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Rush Limbaugh / CNN:
Initially silent, Romney addresses Limbaugh ‘slut’ remarks — Cleveland, Ohio (CNN) - Mitt Romney steered clear of the Rush Limbaugh controversy until Friday evening, even avoiding a CNN reporter earlier in the day, when he addressed the issue after an event in Cleveland.
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Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum calls Limbaugh comments ‘absurd’ — (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum labeled Rush Limbaugh “absurd” over disparaging remarks from the radio talk show host directed at a law student who testified before a House panel in support of access to contraceptives.
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Michelle Malkin:
Sandra Fluke is not a “slut.” She's a femme-agogue tool; DCCC, Emily's list fund-raise off of Rush — The Soros monkeys and assorted progressive agitators are using conservative radio giant Rush Limbaugh to raise money again. — This just came in my in-box:
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Why Does Rush Limbaugh Get Away With Calling a Young Woman a ‘Slut’? — Many conservatives ignore or excuse in the talk-radio host behavior that they'd be horrified to engage in themselves. — If the conservative movement's least charitable critic invented a talk-radio host …
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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Rush Limbaugh's Advertisers Facing Social Media Firestorm — Rush Limbaugh's latest misogynistic tirade against Georgetown University Law Student Sandra Fluke may be the last straw for many of the shock jock's corporate sponsors. Thousands of angry customers have been inundating dozens …
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Dependable Renegade
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
John Boehner: Rush Limbaugh ‘slut’ remark ‘inappropriate’ — Speaker John Boehner on Friday denounced radio host Rush Limbaugh's “slut” remarks aimed at Georgetown University student Sandra Fluke, but the Ohio Republican also jabbed at Democrats who have been fundraising off the fracas.
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Rush Limbaugh Advertiser Sleep Train Pulls Commercials In Wake Of Sandra Fluke ‘Slut’ Firestorm … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke Slut, Rush Limbaugh Sleep Train, Sleep Train, Sleep Train Rush Limbaugh, Slidepollajax, Media News
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney on Rush: Not the language I'd have used — Mitt Romney, on a rope line on Ohio a short time ago, was asked about Rush Limbaugh's “slut” verbiage about a young woman testifying on birth control, and replied, per POLITCO's Reid Epstein, “I'll just say this, which is it's not the language I would have used.”
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Little Green Footballs
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Is Rush Limbaugh hurting Republicans? — Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh's description of a Georgetown Law school student named Sandra Fluke as a “slut” and a “prostitute” for her position on employer-funded birth control has Republican strategists concerned that their party …
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Does Carly Fiorina Just Not Get It?
Does Carly Fiorina Just Not Get It?
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Rush Limbaugh:
The Democrats are Desperate: Obama Calls Sandra Fluke, the 30-Year-Old Victim
The Democrats are Desperate: Obama Calls Sandra Fluke, the 30-Year-Old Victim
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Obama calls Sandra Fluke, student dissed by Rush Limbaugh
Obama calls Sandra Fluke, student dissed by Rush Limbaugh
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Just a Grunt / Jammie Wearing Fools:
Sandra Fluke's Appearance Is No Fluke
Sandra Fluke's Appearance Is No Fluke
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Dana Loesch / Big Journalism:
Republicans Fall For Manufactured Story
Republicans Fall For Manufactured Story
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
Issa blames Dems for tone of contraception debate
Issa blames Dems for tone of contraception debate
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Fox News:
White House enters controversy over Limbaugh comments on Georgetown student
White House enters controversy over Limbaugh comments on Georgetown student
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Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Second Advertiser Pulls Out From Limbaugh
Second Advertiser Pulls Out From Limbaugh
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Halimah Abdullah / msnbc.com:
Woman called ‘slut’ by Limbaugh is ‘stunned, outraged’
Woman called ‘slut’ by Limbaugh is ‘stunned, outraged’
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Obama calls Sandra Fluke to offer support over Limbaugh comments
