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Washington Post:
Gas prices sink Obama's ratings on economy, bring parity to race for White House — Disapproval of President Obama's handling of the economy is heading higher — alongside gasoline prices — as a record number of Americans now give the president “strongly” negative reviews …
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Santorum Concedes: He Can't Win The Nomination Outright — Winning by losing? Strategy memo is less a “path to victory” as it is a path to a contested convention. — Santorum talks with supporters during a stop at Sweet Peppers Deli, Sunday, March 11, 2012, in Tupelo, Miss. — (AP / Eric Gay)
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Michael Steele: “I Wanted a Brokered Convention” — Before he was booted as GOP chair, Steele changed the party's primary contest rules—and now Romney and the Republican establishment are paying for his chaos theory experiment. — Is the never-ending and ever-bitter 2012 Republican presidential race …
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Mediaite, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Indecision Forever and The Impolitic
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Mitt Romney wishes Mobile 'good mornin"
Mitt Romney wishes Mobile 'good mornin"
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CNN, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Daily Kos
Ben Terris / NationalJournal.com:
Santorum: 'I'd Like Everybody to Get Out' — Rick Santorum needs …
Santorum: 'I'd Like Everybody to Get Out' — Rick Santorum needs …
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The Other McCain and American Power
Andrew Restuccia / Ballot Box:
Comedian Jeff Foxworthy to campaign with Romney in South
Comedian Jeff Foxworthy to campaign with Romney in South
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The Hill, CNN, The Huffington Post, NY Daily News, Washington Post and Don Surber
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Obama Still Muslim, Report Southern Republicans — It has been a while since the question of President Obama's religion — his true religion, maybe the religion he or his “church” don't want you to know about — has been on the national agenda. And the upcoming Alabama and Mississippi primaries …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Too close to call in Alabama and Mississippi — Tuesday looks like it's going to be a close election night in both Mississippi and Alabama. In Mississippi Newt Gingrich is holding on to a slight lead with 33% to 31% for Mitt Romney, 27% for Rick Santorum, and 7% for Ron Paul.
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.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: 141 Companies Drop Advertising From Rush Limbaugh — ThinkProgress has obtained an internal memo from Premiere Radio Networks listing 96 national companies that have “specifically asked” their advertisments not be played during the Rush Limbaugh Show. Premiere is the distributor of Limbaugh's program.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh losing more advertisers? — Think Progress gets its hands on an internal memo from Premiere Radio Networks that lists nearly 100 national companies that have asked that their advertisements not be played on the Rush Limbaugh show — companies that have not been publicly named until now.
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Balloon Juice, Daily Kos and The Mahablog
Tom Bonnette / The Hayride:
NOW's War On Rush—Exclusive Hayride Video
NOW's War On Rush—Exclusive Hayride Video
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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WESH-TV:
Grayson Involved In Crash With Lynx Bus — Campaign Event Held In Downtown Orlando — ORLANDO, Fla. — Former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson crashed into a Lynx bus in downtown Orlando about noon Saturday. — Grayson was traveling to an upscale fundraising event for his Congressional campaign.
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Michelle Malkin, Politico, Ballot Box, The Daily Caller, The PJ Tatler, Scared Monkeys and Washington Free Beacon
Reed Johnson / Los Angeles Times:
‘Doonesbury’ abortion story arc moves to Op-Ed page — A story line about a woman seeking an abortion in Texas prompts Times editors to relocate the strip from the comics pages for the arc's six-day run. — “Doonesbury” comic strip. (Universal Uclick) — A series of “Doonesbury” …
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Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
Doonesbury strip on Texas abortion law dropped by some US newspapers
Doonesbury strip on Texas abortion law dropped by some US newspapers
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LifeNews.com and Addicting Info
Michael Cavna / Washington Post:
‘Doonesbury’ creator Garry Trudeau discusses divisive strips about abortion
‘Doonesbury’ creator Garry Trudeau discusses divisive strips about abortion
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Feministing and The Maddow Blog
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Reid: Republicans clogging judicial confirmation process to embarrass Obama — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) charged Senate Republicans on Monday of gumming up the Senate's judicial confirmation process in order to embarrass President Obama, and said he plans to file cloture …
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Politico, Firedoglake, Poliglot, ThinkProgress, Weasel Zippers and RedState
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Specter says Obama ditched him after he helped pass health law
Specter says Obama ditched him after he helped pass health law
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CNN, Power Line, YID With LID, The Spectacle Blog and The Other McCain
Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
Coffee Is an Essential Benefit Too — Here are some other health-care mandates that government should impose on employers. — Dear President Obama, — Can you believe the nerve of employers? Many of them still seem to think that they should be allowed to determine the benefits they offer.
