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11:30 PM ET, March 13, 2012

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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.) …
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 …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Daily Kos and Joe. My. God.
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Santorum Wins Alabama and Mississippi Primaries
Discussion: The Caucus
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
The Slog to 1,144: So Far, Demographics Trumps Momentum
Glenn Beck:
Santorum: Gingrich needs to get out of the race
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Guardian
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Santorum says it ‘would be great’ if Newt bowed out
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum rails against Maher on ‘Christian madrassa’ comment
Discussion: Hot Air
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 …
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Let's Talk About the Real Issues, Mr. President
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Sarah Palin challenges Obama to debate ‘anywhere, anytime’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hot Air
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Santorum mailer highlights Limbaugh praise
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 …
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
Discussion: Business Insider, The Page and Hot Air
Glenn Thrushand Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama polls: An up-and-down roller coaster
Discussion: Reuters and Don Surber
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 …
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’
Discussion: The Raw Story and Newshoggers.com
Billy Hallowell / TheBlaze.com:
THE BLAZE'S WILL CAIN CONFRONTS SANDRA FLUKE AND HER ‘LOGIC’ ON CNN  —  Sandra Fluke, the darling of the leftist perspective in America's never-ending contraceptive debate, had a busy morning.  —  First, she had an op-ed published on CNN.com, in which she defended many of the same stances she's reiterated …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Mediaite
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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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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.
Discussion: 2012 Decoded
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New York Times:
Obama Campaign Fears Uphill Climb Raising ‘Super PAC’ Money
Discussion: Swampland
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?
Discussion: Vodkapundit and Doug Ross
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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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.
 
 
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Hatch will retire in 2018 if he wins reelection
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Ezra Klein:
Did the Fed fight the stimulus?
Washington Post:
Voters blame president for gas prices, experts say not so fast
ThinkProgress:
VIDEO: Rep. Cliff Stearns Wants To Sell Off Our National Parks
Discussion: The Caucus and JONATHAN TURLEY
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Allen West Says Future Republican President Should Get Credit For Today's Stock Market Gains
Discussion: Associated Press and Daily Kos
Brady McCombs / Arizona Daily Star:
GOP Senate candidate misspells Tucson in TV ad
Discussion: Politico
Ben White / Reuters:
Jake Siewert, former Geithner aide, heads to Goldman
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 Earlier Items: 
Jon Henley / Guardian:
Greece on the breadline: the children of Athens too hungry to do PE
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Sen. Schumer calls out Arizona Gov. Brewer
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
copyranter:
Excellent Sam Ash NYC bus ad.
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Felix Salmon:
The taco-truck mystery  —  Click here to view the embedded video.
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Health law board repeal bill raises concerns with trial lawyers
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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