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9:35 PM ET, March 23, 2012

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Media Matters / Media Matters for America:

Fox's Geraldo Rivera: “I Think The Hoodie Is As Much Responsible For Trayvon Martin's Death As George Zimmerman” — On the March 23 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Fox News contributor Geraldo Rivera reacted to the killing of 17-year-old, unarmed Florida resident Trayvon Martin …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, msnbc.com, Washington Post, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, Rumproast, The Moderate Voice, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Maddow Blog, Gothamist, Lawyers, Guns & Money, American Prospect, Gawker, TalkLeft and CBS News

Congressman Allen West / Facebook:

I have sat back and allowed myself time to assess the current episode revealing itself in Sanford Florida... I have sat back and allowed myself time to assess the current episode revealing itself in Sanford, Florida involving the shooting of 17-year-old Treyvon Martin.

Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, Reuters, The Huffington Post, Campaign 2012, Shakesville and msnbc.com

Geraldo Rivera / Fox News:

Trayvon Martin Would Be Alive but for His Hoodie — Demonstrators take to the streets during the Million Hoodie March, Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in New York. A few hundred people were marching in New York City in memory of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager shot to death by a Hispanic neighborhood watch captain in Florida.

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Hot Air, Wake up America, The PJ Tatler, msnbc.com, Hullabaloo and newsfeed.time.com

Byron Tau / Politico:

Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon' — President Obama weighed in Friday on the shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, calling it a national tragedy - and saying that the young man reminded him of his own children. — “When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids,” Obama said in Rose Garden remarks.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Michelle Malkin, TheBlaze.com, TBogg, Fox News, Weasel Zippers, CNN, WLS-TV, JustOneMinute, Campaign 2012, americanthinker.com, Mother Jones, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Little Green Footballs, Taylor Marsh, Moonbattery and Daily Kos

BuzzFeed:

Romney, Santorum Comment On Trayvon Martin — After weeks of silence, candidates follow Obama's statement. Santorum condemns law enforcement for dragging its feet, Romney calls it a tragedy. — Freddie Muse holds a sign at a rally to call for justice in the murder of Trayvon Martin at Leimert Park in Los Angeles, March 22, 2012.

Discussion: Mediaite, BuzzFeed, Washington Post and ThinkProgress

CNN:

CNN's GUT CHECK for March 23, 2012 — n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle — BREAKING: NEW GALLUP POLL SHOWS ROMNEY WITH DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD OVER SANTORUM: “Mitt Romney's national support among Republican voters has surged in recent days …

Discussion: Reuters, The Huffington Post, Politico, Prairie Weather and Firedoglake

Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
MSNBC's Karen Finney Smears: Racism of Limbaugh Had ‘Lethal Consequences’ in Killing of Teen

Discussion: American Power, RedState, The Daily Caller and protein wisdom

Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Geraldo Rivera: 'The Hoodie Is As Responsible For Trayvon Martin's Death As George Zimmerman'

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Firedoglake, Opinion L.A., DISSENTING JUSTICE and Gothamist, more at Mediagazer »

Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Trayvon Martin Updates

Discussion: The Daily Caller, msnbc.com and Balloon Juice

Alex Wong / ABCNEWS:

As Santorum Fires Gun, Woman Shouts 'Pretend It's Obama' — WEST MONROE, Louisiana - At a campaign stop at a firing range, while Rick Santorum was firing off some rounds, a woman shouted, “pretend it's Obama.” — Santorum, who was far from the woman, couldn't hear the comment as he proceeded with his target practice.

Discussion: Sister Toldjah, Hot Air, americanthinker.com and Taylor Marsh

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Mitt Romney Conversing In French — Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney spent time in France during his college years as a Mormon missionary. This video from a 2005 fundraiser proves he's got the ability to hold a conversation in the language. — Follow — More from Andrew Kac... ›

Discussion: Mediaite, The Political Carnival, GOP 12 and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Rasmussen Reports:
Wisconsin GOP: Romney, 46%, Santorum 33%, Paul 8%, Gingrich 7%

Discussion: Washington Post, JSOnline, Hot Air, GOP 12 and Althouse

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney Expands National GOP Lead

Discussion: Firedoglake, USA Today and Campaign 2012

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Santorum leads in LA and other notes...

