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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Santorum says he ‘almost threw up’ after reading JFK speech on separation of church and state — Former senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) on Sunday defended a statement he made last October in which he said that he “almost threw up” when he read John F. Kennedy's 1960 Houston address on the role of religion in public life.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Sick Man: Santorum makes it explicit — Sick man — So John F Kennedy's seminal speech on the separation of church and state made Rick Santorum sick: … So is the idea that the first Catholic president was sickening a big seller among Catholics these days? Who knew?
ABCNEWS:
Rick Santorum: JFK's 1960 Speech Made Me Want to Throw Up — GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said today that watching John F. Kennedy's speech to the Baptist ministers in Houston in 1960 made him want to “throw up.” — “To say that people of faith have no role in the public square?
Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Santorum: 'I Don't Believe In An America Where The Separation Between Church And State Is Absolute' — Rick Santorum took issue with President John F. Kennedy's famous speech on the separation of church and state on Sunday, telling This Week's George Stephanopoulos that he does not believe the separation is absolute:
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Balloon Juice, The New Civil Rights Movement and Daily Kos
Adam Winkler / The Daily Beast:
Clarence Thomas Is a Long Shot for President, But His Candidacy Makes a Lot of Sense — Call it a longshot if you like, but in this anything-can-happen political year, the Supreme Court justice has qualities to recommend him to a broad spectrum of voters. — With the Republican presidential …
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Outside the Beltway and Brad DeLong
John Celock / The Huffington Post:
Jan Brewer To Skip Governors Dinner At White House On Sunday … Barack Obama , Michelle Obama , Rick Scott , Jan Brewer , Video , Gov. Jan Brewer , Governor Jan Brewer , Jan Brewer Obama , National Governors Association , National Governors Association Meeting , President Barack Obama …
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Keach Hagey / Politico:
Mitt Romney's talk-radio blitz
Mitt Romney's talk-radio blitz
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CNN, Riehl World View and Ballot Box
Jan Brewer / CNN:
Arizona governor endorses Romney
Arizona governor endorses Romney
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Politico, Associated Press and americanthinker.com
Lee Siegel / The Daily Beast:
Mitt Romney Is a Canny Politician Doing What's Necessary to Survive the Primaries — The candidate is no fool. He knows the far right controls the GOP primaries, and he'll say and do whatever it takes to get to the nomination. — Here's an outrageous proposition.
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Hot Air and The Moderate Voice
Sarah B. Boxer / CBS News:
Romney: Not a NASCAR fan, but friends are owners — Mitt Romney went to the races today, and instead of putting his pedal to the metal, seems to have put his foot in his mouth. — Asked by a reporter from the Associated Press about whether or not he follows NASCAR, Romney reportedly responded …
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Taegan Goddard's … and PERRspectives
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Ghastly Outdated Party — IT'S finally sinking in. — Republicans are getting queasy at the gruesome sight of their party eating itself alive, savaging the brand in ways that will long resonate. — “Republicans being against sex is not good,” the G.O.P. strategist Alex Castellanos told me mournfully.
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Protestors throw urine bombs at Denver Police — DENVER — Several protesters were arrested Saturday evening during a disruptive anti-police protest in downtown Denver. — According to Lt. Matt Murray of the Denver Police Department, at 7:30 p.m. close to 60-70 anarchist protesters started marching on 16th Street Mall.
David Catanese / Politico:
Democratic governors: Republicans returning to ‘dark ages’ — The nation's Democratic governors are gleeful at the heavy play social issues are suddenly getting in the Republican presidential primary. — In Washington, D.C., for the annual National Governors Association meeting …
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The Lonely Conservative and Weasel Zippers
Guardian:
Afghan police hunt for colleague suspected of shooting US officers — Abdul Saboor Salangi, 25, wanted in connection with killings that prompted mass pullout of Nato advisers from Kabul ministries — Afghan police are searching for a 25-year-old police sergeant suspected of shooting …
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The Gateway Pundit and The Long War Journal
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The G.O.P.'s Fuzzy Delegate Math — If Rick Santorum wins in Michigan on Tuesday but loses Arizona, he may get the better spin out of the evening while winding up with fewer delegates. That is because Arizona is a winner-take-all state whereas Michigan is not.