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10:25 AM ET, February 19, 2012

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Des Moines Register:
Obama trails three of four Republican candidates in latest Iowa Poll  —  © Des Moines Register and Tribune Co.  —  President Barack Obama trails three of the four Republican candidates in head-to-head match-ups if the election were held today, according to a new Iowa Poll.
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Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Ron Paul gains votes in delayed Maine caucus, but Romney keeps lead  —  GOP hopeful Mitt Romney held on to his lead in Maine's caucuses Saturday after votes postponed by bad weather were finally tallied.  —  Ron Paul gained 83 votes on Romney following the caucus in Washington county …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Reuters:
Santorum says Obama agenda not “based on Bible”  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum challenged President Barack Obama's Christian beliefs on Saturday, saying White House policies were motivated by a “different theology.”
Discussion: The Raw Story and Eschaton
David Catanese / Politico:
Babeu comes out, denies allegations  —  Arizona GOP congressional candidate Paul Babeu acknowledged Saturday he is gay but forcefully denied charges he threatened an ex-lover with deportation after their relationship soured.  —  “All of the allegations are false except one, I am gay,” Babeu said.
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Arizona Republic:
Babeu steps down as Romney Arizona co-chairman
CNN:
Arizona sheriff resigns Romney role after allegations
Discussion: Hot Air and The Hill
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Death Threats?  Ho Hum!  —  Sometimes I miss the good old days-what was it, a year ago?-when liberals were in favor of civility.  Remember when talking about “targeting” a Congressional district could get you accused of murder?  Things were a lot more genteel back in 2011.
Discussion: thenorthwestern.com
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
Today's Worst Person in the World  —  By informing consumers, he is of course referring to the Virginia bill requiring women to be vaginally probed against their will before electing to have an abortion.  —  Because, you know, most of those “consumers” were “uninformed” as to what was in there.
Peter Allen / Telegraph:
Hitler had son with French teen  —  Adolf Hitler had a son with a French teenager while serving as a soldier during the First World War, according to new evidence.  —  Jean-Marie Loret, who died in 1985 aged 67, never met his father, but went on to fight Nazi forces during the Second World War.
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Pallab Ghosh / BBC:
Canadian government is ‘muzzling its scientists’  —  Government experts tracked a new ozone hole, but were not allowed to give interviews  —  The Canadian government has been accused of “muzzling” its scientists.  —  Speakers at a major science meeting being held in Canada said communication …
Discussion: americanthinker.com and Biased BBC
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Washington Memo: Supreme Court Justices Remain Security Exceptions  —  When Justice Stephen G. Breyer was robbed in his Caribbean vacation home 10 days ago, the crime was unremarkable except for one fact: a machete-wielding intruder was able to walk right into the residence of one of the highest members of the United States government.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Two justices suggest Citizens United ruling should be reconsidered in Montana case
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The ‘Safe, Legal, Rare’ Illusion  —  AMID the sound and fury of the latest culture-war battles — first over breast cancer dollars and Planned Parenthood, and then over the White House's attempt to require that religious employers cover contraception and potential abortifacients …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Rod Dreher
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
RPT-Obama's slogan: looking to replace Hope and Change  —  Winning The Future.  Greater Together.  We Don't Quit.  —  They may not be official but those are all phrases that could in one form or another be candidates to become President Barack Obama's re-election slogan.
Joanne Kenen / Politico:
2012: The year of ‘birth control moms’?  —  First came the soccer moms.  —  Then the security moms.  —  Will 2012 be the year of the “birth control moms”?  —  Just a few weeks ago, the notion would have seemed far-fetched.  The country is deeply divided on abortion, but not on contraception …
Discussion: State of the Union and Althouse
 
 
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Sean Rayment / Telegraph:
British Muslims recruited to fight for ‘al-Qaeda’ in Somalia
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Chris Hawley / Associated Press:
NYPD monitored Muslim students all over Northeast
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Drones With an Eye on the Public Cleared to Fly
Tim Reid / Reuters:
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