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2:20 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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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 …
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.”
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Santorum Catches Romney in GOP Race  —  Obama Leads Both in General Election Matchups  —  OVERVIEW  —  Rick Santorum's support among Tea Party Republicans and white evangelicals is surging, and he now has pulled into a virtual tie with Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
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 …
Discussion: Hot Air, GOP 12 and CNN
Bob McDonnell / CNN:   McDonnell hits Santorum over ‘emotions’ remarks
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:   Sen. Inhofe says Santorum has ‘better’ record on defense, economy, energy
Robert Costa / National Review:
Romney's Case  —  Last week, Rick Santorum's three-state sweep …
Discussion: Boston Globe, GOP 12 and msnbc.com
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.’
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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 …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Jack Lew's misleading claim about the Senate's failure to pass a budget resolution  —  “But we also need to be honest.  You can't pass a budget in the Senate of the United States without 60 votes and you can't get 60 votes without bipartisan support.  So unless Republicans are willing to work …
David Rogers / Politico:
Obama budget slated for $3.8 trillion
Discussion: New York Times and RedState
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Obama's Broken Deficit Promise
Discussion: Washington Post
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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Damian Paletta / Washington Wire:
White House Bets on Revenue Surge in 2013
Discussion: Swampland
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
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 …
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.
Discussion: Wonkette, Pundit & Pundette and Stinque
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Lydia McGrew / What's Wrong with the World:
How to lie with statistics, example umpteen [Updated]
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
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.
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Obama budget: National debt will be $1 trillion higher in a decade than forecast  —  President Obama on Monday unveiled a $3.8 trillion spending plan that seeks to pump billions of dollars into the economy while raising taxes on the rich to tame a soaring national debt now projected to grow significantly faster than previously forecast.
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Caucus
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ABCNEWS:
Obama's Budget Has Populist Focus
Discussion: Daily Kos
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 and Business Insider
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
We Hear From The Department Of Good Ideas And False Choices  —  Nick Kristof joins in on the contraception debate.  No prizes for guessing what side he is on - he trivializes the opposition, presents reams of information documenting the notion that contraception care is a good idea …
Discussion: CatholicVote.org
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Notre Dame Faculty to Obama: ‘This Is a Grave Violation of Religious Freedom and Cannot Stand’  —  (CNSNews.com) - Twenty-five Notre Dame faculty members—led by the university's top ethics expert, and including some of the school's most eminent scholars—have signed a statement declaring …
 
 
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Fran Spielman / Chicago Sun Times:
Inside team Rahm: Emanuel taps best minds in country for advice
Geneva Sands-Sadowitz / The Hill:
First lady says president has ‘weakness’ for guacamole
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Michelle Obama says it's the president's job to plan Valentine's Day
Discussion: CNN
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Senate GOP pushes for Keystone vote on highway measure
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Guardian
Mike / Rortybomb:
Ludwig Von Mises Makes the Libertarian Case against “Free Love” (and Implicitly Against Birth Control)
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court justices are being served on late-night television
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Santorum To Meet With Same-Sex Marriage Opponents In Washington State
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CNN:
Pro-choice group thanks Obama in new ads
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jake Shermanand Manu Raju / Politico:
Weekend payroll-tax-cut talks fail
David Kravets / Wired.com:
Congress Left in Dark on DOJ Wiretaps
Discussion: The Raw Story and emptywheel
msnbc.com:
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Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Cronyism 101  —  I wrote about my participation in the Koch …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
New York Times:
Greek Parliament Passes Austerity Plan After Riots Rage