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9:05 AM ET, March 19, 2012

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Juana Summers / Politico:
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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CNN:
Romney handily wins Puerto Rico's GOP primary  —  (CNN) — Mitt Romney heads in to Illinois's presidential primary this week with a handy win in Puerto Rico, pocketing the territory's 20 GOP delegates in a bruising race that has become a numbers game for the Republican nomination.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney up big in Illinois  —  Mitt Romney is headed for a blowout victory in Illinois on Tuesday.  He leads with 45% to 30% for Rick Santorum, 12% for Newt Gingrich, and 10% for Ron Paul.  —  Romney's particularly strong among voters who live in suburban areas (50-29) and with those who live in urban areas (46-23).
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Romney Wins Primary in Puerto Rico
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Romneys Court Women Put Off by Birth Control Issue
Discussion: The Caucus and The Page
Pete Kasperowicz / Ballot Box:
Romney wins Puerto Rico GOP primary
Discussion: NY Daily News, ABCNEWS and Politico
T.W. Farnam / Washington Post:
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 …
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
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.
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Voter gloom on Obama's jobs, gas, debt policies  —  Half of likely voters expect the Supreme Court to strike down President Obama's signature healthcare law, and strong majorities see other major policies coming from the White House making life more difficult for themselves and the country …
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Rasmussen Reports:
New Low: 28% Give Supreme Court Positive Ratings
Discussion: Donklephant, Althouse and Campaign 2012
David Catanese / Politico:
Two polls: Mourdock within 6 of Lugar  —  Richard Mourdock has closed within single digits of Sen. Dick Lugar in the Indiana GOP Senate primary race, according to a pair of polls commissioned by groups seeking to oust the six-term incumbent.  —  Both polls — one paid for by Citizens United …
Discussion: americanthinker.com
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:   Dem poll: Lugar in trouble in Indiana primary
Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
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.
Associated Press:
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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New York Times:
Pro-Israeli Groups Differ on Approaches Toward Iran
Steve Dowling / Apple:
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.
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Republicans go on offensive over rumors Obama may tap emergency oil reserves  —  Republicans launched a preemptive strike last week against rumored plans by the White House to tap the country's emergency oil reserves.  —  Releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
How ‘Hunger Games’ Built Up Must-See Fever  —  SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Selling a movie used to be a snap.  You printed a poster, ran trailers in theaters and carpet-bombed NBC's Thursday night lineup with ads.  —  Today, that kind of campaign would get a movie marketer fired.
Discussion: ArtsBeat and Balloon Juice
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Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
The Hunger Games: Post-Apocalypse Now For Young Adults
Discussion: Balloon Juice
CNN:
Obama February fundraising up from January  —  (CNN) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign reported Monday that they raised more than $45 million in February.  —  The campaign made their early morning announcement on Twitter.  —  Obama's re-election team says 348,000 people donated …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
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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ABCNEWS:
Brown Teases Santorum About Using ‘Protection’
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Nick Bilton / Bits:
Disruptions: Time to Review F.A.A. Policy on Gadgets
Discussion: Engadget and Mashable!
Serena Marshall / ABCNEWS:
Obama Introduces Bullying Documentary on Cartoon Network
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Paul Krugman:
The Power of Plutocratic Pettiness
Washington Post:
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Emily Schultheis / Politico:
McCain: Stop contraception talk
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Michelle Malkin
ABCNEWS:
Haley Barbour: Contested GOP Convention ‘Not Necessarily Bad’
Discussion: Politico
Glenn Garvin / MiamiHerald.com:
The Kennedy assassination: Did Castro know in advance?
Discussion: Guardian and The Raw Story
BREITBART.COM:
PELOSI'S DAUGHTER: HBO UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ‘FREELOADING WELFARE QUEEN’ VIDEO
Discussion: Power Line
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

 
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