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12:45 PM ET, February 13, 2012

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National Review:
Santorum's Turn  —  At the moment Rick Santorum appears to be overtaking Newt Gingrich as the principal challenger to Mitt Romney.  Santorum has won more contests than Gingrich (who has won only one), has more delegates, and leads him in the polls.  In at least one poll, he also leads Romney.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Severe Conservative Syndrome  —  Mitt Romney has a gift for words — self-destructive words.  On Friday he did it again, telling the Conservative Political Action Conference that he was a “severely conservative governor.”  —  As Molly Ball of The Atlantic pointed out, Mr. Romney “described conservatism as if it were a disease.”
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Santorum moves ahead in Michigan  —  Rick Santorum's taken a large lead in Michigan's upcoming Republican primary.  He's at 39% to 24% for Mitt Romney, 12% for Ron Paul, and 11% for Newt Gingrich.  —  Santorum's rise is attributable to two major factors: his own personal popularity …
American Research Group:
Presidential Primary Preference:  —  Michigan  —  Rick Santorum leads the Michigan Republican presidential primary with 33%.  Santorum is followed by Mitt Romney with 27%, Newt Gingrich with 21%, and Ron Paul with 12%.  —  Santorum leads Gingrich 42% to 24% among self-identified Republicans …
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Sen. Inhofe says Santorum has ‘better’ record on defense, economy, energy
Discussion: CNN
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Gingrich Money Hunt Faces Obstacles
Robert Costa / National Review:
Romney's Case  —  Last week, Rick Santorum's three-state sweep …
Discussion: GOP 12, Boston Globe and msnbc.com
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Momentum Is Michigan's Prize
Tucker Carlson / The Daily Caller:
Inside Media Matters: Sources, memos reveal erratic behavior, close coordination with White House and news organizations  —  This is the first in a Daily Caller investigative series on Media Matters For America.  Daily Caller reporters Alex Pappas and Will Rahn contributed to this report.
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The Daily Caller:
Inside Media Matters: Sources, memos reveal erratic behavior, close coordination with White House and news organizations
Discussion: Wake up America and Big Journalism
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker: Obama budget is a ‘nervous breakdown on paper’  —  Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) expressed concern President Obama's budget would go too far to rein in government spending in the midst of an economic recovery, calling the forthcoming proposal a ‘nervous breakdown on paper.’
Discussion: Politico, Guardian and Weasel Zippers
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
WH Chief of Staff Errs on Senate Budget Rules  —  As President Obama prepares to unveil his FY2013 budget Monday, White House chief of staff Jack Lew this morning was asked by CNN to defend the Senate's refusal to pass a budget in more than 1,000 days.  —  “You can't pass a budget in the Senate …
ABCNEWS:
Obama's Budget Has Populist Focus
Discussion: Daily Kos
Richard Florida / The Atlantic Cities:
Why America Keeps Getting More Conservative  —  Even with the president's approval rating showing signs of life and the Republicans busily bashing themselves over the head — “one is a practicing polygamist and he's not even the Mormon,” retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor recently quipped …
Dan Williams / Reuters:
Israel says bombs target embassies in India, Georgia  —  (Reuters) - Bombers targeted staff at Israel's embassies in India and Georgia on Monday, wounding four people, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of involvement.
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New York Times:
Israel Blames Iran for Attacks in India and Georgia
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Attacks target Israeli embassies in Georgia, India
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Contraception and the cost of culture wars  —  Politicized culture wars are debilitating because they almost always require partisans to denigrate the moral legitimacy of their opponents, and sometimes to deny their very humanity.  It's often not enough to defeat a foe.
John Holbo / Crooked Timber:
Religious Freedom and Contraception (among other things)  —  I'm amazed by the turns this issue has taken.  I posted about it two weeks ago.  My post had problems.  Among other things, I slighted legal issues to focus on what I took to be really going on, motivation-wise.
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New York Times:
Greek Parliament Passes Austerity Plan After Riots Rage  —  ATHENS — After violent protests left dozens of buildings aflame in Athens, the Greek Parliament voted early on Monday to approve a package of harsh austerity measures demanded by the country's foreign lenders in exchange for new loans …
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Romney Runs as an Outsider but Makes Room for Lobbyists  —  They have hosted fund-raisers and raised millions of dollars for his campaign.  They employed some of his top operatives after his first White House run, helped create the platform for his second bid and have deployed regularly …
Ben White / Politico:
Wall Street turns wrath — and cash — on Obama  —  NEW YORK — Profits and bonuses are down across Wall Street.  Banks are slicing jobs and shuttering once profitable trading units in the face of new regulations.  —  But the financial services industry is poised to set records in one arena in 2012: politics.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Cronyism 101  —  I wrote about my participation in the Koch brothers' semi-annual seminar in Palm Springs two weekends ago here.  Along with Peter Schweizer, I did a presentation on cronyism.  My speech focused on corporate cronyism, while Peter's centered on the sort of political cronyism …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
 
 
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Santorum To Meet With Same-Sex Marriage Opponents In Washington State
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Calls grow for ticker-tape parade to honor veterans from Iraq War
Discussion: Don Surber
CNN:
Pro-choice group thanks Obama in new ads
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jake Shermanand Manu Raju / Politico:
Weekend payroll-tax-cut talks fail
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Romney, Birth Control: A Shift
Discussion: National Review
 Earlier Items: 
David Kravets / Wired.com:
Congress Left in Dark on DOJ Wiretaps
Discussion: The Raw Story and emptywheel
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Didn't we almost have it all?  —  Robert F. Bukaty / AP
Discussion: New York Times and Washington Post
New Jersey Online:
Gay marriage bill to be voted on by N.J. Senate
Trevor Kavanagh / The Sun:
The Sun's Trevor Kavanagh: Witch-hunt puts us behind ex-Soviet states on Press freedom
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
A Newspaper, and a Legacy, Reordered
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Ethics issues tarnish congressional image
Discussion: The Page