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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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Outside the Beltway, Business Insider, Indecision Forever, Hot Air, Reuters, Daily Kos and The Spectacle Blog
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.
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Mitt Romney wishes Mobile 'good mornin" — MOBILE, Ala. — Mitt Romney spent the last week trying to convince Southern voters that he was one of them ahead of primaries in Alabama and Mississippi. — But at an event at a restaurant the day before Tuesday's primaries, he all but admitted it was an act.
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CNN, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Ballot Box, Don Surber and Daily Kos
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.
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
The Future Is Far from Certain
The Future Is Far from Certain
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Mitt Romney: I'm weak? What about Newt Gingrich?
Mitt Romney: I'm weak? What about Newt Gingrich?
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CNN, The Lonely Conservative and The Hill
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Trump: Romney rivals ‘disgraceful’ in continuing to pursue nomination
Trump: Romney rivals ‘disgraceful’ in continuing to pursue nomination
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Indecision Forever
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney Will Not Enroll In Medicare — Turns down entitlement coverage on first day of eligibility. — (Getty Images / Win McNamee) — Mitt Romney will not enroll in Medicare, choosing to maintain his private insurance as his sole coverage, his campaign confirms.
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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.
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Hot Air, Indecision Forever and ABCNEWS
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum's war on teleprompters
Santorum's war on teleprompters
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post, The Raw Story, Business Insider and Politico
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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The Other McCain, The PJ Tatler and Clayton Cramer's Blog
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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, FP Passport, Mediaite and A plain blog about politics
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?
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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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Israel Matzav, Jihad Watch, Atlas Shrugs, National Review, Cold Fury and normblog
BBC:
How it happened: Massacre in Kandahar — Ashes and what appeared to be bloodstains could be seen inside one of the houses attacked — In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, a US soldier stationed at a base in Afghanistan's Kandahar province allegedly launched a single-handed gun attack on nearby Afghan villagers.
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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 …
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, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and National Review
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 …
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Feministing and The Maddow Blog
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.
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The PJ Tatler, Hot Air and TheBlaze.com