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3:30 PM ET, March 12, 2012

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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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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 …
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.
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)
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.
BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney Always Thinks He's Going To Win
Discussion: GOP 12
Mj Lee / Politico:
Mitt Romney: I'm weak? What about Newt Gingrich?
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Sarah Huisenga / CBS News:
Gingrich, Perry deny they seek a joint ticket
Discussion: The Hill, CNN and The Hill
CNN:
Romney to forgo Medicare  —  Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) - Mitt Romney is celebrating his 65th birthday.  But unlike many seniors who reach that age, the GOP presidential candidate will forgo the Medicare program, according to a source with the Romney campaign.
Discussion: Indecision Forever and ABCNEWS
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Bobby Jindal / CNN:
Jindal won't endorse before Louisiana primary  —  Austin, Texas (CNN) - Mitt Romney has campaigned across Mississippi with Gov. Phil Bryant at his side, but he won't have similar support once the Republican race veers into a neighboring state.  —  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will not endorse …
Discussion: GOP 12 and The Page
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney Will Not Enroll In Medicare
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
Santorum on Afghan shooting: Someone ‘lost it’
Discussion: The Hill and The Hill
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum's war on teleprompters
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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department rejects Texas voter ID law
Discussion: CNN
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.
E.J. Dionne / Real Clear Politics:
Catholicism Is Not the Tea Party at Prayer  —  WASHINGTON — The nation's Roman Catholic bishops will make an important decision this week: Do they want to defend the church's legitimate interest in religious autonomy, or do they want to wage an election-year war against President Obama?
Discussion: National Review and Balloon Juice
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The New Republic:
The 1990s Roots of the Contraception Battle
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Michael Cavna / Washington Post:
‘Doonesbury’ creator Garry Trudeau discusses divisive strips about abortion  —  Only once in the long history of “Doonesbury” has Garry Trudeau's syndicate ever intensely objected to one of his story arcs.  It was 1985, and the subject was abortion.  —  Starting Monday, amid heated debate …
Discussion: Feministing and The Maddow Blog
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Barack Obama is Such a Traditional Jew Sometimes  —  Two weeks ago, after I finished interviewing President Obama on the subject of Iran and Israel, I handed him a copy of the New American Haggadah, the Passover user's guide edited by Jonathan Safran Foer, which includes commentary by Goldblog.
Discussion: American Prospect
ABCNEWS:
Hoopster-in-Chief Obama Offers NCAA Bracket Challenge  —  “Think you got game?”  That's the question President Obama is posing to sports fans in a new, online interactive contest aimed at expanding his re-election campaign's contact list and collecting some grassroots cash.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Hot Air and TheBlaze.com
Mj Leeand Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Blagojevich will find life inside a jolt, ex-inmates say  —  This week, Rod Blagojevich becomes federal prisoner number 40892-424.  —  The former Illinois governor is expected on Thursday to arrive at Englewood, a low-security facility in Littleton, Colo., located 15 miles southwest of Denver …
Discussion: Business Insider
 
 
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The White House:
The Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future: One-Year Progress Report
Discussion: Washington Wire
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Threats and Killings Striking Fear Among Young Iraqis, Including Gays
Yehuda Bauer / Haaretz:
Iran is not Auschwitz  —  Bombing Iran, not Iran's bomb, could destroy Israel.
Discussion: Reuters and normblog
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Michelle Obama defends anti-obesity initiative as not ‘government tell[ing] people what to do’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Trump: Romney rivals ‘disgraceful’ in continuing to pursue nomination
Discussion: Indecision Forever
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Fewer Americans Say U.S. Is No. 1 Military Power
Discussion: Politico and Campaign 2012
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Doubts raised on FOIA stats
Discussion: Firedoglake
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Michael Steele: “I Wanted a Brokered Convention”
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
New York Times:
At Lunch, Bloomberg and Obama Discuss Future
Wall Street Journal:
Steve Jobs, Price Fixer?
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Moderation out of fashion on Capitol Hill
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
What Greece Means  —  So Greece has officially defaulted on its debt to private lenders.
Discussion: Daily Kos
 

 
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

 
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