Poll: Obama's approval rating sinks to new low  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  (CBS News) President Obama's approval rating has hit the lowest level ever in CBS News polling, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times survey.

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)

Specter says Obama ditched him after he helped pass health law  —  Former Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) writes in a new book that President Obama ditched him in the 2010 election after he helped Obama win the biggest legislative victory of his term by passing healthcare reform.

BREAKING: Rush Limbaugh Syndicator Suspends National Ads For Two Weeks  —  Radio-Info.com reports that Premiere Networks, which syndicates the Rush Limbaugh show, told its affiliate radio stations that they are suspending national advertising for two weeks.  Rush Limbaugh is normally provided …

White House won't change Afghan plan  —  The White House signaled Monday it will not change its timetable for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan after a U.S. soldier allegedly killed 16 civilians there, including nine children.  —  The administration's renewed commitment to its strategy …

The Damning Backstory Behind ‘Homeless Hotspots’ at SXSW  —  It sounds like something out of a darkly satirical science-fiction dystopia.  But it's absolutely real — and a completely problematic treatment of a problem that otherwise probably wouldn't be mentioned in any of the panels at South by Southwest Interactive.

TPM2012  —  Wisconsin election officials have now closed in on a proposed date for holding the the state's wave of recalls: June 5, an extension of one week.  —  The Government Accountability Board (GAB), the non-partisan agency that oversees elections in the state, met Monday to approve recalls against four Republican state senators.

Rep. Bachus battles super-PAC in toughest primary challenge of his career  —  Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) is facing one of the toughest primary challenges of his two-decade career Tuesday, thanks in part to a Texas-based super-PAC that has already taken down a fellow incumbent.

Obama Admin Finalizes Rules: $1 Abortions in ObamaCare  —  It's official.  The concern pro-life organizations had about the ObamaCare legislation funding abortions has been confirmed, as the Obama administration has issued the final rules on abortion funding governing the controversial health care law.

In his heart, Rick Santorum knows that Dutch people are forcibly euthanized  —  A few weeks ago, a video circulated online of Rick Santorum claiming that 1 in 20 deaths in the Netherlands are caused by involuntary euthanasia.  According to Santorum, elderly Dutch wear bracelets that say …

Early Bird Gets the Delegates  —  Romney's mastery of early voting made it nearly impossible for his less-organized, less-moneyed rivals to ever beat him.  —  The political media may have welcomed the closing of polls on recent evenings in Florida, Michigan, Arizona, and Ohio with an air of suspense …

Marco Rubio builds A-Team to control image, bio  —  Rubio's PAC also employs Malorie Miller, who worked for Jeb Bush when he was Florida governor and led the Rubio campaign's online messaging, fundraising and grass-roots outreach, as well as Alberto Martinez, a Tallahassee-based operative …

Former McCain Strategist Steve Schmidt On Game Change: Notion Of Palin Being President Frightens Me  —  Former McCain senior campaign strategist Steve Schmidt sat down with MSNBC's Morning Joe Monday morning and spoke candidly about his role in the 2008 presidential campaign, saying HBO's Game Change was largely true.

Liberal groups, unions vow to expose corporate donors  —  Liberal interest groups, watchdogs and unions on Monday threatened to boycott, protest and publicly embarrass corporations that spend money trying to sway the outcome of the November election.  —  Gathered Monday at the Washington headquarters …

Welfare queens and college sluts  —  CNN, you really need to examine your hiring policies.  Your “analyst” Dana Loesch wrote this piece of drivel on her site yesterday: … I assume that CNN knows that Fluke wasn't testifying about herself and they know that she wasn't talking about her own sex life …