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Romney will win Puerto Rico's GOP primary, CNN projects — San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN) — Mitt Romney will win Sunday's Republican presidential primary in Puerto Rico, CNN projects, based on vote results obtained from local party and election officials. — At 6:50 p.m. ET …
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The Reaction, News Desk and Scared Monkeys
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Romney Wins Primary in Puerto Rico — Mitt Romney won the Puerto Rico Republican presidential primary contest on Sunday, winning all of the island's 20 delegates at stake because be took more than half of the votes. — The campaign for Puerto Rico's support served as a fresh reminder …
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The Moderate Voice and The Lonely Conservative


Mitt Romney easily wins Puerto Rico — SHREVEPORT, La. — Mitt Romney handily beat Rick Santorum in Puerto Rico's presidential primary, the Associated Press reported on Sunday night. — Romney's victory was so convincing that he took all 20 of the island's delegates because he scored more than 50 percent of the vote.
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Business Insider, CNN, The Other McCain and The Caucus

Sen. McCain: Romney ‘improving dramatically’ as a GOP candidate
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Politico, The Caucus, CNN and FiveThirtyEight


C-Span Founder to Step Down as Chief Executive — Brian Lamb, who created the revolutionary nonprofit cable television network C-Span in the late 1970s and has been its public face ever since, is handing it over to two lieutenants, Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain.
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Scared Monkeys, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Politico, more at Mediagazer »


Israel shifts views on Iran — JERUSALEM - Despite saber-rattling from Jerusalem, Israeli officials now agree with the U.S. assessment that Tehran has not yet decided on the actual construction of a nuclear bomb, according to senior Israeli government and defense figures.
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Israel Matzav and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Pro-Israeli Groups Differ on Approaches Toward Iran — WASHINGTON — Even before President Obama declared this month that “I have Israel's back” in its escalating confrontation with Iran, pro-Israel figures like the evangelical Christian leader Gary L. Bauer and the conservative commentator William Kristol were pushing for more.
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Israel Matzav and The Spectacle Blog


THE VETTING - HOLDER 1995: WE MUST ‘BRAINWASH’ PEOPLE ON GUNS — Breitbart.com has uncovered video from 1995 of then-U.S. Attorney Eric Holder announcing a public campaign to “really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way.” — Holder was addressing the Woman's National Democratic Club.
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The POH Diaries, TBogg, The Daily Caller, The Right Scoop, The Jawa Report and The Lonely Conservative

Obama's high-dollar donations lagging — President Obama is struggling to draw in big-dollar donations, with half as many people writing large checks to his campaign than at this point four years ago. — Obama is outpacing his Republican rivals in fundraising overall …
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The Spectacle Blog and Doug Ross

Apple Conference Call — WHAT: Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, and Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO, will host a conference call to announce the outcome of the Company's discussions concerning its cash balance. Apple® will not be providing an update on the current quarter nor will any topics be discussed other than cash.
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Felix Salmon, DealBook, New York Times, AllThingsD, TechCrunch and Engadget

The Collapse of Employment-Based Coverage — Reed Abelson at Economix points us to a startling study on the effects of the Great Recession on health insurance. You can see similar trends in the Census data, but for whatever reason this survey — carried out by a highly reputable group — is even stronger.
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Mother Jones, Brad DeLong, The Confluence and The Mahablog

Senator Scott Brown On Santorum's Security: “The First Time He's Actually Ever Used Protection” — Republican Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown entertained the crowd at the annual St. Patrick's Day breakfast in Boston with a line on Santorum's new Secret Service detail. — by
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The Power of Plutocratic Pettiness — Via Rich Yeselson, Alec MacGillis has a fantastic piece in the New Republic (unfortunately paywalled) about how hedge fund managers' love for Obama has turned into blind, spitting hatred. His main argument is that it's all about feeling disrespected:
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Modeled Behavior and Washington Monthly

Obama Introduces Bullying Documentary on Cartoon Network — President Obama opened up a 30-minute documentary on childhood bullying for Cartoon Network this evening, continuing awareness initiatives he set into motion last year. — The minute-long introduction, which was pre-taped …
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Weasel Zippers


SAN DIEGO TEA PARTY LEADER ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPPING, RAPE — Lemon Grove resident Michael John Kobulnicky, 50, a leader in the San Diego Tea Party and former regional director of the Southern California Conservative Party, is under arrest for allegedly kidnapping and raping a local woman on Fiesta Island.
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Addicting Info, PoliticusUSA, The Impolitic, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Crooks and Liars
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Sex Assault Suspect a Tea Party Leader
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Jammie Wearing Fools, Joe. My. God. and The Raw Story