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Hot Air, JustOneMinute, Belmont Club, Outside the Beltway, National Review and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
BuzzFeed:
Santorum Campaign Responds To Dutch Euthanasia Outrage — Rick Santorum has drawn fire for controversial statements about assisted suicide in the Netherlands. In an impromptu interview with Dutch television station RTL4, Santorum press secretary Alice Stewart offered no explanation …
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The Maddow Blog, Mediaite and A plain blog about politics
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Joshua Keating / FP Passport:
In his heart, Rick Santorum knows that Dutch people are forcibly euthanized
In his heart, Rick Santorum knows that Dutch people are forcibly euthanized
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Washington Monthly and Washington Post
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Stearns On Obama Birth's Certificate: ‘The Question Is, Is It Legitimate?’ — New video of a February town hall shows Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) pandering to birthers and raising questions about the legitimacy of President Obama's birth certificate. — When Stearns met with constituents …
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Politico, The Raw Story and Booman Tribune
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Longtime GOP lawmaker questions legitimacy of Obama birth certificate
Longtime GOP lawmaker questions legitimacy of Obama birth certificate
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Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
U.S. Army Sergeant Suspected in Afghanistan Shooting — PANJWAI, Afghanistan — Stalking from home to home, a United States Army sergeant methodically killed at least 16 civilians, 9 of them children, in a rural stretch of southern Afghanistan on Sunday, igniting fears of a new wave …
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BBC:
How it happened: Massacre in Kandahar
How it happened: Massacre in Kandahar
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Fox News, World Now, msnbc.com, Truthdig and The Heritage Foundation
Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — The Many Misleading Claims In Mitt's Monday Medicare Memo — As part of an effort to reverse the public's perception of the parties' positions on Medicare, Mitt Romney's campaign is appropriating a common Democratic attack and using it against President Obama.
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Washington Post, Firedoglake, ABCNEWS, The New Republic, Talking Points Memo, The Maddow Blog and American Prospect
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CNN:
Romney to forgo Medicare
Romney to forgo Medicare
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BuzzFeed, Politico, ABCNEWS, Hot Air, No More Mister Nice Blog and Indecision Forever
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:
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Fox News, The Moderate Voice, Booman Tribune, The Mahablog, Taylor Marsh, The Last Tradition, US Politics and Seeing the Forest
Associated Press:
Justice Dept opposes Texas voter ID law — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's civil rights division on Monday objected to a new photo ID requirement for voters in Texas because many Hispanic voters lack state-issued identification. — Texas follows South Carolina as the second state …
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Roger L. Simon, The PJ Tatler, The Other McCain and Clayton Cramer's Blog
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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 …
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Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers, The POH Diaries, Israel Matzav, americanthinker.com and Betsy's Page
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Yehuda Bauer / Haaretz:
Iran is not Auschwitz — Bombing Iran, not Iran's bomb, could destroy Israel.
Iran is not Auschwitz — Bombing Iran, not Iran's bomb, could destroy Israel.
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Reuters
Independent.ie:
Nicky Larkin: Israel is a refuge, but a refuge under siege — Through making a film about the Israeli-Arab conflict, artist Nicky Larkin found his allegiances swaying — I used to hate Israel. I used to think the Left was always right. Not any more. Now I loathe Palestinian terrorists.
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Jihad Watch, Harry's Place, Israel Matzav, National Review, Atlas Shrugs, normblog and Cold Fury
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Welfare queens and college sluts — CNN, you really need to examine your hiring policies. Your “analyst” Dana Loesch wrote this piece of drivel on her site yesterday: … I assume that CNN knows that Fluke wasn't testifying about herself and they know that she wasn't talking about her own sex life …