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Mark Steyn / Investor's Business Daily:
Brokest Nation In History Fusses Instead About Sex — Have you seen the official White House version of what the New York Times headline writers call “A Responsible Budget”? My favorite bit is Chart 5-1 on Page 58 of their 500-page appendix on “Analytical Perspectives.”
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Alexander Burnsand Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Rick Santorum: Will women vote for him? — Democrats have an unexpected new foil in their effort to label the GOP as hostile to women: Rick Santorum. — After hammering away for a year at the message that Republicans are indifferent to women's health and economic well-being …
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Taylor Marsh, Pirate's Cove and National Review
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Mitt runs below-radar contrast ad in Mich.
Mitt runs below-radar contrast ad in Mich.
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Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Romney: Santorum has no fiscal cred
Romney: Santorum has no fiscal cred
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New York Times:
For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside Marriage — LORAIN, Ohio — It used to be called illegitimacy. Now it is the new normal. After steadily rising for five decades, the share of children born to unmarried women has crossed a threshold: more than half of births to American women under 30 occur outside marriage.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Same-sex marriage bill passes Maryland House of Delegates — A bill to legalize same-sex marriage won narrow approval Friday night in the Maryland House of Delegates, setting the stage for the state to join seven others and the District in allowing gay nuptials.
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Taylor Marsh, Gay Politics, Advocate, Truthdig, Daily Kos and Business Insider
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MaryAnn Spoto / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie vetoes N.J. gay marriage bill
Gov. Christie vetoes N.J. gay marriage bill
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Alice Popovici / Reuters:
Gay marriage advances in Maryland, vetoed in New Jersey
Gay marriage advances in Maryland, vetoed in New Jersey
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Bloomberg, Crooks and Liars and Suburban Guerrilla
Monica Alonzo / Phoenix New Times:
Paul Babeu's Mexican Ex-Lover Says Sheriff's Attorney Threatened Him With Deportation — Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu — who became the face of Arizona border security nationally after he started stridently opposing illegal immigration — threatened his Mexican ex-lover with deportation …
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NewsHounds blog, Joe. My. God. and The Gateway Pundit
Fiachra Gibbons / Guardian:
Bruce Springsteen on Wrecking Ball — The Boss explains why there is a critical, questioning and angry patriotism at the heart of his new album Wrecking Ball — At a Paris press conference on Thursday night, Bruce Springsteen was asked whether he was advocating an armed uprising in America.
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Keith Koffler / White House Dossier:
Michelle Obama Decides to Ski Aspen — Michelle Obama has embarked on a skiing vacation with her daughters in Aspen, Colorado, according to the Aspen Daily News. — The first lady, who just returned last month from 17 days of relaxation in Hawaii, is skiing in Colorado on Presidents' Day Weekend for the second year in a row.
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Dana Goldstein / Slate:
Liberals, Don't Homeschool Your Kids — Why teaching children at home violates progressive values. — As a child growing up in Arizona and Georgia college towns during the 1980s and 1990s, the filmmaker Astra Taylor was “unschooled” by her lefty, countercultural parents.
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Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
White House economic report hides sharp drop in number of working Americans — White House officials are trying to downplay the growing political damage caused by a shrinking federal statistic: the percentage of working-age Americans who actually have jobs.
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americanthinker.com and The Lonely Conservative
Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
Payroll Tax Cut: Tom Harkin Slams President, Democrats For Risking Social Security (VIDEO) … Barack Obama , Social Security , Payroll Tax , President Obama Payroll Tax , Tom Harkin , Obama Payroll Tax Cut Extension , Payroll Tax Cut , Payroll Tax Cut Democrats , Payroll Tax Cut Bill , Payroll Tax Social Security , Politics News
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McKay Coppins / Politics:
Romney Camp Blindsided By DeWine's Betrayal — Nobody saw it coming. Campaign sources point to felon voting, but it's a big moment for Santorum. — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's decision to withdraw his support from Mitt Romney and throw it behind Rick Santorum didn't just come …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Judge Reagan, Clinton Best of Recent Presidents — Public split on whether Obama will be judged positively or negatively — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans believe history will judge Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton as the best among recent U.S. presidents, with at least 6 in 10 saying each …
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Madeleine Morgenstern / TheBlaze.com:
EXCLUSIVE: 2ND N.C. MOTHER SAYS DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL LUNCH REPLACED FOR NOT BEING HEALTHY ENOUGH — North Carolina officials have said there was a misunderstanding when a preschooler's homemade lunch was sent home for not meeting certain nutritional requirements, but now a second mother …
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CARPE DIEM, The Daily Caller, Box Turtle Bulletin and Weasel Zippers