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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
News Analysis: No Super Tuesday Knockout Punch — Mitt Romney won the delegates, but not necessarily the argument. — His quest to win the Republican presidential nomination has always resembled a detailed, methodical business plan. Mr. Romney, who spent much of his life fixing troubled corporations …
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Super Tuesday Alaska: Sarah Palin voted for Newt Gingrich — Sarah Palin revealed late on Super Tuesday that she voted for Newt Gingrich in the Alaska caucuses. — After declining to reveal to a CNN reporter which 2012 candidate she voted for, Palin said in a later interview with a Fox News host …
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Toby Harnden / Mail Online:
Slouching towards victory? Mitt Romney wins six on Super Tuesday but gets labelled a loser — Poor old Mitt Romney. — He wins six out of 10 states on Super Tuesday and a clear majority of the delegates available. He overcomes a 12-point opinion poll deficit in Ohio to narrowly beat Rick Santorum, who wins only three states.
Mj Lee / Politico:
Sarah Palin defends Rush Limbaugh, cites ‘hypocrisy’ — Sarah Palin just cast her Super Tuesday ballot in Alaska, but she's wouldn't say which Republican candidate she voted for. — “I would not tell you who I voted for in this presidential preference poll,” a smiling Palin told CNN …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Mitt's Glass Half Empty
Mitt's Glass Half Empty
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Wall Street Journal:
Republican Split Decision
Republican Split Decision
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Reuters, National Review, New York Post, RedState and Campaign 2012
CNN:
Palin on open convention: Anything is possible
Palin on open convention: Anything is possible
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Jonathan Martin / Reuters:
Mitt Romney's rough road to Tampa
Daniel Strauss / Ballot Box:
Santorum super-PAC calls on Gingrich to leave the GOP race
Santorum super-PAC calls on Gingrich to leave the GOP race
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NBC's Andrew Rafferty / msnbc.com:
Santorum camp asking conservatives to pressure Gingrich to drop out
Santorum camp asking conservatives to pressure Gingrich to drop out
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Rep. Dennis Kucinich suffers primary defeat in Ohio — Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio), the two-time presidential candidate and icon of the antiwar left, suffered a bruising primary defeat Tuesday as a new Republican-drawn congressional map threatened to end the career of one of the most colorful figures in Congress.
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Alex Isenstadt / Reuters:
‘Joe the Plumber’ wins Ohio Republican congressional primary bid — Yes, Marcy Kaptur blew out Dennis Kucinich, and Jean Schmidt unexpectedly lost her House seat to a challenger. — But one of the biggest — and most overlooked — surprises of Tuesday night was in a northeast Ohio Republican congressional primary.
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Ohio Rep. Schmidt becomes first member ousted in 2012 primary — Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) became the first member of Congress to be defeated in a primary in 2012, losing her race on Tuesday to physician Brad Wenstrup. — With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Wenstrup took 49 percent of the vote to Schmidt's 43 percent.
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Michael Scott / Plain Dealer:
Marcy Kaptur defeats Dennis Kucinich, wins Democratic primary in newly drawn 9th District
Marcy Kaptur defeats Dennis Kucinich, wins Democratic primary in newly drawn 9th District
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Associated Press:
Obama loses Dem primary in 15 Oklahoma counties — OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama collected the most votes in the Oklahoma Democratic primary, but lost in 15 counties. — With 98 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday, Obama won 57 percent of the vote.
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Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Anti-abortion activist may keep Obama from unanimous re-nomination
Anti-abortion activist may keep Obama from unanimous re-nomination
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Brian Mylar / KSAT-TV:
Racial incident mars high school game — School district, students apologize — SAN ANTONIO - — A local school district is apologizing after an apparent incident of racism at a boys high school basketball game this past weekend. — When the final whistle blew Saturday …
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Eric Kleefeld / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Jean Schmidt Loses House Seat In Major GOP Primary Upset — In a major upset, Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH), a fiery conservative voice in the House of Representatives, has lost the Republican primary for her redrawn House seat. — With 99% of precincts reports …
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Upset in Ohio: Rep. Jean Schmidt (R) loses primary to Brad Wenstrup
Upset in Ohio: Rep. Jean Schmidt (R) loses primary to Brad Wenstrup
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Michael Kinsley / Bloomberg:
The insincere push to crush Rush — The people who want to drive Rush Limbaugh off the air aren't assuaged or persuaded by his apology over the weekend. They say he wasn't sincere: He only apologized for calling a Georgetown University law student a “slut” and a “prostitute” because of pressure from advertisers.
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner makes final plea to rally support for $260B highway bill — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is making one last push to rally Republicans around his signature transportation bill, warning rank-and-file lawmakers against “punting on the opportunity to pass an infrastructure bill that bears our stamp.”
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JSOnline:
Judge draws flak for signing Walker recall petition — Nearly four months before he signed off on the poorly edited order granting a temporary injunction against Wisconsin's new voter identification law, Dane County Circuit Judge David Flanagan scribbled his name on another important legal document:
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Bruce Vielmetti / JSOnline:
Judge bars voter ID law temporarily
Judge bars voter ID law temporarily
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Investors flee Carbonite after Limbaugh announcement — On Saturday, Carbonite CEO David Friend released a statement on his company's website declaring that Carbonite had decided to “withdraw” advertising from Rush Limbaugh's radio show in the wake of his controversial remarks involving …
BuzzFeed:
Why Rick Won't Quit — The cost is high. But it's not about logic, or even winning, any more. — There comes a point in a presidential campaign — and in the lore, it's always 3 a.m. when this happens — where the candidate finds himself staring at the ceiling, contemplating financial ruin.
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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Romney Admits His Economic Plan 'Can't Be Scored,' Still Insists It Will Balance The Budget — Mitt Romney — fresh off his series of primary victories last night — appeared on CNBC this morning, where he was asked about the Tax Policy Center's assessment that his tax plan would add trillions of dollars to the national debt.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Romney says his tax plan 'can't be scored' because it lacks details
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
At Harvard, Obama Dived Into Diversity Fight — In this video, not previously available online but licensed by BuzzFeed from a Boston television station, the future president speaks at a 1991 campus protest organized to demand tenure for minority and female law professors. — Source: youtube.com
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Netanyahu's Gift to Obama — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a gift to President Obama: The Book of Esther. — Aides to the Israeli politician referred to the book as “background reading” on Iran for President Obama, the Jewish Daily Forward reports.
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Robert Wright / The Atlantic Online:
Bibi Netanyahu's Bible Story
Bibi Netanyahu's Bible Story
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
RFK Jr.: Inhofe is ‘call girl’ for Big Oil — Leave it to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to one-up Rush Limbaugh in the name-calling department. — “Speaking of prostitutes, big oil's top call girl Sen Inhofe wants to kill fuel economy backed by automakers, small biz, enviros, & consumers,” …
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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Netanyahu asked Panetta to approve sale of bunker-busting bombs, U.S. official says — Top administration source says Obama instructed Defense Secretary to work with Defense Minister Barak, to give all due consideration to the request for purchasing GBU-28 bombs, advanced refueling aircraft.
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