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1:35 AM ET, February 9, 2012

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Mj Lee / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh mocks GOP establishment  —  Rush Limbaugh mocked the Republican establishment on his radio show Wednesday for being “shocked” by Rick Santorum's three-state win, saying, “I can't believe how insulated they are.”  —  “They're literally shocked.  The Republican establishment had no idea this was percolating out there.
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Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
The Rick Santorum boomlet presents an interesting conundrum for Mitt Romney: It neutralizes the section of the GOP establishment otherwise known as the conservative commentriat.  —  While the center-right media intelligentsia were more than happy to help destroy the “unserious” …
Discussion: Washington Examiner, GOP 12 and Hot Air
Rush Limbaugh:
Establishment Shocked by Santorum Sweep
CNN:
Romney: Rivals are ‘Republicans who acted like Democrats’
CNN:
Bachmann: Santorum win a ‘shot across the bow’
Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Why White House sees political opportunity in the contraception battle  —  (Public Religion Research Institute) The controversy over the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation's decision to eliminate funding to Planned Parenthood—and subsequent reversal— continues.
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Ben Pershing / Washington Post:
Tim Kaine splits with Obama on birth control rule for religious groups
Michael Brendan Dougherty / Business Insider:
FORGET JOBS: The 2012 Election Is About The Culture War
Discussion: Campaign Stops and Rod Dreher
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Santorum Invents New Front In Fake War On Religion: Obama Wants Female Catholic Priests
ABCNEWS:
Senate Democrats Say Obama ‘Reinforced’ His Stance on Contraception Mandate at Democratic Retreat  —  President Obama “reinforced” his stance on the controversial contraception mandate while speaking at the Democrats' annual retreat at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. today, Senate Democrats said.
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ABCNEWS:
The White House Has No Opinion About Whether the Senate Should Pass a Budget - Today's Q's for O's WH - 2/8/12
Christopher Goins / CNSNews:
Hoyer: 'The Fact Is You Don't Need a Budget'
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Congress' Job Approval at New Low of 10%  —  Republicans and Democrats equally negative  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A record-low 10% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, down from 13% in January and the previous low of 11%, recorded in December 2011.
New York Times:
States Negotiate $26 Billion Deal for Homeowners  —  After months of painstaking talks, government authorities and five of the nation's biggest banks have agreed to a $26 billion settlement that could provide relief to nearly two million current and former American homeowners harmed by the bursting …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and DealBook
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Wall Street Journal:   Banks Near $25 Billion Pact on Foreclosure Probe
New York Times:
Foster Friess, a Santorum Supporter With Deep Pockets  —  Mitt Romney and Foster Friess, a wealthy donor to conservative causes, were walking out of an event together a few months ago when Mr. Friess broke the news: After backing Mr. Romney for president four years ago, he was getting behind Rick Santorum this time around.
Discussion: The Caucus and JustOneMinute
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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Rick Santorum Vows Not to Run for ‘Pastor in Chief’
Discussion: Guardian
Mike Blasky / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Video shows officers beating motorist in diabetic shock  —  Loading the player...  Adam Greene is on his stomach as a pack of police officers pile on him, driving their knees into his back and wrenching his arms and legs.  One officer knees him in the ribs; another kicks him in the face.
New York Times:
Drilling Reaches Lake Vostok, Long Trapped Under Antarctic Ice Sheet  —  MOSCOW — In the coldest spot on the earth's coldest continent, Russian scientists have reached a freshwater lake the size of Lake Ontario after spending a decade drilling through more than two miles of solid ice, the scientists said on Wednesday.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN's Roland Martin suspended for homophobic tweets  —  On Super Bowl Sunday, Roland Martin of CNN issued some homophobic tweets that got him in trouble with gay organizations and this blog.  CNN stayed silent on the matter, until just moments ago, when it issued this statement:
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Don't Forgive Path, the Creepy iPhone Company that Misled Us Once Already  —  The tech world has been consumed today with news the app Path quietly uploaded users' iPhone address books without permission.  Path, in an increasingly common Silicon Valley ritual, apologized and promised it wouldn't happen again.
