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7:55 AM ET, March 12, 2012

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Carl Cameron / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Gingrich-Perry Pre-Convention Ticket in the Works  —  Sources close to the Gingrich campaign say preliminary “what-if” conversations are underway that could lead to a Gingrich-Perry ticket being announced prior to the Republican National Convention at the end of August.
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‘World News’ Political Insights: Mitt Romney's Math Beating Rivals' Momentum  —  Mitt Romney's path to the Republican presidential nomination is being powered by victories very large — think Ohio, Michigan, and Florida — and very, very small.  —  If and when Romney locks down the GOP nod …
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Gibbs: Romney loss in Kansas shows he's not ‘inevitable’ nominee
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Ohio Bill Would Require Men Submit Affidavit From Sex Partner Confirming Impotence Before Receiving Viagra  —  An Ohio State Senator is turning the tables on men seeking to regulate women's access to reproductive health.  Sen. Nina Turner (D-Cleveland) has introduced legislation regulating men's access to erectile dysfunction drugs.
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Jackie Borchardt / Dayton Daily News:
Bill introduced to regulate men's reproductive health  —  Part of a trend, she likens the bill to men legislating 'a woman's womb.'  —  COLUMBUS - Before getting a prescription for Viagra or other erectile dysfunction drugs, men would have to see a sex therapist, receive a cardiac stress test …
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Rising Gas Prices Have Dented Obama's Rating: Poll  —  More than half of Americans for the first time expect Barack Obama to be re-elected — but that won't make it easy: Even as expectations have moved his way, rising gas prices have dented the president's rating on handling the economy …
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Ahmad Nadem / Trust.org:   Western forces kill 16 civilians in Afghanistan - Kabul govt
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Obama: Shooting of Afghan civilians ‘tragic and shocking’
Tom Bonnette / The Hayride:
NOW's War On Rush—Exclusive Hayride Video  —  Keeping in mind that fools rush in where angels fear to tread, I attended a meeting of the National Organization of Women (NOW) on Saturday that was held in conjunction with the Independent Women's Organization (IWO).
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Union Leaders Plan a Door-to-Door Effort to Aid Obama  —  As the A.F.L.-C.I.O. prepares to endorse President Obama on Tuesday, labor leaders say they will mount their biggest campaign effort, with far more union members than ever before — at least 400,000, they say — knocking on voters' doors …
Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:
Fox News Commenters React to Afghan Killings: ‘A Dead Muslim Is a Good Muslim’  —  It's no longer surprising, but the right wing blogs are full of comments today praising the soldier who allegedly committed mass murder in Kandahar, killing men, women, and children asleep in their beds.  —  Gateway Pundit:
WorldNetDaily:
OBAMA IMPEACHMENT BILL NOW IN CONGRESS  —  Declares president's use of military without approval ‘high crime, misdemeanor’  —  Let the president be duly warned.  —  Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr., R-N.C., has introduced a resolution declaring that should the president use offensive military …
Ynetnews:
Israel to delay strike on Iran until after US elections?  —  White House tells Sunday Times Obama pressed Netanyahu to postpone Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities until after November, adding president ‘might visit Israel in summer’  —  Ynet  —  Israel will only strike Iranian …
Nicolle Wallace / ABCNEWS:
Nicolle Wallace On Sarah Palin ‘Game Change’ Movie  —  “Game Change” is not a movie about Sarah Palin.  And it's definitely not about staffers like me.  —  It's a film about the vast, murky gray area in which the majority of politics takes place.  I'm not talking about what you see on television …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
What Greece Means  —  So Greece has officially defaulted on its debt to private lenders.  It was an “orderly” default, negotiated rather than simply announced, which I guess is a good thing.  Still, the story is far from over.  Even with this debt relief, Greece — like other European nations forced …
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Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
Doonesbury strip on Texas abortion law dropped by some US newspapers
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Santorum: Romney doesn't ‘tell the truth’ to voters on healthcare
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