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New York Times:
Obama Approval Rating Shows Serious Slip in New Poll — Despite improving job growth and an extended Republican primary fight dividing his would-be opponents, President Obama is heading into the general election season on treacherous political ground, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
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.
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Voters blame president for gas prices, experts say not so fast — How much does the president have to do with the price of gasoline? — A lot, say American voters. According to oil experts and economists, not so much — at least in the short term. — Today's oil prices are the product …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: Obama's approval rating hits new low in CBS poll
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
U.S. on pace for $1 trillion deficit
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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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Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA TARGETS BREITBART, PALIN, HANNITY WITH HEAVILY-EDITED AD — The Obama re-election campaign has released an internet ad targeting Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, and Breitbart.com. Coming up short in the fundraising department and under fire for President Obama's longtime association …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Alabama and Mississippi primaries: Mitt Romney could seal deal in Dixie — RICHLAND, Miss — In a topsy-turvy GOP primary, where the unexpected has been the norm, such a final plot twist may be altogether fitting: the Mormon Yankee who thinks cheese grits are a revelation effectively seals the nomination in Alabama and Mississippi.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Polling in Deep South Has Posed Challenges — The polls suggest a tight race in Alabama and Mississippi, which will hold their primaries on Tuesday. Our polling-based forecasts show Newt Gingrich with a very small lead in Alabama and Mitt Romney with an equally small one in Mississippi.
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Greg Giroux / Bloomberg:
Super-PAC Ads Dominate Republican Race in Alabama, Mississippi — Television advertisements in Alabama and Mississippi promoting rival Republican presidential contenders have been paid for almost entirely by independent political action committees instead of the candidates' campaigns.
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Chris Gentilviso / The Huffington Post:
Rick Santorum: ‘Tell That To A Plant, How Dangerous Carbon Dioxide Is’ (VIDEO)
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Dennis Woltering / WWL-TV:
Santorum leads GOP candidates in La., exclusive WWL-TV poll shows
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
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 …
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Eryn Brown / Los Angeles Times:
All red meat is bad for you, new study says — A long-term study finds that eating any amount and any type increases the risk of premature death. — Eating any amount and any type of red meat increases the risk of premature death, a new study says. (William Thomas Cain / Getty Images / March 12, 2012)
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New York Times:
U.S. Officials Debate Speeding Afghan Pullout — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is discussing whether to reduce American forces in Afghanistan by at least an additional 20,000 troops by 2013, reflecting a growing belief within the White House that the mission there has now reached the point of diminishing returns.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
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.
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Meredith / Senate Democrats:
Cloture filed on 17 Judicial nominations
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Tim Carmody / Wired:
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.
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Saul Loeb / National Post:
Dick Cheney cancels Toronto trip, says Canada is too dangerous — TORONTO — Former U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney has cancelled an April appearance in Toronto citing concerns Canada is too dangerous. — “He felt that in Canada the risk of violent protest was simply too high,” …
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Rachel Leven / The Hill:
HHS weighs accepting men who have sex with men as blood donors — The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) is seeking comments on designing a pilot program to create “alternative donor deferral criteria” for gay men. — Currently, men who have had sex with other men (MSM) …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
What if George W. Bush had done that? — President Barack Obama has forged a surprising consensus on opposite ends of the political spectrum: They wonder how on earth he gets away with it. — A series of recent moves — from aggressively filling his reelection war chest to green-lighting shoot …
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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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Guardian:
Rebekah Brooks among six arrested — Former Sun editor held by Operation Weeting detectives on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice — Rebekah Brooks is among six people arrested by Scotland Yard detectives on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice …
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Recovery 2020! We're Barely on Pace to Close the Jobs Gap This Decade — The labor market is in full-blown recovery mode right now, with the economy adding more than 200,000 net new workers each month for the past three months. At this rate, we'll close the jobs gap in roughly ... eight years.
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Surprise! Obama has a secret plan to deal with a catastrophic U.S. debt crisis. Here's what might be in it — This is a stunner. In the new book The Escape Artists: How Obama's Team Fumbled the Recovery, journalist Noam Scheiber uncovers this tantalizing tidbit: … OK, let's take this step by step:
Jenna Portnoy / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie: I have no regret about ‘idiot’ remark toward Navy SEAL — BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Not only does Gov. Chris Christie not regret calling a Navy SEAL and one-time Democratic candidate for office an “idiot” at a town hall last week in Roebling, today he took the criticism further, labeling him a jerk, too.
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama warns opponents against ‘using religion as a bludgeon in politics’ — President Obama warned against “using religion as a bludgeon in politics,” pushing back against critics who have accused him of waging a “war on religion” through recent policy decisions.
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