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8:25 PM ET, February 9, 2012

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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Fierce White House Debate Over Contraception Mandate  —  “What are we doing here?” asked Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, stepping outside his wheelhouse to ask about a rising storm involving the Obama administration and the Catholic Church.  “What's the point?”
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Will Dems Shoot Themselves In The Foot On Contraception?  —  The intense media debate over the White House push to require all insurance plans to cover contraception is barely 48 hours old.  And already some Democrats are bailing on President Obama.
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.
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Catholic Bishops Demand All Businesses Be Given The Right To Deny Women Contraception Coverage  —  Catholic bishops and their GOP allies have been in an uproar ever since the Obama administration announced new rules that require employers, including most religiously-affiliated institutions …
USA Today:
Obama mandate on birth control coverage stirs controversy
Debra Erdley / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Pa. GOP voters quit Gingrich for Santorum  —  It never pays to count Rick Santorum out.  —  A Tribune-Review/WPXI-TV poll conducted Feb. 2-6 shows the former senator was gaining strength among Pennsylvania Republicans even before this week's victories in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota …
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Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum takes on ‘environmental terror’  —  Oklahoma City (CNN) - Speaking in one of the top energy-producing states in the country, Rick Santorum tailored his stump speech here on Thursday to appeal to a raucous crowd of domestic energy-loving Okies.  —  Reaffirming his support …
Jonathan Martinand Manu Raju / Reuters:
Mitt Romney's message from GOP: Step it up  —  Mitt Romney's poor performance Tuesday is prompting congressional Republicans to go public with a bracing message to the front-runner: time to step it up, Mitt.  —  A day after Romney was convincingly defeated by Rick Santorum in non-binding contests …
Keith Coffman / Reuters:
Colorado student charged in “glitter bomb” of Romney
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum rebuts Romney attacks
Discussion: GOP 12 and The Hill
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Eye doctor warns of dangers of political protest on gay marriage
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
DeMint: Brokered convention a possibility
Discussion: CNN, Campaign 2012, Slate and The Impolitic
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
The Five Things You Need To Know About Today's Foreclosure Settlement  —  LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 14: Attorney General of California Kamala Harris speaks onstage at the Cinema For Peace event benefitting J/P Haitian Relief Organization in Los Angeles held at Montage Hotel on January 14, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
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Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
The Top Twelve Reasons Why You Should Hate the Mortgage Settlement
The White House:
Remarks by the President on the Housing Settlement
Discussion: White House.gov Blog
New York Times:
States Negotiate $26 Billion Agreement for Homeowners
New York Times:
Mortgage Plan Gives Homeowners Bulk of the Benefits
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Fox Pundit Tells CPAC Crowd That Rachel Maddow Is ‘The Best Argument In Favor Of Her Parents Using Contraception’  —  In the “closed circuit world on the right,” MSNBC's Rachel Maddow is often the subject of ugly denigrations.  Whether it's being mocked for her sexual orientation, her name …
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 …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Santorum Doubles Down: ‘ObamaCare’ Is The First Step To The ‘Guillotine’
Discussion: ECHIDNE of the snakes
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Pelosi: ‘Colbert used to be my friend’  —  Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) mocked comedian Stephen Colbert as part of her campaign against super-PACs.  —  The House minority leader released a web video on Thursday that jokingly attacks Colbert for launching a super-PAC.
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Elizabeth Llorente / Fox News:
Mississippi Bill Changes Name of ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘Gulf of America’  —  If a Mississippi lawmaker gets his way, the Gulf of Mexico will become the “Gulf of America.”  —  Mississippi State Rep. Steve Holland, a Democrat, has introduced a bill calling for the part of the Gulf of Mexico …
Discussion: Riptide 2.0
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Constance Johnson / Guardian:
About my ‘spilled semen’ amendment to Oklahoma's Personhood bill |  Constance Johnson  —  I took this stand because I'm sick of the hypocrisy of Republican lawmakers who want to police women's reproductive health  —  As a woman and a 31-year veteran of the legislative process in Oklahoma …
Matt Stopera / BuzzFeed:
The Best Testimony From Washington State's Gay Marriage Hearing  —  Try not to cry.  Watch Representative Maureen Walsh's moving testimony from yesterday's gay marriage vote in Washington.  Rep. Walsh was one of two Republicans to vote for the bill.
American Prospect:
Wall Street's Third Party  —  This November, when Barack Obama faces off against his Republican opponent, there will be a third candidate in the race, too.  This candidate has already qualified for the ballot in 14 states, including California.  The campaign to ensure the candidate's ballot access …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
Obama: 10 states to receive No Child Left Behind waivers  —  The Obama administration will free 10 states from the requirements of No Child Left Behind, responding to complaints from teachers and school administrators across the country that the nation's main education law is outdated and punitive.
Discussion: Fox News and Guardian
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msnbc.com:
Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News  —  A car that was bombed by two assailants on a motorcycle in Tehran on Jan. 11, killing Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahamdi Roshan, is removed by a mobile crane.
CBS Los Angeles:
LA County OKs $1,000 Fine For Throwing Football, Frisbee On Beaches  —  LOS ANGELES (CBS) — When you head down to the beach for a little fun this summer, county officials want you to leave the pigskin at home.  —  The Board of Supervisors this week agreed to raise fines to up to $1,000 …
Paul Krugman:
A Strange Form of Social Collapse  —  Reading Charles Murray and all the commentary about the sources of moral collapse among working-class whites, I've had a nagging question: is it really all that bad?  —  I mean, yes, marriage rates are way down, and labor force participation is down among prime-age men …
Discussion: Political Mojo
 
 
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Schneiderman: Settlement deal a ‘small’ but ‘significant’ step towards real accountability
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Rebecca Wind / New from the Guttmacher Institute:
U.S. Teen Pregnancy Rate At Lowest Level In Nearly 40 Years
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
Janet Maslin / New York Times:
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