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SANTORUM'S SATAN WARNING — “Satan has his sights on the United States of America!” Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has declared. — “Satan is attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity, and sensuality as the root to attack …
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Sex, Lies and Rick Santorum — The politics of the double standard on social issues. — When Barack Obama was campaigning for president in 2008, he declared that marriage is between a man and a woman. For the most part, his position was treated as a nonissue. — Now Rick Santorum is campaigning for president.
Rich Lowry / National Review:
The Effrontery of Rick Santorum — The media has unleashed the hounds on Rick Santorum. — He was last seen a step ahead of the braying pack, trying to explain that he hadn't accused President Barack Obama of being a crypto-Muslim. The former Pennsylvania senator criticized …
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American Prospect, The American Conservative, The Mahablog, TheBlaze.com, Washington Wire, Pundit & Pundette and alicublog
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Santorum: “You're Not A Christian” — Defenders of Rick Santorum are very angry that anyone would suggest his “phony theology” comments about the president represented an attack on a fellow Christian's beliefs. Turns out he was a bit more direct about it in an appearance in 2008 …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
It's not conservative, It's reactionary — A number of social conservatives, sensing that Rick Santorum has hit a trip wire, are complaining that he's being skewered for being a social conservative. That's demonstrably wrong. The nonstop flaps (some of which concern past episodes …
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Booman Tribune and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Mitt's Friends Open Up New Front on Rick — It's been an implicit part of the rules of engagement in the GOP presidential race that no candidate can be criticized for being too conservative, particularly by Mitt Romney. Thus Rick Perry drew fire not for flirting with secession and nullification theories …
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JustOneMinute and Balloon Juice
Steven Bertoni / Money Talks:
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson Says He Might Give $100M To Newt Gingrich Or Other Republican — Sheldon Adelson: The GOP's $25 billion man … Sheldon Adelson plays as stubbornly in politics as he does in business. So the criticisms that he's trying to personally buy the presidential election …
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Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Two Charts That Should Make Romney Gulp — It's no secret that, as far as frontrunners go, Mitt Romney's never exactly set the grassroots on fire. But his latest fundraising numbers drive home just how weak his small donor appeal is compared to his rivals — and especially President Obama.
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Campaign 2012, BillMoyers.com, Talking Points Memo and Washington Post
Politico:
Mitt Romney's burn rate a boon for Barack Obama
Mitt Romney's burn rate a boon for Barack Obama
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Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Mr. Right eludes the GOP
Mr. Right eludes the GOP
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Democracy in America and Marbury
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Romney's Money Problems
Romney's Money Problems
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CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: All tied up in Arizona — Mesa, Arizona (CNN) - On the eve of the final Republican presidential debate before primaries in Arizona and Michigan, as well as the 10 Super Tuesday states, a new survey indicates that Rick Santorum may be closing the gap with Mitt Romney in the Grand Canyon State.
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
25 Photos Of Mitt Romney Looking Perfectly Normal — Turns out the Republican frontrunner isn't always so buttoned-down. The candidate's daughter-in-law has maintained a mommy blog for years, and it's a treasure trove of candid Romney shots. Allow me to introduce you to Casual Mitt. — McKay Coppins
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Alex Altman / Swampland:
TIME/CNN Arizona Poll: Romney Holds Narrow Lead over Santorum
TIME/CNN Arizona Poll: Romney Holds Narrow Lead over Santorum
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Washington Post, Politico, Guardian and Public Policy Polling
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Santorum leads in Washington
Santorum leads in Washington
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Hot Air, Daily Pundit and GOP 12
James Crugnale / Mediaite:
Watch Franklin Graham Question President Obama's Faith, Explain Why Mormons Aren't Christian On Morning Joe — On Tuesday, Franklin Graham appeared on Morning Joe and made some statements that threw the show's panel — which included Alex Wagner, Willie Geist, and John Heilemann — into disarray.
