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11:40 AM ET, March 13, 2012

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New York Times:
Obama Approval Rating Shows Serious Slip in New Poll  —  Despite improving job growth and an extended Republican primary fight dividing his would-be opponents, President Obama is heading into the general election season on treacherous political ground, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Poll: Obama's approval rating sinks to new low  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  (CBS News) President Obama's approval rating has hit the lowest level ever in CBS News polling, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times survey.
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Voters blame president for gas prices, experts say not so fast  —  How much does the president have to do with the price of gasoline?  —  A lot, say American voters.  According to oil experts and economists, not so much — at least in the short term.  —  Today's oil prices are the product …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: Obama's approval rating hits new low in CBS poll
Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
Psst! Obama lost the birth control mandate debate
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
U.S. on pace for $1 trillion deficit
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Alabama and Mississippi primaries: Mitt Romney could seal deal in Dixie  —  RICHLAND, Miss — In a topsy-turvy GOP primary, where the unexpected has been the norm, such a final plot twist may be altogether fitting: the Mormon Yankee who thinks cheese grits are a revelation effectively seals the nomination in Alabama and Mississippi.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Polling in Deep South Has Posed Challenges
Quin Hillyer / American Spectator:   Drenched in Campaign Silliness
Dennis Woltering / WWL-TV:
Santorum leads GOP candidates in La., exclusive WWL-TV poll shows
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and msnbc.com
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Gingrich's Presence Could Aid Romney in Alabama Primary
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Let's Talk About the Real Issues, Mr. President  —  The far Left continues to believe American voters are not smart enough to grasp the diversionary tactics it employs to distract us from the issues our President just doesn't want to talk about - issues that affect us all every day and must be addressed.
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Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA TARGETS BREITBART, PALIN, HANNITY WITH HEAVILY-EDITED AD  —  The Obama re-election campaign has released an internet ad targeting Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, and Breitbart.com.  Coming up short in the fundraising department and under fire for President Obama's longtime association …
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Rush Limbaugh Syndicator Suspends National Ads For Two Weeks  —  Radio-Info.com reports that Premiere Networks, which syndicates the Rush Limbaugh show, told its affiliate radio stations that they are suspending national advertising for two weeks.  Rush Limbaugh is normally provided …
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Andrew Malcolm / Investor's Business Daily:
Online, liberals far less tolerant than normal people  —  Not exactly shocking news for those exposed to them for years, but the respected Pew Research Center has determined that political liberals are far less tolerant of opposing views than regular Americans.
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Pew Internet:
Social networking sites and politics  — Home - > - Reports - > - Social networking sites and politics - > - Main findings - > - Social networking sites and politics  —  Main findings  —  Social networking sites have become places where political conversation, debate, and proselytizing occur, especially during campaign seasons.
Discussion: Mashable!
New York Times:
U.S. Officials Debate Speeding Afghan Pullout  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is discussing whether to reduce American forces in Afghanistan by at least an additional 20,000 troops by 2013, reflecting a growing belief within the White House that the mission there has now reached the point of diminishing returns.
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Reuters:
Afghan government team attacked, Taliban fume over massacre
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Eryn Brown / Los Angeles Times:
All red meat is bad for you, new study says  —  A long-term study finds that eating any amount and any type increases the risk of premature death.  —  Eating any amount and any type of red meat increases the risk of premature death, a new study says.  (William Thomas Cain / Getty Images / March 12, 2012)
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Sarah Palin's foolishness ruined U.S. politics  —  At some point while watching HBO's absolutely smashing (and terrifying) movie “Game Change,” it occurred to me that Sarah Palin has ruined America.  The movie has been scalloped out of the book by the same name and focuses on Palin, rather than on the entire 2008 presidential campaign.
Discussion: Rumproast and Wonkette
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Saul Loeb / National Post:
Dick Cheney cancels Toronto trip, says Canada is too dangerous  —  TORONTO — Former U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney has cancelled an April appearance in Toronto citing concerns Canada is too dangerous.  —  “He felt that in Canada the risk of violent protest was simply too high,” …
Discussion: The Raw Story and National Review
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Associated Press:
Former US vice president deems Canada too dangerous for speaking visit
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Specter says Obama ditched him after he helped pass health law  —  Former Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) writes in a new book that President Obama ditched him in the 2010 election after he helped Obama win the biggest legislative victory of his term by passing healthcare reform.
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Tim Carmody / Wired:
The Damning Backstory Behind ‘Homeless Hotspots’ at SXSW  —  It sounds like something out of a darkly satirical science-fiction dystopia.  But it's absolutely real — and a completely problematic treatment of a problem that otherwise probably wouldn't be mentioned in any of the panels at South by Southwest Interactive.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
What if George W. Bush had done that?  —  President Barack Obama has forged a surprising consensus on opposite ends of the political spectrum: They wonder how on earth he gets away with it.  —  A series of recent moves — from aggressively filling his reelection war chest to green-lighting shoot …
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Surprise!  Obama has a secret plan to deal with a catastrophic U.S. debt crisis.  Here's what might be in it  —  This is a stunner.  In the new book The Escape Artists: How Obama's Team Fumbled the Recovery, journalist Noam Scheiber uncovers this tantalizing tidbit: … OK, let's take this step by step:
Discussion: Hit & Run
Rachel Leven / The Hill:
HHS weighs accepting men who have sex with men as blood donors  —  The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) is seeking comments on designing a pilot program to create “alternative donor deferral criteria” for gay men.  —  Currently, men who have had sex with other men (MSM) …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
BBC:
Syria unrest: 230,000 have fled homes, rights groups say  —  Hundreds of Syrian refugees are crossing into Lebanon and other countries every day, the UN says  —  At least 230,000 Syrians have fled their homes in the year-long uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, aid agencies say.
Guardian:
Rebekah Brooks among six arrested  —  Former Sun editor held by Operation Weeting detectives on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice  —  Rebekah Brooks is among six people arrested by Scotland Yard detectives on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice …
 
 
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Mark Krikorian / National Review:
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Discussion: Power Line and Prairie Weather
 

 
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