Mark Oppenheimer / Salon:
The making of gay marriage's top foe  —  Salon exclusive: How Maggie Gallagher's college pregnancy made her a single mom, and a traditional marriage zealot  —  In September 1978, Yale freshmen would not have voted Maggie Gallagher the member of the Class of 1982 most likely to get pregnant before graduation.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Republican Enthusiasm Issue is Real  —  The paltry turnout in the Republican Presidential contests over the last week reflects what we've seen in our recent national polling: Democrats are now more excited about voting this fall than Republicans are, reversing the enthusiasm gap that plagued the party in 2010.
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Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog:
GOP turnout troubles continue
Damian Carrington / Guardian:
Asia's mountains ‘lost no ice in 10 years’  —  Meltwater from Asia's peaks is much less then previously estimated, but lead scientist says the loss of ice caps and glaciers around the world remains a serious concern  —  • In pictures: the best images of the earth from space
Discussion: Don Surber, Weasel Zippers and Green
Michael Brendan Dougherty / Business Insider:
Cardinal Edward Egan Just Withdrew His Apology For The Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal  —  St. John Chrysostom, once said “The road to hell is paved with the skulls of bishops.”  —  Here's proof that he was right.  —  In an interview this week with Connecticut Magazine, Cardinal Edward Egan …
Steve Brown / Fox News:
Just how much time Does Republican Senator Richard Lugar spend in Indiana?  —  The answer depends on who you ask.The Indiana Democratic Party has combed through records going all the way back to Lugar's first year in the Senate, 1977.  —  The hundreds of pages of itemized travel expenses were passed along to Fox News.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Ballot Box
Laurel Ramseyer / Firedoglake:
Washington Legislature Is First in the Nation to Reverse its DOMA Mistake and Pass a Marriage Equality Bill  —  Fifteen years ago the Washington state Legislature overrode Gov. Gary Locke's veto and passed the discriminatory “defense of marriage act” (DOMA) to prevent gay and lesbian couples from obtaining civil marriage licenses.
Discussion: Justia, Washington Blade and Poliglot
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
CPAC Set to Host White Nationalist Leader  —  Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, along with several Republican senators and congressmen, are set to appear at the American Conservative Union's Conservative Political Action Conference, but the GOP brass aren't the only ones set to be at CPAC.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP pushes to shield faith groups from birth-control ruling  —  Senate Republicans are pushing legislation to overturn the Obama administration's decision that the health plans of faith-based organizations must cover contraception if they serve people of various religious backgrounds.
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and Daily Kos
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Los Angeles Times:
Divided court rejects Proposition 8  —  The 9th Circuit panel declares that California's gay-marriage ban is unconstitutional.  —  Opponents of Proposition 8 celebrate outside the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a three-judge panel ruled that the measure violates the civil rights of gays and lesbians.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Tester asks Rehberg for outside group ceasefire in Montana
Discussion: Politico
John J. Miller / National Review:
Tee Pawed  —  Last night's big loser was Mitt Romney.
Discussion: Saint Petersblog
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Six Republican Senators — Including Snowe And Collins — Co-Sponsored Federal Contraception Mandate In 2001
Discussion: The Maddow Blog and Balloon Juice
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Grassley: House GOP doing Wall Street's bidding on STOCK Act
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Spirit Lobbyist Bundled for Obama, Records Show
Discussion: msnbc.com, Politico and Weasel Zippers
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Gasoline “Bubble”?
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Maybe. But it is also a good way to shield his fortune from the law.
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic Online:
Romney's Squeeze: Struggles With the Base and Independents Alike
msnbc.com:
‘Poster couple’ for gay rights in California is divorcing
Heritage Foundation:
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