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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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Politico:
Mitt Romney's burn rate a boon for Barack Obama — Mitt Romney is burning through cash more than twice as fast as he's raising it, new reports filed Monday show — a clear sign that a protracted GOP primary fight could leave the front-runner limping into a general election fight with President Barack Obama.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Santorum Expands Lead, but Romney Gets Electability Vote — Fifty-eight percent of Republicans say Romney has best chance to beat Obama — PRINCETON, NJ — Rick Santorum now holds a 10-percentage-point lead in Gallup's Daily tracking of national Republicans registered voters' preferences for the 2012 GOP nomination.
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Mike Littwin / Denver Post:
Santorum's phony theology — I don't usually go first to Rick Santorum for enlightenment, but I think he may be onto something with this “phony theology” business. — It's not clear exactly what he meant when he said over the weekend that Barack Obama's policies were based on a “phony theology,” and not the Bible.
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Wall Street Journal:
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.
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National Review and Ricochet Conversations Feed
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Santorum leads in Washington — Wedged between the Michigan/Arizona primaries and Super Tuesday the Washington state GOP caucus hasn't received a lot of attention. At least for now it looks like it could give Rick Santorum some momentum headed into the critical March 6th contests.
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Taegan Goddard's …
Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Obama peddles modest American dream
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Peter Overby / NPR:
Romney Benefits From Campaign, SuperPAC Funds
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Peter H. Gleick / The Huffington Post:
The Origin of the Heartland Documents — Climate Change , Global Warming , Heartland Institute , Heartland Institute Leaked Documents , Green News — Since the release in mid-February of a series of documents related to the internal strategy of the Heartland Institute to cast doubt on climate science …
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Andrew C. Revkin / Dot Earth:
Peter Gleick Admits to Deception in Obtaining Heartland Climate Files — Peter H. Gleick, a water and climate analyst who has been studying aspects of global warming for more than two decades, in recent years became an aggressive critic of organizations and individuals casting doubt …
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 — A “strictly confidential” report on Greece's debt projections prepared for eurozone finance ministers reveals Athens' rescue programme is way off track and suggests the Greek government may need another bail-out once a second rescue - set to be agreed on Monday night - runs out.
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National Review, Via Meadia, Political Mojo and Financial Times
Wall Street Journal:
Europe Reaches a Greek Deal
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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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Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Supreme Court takes up affirmative action case — WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to consider whether the University of Texas at Austin has the right to consider race and ethnicity in admissions decisions. Those bringing the case hope the Supreme Court will restrict …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court will hear case on affirmative action at colleges
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PoliPundit.com
Politico:
Pro-Rick Santorum PAC picks up another mega-donor — The super PAC supporting Rick Santorum's presidential campaign pulled in $2.1 million in January - half of which came from a relatively low-profile Louisiana energy executive, according to a report filed Monday evening with the Federal Election Commission.
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
‘Super PAC’ Role Grows for Republican Campaigns
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JournalGazette.net:
You choose, we deliver … Indiana — Authorities are searching for an Indianapolis man who fled on foot, accused of shooting at a state trooper near a southern Indiana highway.Today 9:03 am — Rep. Bob Morris said he did some Web-based research and found allegations that the Girl Scouts …
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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Examiner, Hot Air, Weekly Standard and The Spectacle Blog
David Weigel / Slate:
My Candidate Ate Here — There are so many serious factoids to pull out of the four remaining Republicans' FEC reports. Here's an unserious one. Below, the restaurants or food-selling establishments patronized by the campaigns in January. We can break them down into two neat categories.
WRTV-TV:
Lugar Defends Himself On Residency Question — Longtime Senator Says He Meets Requirements — INDIANAPOLIS — Sen. Richard Lugar defended himself during an appearance in Indianapolis on Monday that came days after opponents claimed that he isn't qualified to run for office because he doesn't live in the state.
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Outside the Beltway and The Daily Caller
Capital Flows / Opinions That Matter:
The “Robo-Signing” Settlement: Seeds of Recovery, Or Chaos? — George Mason law professor Todd J. Zywicki fears that the “robo-signing” agreement will lead to further efforts to bleed the banks, all the while delaying the necessary clearing of the housing market.
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Documents: LightSquared shaping up as the FCC's Solyndra — Documents and copies of communications obtained by The Daily Caller indicate that the Federal Communications Commission propped up broadband company LightSquared with favorable regulatory decisions and other special treatment, while driving its competition out of business.
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Hot Air
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
Chris Matthews Sneers: 'If You're Really Anti-Gay, You Become Catholic Now' — Chris Matthews appeared at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C., Monday, for a President's Day panel and sneered that Catholics are attracting bigots. While talking about Richard Nixon, the so-called Southern Strategy and racism …
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