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10:05 PM ET, February 19, 2012

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Rebecca Kaplan / CBS News:
Santorum attacks Obama on prenatal screening  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Campaigning in Ohio on Saturday, Rick Santorum displayed his culture-warrior side in full force, as he harshly attacked President Obama by suggesting the president wanted to see more disabled babies aborted and accusing …
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Paul Ryan: Obama contraception ruling reveals ‘paternalistic, arrogant’ attitude  —  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Sunday blasted the Obama administration's moves to mandate religious affiliated groups to provide contraception coverage as “paternalistic” and “arrogant.”
Discussion: Politico and The Gateway Pundit
ABCNEWS:
Senior Obama Advisor: Rick Santorum's ‘Phony Theology’ Comment ‘Well Over the Line’  —  Obama campaign strategist and former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs blasted GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum this morning, saying he was “well over the line” for questioning President Obama's Christian faith.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and US Politics
Reuters:
Santorum says Obama agenda not “based on Bible”  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum challenged President Barack Obama's Christian beliefs on Saturday, saying White House policies were motivated by a “different theology.”
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Santorum explains ‘phony theology’ comment, says Obama is ‘a Christian’
Discussion: Politico and Ballot Box
Stacey Singer / Palm Beach Post:
David Koch intends to cure cancer in his lifetime and remake American politics  —  PALM BEACH — David Koch has become the face of conservative America's obsession with weakening organized labor, and for that, he believes, there have been death threats - 100 credible threats last year alone, he says.
Discussion: Politico
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Ron Paul: 'I Think It's A Losing Position' For Republicans To Focus On Social Issues  —  Ron Paul appeared on CNN's State of the Union today, and in addition to boosting his own candidacy, Candy Crowley asked him about latest frontrunner Rick Santorum and whether or not a candidate like him …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Social Issues and the Santorum Surge
Adele Stan / Washington Monthly:
BREAKING: Where Abortion is Available, More Abortions Take Place Than Where It's Not  —  Ross Douthat, the New York Times' conservative columnist, this morning brings us this startling revelation: In states where there are few restrictions on abortion, more abortions take place.  Herewith:
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The ‘Safe, Legal, Rare’ Illusion
Discussion: TBogg and Rod Dreher
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Voting Rights Act under siege  —  In a political system where even the most trivial issues trigger partisan rancor, the Voting Rights Act has stood for several decades as a rare point of bipartisan consensus.  —  Until now.  —  An intensifying conservative legal assault on the Voting Rights Act …
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Newt Gingrich on resurrecting his presidential campaign; Eric Cantor talks payroll tax holiday  —  Special Guests: Newt Gingrich, Rep. Eric Cantor … CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: Republican presidential candidates prepare for the most important stretch of the 2012 race.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Gingrich: Romney will be ‘badly weakened’ if he loses Michigan
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
John Fairfax, Who Rowed Across Oceans, Dies at 74  —  He crossed the Atlantic because it was there, and the Pacific because it was also there.  —  He made both crossings in a rowboat because it, too, was there, and because the lure of sea, spray and sinew, and the history-making chance …
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Insurance industry could take hit from birth control mandate  —  The insurance industry is concerned it will take a hit from the Obama administration's mandate that they provide birth control in health plans for employees of religious organizations that object to the coverage.
Discussion: Hot Air
Kevin Sack / New York Times:
Lives Forever Linked Through Kidney Transplant Chain 124  —  RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Rick Ruzzamenti admits to being a tad impulsive.  He traded his Catholicism for Buddhism in a revelatory flash.  He married a Vietnamese woman he had only just met.  And then a year ago, he decided in an instant to donate his left kidney to a stranger.
Tim Eaton / Austin American-Statesman:
Protesters in Austin try to clog pipeline proposal, support North Texas landowner  —  Private property rights advocates rallied Friday in Austin in support of a Northeast Texas landowner who was in court in Paris to defend the taking of her land by pipeline company TransCanada Corp.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Kim Murphy / Los Angeles Times:
Texans rally against Keystone XL oil pipeline easement
Discussion: The Impolitic
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Poll shows Obama trailing three GOP challengers in Iowa  —  A new poll shows President Barack Obama trailing three of the four GOP presidential candidates in the key swing state of Iowa.  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads Obama by 46 percent support to 44 percent among likely Hawkeye state voters in the latest Iowa poll.
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Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Ron Paul gains votes in delayed Maine caucus, but Romney keeps lead
Discussion: CNN and Outside the Beltway
 
 
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Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Palestinian's Trial Shines Light on Military Justice
Discussion: TalkLeft and americanthinker.com
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Maryland House almost didn't pass gay marriage bill
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Payroll tax cut package pushes nation closer to hitting debt ceiling
Robin McKie / Guardian:
Attacks paid for by big business are ‘driving science into a dark era’
Discussion: The Agonist
Michael D. Tanner / New York Post:
Misconception
Discussion: Don Surber
Dave Levinthal / Politico:
Michele Bachmann: Republicans not anti-women
Discussion: CNN
 Earlier Items: 
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Cantor sees ‘window of opportunity’ to pass additional jobs growth measures
Discussion: Don Surber, Politico and The Hill
Paul Krugman:
Austerity and Growth
Discussion: Brad DeLong
Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
For Space Mess, Scientists Seek Celestial Broom
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Sunday Morning Layup Drill
Pallab Ghosh / BBC:
Canadian government is ‘muzzling its scientists’
Discussion: Biased BBC and americanthinker.com