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2:15 PM ET, February 15, 2012

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Going After Rick  —  America is going bankrupt, Iran is going nuclear, the Obama administration is going after religious liberty.  And Mitt Romney is going after Rick Santorum.  —  Which is fine (sort of).  Romney's in a political fight, and politics ain't beanbag, as Romney has tried to say.
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Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
Megadeth frontman backs Rick Santorum  —  Dave Mustaine, leader of the heavy metal band Megadeth, is ready to rock out for Rick Santorum.  —  “Earlier in the election, I was completely oblivious as to who Rick Santorum was, but when the dude went home to be with his daughter when she was sick …
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Santorum aide: Romney's money focus ‘deeply offensive’  —  One of Rick Santorum's senior strategists lashed out at Mitt Romney's focus on the air wars Wednesday, arguing that if the race comes down to money and negative ads, the other candidates should throw in the towel.
Discussion: CNN
Politics:
Here's Romney's Plan To Take Out Santorum
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
VIDEO: Romney watches Santorum new attack ad
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Hot Air
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why birth control is a good wedge issue against the GOP  —  Some time around the end of February, the Senate will vote on the Blunt-Rubio amendment, which would allow insurers and employers to deny coverage for birth control or any other medical services simply on the grounds that they find them morally objectionable.
Discussion: The Maddow Blog, Daily Kos and AlterNet
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Birth Control Amendment ‘Dangerous,’ Obama Spokesman Says … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Obama, Video, Women's Issues, Womens Rights, Birth Control, Obama Women, Politics News, Roy Blunt, Birth Control Rule, Blunt Amendment, Blunt Contraception, Obama Contraception, Obama Contraception Rule …
Maggie Fox / NationalJournal.com:
Reid to Allow Vote on Rescinding Contraception Rule
Charlie Spiering / Campaign 2012:
Boxer: Insurance rights trumps religious rights
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
White House issues veto threat for House transportation bill  —  The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto a wide-ranging transportation package from House Republicans.  —  The administration raised concerns about a provision to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, and argued …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Boehner delays highway bill vote  —  Speaker John Boehner is delaying a vote on the $260 billion transportation bill that was scheduled this week.  —  Boehner (R-Ohio) told his conference Wednesday morning that it was “more important that we do it right than that we do it fast” …
Will Rahn / The Daily Caller:
Media Matters tax-exempt status may face new scrutiny from Congress  —  Congressional Republicans are now interested in examining the Media Matters For America's tax-exempt status, The Daily Caller has learned.  Doing so would cause the GOP to wade into the complex world of tax laws that govern …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
PolitiFact responds to Rachel Maddow  —  Rachel Maddow made yet another stinging attack on PolitiFact last night, calling the Tampa Bay Times' fact-checking project “a disaster” (see video).  —  Via email, PolitiFact editor and Tampa Bay Times Washington bureau chief Bill Adair responds to the criticism:
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Marco Rubio / PolitiFact:
A majority of Americans are conservative, Marco Rubio says
Sara Burrows / Carolina Journal Online:
Preschooler's Homemade Lunch Replaced with Cafeteria “Nuggets”  —  State agent inspects sack lunches, forces preschoolers to purchase cafeteria food instead  —  RAEFORD — A preschooler at West Hoke Elementary School ate three chicken nuggets for lunch Jan. 30 because a state employee told …
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Meghan Keneally / Daily Mail:
Food police reject preschooler's homemade lunch... in favour of chicken nuggets
Discussion: Althouse
Investor's Business Daily:
Why Do Democrats Want to Protect Voter Fraud?  —  Suffrage: A new study finds that nearly 2 million dead people remain on voter registration rolls.  So tell us again why Democrats oppose voter ID laws that would help prevent these errant registrations from being exploited?
