memeorandum: Poll: Gingrich, Romney in dead heat in Alabama (Montgomery Advertiser)

1:30 PM ET, March 10, 2012

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Poll: Gingrich, Romney in dead heat in Alabama — The support for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is increasing in Alabama and he is in a virtual dead heat with former Massachussetts Gov. Mitt Romney headed into the state's presidential primary on Tuesday, according to a poll released Friday by Alabama State University.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Taegan Goddard's …, Rasmussen Reports and Washington Wire

CNN:

Romney wins entire Guam delegation — (CNN) - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the unanimous vote among Guam Republicans to pledge all nine of their delegates to his presidential campaign. — The vote was passed Saturday by all 207 of the 215 registered Republicans in attendance at their yearly convention.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Hot Air, The Political Carnival, americanthinker.com and The Other McCain

Robert Griffin III / Associated Press:

Gingrich tells AP he won't quit GOP presidential race if he loses Tuesday in Miss., Ala. — ELLISVILLE, Miss. — Spurning calls for him to get out, Newt Gingrich insisted Friday that he'll stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination even if he loses two Southern primaries next week.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Balloon Juice and Rasmussen Reports

Sarah B. Boxer / NationalJournal.com:
Romney: Regulators Should Make ‘Friends’ With Business

Discussion: Daily Kos

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:

Bill Maher Defends Limbaugh's Free Speech Rights, Responds To ‘False Equivalency’ From Right — After over a week of pundits piling on Bill Maher for his remarks about conservative women in an attempt to equivocate him with Rush Limbaugh and suggest a media double standard on such controversies …

Discussion: Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog! and Hot Air

Al Arabiya / Alarabiya.net English:

Dozens of Iraqi teenagers stoned to death for ‘emo’ haircuts: activists — Iraqi activists sounded the bell over the killing of dozens of teenagers by religious police for having “emo” haircuts. — Activists told the Cairo-based al-Akhbar daily that at least 90 Iraqi teenagers with “emo” …

Discussion: Jihad Watch, Weasel Zippers, The Jawa Report, Elder of Ziyon and Atlas Shrugs

Jim Romenesko:

Report: Some papers won't be running next week's ‘Doonesbury’ strips — I asked around and was told that the Oregonian and Dallas Morning News are among the papers that have discussed pulling the strips. (I've left messages with editors at both newspapers to see what they've decided.)

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Pharyngula, The PJ Tatler and Poynter

Patrick Kevin Day / Show Tracker:

Louis C.K. drops correspondents' dinner after conservative outcry — Louis C.K. has pulled out as host of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Assn. Dinner following conservative complaints about the comedian's past comments about Sarah Palin. — Multiple reports confirm C.K. is no longer scheduled to appear at the June 8 event.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Power Line, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Huffington Post, JustOneMinute, Hollywood Reporter, Gawker, National Review, The PJ Tatler, Instapundit, Wake up America and Althouse, more at Mediagazer »

Mj Lee / Politico:

Gloria Allred seeks Rush Limbaugh prosecution — Rush Limbaugh has drawn the ire of celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred, who sent a letter to the Palm Beach County state attorney requesting an investigation into whether the popular radio host should be prosecuted for calling a law student a “slut” and “prostitute” last week.

Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs, CANNONFIRE, americanthinker.com, Mediaite, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Gateway Pundit, The Reality-Based Community and The PJ Tatler

Haaretz:

Gaza militants fire rockets at Israeli south; casualties, damage reported — More than 40 rockets fired into southern Israel; eight people wounded, one seriously; Iron Dome intercepts six rockets fired at Ashdod, Ashkelon, and Be'er Sheva; Palestinians report 12 fatalities in IAF strikes on Gaza.

Discussion: Associated Press, Weasel Zippers and americanthinker.com

John Avlon / The Daily Beast:

Rush Limbaugh Scandal Proves Contagious for Talk-Radio Advertisers — Ninety-eight major advertisers—including Ford and Geico—will no longer air spots on Premiere Networks' ‘offensive’ programs. Insiders say the loss will rock right-wing talk radio. — Rush Limbaugh made the right …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Hullabaloo, Taegan Goddard's …, Radio-Info.com and American Spectator

Los Angeles Times:

Television review: ‘Game Change’ — HBO's surprisingly kind film about Sarah Palin's run for vice president stars Julianne Moore and Ed Harris. — “Game Change” with Julianne Moore and Ed Harris. — There is a truly heartbreaking moment in “Game Change,” the HBO film about Sarah Palin's run for vice president.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, PopWatch and Guardian

Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:

Gov. Dalrymple: Obama is ‘killing energy development’ — North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R) called on Congress to quickly pass legislation to green-light the Keystone XL oil pipeline, arguing that the Obama administration is “killing energy development.” — Dalrymple said Saturday the pipeline …

Discussion: Politico

Michael Barbaro / New York Times:

As Governor, Romney's C.E.O. Style Could Irk Lawmakers — BOSTON — Well into Mitt Romney's tenure as governor of Massachusetts, a state legislator named Jay Kaufman developed a nagging suspicion: the governor had no idea who he was. — A committee chairman and a veteran Democrat …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Prairie Weather

Andrew Harris / Bloomberg:

Buffett's NetJets Countersued by U.S. for Unpaid Taxes — NetJets Inc., the private-plane company owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A), was countersued by the U.S. over $366 million in taxes and penalties. — NetJets in November sued the U.S., saying the federal government …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and CNN

Tim Reid / Reuters:

Banks foreclosing on churches in record numbers — (Reuters) - Banks are foreclosing on America's churches in record numbers as lenders increasingly lose patience with religious facilities that have defaulted on their mortgages, according to new data. — The surge in church foreclosures represents …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, BuzzFlash.org, The Raw Story and The Political Carnival

Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:

Column: The Shameless Obama Campaign — While the media cluck their tongues at social conservatives and obsess over the rather boring and predictable Republican primary, can we pause for a moment to observe just how panicked President Obama seems to be about his reelection?

Discussion: NO QUARTER, Washington Post and Betsy's Page

Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:

Obama's campaign gets more USAF aircraft — The U.S. Air Force is pulling nine cargo aircraft from military operations to support President Barrack Obama's stepped-up visits to campaign events. — The five medium-capacity C-130s and four heavyweight C-17s will be used to ferry security vehicles …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Doug Ross and Weasel Zippers

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:

Recent debate over contraception comes as GOP loses gains among women — The fragile gains Republicans had been making among female voters have been erased, a shift that has coincided with what has become a national shouting match over reproductive issues, potentially handing President Obama …

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Huffington Post, The Mahablog, Taylor Marsh, Jezebel and The War Room …

Financial Times:

Greek debt swap triggers massive payouts — By David Oakley iin London, Joshua Chaffin in Brussels and Richard Milne in Oslo — Billions of dollars are to be paid out in insurance-like instruments as Greece on Friday pressed ahead with the largest ever sovereign debt restructuring.

Discussion: Felix Salmon, FT Alphaville and Calculated Risk