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CBS News early Illinois exit polls: 4 in 10 Romney, Santorum voters “have reservations” — (CBS News) More than four in ten of the people who voted for Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum in Tuesday's GOP primary in Illinois “have reservations” about their choice, according to early CBS News exit polls.
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Firedoglake, Guardian, FiveThirtyEight, CNN, The Other McCain, Taylor Marsh, The Reaction, Politico and Indecision Forever
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Campaign 2012 and Los Angeles Times


Illinois primary results: Mitt Romney crushes Rick Santorum — Mitt Romney crushed Rick Santorum in the Illinois primary Tuesday night, padding his delegate lead and once again forcing his Republican opponents to find another moment to mount a guerrilla challenge to his campaign.
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CNN, Scared Monkeys, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and Chicago Tribune

Polling on Romney's ‘dog problem’
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Ballot Box, New York Magazine and Wonkette

Survey: Rick Santorum has sizable lead over Mitt Romney heading into Saturday's La. primary
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Guardian, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, GOP 12 and Balloon Juice

Exclusive: GQ Reveals Romney's and Santorum's Secret Service Code Names
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Firedoglake, Jezebel, News Desk, ABCNEWS, Fox News, Online NewsHour, USA Today, The Caucus, American Prospect, New York Magazine and Wonkette

2012 GOP Wives More Popular Than Husbands
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Hot Air

RICK SANTORUM REACTS TO OBAMA ALLOWING DAUGHTER TO VACATION IN MEXICO: ‘SET AN EXAMPLE’ — On Tuesday's Glenn Beck program, Rick Santorum responded to the news that the president allowed his 13-year-old daughter, Malia, to vacation in Mexico, despite a recent State Department travel warning for the country.
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BuzzFeed, Mediaite, ABCNEWS, Indecision Forever and GOP 12
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Story About White House Scrubbing Obama Daughter Travel Story Has Now Been Scrubbed — Citing security concerns, Politico removes a detail about Malia Obama's trip to Mexico. Point taken. — The White House's campaign to scrub a story from the internet yesterday about Malia Obama's trip …
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Media Decoder, The Caucus and BuzzFeed, more at Mediagazer »


TPM2012 — Rick Santorum: President Obama Shouldn't Let Daughter Go To Mexico (VIDEO) — Rick Santorum said President Obama set a bad example and potentially endangered American tourists by letting his daughter Malia go to Mexico on a spring break vacation.
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Little Green Footballs

WHITE HOUSE ADMITS TO ASKING NEWS AGENCIES TO PULL MALIA OBAMA VACATION STORY
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Wonkette, International Business Times, Wizbang, TBogg, alicublog and The Lonely Conservative


The Budget Wars: Why Obama and the GOP Are Light-Years Apart — If it seems like Republicans and Democrats are on different planets with their approach to budgeting, it's because they really are providing answers to completely different questions. — “This isn't just about math …
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his vorpal sword, American Prospect and Campaign 2012
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‘We have the votes’ to pass this budget in House, says the GOP's Paul Ryan
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Booman Tribune

Reid: Sen. Wyden against Medicare reforms in Ryan budget
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Politico and ThinkProgress


Paul Ryan's budget: Should the poor pay for deficit reduction?
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CBO's Publications, ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, The Hill, PERRspectives, Guardian, Washington Monthly, Balloon Juice and Boston Globe

Paul Ryan's budget is bad politics. Just ask Republicans.
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Mail Online, The Hill, National Review, New York Times, Hot Air, Daily Kos, The Spectacle Blog, Newsy and msnbc.com

No, Paul Ryan Does Not Want To Strengthen The Safety Net
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Ezra Klein, ThinkProgress, Maggie's Farm, Nice Deb, Washington Wire, Wall Street Journal, American Prospect, Booman Tribune and The Maddow Blog

For Democrats, GOP budget is Christmas in March
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Washington Post, Ezra Klein, The Caucus, Balloon Juice and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*

Fox News Commenters React to Trayvon Martin: ‘Good Shot Zimmy’ — I don't even know what to say about this any more; the comments about Trayvon Martin at Fox News are just unbelievable. — Here's the article: Department of Justice Opens Investigation Into Case of Black Teenager Killed by Neighborhood Watch Captain |
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Fox News, Hullabaloo and Booman Tribune
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Why Trayvon Martin's Killer Remains Free — Florida's self-defense laws have left Florida safe for no one—except those who shoot first. — Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in a gated community in Sanford, Fla., by George Zimmerman. Zimmerman has not been charged. — family handout

Lawyer: Girl on phone with Trayvon Martin moments before he was shot
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iWatch News by The Center …, Daily Kos and The Mahablog

TRENDING: Campaign calls De Niro comment ‘inappropriate’ after Gingrich blast — (CNN) - President Barack Obama's reelection organization said Tuesday it was “inappropriate” for Robert De Niro to joke at a campaign fundraiser in New York Monday that America wasn't “ready for a white first lady.”
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Mediaite, Politico, Hot Air, The Huffington Post, Runnin' Scared, Washington Monthly, The Agonist, alicublog, NewsBusters.org, New York Magazine, Guardian, The PJ Tatler, NO QUARTER, Rumproast, The Daily Caller, The Right Scoop, Weasel Zippers, Jammie Wearing Fools, Gothamist and The Page
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CBS's Mark Knoller Falsely Claims Debt Has Increased More Under Obama Than Bush — Mark Knoller is the White House correspondant for CBS Radio, and a first-class right-wing tool. Monday night, he posted an article titled, “National debt has increased more under Obama than under Bush,” …
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Abortion Bill: Arizona GOP Legislator Says Women Should Witness Abortions … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Arizona Republicans, Abortion, Abortion Rights, Anti-Abortion, Arizona Politics, Video, Arizona Democrats, Arizona Legislature, Birth Control, Matt Heinz, Women's Health …
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GOP lawmaker entertains Obama ‘birther’ notions — Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), a top member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on Tuesday said he's not yet convinced that President Obama's birth certificate is legitimate. — “I am, shall we say, looking at all the evidence,” …
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CNN, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, ABCNEWS and ThinkProgress


Romney econ adviser posts deport-seniors joke on blog — Greg Mankiw, the Harvard professor who serves as one of Mitt Romney's top economic advisers, has managed to take a shot at two key constituencies - Hispanics and seniors - in a single linked post on his popular economics blog.
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Greg Mankiw's Blog and 24Ahead


Bloomberg Strikes Again: NYC Bans Food Donations To The Homeless — Has The Mayor Totally Eaten Away At The Public's Desire To Do Good? — NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg's food police have struck again! — Outlawed are food donations to homeless shelters because the city …
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New York Post, Hot Air, Politicker, Michelle Malkin, The Impolitic, The PJ Tatler and The Moderate Voice


David Corn Has Showdown in Barnes & Noble — MSNBC Contributor and Mother Jones' Washington Bureau Chief David Corn apparently got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. — He was spotted in the Barnes & Noble at Union Station throwing a fit because his new book — his fifth …
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Don Surber and Instapundit

For LSAT, Sharp Drop in Popularity for Second Year — Legal diplomas are apparently losing luster. — The organization behind the Law School Admission Test reported that the number of tests it administered this year dropped by more than 16 percent, the largest decline in more than a decade.
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TaxProf Blog, Instapundit and Law Blog