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Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
UT/TT Poll: Santorum Crushing GOP Hopefuls in Texas … Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania has a commanding lead among Republican presidential candidates in Texas, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. — Santorum would get the votes of 45 percent of the respondents …
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Daily Kos, Politico, Outside the Beltway, TheBlaze.com, Ballot Box and The Daily Dish
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Maggie Habermanand Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Worry over Mitt Romney sparks talk of Tampa — There are growing calls for an alternative to Mitt Romney as the Republican standard-bearer, with the names of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie again being seen as the most likely saviors.
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CNN, ABCNEWS, Booman Tribune, Daily Kos and Fox News
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Republican voters oppose a ‘brokered’ convention — WASHINGTON - While most Republicans wish they had different choices in the party's presidential field, a nationwide USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds overwhelming resistance to the idea of an old-styled brokered convention that would pick some new contender as the nominee.
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Ballot Box, msnbc.com, TheBlaze.com, Washington Post and Politico
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
In Michigan, Momentum for Romney? — A new Public Policy Polling survey of Michigan ahead of the Republican primary there shows Rick Santorum with 37 percent to Mitt Romney's 33 percent, essentially tied, since the poll had a four-percentage-point margin of error.
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Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, Democracy in America and American Power
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Michigan GOP race tightens — The Republican race for President in Michigan has tightened considerably over the last week, with what was a 15 point lead for Rick Santorum down to 4. He leads with 37% to 33% for Mitt Romney, 15% for Ron Paul, and 10% for Newt Gingrich.
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Walter Shapiro / The New Republic:
Why Mitt Romney's Presidential Prospects May Not Be Salvageable
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Guardian and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney lead small in Arizona
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Politico, Hot Air and Taegan Goddard's …
SoonerPoll:
Tulsa World: Poll shows state Republicans favor Santorum
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Hot Air, Taegan Goddard's … and Rick Santorum for President
ABCNEWS:
Donald Trump Hitting The Michigan Airwaves For Mitt Romney
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TheBlaze.com, Daily Kos, Hot Air, The Maddow Blog, The Hill, Thoughts and Rantings, HotAirPundit and Politico
Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Slouching toward nomination, Romney needs win in Michigan
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Politico, CNN and Prairie Weather
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum denies Hitler-Obama comparison — (CNN) - Rick Santorum on Monday denied he was comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler while using a World War II analogy the previous day. — During a speech at a Georgia church on Sunday, Santorum paralleled the election to America's slow response …
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Little Green Footballs
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Juana Summers / Politico:
Rick Santorum defends attacks on Obama ‘theology’ — STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Rick Santorum continued to play defense Monday, working to explain a handful of controversial statements that appear to draw links between President Barack Obama and Adolf Hitler, and seem to question the president's Christianity.
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Gothamist, ABCNEWS, CNN and Taylor Marsh
CNN:
Sheriff's former boyfriend speaks out — (CNN) - The man accusing Mitt Romney's former Arizona campaign co-chair of threatening to deport him if he made their relationship public stood by his claim Monday in an interview with CNN. — A Mexican national (whose attorney requested that he be identified as …
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Towleroad News #gay
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Santorum draws World War II parallel in describing threat facing the nation
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The New Republic and Eunomia
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Protest of Trans-Vaginal Ultrasound Bill in Virginia Leads to Delay — Hundreds join silent protest against Virginia bill to legalize forced trans-vaginal examinations (Photo via The Shad Plank) — The Virginia abortion bill, which would mandate that the women seeking an abortion …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Sundries Shack, Sister Toldjah, Weasel Zippers and ECHIDNE of the snakes
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Olympia Meola / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Poll finds most Virginians oppose changes in abortion, gun laws — Virginia voters, by wide margins, want to retain the state's landmark one-handgun-a-month law and oppose mandating that a woman receive an ultrasound before having an abortion, according to a new poll.
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The Maddow Blog, Little Green Footballs, Outside the Beltway and Daily Kos
Wesley P. Hester / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Hundreds at Capitol for women's rights rally
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Daily Kos
NY Daily News:
Jeremy Lin headline slur was ‘honest mistake,’ fired ESPN editor Anthony Federico claims — EXCLUSIVE: ‘This had nothing to do with me being cute or punny’ — Jeremy Lin looks on during Knicks' victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. — The ESPN editor fired Sunday for using …
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Santorum aide ties Obama to Islam — Rick Santorum's spokeswoman Alice Stewart said in a TV interview on Monday that Santorum was referring to President Barack Obama's “radical Islamic policies” when he said the president's agenda was driven by “phony theology” — but then quickly called …
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Weasel Zippers and Truthdig
Simone Sebastian / Houston Chronicle:
U.S. oil gusher blows out projections — The United States' rapidly declining crude oil supply has made a stunning about-face, shredding federal oil projections and putting energy independence in sight of some analyst forecasts. — After declining to levels not seen since the 1940s, U.S. crude production began rising again in 2009.
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msnbc.com and Balloon Juice
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Santorum: Liberals ‘are the anti-science ones’ — Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum charged on Monday that President Barack Obama and Democrats were “anti-science” because they refused to exploit the Earth's natural resources to the limits of technology.
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Hullabaloo and The Agonist
Damian Carrington / Guardian:
Canada threatens trade war with EU — The row over the EU's plan to label tar sands oil as highly polluting escalates as Canada says it ‘will not hesitate to defend its interests’ — Canada has threatened a trade war with European Union over the bloc's plan to label oil from Alberta's vast tar sands …
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US Politics and InsideClimate News
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David Martosko / The Daily Caller:
Campaign against Canadian Keystone XL pipeline driven by US foundation millions
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Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
New York Post:
H'wood snubs Muslim Stone — Sean Stone, son of controversial director Oliver Stone, converted to Islam in Iran last week and says he's already experiencing a Hollywood backlash. — The ceremony was held in Isfahan, where he is researching a documentary. He now goes by the name of Sean Christopher Ali Stone.
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