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
The Gallup Organization / Gallup:
Health Costs, Gov't Regulations Curb Small Business Hiring  —  Nearly half of small-business owners name these issues  —  PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. small-business owners who aren't hiring — 85% of those surveyed — are most likely to say the reasons they are not doing so include …
Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich's Main Backer Plays Two Angles  —  Casino Mogul Adelson Weighs New Funding to Boost Former Speaker and to Help Romney Keep Santorum at Bay  —  Billionaire Sheldon Adelson, by far the biggest financial backer of Newt Gingrich's presidential bid, is preparing to open his wallet again.
msnbc.com:
Chavez allies attack new opponent Capriles as Jewish, gay  —  Venezuelan presidential hopeful Henrique Capriles, seen at a rally in La Guaira Jan. 27, has been attacked over his sexuality, Jewish ancestry and his selection as opposition candidate.  —  Allies of President Hugo Chavez …
Brendan DeMelle / DeSmogBlog:
Heartland Institute Exposed: Internal Documents Unmask Heart of Climate Denial Machine  —  Internal Heartland Institute strategy and funding documents obtained by DeSmogBlog expose the heart of the climate denial machine - its current plans, many of its funders, and details that confirm …
Bloomberg:
Obama Returns to NYC for First Wall Street Fundraiser of Year  —  President Barack Obama will return to New York on March 1 for a fundraiser with investment bankers and hedge fund managers, according to a campaign invitation, marking his first high dollar event there since calling for increased taxes on the wealthy in his 2013 budget.
Jeffrey H. Anderson / Weekly Standard:
Was Santorum a Senate Spendthrift?  —  Mitt Romney is now arguing that Rick Santorum's record exposes him as one of those Republicans who “act like Democrats” once they get to Washington.  Romney surrogate Tim Pawlenty adds that Santorum “clearly has been part of the big-spending establishment in Congress.”
Reuters:
Analysis: Greece heads for record books as economy slumps  —  (Reuters) - Entering the fifth year of recession, Greece is writing its name in the book of unwanted records for one of the deepest economic slumps of modern times.  —  The Greek economy shrank 6.8 percent in 2011 …
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
Nuking our Nukes  —  President Obama has ordered the Pentagon to consider cutting U.S. strategic nuclear forces to as low as 300 deployed warheads—below the number believed to be in China's arsenal and far fewer than current Russian strategic warhead stocks.
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
FCC moves to kill LightSquared over GPS interference concerns  —  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) moved to reject LightSquared's planned wireless network on Tuesday after the president's top adviser on telecom issues said there is “no practical way” to prevent the network from disrupting GPS devices.
Discussion: Hot Air
Adele Hampton / The Hill:
Obama Girl's love wanes in new video  —  YouTube sensation Amber Lee Ettinger, aka Obama Girl, is back with a new video.  But instead of reaffirming her puppy-love crush on the president, Ettinger is singing a different tune.  —  “You better step up, cuz I need that man, if my old crush on you was true …
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Seth Freed Wessler / Colorlines:
Deported Dad Begs North Carolina To Give Him Back His Children  —  Every morning since the first of his three boys was born in 2007, Felipe Montes would wake early and prepare breakfast for his wife and children, get his boys ready for their day, change them, feed them and when he could not arrange …
Discussion: Hit & Run and Balloon Juice
 
 
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Matthew Philips / Business Week:
Rising Gas Prices: Not Demand Driven
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Top Dem Warns of New Menace in Obamacare Fight: Christian Scientist Shoe Salesmen
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and MoJo Articles
Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
April primaries ruled out in Texas
Discussion: Swampland and Hotline On Call
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Oliver Stone's Son Sean Urges #Occupy Protesters to Turn to Islam
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Weasel Zippers
Sarah Posner / Salon:
Rep. Issa to air bishops' complaints
Discussion: Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Rick Santorum Wants Your Sex Life to Be ‘Special’
Discussion: American Prospect
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Does the GOP care about Latino voters?
Discussion: The Hill, Michelle Malkin and Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
Birth-Control Mandate: Unconstitutional and Illegal
Discussion: Hot Air
 Earlier Items: 
Bruce Riedel / The Daily Beast:
Pakistan's Musharraf Has Been Accused of Knowing Osama bin Laden's Hideout
Chelsea Whyte / New Scientist:
Hurricanes deliver fatal blows to wind turbines
Discussion: Power Line
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
NYT reporter James Risen asks court to protect sources
Discussion: Secrecy News
Kenneth Lovett / NY Daily News:
State Senate GOP rejects request to honor Whitney Houston
Discussion: Reuters, Politicker and Politico
Stephen Pollard / Telegraph:
For once, Richard Dawkins is lost for words
Discussion: Guardian and Vox Popoli
BBC:
Colombia priests ‘hired own killers’ in suicide pact
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