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4:25 AM ET, February 28, 2012

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Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
Updated at 5:10 EST with audio of the call.  —  Updated at 6:12pm EST with confirmation that the call did indeed come from the Santorum campaign  —  LANSING, MI — Rick Santorum's campaign is locked in a tight battle with Mitt Romney ahead of Tuesday's Michigan primary.
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CNN:
Democratic mischief in Michigan  —  Washington (CNN) - It's no secret that most Democratic strategists consider Mitt Romney the GOP contender who poses the biggest threat to President Obama.  It's also no secret that Michigan, the state where Romney grew up, is a must win for him.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Michigan Forecast Update: Romney's Lead Looks More Tenuous  —  Since we ran the Michigan numbers early Monday morning, three new polls are out that make the state look more like a true toss-up and less like one that favors Mr. Romney.  —  Two of the surveys, from Mitchell Research …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Momentum back toward Santorum in MI?  —  PPP's final poll in Michigan finds Rick Santorum holding on to the smallest of leads with 38% to 37% for Mitt Romney, 14% for Ron Paul, and 9% for Newt Gingrich.  —  It's always good to be cautious with one night poll numbers, but momentum seems to be swinging in Santorum's direction.
Discussion: GOP 12
Newt Gingrich / CNN:
Gingrich zeroes in on Santorum in the South
Discussion: Politico, NPR and CBS News
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Could crossover voters play spoiler in Michigan?
Discussion: The Caucus and The Raw Story
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Santorum: Gas Prices Caused The 2008 Recession  —  Dubiously claims gas prices prevented people from paying their mortgages.  —  LANSING, Michigan—Rick Santorum sharpened his attack on President Barack Obama over rising gas prices, saying high energy prices caused the 2008 recession.
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
White House gives blessing to partial Keystone XL construction  —  The White House backed TransCanada Corp.'s bid to build a major portion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline Monday, a move that could shield President Obama from growing GOP attacks over the project.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Power Line
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Associated Press:
White House helps pay for NYPD Muslim surveillance
Discussion: Politico
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Supreme Court Refuses To Humor Anti-Gay Group's Self-Victimization Meme  —  The Supreme Court has decided not to hear the National Organization for Marriage's challenge to Maine's campaign finance laws: … Though this may be perceived as a non-event, it represents a huge defeat …
Discussion: Holy Bullies …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Free speech issue bypassed
Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress:
Alabama Bill Could Require Women To Undergo Invasive Ultrasound To Convince Them ‘To Keep The Child’  —  When a woman in Alabama seeks an abortion procedure, she already has to sign that her doctor has performed an ultrasound and that she either viewed the ultrasound image or rejected seeing it.
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Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress:
Idaho To Consider Ultrasound Bill
Discussion: Spokesman.com and Spokesman.com
Mary Sell / TimesDaily.com:
Ultrasounds before abortions  —  Chairman of state Senate …
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Gingrich to Afghanistan: ‘Figure Out How to Live Your Own Miserable Life’  —  NASHVILLE — Newt Gingrich said it is impossible to “fix” Afghanistan and suggested the U.S. should to tell Afghan citizens to “figure out how to live your own miserable life.”
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:   Newt: We can't fix Afghanistan
NBC / msnbc.com:
Official: 1 dead, 4 hurt in Ohio school shooting  —  Ohio officials hold a news conference on the shooting at Chardon High School that left one person dead and four injured.  —  Updated 12:04 p.m. ET: One student was killed and four were injured in a shooting Monday morning at an Ohio high school, officials said.
Discussion: This Just In, Metro, FOX8.com and Rumproast
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Ted Achladis / FOX8.com:
CHARDON HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING: Sources Identify Alleged Shooter
Discussion: WEWS-TV and Hot Air
Associated Press:   Authorities: 1 student killed, 4 wounded in Ohio school shooting; suspect taken into custody
Jana Winter / Fox News:
Media Matters boss paid former partner $850G ‘blackmail’ settlement  —  Media Matters chief David Brock paid a former domestic partner $850,000 after being threatened with damaging information involving the organization's donors and the IRS - a deal that Brock later characterized as a blackmail payment …
Phillip Matier / San Francisco Chronicle:
Sex-tape stunner in Nadia Lockyer case  —  There's a shocking twist in the saga of Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer and the incident at a Newark hotel that landed her in the hospital and a male acquaintance under police scrutiny.  —  We're told that a sex tape of Nadia Lockyer …
Discussion: Clayton Cramer's Blog
Joann Loviglio / Associated Press:
Berenstain Bears co-creator Jan Berenstain dies  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jan Berenstain, who with her husband, Stan, wrote and illustrated the Berenstain Bears books that have charmed preschoolers and their parents for 50 years, has died.  She was 88.  —  Berenstain, a longtime resident …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
2012 or Never  —  Republicans are worried this election could be their last chance to stop history.  This is fear talking.  But not paranoia.  —  Of the various expressions of right-wing hysteria that have flowered over the past three years—goldbuggery, birtherism, death panels at home …
John Ingold / Denver Post:
Initiative to legalize marijuana makes ballot in Colorado  —  Colorado voters in November will decide whether limited possession of marijuana for any purpose should be legalized.  —  If passed, the initiative would make Colorado the only state in the nation to legalize marijuana for recreational use.
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Issa Concedes His All-Male Anti-Contraception Hearing Was Not ‘My Greatest Success’  —  Eight days after getting roundly-chastised for holding an all-male anti-contraception, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) admitted on Friday that the episode did not go as well as he expected.
Washington Post:
Bob Kerrey changes his mind, will run for Senate, source says  —  Former senator Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) has changed his mind and plans to run for the open Senate seat in Nebraska, according to a senior Democratic aide.  —  The aide said Kerrey has called Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to inform him of his plans.
Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC  —  Hoyer Working Behind The Scenes On Major Deficit Reduction Bill  —  House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) is looking to shake legislative politics out of unconsciousness as early as this spring, and force a vote on a bipartisan legislative proposal - which would include higher taxes …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hullabaloo
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Consultants benefit from Mitt Romney campaign  —  Spencer J. Zwick started his career a decade ago as Mitt Romney's 22-year-old personal assistant at the Winter Games in Salt Lake City, then went on to become a senior gubernatorial aide, co-founder of an equity fund with one of Romney's sons …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
 
 
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