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 …

Supreme Court Rules on Case Involving Miranda Rights  —  WASHINGTON — In a busy day at the Supreme Court, the justices on Tuesday issued a decision limiting the circumstances in which prisoners must be told of their rights before they are questioned, added to what had already been a long schedule …

Obama to propose lowering corporate tax rate to 28 percent  —  President Obama on Wednesday plans to propose a major overhaul of the nation's corporate tax code, an election-year gambit that is likely to draw a contrast over a key policy issue with the Republicans vying to replace him.

OWS Letter to the Editor in USA Today: We Will Storm Wall Street With Guns  —  Over at USA Today, a self-employed massage therapist from Austin, TX has a letter to the editor responding to an editorial suggesting that Occupy Wall Street has lost its way.  —  Here's what this fellow wrote:

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Obama donations fall short of '08  —  Campaign downplays import of Jan. figures  —  President Obama recently changed positions and encouraged contributions to his super PAC, a fund-raising tool he previously shunned.  Yesterday he appeared at a Washington, D.C., event (above) to announce he will sign a payroll tax cut extension.

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez faces new operation  —  Mr Chavez says he is determined to overcome his illness  —  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that he will have to have further surgery after doctors found a lesion during medical tests in Cuba.  —  The 57-year-old had two operations …

Americans' Satisfaction Almost as Low as It Was Under Carter  —  It's February, nine months before a presidential election, and only 22 percent of Americans say they are satisfied with the way things are going.  Voters haven't been this unhappy with the country since George H.W. Bush's presidency …

Poll: Carter 63%, Reagan 32%  —  As I look at the Real Clear Politics averages of the polls of the various match-ups between President Obama and the various Republican candidates, I know I am supposed to feel impending doom.  But I don't.  Let's see, the numbers this morning are:  —  Obama 49.0%

President Obama Sings ‘Sweet Home Chicago’ At White House Blues Concert  —  While the Republican candidates fret and prepare for tomorrow's Western-themed debate, President Obama spent tonight at a Black History Month blues celebration in the White House, with legends such as B.B. King and Mick Jagger.

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.

Romney: Spending cuts slow economic growth  —  Mitt Romney said Tuesday that cutting spending slows growth in the economy — a rhetorical slip more akin to an argument a Democrat might make than a Republican.  —  Speaking in Shelby Township, MI, the former Massachusetts governor took …

Aren't High Gas Prices What Democrats Want?  —  Gas prices are spiking.  That's great news, right?  We have to wean ourselves off the stuff.  At least that's what we've been hearing for years.  Oil is dirty.  We import it from nations that hate our guts (like Canada!).  And moreover, we're running out.

U.S. signals possibility of arming Syrian rebels  —  (Reuters) - The United States appeared to open the door to eventually arming Syria's opposition, saying that if a political solution to the crisis was impossible it might have to consider other options.  —  The comments, made by officials …