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12:35 PM ET, February 9, 2012

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USA Today:
Obama mandate on birth control coverage stirs controversy  —  WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders and Republican presidential candidates joined Catholic religious groups on Wednesday in denouncing the Obama administration's mandate requiring health insurers to offer birth control coverage, but the White House stood its ground.
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Amy Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
The Contraception Coverage Debate Isn't Just About the Bishops  —  Obama should do right by the progressive Catholics who made his health reforms possible and expand the religious exemption to the new contraceptive mandate in the law.  —  If abortion rights advocates are feeling their oats this week, they have good reason.
Discussion: Swampland and The New Republic
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama administration struggles to contain uproar over birth-control rule
Discussion: blogs.telegraph.co.uk
ABCNEWS:
Senate Democrats Say Obama ‘Reinforced’ His Stance on Contraception Mandate at Democratic Retreat
Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
Whose Conscience?
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Tales From the Kitchen Table
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Romney retools his message  —  Romney retools his message — with his biography and even his policy... GOPers and conservatives tell Romney to step it up... Dems break ranks on the contraception issue... Yet polling (for now) shows the issue isn't as controversial …
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Wall Street Journal:
Where's the Rest of Them?  —  Santorum's rise, Romney's weakness, and the GOP coalition.  —  Rick Santorum did his second Lazarus act on Tuesday with his triple victory in two Midwest states and Colorado, interrupting Mitt Romney's media coronation.  The question now is whether the Pennsylvanian can …
Jonathan Martinand Manu Raju / Reuters:
Mitt Romney's message from GOP: Step it up
New York Post:
Romney's new test  —  Newt Gingrich's surprise victory …
Discussion: The Page
Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Return of the Culture Wars: Can Mitt Romney Win Conservative Backing?
Discussion: The Reaction
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Romney ventures into lion's den at CPAC
Discussion: CNN, Shakesville and Right Wing Watch
New York Times:
States Negotiate $26 Billion Agreement 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 …
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Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
The Top Twelve Reasons Why You Should Hate the Mortgage Settlement  —  As readers may know by now, 49 of 50 states have agreed to join the so-called mortgage settlement, with Oklahoma the lone refusenik.  Although the fine points are still being hammered out, various news outlets (New York Times …
Financial Times:
US banks near $40bn housing deal
Discussion: Time and Wall Street Journal
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Eye doctor warns of dangers of political protest on gay marriage  —  It's been called the “most fabulous form of protest,” but according to one medical expert, the potential dangers of “glitter bombing” are far from marvelous.  —  In an increasingly popular form of protest, activists are throwing glitter on unsuspecting targets.
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Keith Coffman / Reuters:
Colorado student charged in “glitter bomb” of Romney
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
Jim Vandehei / Reuters:
The political transformation of Barack Obama  —  There are two indisputable facts about politics.  —  The first is that every modern president in the fourth year of his presidency resorts to the cheap political stunts, broken promises and truth-fudging it takes to win reelection in what has been and will be a 50-50 nation.
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Rolling Stone:
Why Wall Street Should Stop Whining
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Santorum: Obama Has Put America On ‘The Path’ Of Executing Religious People By Decapitation  —  Rick Santorum continued to rail against President Obama's so-called war against religion during a town hall in Plano, Texas Wednesday night.  The former Pennsylvania senator …
Discussion: Wonkette
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Rick Santorum's Sweater Vest Slammed by Scarlett Johansson  —  Scarlett Johansson isn't ready to talk yet about Nate Naylor, her just-revealed boyfriend of five months.  —  The sartorial choices of Rick Santorum and the Republican National Committee, however, were fair game for Johansson …
Publications:
Bank of England maintains Bank Rate at 0.5% and increases size of Asset Purchase Programme by £50 billion to £325 billion  —  The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee today voted to maintain the official Bank Rate paid on commercial bank reserves at 0.5%.
iowahawk:
A Fistful of Rebates  —  It's halftime.  —  Both teams are in their locker rooms discussing what they can do to win this game in the second half.  Diagramming plays.  Texting their agents and German supermodel wives.  Reviewing Belichick's aerial spy photos.  —  It's halftime in America, too.
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Obama, Explained  —  As Barack Obama contends for a second term in office, two conflicting narratives of his presidency have emerged.  Is he a skillful political player and policy visionary—a chess master who always sees several moves ahead of his opponents (and of the punditocracy)?
Manu Raju / Politico:
Mitch McConnell takes aim at ‘liberal thugs’  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to launch a fierce attack on the Obama administration and congressional Democrats, calling out “liberal thugs” for intimidating their opponents in the name of political expediency.
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Pol ‘Tebows’ after bill Ok'd  —  Virginia Del. Robert Bell celebrated his bill passing the state House on Wednesday by taking a knee and Tebowing.  —  The legislation — dubbed the “Tebow bill” for the Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow — would allow the state's homeschooled students …
Carol E. Lee / Washington Wire:
Michelle Obama Takes Aim at Military Weight  —  First Lady Michelle Obama leaves Thursday for a three-day, four-state tour to mark the second anniversary of her “Let's Move!” initiative to get Americans to eat healthier and be more physically fit. … The trip is a mix of events and announcements …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Bingaman: Use payroll tax cut bill to extend green energy credits
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
States line up to challenge stringent Section 5 voting rights provision
Guardian:
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Brody Mullins / Wall Street Journal:
Chamber Starting Early Hill Ad Blitz
Discussion: Hotline On Call
CBS Los Angeles:
LA County OKs $1,000 Fine For Throwing Football, Frisbee On Beaches
Lorraine Woellert / Bloomberg:
Fannie Mae Nixed Plan to Reduce Mortgage Debt, Democrats Say
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Cantor slammed for ‘neutering’ the STOCK Act
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Report: White House to offer 10 states waivers on No Child Left Behind
Discussion: Politico and CNN
BBC:
Greece bailout: Coalition fails to agree cuts
New York Times:
U.S. and Israel Split on Ways to Deter Iran
John Celock / The Huffington Post:
John Kasich Parkinson's Imitation Marks Ad Hoc Speech That Veered Off The Rails
Discussion: Business Insider and Hullabaloo