Discussion: The Huffington Post, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Politico, Daily Kos, The Raw Story, Booman Tribune, GOP 12, Firedoglake, Wall Street Journal, The Other McCain, USA Today, msnbc.com, The Atlantic Online, Associated Press, JSOnline and Rasmussen Reports

Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Santorum: I'll Support Whoever Wins The GOP Nomination

Discussion: The Maddow Blog, Mother Jones and msnbc.com

Carrie Budoff Brown / Politico:
5 things Dems got wrong on health care

Discussion: CNN, Reuters, New York Times, Don Surber, Hot Air, No More Mister Nice Blog, ABCNEWS and Balloon Juice

Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
Rick Santorum is getting grief — even from some of his supporters …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Other McCain, The Daily Dish, The PJ Tatler, ABCNEWS, The Spectacle Blog, The Hill, Outside the Beltway, The Right Scoop, GOP 12, Pundit & Pundette and American Spectator

Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Romney leads by 14, hits key milestone in new national poll

Discussion: Politico, Hot Air, CNN, The Huffington Post and Polling Matters

Bloomberg:

MF Global's Corzine Ordered Funds Moved to JPMorgan, Memo Says — Jon S. Corzine, MF Global Holding Ltd. (MFGLQ)'s chief executive officer, gave “direct instructions” to transfer $200 million from a customer fund account to meet an overdraft in one of the brokerage's JPMorgan Chase & Co. …

Discussion: The Hill, New York Magazine, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon, The Raw Story and naked capitalism

Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:

It's Not About the Law, Stupid — Forget precedent. Ignore Scalia's musings. Next week's health care argument before the Supreme Court is all about optics, politics, and public opinion. — Next week the Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Affordable Care Act, what many people know as Obamacare.

Discussion: Hit & Run, Campaign 2012, Left Coast Rebel, American Prospect, Ezra Klein, The Huffington Post, ACS Blog, ThinkProgress and Reuters

Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Obamacare: The reckoning

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Power Line, Betsy's Page, Washington Monthly, Washington Free Beacon and Ricochet Conversations Feed

James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Ineffective Greenhouse — A liberal legal legend's ludicrous ObamaCare defense.

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, NewsBusters.org, Don Surber, The Volokh Conspiracy, PoliPundit.com, National Review, American Power, Hit & Run and RADAMISTO

Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
If Medicare Is OK, Obamacare Should Be Too

Discussion: Change of Subject and Swampland

Maggie Haberman / Politico:

Newt: Why does Obama ‘behave the way that people would think’ he's Muslim? — POLITICO's Ginger Gibson reports: … Gingrich frequently talks about how the media won't let him elevate the discourse to the “big ideas” and serious issues.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Post, ThinkProgress and Washington Monthly

Mollie Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Newt Gingrich: ‘Elite Media’ Is Covering Up Obama's ‘Muslim Friends’

Discussion: mobile.nationaljournal.com, The Raw Story, rightwingwatch.org and Balloon Juice

Washington Post:

Jim Yong Kim, Dartmouth College president, tapped by Obama to head World Bank — President Obama on Friday nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank, a move that would turn the organization over to a physician and development expert as opposed to the bankers …

Discussion: Ezra Klein, DownWithTyranny!, The New Republic, Outside the Beltway, Felix Salmon, The Enterprise Blog, Guardian and Dartmouth Now

Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
A Surprise World Bank Pick

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Balloon Juice and Suburban Guerrilla

Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
College President Is Obama's Pick for World Bank Chief

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Associated Press, Brookings Institute, Power Line, Guardian, Firedoglake, Daily Kos, The Maddow Blog, The Lonely Conservative and The Lede

Facebook:

Protecting Your Passwords and Your Privacy — In recent months, we've seen a distressing increase in reports of employers or others seeking to gain inappropriate access to people's Facebook profiles or private information. This practice undermines the privacy expectations and the security of both the user and the user's friends.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Mashable!, TechCrunch, Techland and Guardian

Richard W. Stevenson / The Caucus:

After Palin, Expect a More Intense Vetting Process — Let's say you're moving steadily toward wrapping up the Republican presidential nomination and you allow yourself to begin thinking ahead to the question of a running mate. — Your party has a potentially devastating problem with Hispanic voters …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Hot Air and Prairie Weather

BuzzFeed:

Obama Uses The Same Patronizing Line On Many, Many Foreign Leaders — Denmark's Thomas Buch-Andersen thought it was kind of sweet that Obama said his country “punches above its weight.” Then he realized that the president was saying the same thing to pretty much everyone. — BuzzFeed Politics

Discussion: Mediaite, The Right Scoop, FP Passport and minx.cc

Toby Harnden / Daily Mail:

Top Republican says ‘Democrat front group’ is orchestrating illegal Rush Limbaugh robocalls — A top Republican official has accused Democrats of being behind a fresh wave of illegal robocalls made to voters across the country by a shadowy group calling itself ‘The Women of the 99 Percent’.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:

Arlen Specter's Memoir: The Five Steamiest Passages … REACT: — FOLLOW: — WASHINGTON — Arlen Specter, the former senator who served Pennsylvania for 30 years, is out with a new memoir that laments the loss of comity in the U.S. Senate, calls for televised oral arguments …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, The American Conservative, Guardian and Gawker

Telegraph:

Woman died after Muslim nurse refused to help as he was praying — An elderly woman was left on the floor at a care home for up to ten minutes because a nurse was praying, an inquest heard. — Alzheimer's sufferer Dorothy Griffiths, 87, was found sitting down after staff heard a bang …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch