama is a weak incumbent, who has been chronically unpopular since early in his term.
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The Moderate Voice
Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Fox Pundit Tells CPAC Crowd That Rachel Maddow Is ‘The Best Argument In Favor Of Her Parents Using Contraception’ — In the “closed circuit world on the right,” MSNBC's Rachel Maddow is often the subject of ugly denigrations. Whether it's being mocked for her sexual orientation, her name …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Crowd Pleaser — At first glance, President Obama and Mitt Romney share some similar traits. Both Harvard Law School grads are smart and analytical. Both are emotionally reserved rather than touchy-feely. Both are traditionalist in their family and personal lives.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Bloomberg:
Foreclosure Deal to Spur U.S. Home Seizures — The $25 billion settlement with banks over foreclosure abuses may result in a wave of home seizures, inflicting short-term pain on delinquent U.S. borrowers while making a long-term housing recovery more likely.
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CNNMoney.com:
Mortgage deal could bring billions in relief
Mortgage deal could bring billions in relief
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
The Five Things You Need To Know About Today's Foreclosure Settlement
The Five Things You Need To Know About Today's Foreclosure Settlement
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Washington Post:
Rep. Spencer Bachus faces insider-trading investigation — The Office of Congressional Ethics is investigating the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee over possible violations of insider-trading laws, according to individuals familiar with the case.
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
UPDATED: Mississippi Rep. Wants ‘Gulf Of Mexico’ Changed To ‘Gulf Of America’ — Mississippi State Rep. Steve Holland, a Democrat, introduced a bill in the state's lower chamber calling for the part of the Gulf of Mexico that borders his state to be renamed the “Gulf of America.”
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Mark Memmott / NPR:
Call It ‘Gulf Of America,’ Not Gulf Of Mexico, Lawmaker Says In Bit Of Satire
Call It ‘Gulf Of America,’ Not Gulf Of Mexico, Lawmaker Says In Bit Of Satire
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Elizabeth Llorente / Fox News:
Mississippi Bill Changes Name of ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘Gulf of America’
Mississippi Bill Changes Name of ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘Gulf of America’
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Sky Dancing and Riptide 2.0
Wall Street Journal:
Low Turnout and the Big Tune-Out — Voters aren't bothering with the GOP, but Obama has lost their attention too. — The Romney campaign is better at dismantling than mantling. They're better at taking opponents apart than building a compelling candidate of their own.
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Business Insider and Hot Air
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Dan Lamothe / Marine Corps Times:
Marine scout snipers used Nazi SS logo — Marine Corps scout snipers used the logo of the notorious Nazi SS organization while in Afghanistan in 2010, the service acknowledged Thursday. — The logo appeared on a flag in a photograph of the platoon taken in September 2010 in Sangin district …
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Political Mojo, Daily Kos and Politico
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Santorum: Combat concerns — Rick Santorum, in an interview with CNN's John King a bit ago, was asked whether he thinks it's a good idea or a bad idea for the Pentagon to relax some of the rules about women taking frontline roles in combat, “perhaps opening the door to a broader role for, ultimately, women in combat.”
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Hullabaloo
Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — CPAC Wants To Help You Get A Hot Conservative Date — “'I was thinking about how sexy it would be to kiss you,'” world renowned pickup artist Wayne Elise told a group of young Rick Santorum fans. “You can say that [to a girl], it's cool.” — Elise, better known by his handle …
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Constance Johnson / Guardian:
About my ‘spilled semen’ amendment to Oklahoma's Personhood bill | Constance Johnson — I took this stand because I'm sick of the hypocrisy of Republican lawmakers who want to police women's reproductive health — As a woman and a 31-year veteran of the legislative process in Oklahoma …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Santorum Doubles Down: ‘ObamaCare’ Is The First Step To The ‘Guillotine’ — In his escalating war on President Obama's fake war on religion, Rick Santorum warned yesterday that America is headed towards a French Revolution-style guillotining spree thanks to “President Obama and his overt hostility to faith in America.”
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ECHIDNE of the snakes
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