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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Santorum: Fox News is ‘shilling’ for Mitt Romney — On Tuesday's “Kilmeade & Friends” radio show on Fox News Radio, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, accused Fox News of being in the tank for his competitor, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Santorum leads Alabama; Romney ahead in Mississippi — Primary contests in Mississippi and Alabama are still extremely close, with exit polls showing the vote in both states divided among three GOP front-runners. — In Alabama, early exit polls showed former Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.) …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney's 1994 Letter To The Log Cabin Republicans — Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney doesn't spent much time during the Republican primary talking about his past support for gay rights. But in a 1994 letter to the pro-gay Republican group The Log Cabin Republican seeking …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Santorum: Fox News is ‘shilling’ for Mitt Romney — Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum accused Fox News of “shilling” for GOP front-runner Mitt Romney during a contentious interview Tuesday on the “Kilmeade and Friends” radio show. — “He's had a 10-to-1 money advantage,” Santorum said of Romney.
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
The Slog to 1,144: So Far, Demographics Trumps Momentum
The Slog to 1,144: So Far, Demographics Trumps Momentum
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Santorum says it ‘would be great’ if Newt bowed out
Santorum says it ‘would be great’ if Newt bowed out
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Washington Post:
Alabama, Mississippi primaries: No Romney speech likely
Alabama, Mississippi primaries: No Romney speech likely
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Rick Santorum / CNN:
TRENDING: Santorum rails against Maher on ‘Christian madrassa’ comment
TRENDING: Santorum rails against Maher on ‘Christian madrassa’ comment
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Santorum mailer highlights Limbaugh praise
Santorum mailer highlights Limbaugh praise
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Samuel P. Jacobs / Reuters:
Obama's approval rating up to 50 percent: Reuters/Ipsos poll — (Reuters) - For the first time since early July, more Americans approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing than disapprove, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that shows his approval rating now at 50 percent.
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Julianna Goldman / Bloomberg:
Obama-Romney Race Toss-Up in Poll Showing Independents Critical
Obama-Romney Race Toss-Up in Poll Showing Independents Critical
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Glenn Thrushand Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama polls: An up-and-down roller coaster
Obama polls: An up-and-down roller coaster
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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.
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Paul Glastris / Washington Monthly:
False Equivalence Watch, Richard Cohen Version — James Fallows, Jonathan Chait and others have done much to open our eyes to the wondrous breadth and diversity of false equivalence in American journalism—that is, the media's insistent efforts to match any mention of egregious lying by a member …
Julie Bosman / Media Decoder:
After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses — After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print. — Those coolly authoritative, gold-lettered sets of reference books that were once sold door to door by a fleet of traveling salesmen and displayed …
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Ann Rubin / KSDK-TV:
Mitt Romney speaks in Kirkwood about jobs, energy and deficit — Kirkwood, MO (KSDK) - The republican race for the White House is moving to Missouri. — Mitt Romney stopped in Kirkwood, hoping to drum up support ahead of the state's caucuses this week. — Since Missouri's primary wasn't binding …
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Church Puts Legal Pressure on Abuse Victims' Group — Turning the tables on an advocacy group that has long supported victims of pedophile priests, lawyers for the Roman Catholic Church and priests accused of sexual abuse in two Missouri cases have gone to court to compel the group to disclose …
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Josh Glasstetter / rightwingwatch.org:
Bill Donohue Gets Tough on Rape Victims, Wants to Fight Them ‘One by One’
Bill Donohue Gets Tough on Rape Victims, Wants to Fight Them ‘One by One’
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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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Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
CBO: Obamacare to cost $1.76 trillion over 10 yrs — President Obama's national health care law will cost $1.76 trillion over a decade, according to a new projection released today by the Congressional Budget Office, rather than the $940 billion forecast when it was signed into law.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
CBO: New 10-year projected cost of ObamaCare is ... $1.76 trillion
CBO: New 10-year projected cost of ObamaCare is ... $1.76 trillion
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Even with Obama's blessing, top Dem super PAC finds tough sledding — The top Democratic super PAC is still having trouble raising money, despite getting President Obama's blessing. — Priorities USA Action, a super PAC founded by former White House aides, raised $2 million in February, co-founder Bill Burton confirmed Tuesday.
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Sandra Fluke / CNN:
Slurs won't silence women — Editor's note: Sandra Fluke is a third-year law student at Georgetown University Law Center and has served as president of Georgetown Law Students for Reproductive Justice. — (CNN) — Last month, students from several Catholic universities gathered to send …
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Billy Hallowell / TheBlaze.com:
THE BLAZE'S WILL CAIN CONFRONTS SANDRA FLUKE AND HER ‘LOGIC’ ON CNN
THE BLAZE'S WILL CAIN CONFRONTS SANDRA FLUKE AND HER ‘LOGIC’ ON CNN
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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.
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James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
The entire Obama presidency, in one anecdote — One of my favorite moments from the new book The Escape Artists: How Obama's Team Fumbled the Recovery: … Now let's fast forward to this past September: … So where are the new jobs coming from, at least the good-paying ones?
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
The Problem With Polls About Whether Obama Is a Muslim — By asking voters what they think about the president's religion, pollsters help to perpetuate a falsehood. — Liberal blogs and sites are having a field day with new data from Public Policy Polling that shows that 52 percent …
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Democrats recruiting former GOP lawmaker to run in Michigan primary — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is recruiting former Rep. Joe Schwarz (R-Mich.) to run against Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), Schwarz told The Hill on Tuesday afternoon. — “We talked and have had very pleasant conversations about it,” Schwarz said.
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Hatch will retire in 2018 if he wins reelection — Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will make his next term in the Senate his last, the seven-term senator said Tuesday. — Hatch will turn 78 in April, and would be in his mid-80s when he would be running for an eighth term.
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James R. Hagerty / Wall Street Journal:
When Mom Goes Viral — After Review of Grand Forks Olive Garden, Marilyn Hagerty, 85, Is Talk of Social Media — Some people pursue celebrity. Others stumble into it as they are rushing off to bridge club. — My 85-year-old mom, Marilyn Hagerty, a newspaper columnist, is in the latter category.
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Ezra Klein:
Did the Fed fight the stimulus? — Ramesh Ponnuru mounts a really peculiar argument against the stimulus bill: He not only says that it didn't work to increase employment (I'd note this poll of economists, in which virtually none of them endorse that position, as counterargument) …
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