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Marist Poll:
3/4: Santorum and Romney Neck and Neck in Ohio — Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are locked in a tight battle in the race for the Republican nomination in Ohio. Among likely Republican primary voters including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate, early voters …
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Politico, The Last Tradition, The Caucus, Scared Monkeys, Washington Post, The Page and Hotline On Call
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Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Two polls find Romney, Santorum tied in Ohio — GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has pulled into a statistical dead heat with rival Rick Santorum in Ohio, two new polls find. — A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday shows Romney and Santorum tied with 32 percent support …
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Reuters, Politico and The Moderate Voice
First Read / msnbc.com:
NBC News/Marist poll: Santorum, Romney neck and neck in Ohio
NBC News/Marist poll: Santorum, Romney neck and neck in Ohio
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Politico, CNN, Daily Kos and Outside the Beltway
Seattle Times:
Big win in state propels Romney into Super Tuesday
Big win in state propels Romney into Super Tuesday
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The Moderate Voice, Real Clear Politics and Patterico's Pontifications
Fox News:
Romney notches fifth straight win with Washington state GOP caucuses
Romney notches fifth straight win with Washington state GOP caucuses
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The Lonely Conservative, The Daily Weekly and Hit & Run
James Hohmann / Politico:
Mitt hits 5 straight in Wash.
Mitt hits 5 straight in Wash.
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Washington Monthly, msnbc.com, The Maddow Blog and Scared Monkeys
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Romney Takes Washington Ahead of a Big Election Day
Romney Takes Washington Ahead of a Big Election Day
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The Caucus, Instapundit, FiveThirtyEight, Mediaite and A plain blog about politics
Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
Santorum backs nullifying existing gay marriages — There are 18,000 married gay and lesbian couples in California and at least 131,000 nationwide according to the 2010 census, conducted before New York state legalized same-sex marriage in July. — Rick Santorum says he'll try to unmarry all of them if he's elected president.
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The Daily What, Outside the Beltway and Joe. My. God.
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Keith O'Brien / Telegraph:
We cannot afford to indulge this madness — Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Britain's most senior Catholic, sets out his opposition to the Government's plans to legalise gay marriage. — Elton John and David Furnish entered into a civil partnership in 2005 and now have a one-year-old son , born to a surrogate mother
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Towleroad News #gay, Guardian and Althouse
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Have You No Shame, Rush? — AS a woman who has been viciously slashed by Rush Limbaugh, I can tell you, it's no fun. — At first you think, if he objects to the substance of what you're saying, why can't he just object to the substance of what you're saying? Why go after you in the most personal and humiliating way?
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The Moderate Voice, Angry Bear, Washington Post, Prairie Weather, Daily Kos, Althouse and Hot Air
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Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
It's not because Breitbart was combative — A friend emails, with results of a near-scientific experiment: — I just watched John Avlon's Daily Beast commentary about the ugly tweets celebrating Andrew's passing. His underlying logic, like some other commentary I've read …
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protein wisdom
Anton Howes / The Independent:
Where are all the libertarians coming from? — There's a silent revolution happening on campuses across the world. Libertarian activism is on the rise. Political figures like Ron Paul have started to draw huge support from younger voters, but the trend seems to be much deeper and more sustained than any single political campaign.
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Inside Bay Area:
Three Occupy Oakland protesters arrested for robbery and a hate crime, both felonies — OAKLAND — Three Occupy Oakland protesters suspected of stealing an Oakland woman's wallet and making offensive remarks about her perceived sexuality were charged Friday with robbery and committing a hate crime, both felonies, authorities said.
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CBS San Francisco, KTVU-TV, Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit, The Other McCain, americanthinker.com, Power Line and Moe Lane
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Emmett Berg / Reuters:
Three Occupy Oakland protesters charged with hate crimes
Three Occupy Oakland protesters charged with hate crimes
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Big Government and Weasel Zippers
BBC:
Dublin patron saint's heart stolen from Christ Church Cathedral — The preserved heart of Dublin's patron saint has been stolen from the city's Christ Church Cathedral, officials say. — The thief would have needed metal cutters to prise open the iron bars protecting the wooden heart-shaped box holding St Laurence O'Toole's heart.
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The Gateway Pundit and Fausta's Blog
Daily Mail:
‘SHOCKED’ LIBYAN AUTHORITIES ‘EXTREMELY APOLOGETIC’ OVER WAR GRAVES ATTACK — The Libyan government has been ‘extremely apologetic’ about the desecration of British war graves in the eastern city of Benghazi, a Foreign Office Minister said today. — Jeremy Browne said people …
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Power Line, BBC, msnbc.com, Atlas Shrugs and Jihad Watch
Robin Bravender / Politico:
Gingrich: Obama's apologies ‘embarrassing’ — Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich on Sunday called President Barack Obama's apologies for the burning of a Quran in Afghanistan “embarrassing.” — “When the president of the United States says I apologize, he is basically taking on blame …
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Crooks and Liars and The Raw Story
Amy O'Leary / New York Times:
How Many People Can Manhattan Hold? — IN a crowded place like Manhattan, there are moments when a certain question flits across people's minds. — It could happen on a weeknight at the Union Square Trader Joe's, when the aisles are so packed that shopping for frozen edamame morphs into a full-contact sport.
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Runnin' Scared
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Scholar and the Rascal — THE right-wing provocateur Andrew Breitbart and the neoconservative scholar James Q. Wilson, who died within 48 hours of each other last week — Wilson at the age of 80, Breitbart so unexpectedly at 43 — had one important thing in common: They were both prominent conservatives …
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National Review, No More Mister Nice Blog, Balloon Juice and Daniel W. Drezner