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Thoughts and Rantings, Religion Dispatches, Balloon Juice and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Franklin Graham: Obama May Secretly Be A Muslim, Santorum And Gingrich Are Definitely Christian
Franklin Graham: Obama May Secretly Be A Muslim, Santorum And Gingrich Are Definitely Christian
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ABCNEWS, The Huffington Post, The Gateway Pundit and Gothamist
Becky Bratu / msnbc.com:
Rev. Graham: Obama seen as ‘son of Islam’
Rev. Graham: Obama seen as ‘son of Islam’
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Washington Wire, Reuters, Los Angeles Times and Associated Press
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Affirmative Action Case — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a major case on affirmative action in higher education, adding another potential blockbuster to a docket already studded with them. — The court's decision in the new case holds …
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Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic Online:
At the Supreme Court, Odds Lie Against Affirmative Action — The justices will hear a case on whether universities can encourage diversity at the classroom level, but court conservatives may use it as an opportunity to set a new precedent. — AP Images — If you believe in the value …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Santorum in 95: ‘I Was Basically Pro-Choice All My Life, Until I Ran For Congress’ … 2012 Election , Rick Santorum , Elections 2012 , Video , Politics News , Doug Walgren , Doug Walgren Rick Santorum , Reagan Republican , Rick Santorum 2012 , Rick Santorum Abortion , Rick Santorum Pennsylvania …
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Felix Salmon:
The improbable Greece plan — Greece is now officially a ward of the international community. It has no real independence when it comes to fiscal policy any more, and if everything goes according to plan, it's not going to have any independence for many, many years to come.
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Peter Spiegel / Agence France Presse:
Greek debt nightmare laid bare
Greek debt nightmare laid bare
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Via Meadia, National Review, Felix Salmon, The Atlantic Online, New York Times and Political Mojo
Daily Mail:
Didn't get the memo? Hillary Clinton dons lime green shirt for G20 ‘family photo’ while everyone else wears white — It is the fear of every party guest, turning up in an outfit not suited to the dress code. — And unfortunately for Hillary Clinton, her slip up was witnessed by top government officials from across the globe.
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Weasel Zippers, JustOneMinute and HotAirPundit
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
BREAKING: Proposition 8 Proponents to Seek Full Ninth Circuit Review — Charles Cooper, the lead attorney for the proponents of Proposition 8, tells Metro Weekly that the proponents of the California marriage amendment will be asking the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit …
Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / Hot Dish Politics:
Redistricting puts Bachmann in 4th, but she says she'll run in 6th — A Minnesota judicial panel on Tuesday released new political district lines that place U.S. Reps. Michele Bachmann, a Republican, and Betty McCollum, a Democrat, into the same congressional district, according to Bachmann's office.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Bachmann shifts House districts with new Minnesota congressional map
Bachmann shifts House districts with new Minnesota congressional map
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Politico
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
In Apologizing for Global Warming Hoax, Peter Gleick Blames His Victims — The Heartland Institute was vicitimized by global warming fanatics who published stolen documents and at least one forged document in their attempts to portray the Institute as dishonest.
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Heartland Institute, ThinkProgress, blogs.forbes.com/stevezwick and Ed Driscoll
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Larry Kudlow / National Review:
A Bolder Romney Tax-Cut Plan Is Coming — Team Romney tells me there will be a bolder tax-cut plan released either at the debate tomorrow night (if Mitt gets it in) or more formally at his Detroit Economic Club speech on Friday. I'm embargoed from releasing details until tomorrow.
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Washington Monthly, Hot Air and Daily Kos
Jonathan Strong / Roll Call:
Associate Confronted Rep. Ron Paul About Flights — In March 2005, David James called Rep. Ron Paul's (R-Texas) Congressional office for some documentation. — James's nonprofit group, the Liberty Committee, had paid for one of Paul's flights, and James needed a receipt or boarding pass to document the expense.
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
False Recovery 2.0: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like 2011 — The US economy is billions of dollars and 1.7 million jobs stronger than we were twelve months ago. But the same headwinds that doomed last year's recovery are swirling again. — Reuters — Let's play “Name That Year of the Recovery.”
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Associated Press and RedState