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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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CNN:
Arpaio: I briefed Santorum on birth certificate investigation — Phoenix (CNN) - Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, briefed GOP contender Rick Santorum on his investigation into President Barack Obama's birth certificate, the controversial law enforcement official told reporters Tuesday.
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh on Santorum and Satan — Rush Limbaugh said on his radio show Tuesday that Rick Santorum will have to explain his warning that “Satan has his sights on the United States of America.” — “It's part of the predictable attempt to impugn Santorum as an absolute religious nut and wacko,” Limbaugh said.
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC poll: Romney, Santorum deadlocked in Michigan; Romney leads in Arizona — An NBC News poll shows that GOP presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are neck-and-neck in Michigan, Romney's birthplace. Romney, meanwhile, has a comfortable lead in Arizona, which has a sizable Mormon population.
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Rush Limbaugh:
Santorum Will Have to Answer on Satan — RUSH: I mentioned earlier in the program that Santorum, people have dug deep and they found a speech that he gave back in 2008 in Ave Maria, Florida, at Ave Maria University. Drudge has this plastered up. The Democrats have found it. It's all over the place.
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Quinnipiac University:
Santorum Up 9 Points Among Republican Voters, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Obama Edges Santorum, But Romney Is Too Close To Call — Former Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum leads the Republican presidential field with 35 percent, followed by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Romney: ‘Labor Unions Play An Important Role In Our Society’
Romney: ‘Labor Unions Play An Important Role In Our Society’
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
25 Photos Of Mitt Romney Looking Perfectly Normal
25 Photos Of Mitt Romney Looking Perfectly Normal
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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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Rick Santorum / CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: All tied up in Arizona
CNN/Time Poll: All tied up in Arizona
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Associated Press:
Romney says Obama has ‘fought against religion’
Romney says Obama has ‘fought against religion’
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Women Prefer Santorum to Romney by 10-Point Margin, Says Gallup
Women Prefer Santorum to Romney by 10-Point Margin, Says Gallup
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
It's not conservative, It's reactionary
It's not conservative, It's reactionary
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
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.
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama Offers to Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 28%
Obama Offers to Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 28%
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Jared Bernstein
Associated Press:
AP source: Obama seeks 28 percent corp. tax rate
AP source: Obama seeks 28 percent corp. tax rate
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
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 …
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Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
High Court to Hear College Affirmative-Action Case
High Court to Hear College Affirmative-Action Case
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David Harsanyi / Real Clear Politics:
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.
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Ben Shapiro / Big Journalism:
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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Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs
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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Brian C. Mooney / The Boston Globe:
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.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Romney's Money Problems
Romney's Money Problems
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BBC:
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 …
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Lauren Fox / US News:
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 …
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Hawaii Reporter:
Gov. Abercrombie: Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional — Governor Neil Abercrombie believes the state prohibition against same-sex marriage is unconstitutional but his administration will defend it in federal court. — Governor Neil Abercrombie — In a news release today …
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Joe. My. God.
Don Surber:
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%
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
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.
Michael O'Brien / msnbc.com:
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 …
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Alana Goodman / Commentary Magazine:
Ultrasounds Already Part of VA Planned Parenthood Abortion Procedure — The backlash against the new Virginia legislation requiring ultrasounds before an abortion procedure - which some have bizarrely compared to “forcible rape” - may be even more overblown than initially thought.