Obama calls Sandra Fluke to offer support over Limbaugh comments
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Angela Morabito / TheCollegeConservative:
Sandra Fluke Does Not Speak for Me
Sandra Fluke Does Not Speak for Me
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The Huffington Post:
Sandra Fluke Receives Call From Obama After Rush Limbaugh ‘Slut’ Comments
Sandra Fluke Receives Call From Obama After Rush Limbaugh ‘Slut’ Comments
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Limbaugh Continues Hateful Assault On Sandra Fluke, Says She Needs To Have Less Sex
Limbaugh Continues Hateful Assault On Sandra Fluke, Says She Needs To Have Less Sex
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Michael O'Brien / msnbc.com:
President Obama calls Georgetown student Fluke
President Obama calls Georgetown student Fluke
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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
BREAKING: Mitt Romney Urged Obama to Embrace the Individual Mandate — Had Michigan not been as close, the Democrats would have waited to spring this on us in the general election. Luckily we have it now and I hope Ohio voters are paying attention. — In July 2009, Mitt Romney wrote …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney's Advice For ObamaCare: Look At RomneyCare — Mitt Romney was once touting his plan to Obama as a model for health care reform. He didn't mention keeping it at the state level. — Republican Presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney often fends off the attacks comparing …
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Obama to Iran and Israel: 'As President of the United States, I Don't Bluff' — Dismissing a strategy of “containment” as unworkable, the president tells me it's “unacceptable” for the Islamic Republic of Iran to have a nuclear weapon. — At the White House on Monday …
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich: Iran ‘Should Expect To Get Hit’ If I'm President
Gingrich: Iran ‘Should Expect To Get Hit’ If I'm President
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ABCNEWS:
Rick Santorum's Ohio Delegate Problems Pile Up — ABC News' Michael Falcone reports: — UPDATED: COLUMBUS, Ohio — Even if Rick Santorum wins Ohio on Super Tuesday, he won't be able to claim all of its delegates. In fact, he is at risk of forfeiting more than one-quarter of them.
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Quinnipiac University:
Ohio GOP Race Going Down To The Wire, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Santorum At 35% To Romney's 31%
Ohio GOP Race Going Down To The Wire, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Santorum At 35% To Romney's 31%
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Detroit Free Press:
Volt production on hold for 5 weeks — General Motors has told 1,300 employees at its Detroit Hamtramck that they will be temporarily laid off for five weeks as the company halts production of the Chevrolet Volt and its European counterpart, the Opel Ampera.
Michael Georgy / Reuters:
Anti-U.S. emotions run high at Afghan dogfighting ring — (Reuters) - Protests over the burning of Korans at a NATO base may have faded but some Afghans are still venting their rage over the incident — at a bloody Kabul dogfighting ring. — If emotions here are any indication …
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Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
U.S. probe of Koran burning finds 5 troops responsible, officials say; Afghans demand trial
U.S. probe of Koran burning finds 5 troops responsible, officials say; Afghans demand trial
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Olympia Snowe's Strange Martyrdom — More powerful than she lets on. — The retirement of Olympia Snowe, at the young (by senatorial standards) age of 65, has again dramatized the perilous condition of the Senate moderates. They have been scorned, marginalized, and hunted close to extinction.
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Olympia J. Snowe / Washington Post:
Olympia Snowe: Why I'm leaving the Senate
Olympia Snowe: Why I'm leaving the Senate
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Eric Pfeiffer / Yahoo! News:
Mansion servant enslaved by uber-rich New York family for nearly six years — A wealthy New York woman is facing criminal charges after being accused of keeping an illegal immigrant as an indentured servant and forcing her to live in a closet for nearly six years.
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Outside the Beltway
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Jon Huntsman Dropped From RNC Event For “Third Party” Call — Will this teach him a lesson? Or push him toward a third-party bid? — Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman departs the stage after announcing the suspension of his 2012 presidential bid in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, January 16, 2012.
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