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Romney Wins Arizona; Tight Race in Michigan — SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Mitt Romney won the Arizona primary on Tuesday, based on surveys of voters leaving polls, but was locked in a tight battle with Rick Santorum in Michigan, where Mr. Santorum hoped to use his strong showing in his rival's native state …
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Odds of a Brokered Convention Are Increasing — We're finally close enough to Super Tuesday to get a sense of how the overall delegate count might work out in the GOP primary. The end result: Assuming that none of the four candidates drops out of the race, it looks increasingly …

Santorum Loses Catholic Vote—But Did He Ever Have It? — As they awaited the final results from Michigan, probably the single biggest topic of conversation in the chattering classes last night was the shocking news from the exit polls that Rick Santorum had lost Michigan Catholics to Mitt Romney by a 44-37 margin.
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The New Republic, Outside the Beltway, hanoverhenry's Diary and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

G.O.P. Greek Tragedy — Rick should scat. — Mitt Romney needs to be left alone to limp across the finish line, so he can devote his full time and attention to losing to President Obama. — Robo-Romney, who pulled out victories in his home state and in Arizona, and Sanctorum are still in a race to the bottom.
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The Hinterland Gazette, The Caucus, The PJ Tatler and Daily Kos

Poll finds Santorum up by double-digits in Ohio
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CNN and The Moderate Voice


Michigan and Arizona primaries 2012: Mitt Romney wins ugly
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The Hill, neo-neocon, Bloomberg, CNN, Washington Post, Politico, 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com, NationalJournal.com, Marbury and The Moderate Voice

5 takeaways from Arizona and Michigan
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A Certain Enthusiasm, Pirate's Cove and Algemeiner.com

Ron Paul calls Romney a ‘flip-flopper’ in new ad
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Rick Santorum: I regret saying John F. Kennedy speech on religion made me want to throw up
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The Spectacle Blog and ABCNEWS

John McCain: Close curtain on GOP ‘Greek tragedy’
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National Review, The Daily Dish, Riehl World View, Connecting.the.Dots, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite and The Hill

Are the Rich Completely Undeserving of Sympathy? — I saw a fair amount of chortling this morning about this Bloomberg piece on wealthy financial-industry types who are having to cut back because of plummeting bonuses. And to be sure, some of the cuts are in the “Call me a Waaaah-mbulance” category: can't go to Aspen any more?
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Balloon Juice
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Wall Street Bonus Drop Means Trading Aspen for Discount Cereal — Andrew Schiff was sitting in a traffic jam in California this month after giving a speech at an investment conference about gold. He turned off the satellite radio, got out of the car and screamed a profanity.
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Mock, Paper, Scissors, Boing Boing, Gothamist and Gawker


Franklin Graham apologizes for questioning Obama's faith — WASHINGTON (RNS) Evangelist Franklin Graham apologized Tuesday (Feb. 28) to President Obama for questioning his Christian faith and said religion has “nothing to do” with Graham's decision not to support Obama's re-election.
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Washington Monthly, The Democratic Daily and USA Today
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Report: Rev. Franklin Graham apologizes to Obama
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, News Desk, The Political Carnival and Religion Dispatches


Will Olympia Snowe Join Americans Elect? — Olympia Snowe's retirement statement seemed like it dropped a huge hint, and I'm surprised it hasn't received any attention: … This sounds exactly like the kind of rhetoric emanating from Americans Elect, the third-party group that believes …

U.S.-DPRK Bilateral Discussions — Press Statement — Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson — Washington, DC — A U.S. delegation has just returned from Beijing following a third exploratory round of U.S.-DPRK bilateral talks. To improve the atmosphere for dialogue …
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American Spectator and msnbc.com
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North Korea Agrees to Suspend Nuclear Work
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Outside the Beltway and Algemeiner.com

US: NK agrees to suspend nuclear activities
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ThinkProgress and Reuters


D.C. archdiocese: Denying Communion to lesbian at funeral was against ‘policy’ — Deep in grief, Barbara Johnson stood first in the line for Communion at her mother's funeral Saturday morning. But the priest in front of her immediately made it clear that she would not receive the sacramental bread and wine.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, NewsBusters.org blogs, The Daily Caller and WJLA-TV


Obama makes a play for Scalia — Not surprisingly, the federal government quotes that opinion a lot in its court briefs. — Sutton hinted that he didn't like the mandate but said Supreme Court precedent favors a growing expansion of Commerce Clause power and that Congress has latitude to address national problems.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland

House subcommittee votes to repeal healthcare reform law's ‘death panel’ — Bipartisan legislation to repeal the healthcare law's cost-control board sailed through a House panel on Wednesday, raising pressure on the Senate to take up the bill and dealing President Obama a political blow.
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Hot Air, LifeNews.com and The PJ Tatler


Support for gay marriage takes dramatic leap in California, new poll shows — A new poll shows gay marriage has arrived in California - in public opinion if not in state lawbooks. — Golden State registered voters now favor same-sex unions by 59 percent to 34 percent …
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ThinkProgress, The Daily Dish, Towleroad News #gay, Steve Rothaus' Gay …, Law Blog and Joe. My. God.


Illinois GOP Congressional Candidate: ‘The Holocaust Never Happened’ — Jones, a neo-Nazi, wants runs to be GOP candidate for Congress — Art Jones wants to be the U.S. Representative from the 3rd district of Illinois, which encompasses part of the South Side of Chicago and its suburbs.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Hinterland Gazette


Olympia Snowe quits Senate race — U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe stunned Maine's political establishment on Tuesday by announcing she would not seek re-election in a decision likely to have ramifications on both congressional races here and on the battle for control of the U.S. Senate.
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Washington Post, The Agonist, The Daily Caller and Michelle Malkin
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Chu: DOE working to wean U.S. off oil, not lower prices — The Energy Department isn't working to lower gasoline prices directly, Secretary Steven Chu said Tuesday after a Republican lawmaker scolded him for his now-infamous 2008 comment that gas prices in the U.S. should be as high as in Europe.
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Worried Dems pressing Obama on gas prices
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The Democrats' nightmare scenario — If Republicans regain the Senate, will they seek to reform the filibuster, sweeping away an obstacle that bedeviled Dems and making it far easier for them to enact their own agenda with a simple Senate majority? — Matt Steinglass argues that the GOP …
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American Prospect, Balloon Juice and Mother Jones


Do Women Count? — Yesterday, after I made some snarky comment, a friend asked me if I was Eeyore. The truth is, I'm a mash-up of Eeyore and Tigger. Tigger bounces up and down gleefully whenever I talk about gay rights. But today I'm talking about the ladies again, so get ready for Eeyore.