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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
After Many Momentum Shifts, Michigan Is Too Close to Call — People sometimes apply the term “tossup” a bit too broadly, using it to refer to anything close enough that they don't want to render a prediction about it. — In Michigan, however, the term is appropriate.
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney also said he voted in Dem primaries to influence the race — The Romney campaign has been denouncing Democratic efforts - and now those by Rick Santorum - to get Democrats to vote in Michigan's open primary. — Mitt Romney himself called it a “new low” in politics in a round of TV interviews.
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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.
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Santorum Robocalls to Michigan Democrats: Help Me Stop Romney
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Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum on top in second straight Ohio poll
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Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
Conservatives take dimmer view of Romney ahead of voting
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
Updated at 5:10 EST with audio of the call.
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Sarah B. Boxer / NationalJournal.com:
Romney Says Santorum Trying to ‘Kidnap’ Primary Process
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Rick Santorum / CNN:
Romney hits Santorum robo calls as ‘new low’ in campaign
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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Romney Advocate Says “Christian Right” is Key to Santorum's Successes
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Suggests Romney Shoveling ‘A Load of You-Know-What’ — As Michigan Republicans headed to the polls Tuesday morning, President Obama delivered an aggressive defense of the bailout of the auto industry and his presidency in general, harshly criticizing GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney - though he never mentioned him by name.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Obama hits Romney with withering mockery as he makes case for reelection — In a speech to the United Auto Workers just now, Obama defended his decision to bail out the auto industry, lacing into Mitt Romney with withering derision. But this speech was about more than the auto-bailout.
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Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Sorry, The Restaurant Receipt Left By That Nasty, Rich Banker Is A Photoshop Hoax — The restaurant receipt that a California banker purportedly used to denigrate a waitress—while also leaving her a one percent tip—was wildly “altered and exaggerated,” according to a spokesperson …
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Max Fisher / The Atlantic Online:
Stratfor Is a Joke and So Is Wikileaks for Taking It Seriously — The corporate research firm has branded itself as a CIA-like “global intelligence” firm, but only Julian Assange and some over-paying clients are fooled. — On June 2, 2009, Anya Alfano of Stratfor, which describes itself as a private …
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Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
Stratfor: Osama bin Laden 'was in routine contact with Pakistan's spy agency'
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Santorum regrets ‘throw up’ response to Kennedy speech — Rick Santorum regrets saying that he wanted to “throw up” in response to watching a video clip of President John F. Kennedy's 1960 speech about the separation of church and state. — “I wish I had that particular line back,” …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Possum Republicans — Politicians do what they must to get re-elected. So it's not unexpected that Republican senators like Richard Lugar and Orrin Hatch would swing sharply to the right to fend off primary challengers. — As Jonathan Weisman reported in The Times on Sunday …
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
What's the Matter With ‘Nebraska’? — A frivolous essay underscores the left's serious prejudices. — This column has recently become skeptical of the view—nearly universal on the liberal left but common as well among conservative elites—that Rick Santorum is “unelectable” …
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ABCNEWS:
What Happens if Rick Santorum Wins Michigan? — That's the question I asked ABC News contributor Matt Dowd ahead of tonight's primary. Mitt Romney has been bouncing up and down in the polls of his home state, and is now neck and neck with Rick Santorum. — “If Rick Santorum wins tonight it's …
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Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — President Obama Delivers Barnburner To UAW, Dings Romney And Santorum — Mitt Romney won't “light his hair on fire” just to excite the conservative base, he admitted to an audience Tuesday. President Obama offered him a helpful political clinic the same day …
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Carnahan opts to challenge fellow Dem — Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) has filed to run in the Democratic primary against Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) in a heavily-Democratic, St. Louis-based district. — The decision comes after months of waiting on Carnahan to decide whether he would challenge Clay …
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David A. Lieb / bnd.com:
Carnahan files for St. Louis congressional seat
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The Unbearable Gleickness of Being: An Omnibus Climate Update — The Gleickgate hits just keep coming. (Or is it Fakegate, as Heartland is calling it, or Gleick-Out, as I've called it? Doesn't matter.) First, Gleick has taken a leave of absence from his post as president of the Pacific Institute …
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Politico:
GOP frets over 2012 knife fight — National Republican leaders are voicing increasing dismay over the course of the party's presidential primary, which has fallen into such a negative grind that they warn could cost them the White House. — At the core of their concern is the atmosphere …
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Elizabeth Lopatto / Bloomberg:
Wealthy More Likely to Lie, Cheat: Researchers — Are society's most noble actors found within society's nobility? — That question spurred Paul Piff, a Ph.D. candidate in psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, to explore whether higher social class is linked to higher ideals, he said in a telephone interview.
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David White / al.com:
Senator plans to rewrite bill in Alabama Legislature that would require ultrasounds before abortions — State Sen. Clay Scofield, R-Guntersville, today said he plans to rewrite an abortion bill he sponsored so that it could not require a woman seeking an abortion to first undergo an ultrasound …
Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
New Hampshire May Revoke Its Gay Marriage Law — As same-sex marriage supporters celebrate victories in Washington and Maryland this month, they are keeping a wary eye on New Hampshire, where lawmakers may soon vote to repeal the state's two-year-old law allowing gay couples to wed.
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Digby / Crooks and Liars:
Blue America Welcomes Ken Aden (D-AR) — One of the greatest difficulties for progressives these days is imagining how we can possibly win elections when the 1% has uncapped a fire hose full of money into our politics. It's a daunting prospect, to be sure.
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James Delingpole / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Why I am so rude to Warmists — Sharing a car back from the BBC Big Question debate in Cardiff on Sunday I had a tremendous bust-up with one of my fellow panelists which I think many of you would have enjoyed hugely. (Our driver could barely keep a straight face).
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