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11:30 AM 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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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.
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Gas Prices Dent Obama's Rating: Poll
Discussion: The Page and The Last Tradition
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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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 …
CBS News:
Poll: Most GOP voters expect Romney nomination  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows Rick Santorum holding a very slight lead over Mitt Romney among Republican …
Discussion: Hot Air and Taegan Goddard's …
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Santorum Says Front-Runner Romney 'Can't Close the Deal' in Primary Race  —  Mitt Romney's Republican presidential rivals are boosting attacks ahead of Southern primaries this week that could start to winnow the field.  —  The heightened criticism precedes primary voting tomorrow in Alabama (BEESAL) and Mississippi (BEESMS).
Sarah Huisenga / CBS News:
Gingrich, Perry deny they seek a joint ticket
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Washington Post:
GOP candidates struggle to connect with conservative Southern voters
Discussion: US Politics and TheBlaze.com
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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Associated Press:
Santorum: Convention would give me GOP nomination  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Santorum predicted Monday that he would get the Republican presidential nomination if the race remains undecided by the time the party holds its nominating convention this summer.  —  Though former Massachusetts …
Discussion: The Agonist
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ABCNEWS:
‘World News’ Political Insights: Mitt Romney's Math Beating Rivals' Momentum
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:
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: The Maddow Blog and Sky Dancing
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Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:   Doonesbury strip on Texas abortion law dropped by some US newspapers
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Moderation out of fashion on Capitol Hill  —  The Founding Fathers designed Congress to represent the will of the majority of Americans.  —  Yet, even as more Americans identify themselves as independents — not Democrats or Republicans — there is a painfully sharp decline in moderate …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
News Analysis: Attack May Derail Effort to Force Taliban Into Talks  —  WASHINGTON — The outrage from the back-to-back episodes of the Koran burning and the killing on Sunday of at least 16 Afghan civilians imperils what the Obama administration once saw as an orderly plan for 2012 …
Discussion: msnbc.com
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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 …
 
 
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