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4:50 PM ET, February 27, 2012

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Susan Page / USA Today:
Swing states poll: Health care law hurts Obama in 2012  —  WASHINGTON - The health care overhaul that President Obama intended to be the signature achievement of his first term instead has become a significant problem in his bid for a second one, uniting Republicans in opposition and eroding his standing among independents.
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Rick Santorum / Wall Street Journal:
My Economic Freedom Agenda  —  We need bold tax reform, but Mitt Romney wants to tinker at the margins.  —  America's budget process is broken.  Our economy and American families are struggling, and the country needs bold reforms and major restructuring, not tinkering at the margins.
James Hohmann / Politico:
Battleground Poll: GOP president's race takes toll, Obama inches up  —  A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll reveals the prolonged nominating battle is taking a toll on the GOP candidates and finds the president's standing significantly improved from late last year.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Divided on Repeal of 2010 Healthcare Law  —  Majority of Republicans strongly favor repeal if a Republican is elected president  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Americans divide evenly when asked if they favor (47%) or oppose (44%) a Republican president's repealing the 2010 healthcare law if elected this November.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
STUDY: Ron Paul Never Attacked Romney Once During 20 Debates, But Attacked Romney's Rivals 39 Times  —  In recent days, attention has focused on the unusual relationship between Ron Paul and Mitt Romney, who are purportedly competing against each other for the Republican presidential nomination.
Rick Santorum / CNN:
TRENDING: Santorum adviser on Michigan: ‘We have already won’  —  Detroit (CNN) - A senior adviser to Rick Santorum is downplaying the latest trend in Michigan polling, which shows Mitt Romney creeping back to a narrow lead ahead of Tuesday's closely watched Republican primary.
Quinnipiac University:
Men, Conservatives Push Santorm To 7-Pt. Ohio Lead, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; 45% Of GOP Voters Might Change Their Mind  —  With strong support from men and conservatives, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum leads the Ohio GOP presidential field with 36 percent of likely Republican primary voters …
American Prospect:
Where Does Obama Stand?
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and ABCNEWS
John Horton / Metro:
1 student killed, several hurt in shooting at Chardon High School; suspect in custody  —  One student died after the shooting this morning at Chardon High School, police said.  —  Police are not releasing names.  But Junior Nate Mueller, who said his ear was grazed by a bullet, identified the shooter as T. J. Lane.
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Ted Achladis / FOX8.com:
CHARDON HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING: One Dead, Two in Critical Condition
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Connor Kiesel / WEWS-TV:
Police: 1 dead, 4 injured, gunman in custody in Chardon High School shooting
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Why Are People So Averse To Jury Duty? … - Why Has the Syrian Uprising Been Such a Dud on Facebook and Twitter?  - Finally, New Laws That Give Nannies and Maids Real Legal Rights - The Best Acceptance Speech From Last Night's Oscars - Cash Is Inconvenient, Dirty, and Covered With Germs.
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David Weigel / Slate:
We Don't Need No Education, We Don't Need No Thought Control
Amie Parnes / Ballot Box:
Obama swipes at Santorum, says college not a ‘partisan’ issue
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
2012 or Never  —  Republicans are worried this election could be their last chance to stop history.  This is fear talking.  But not paranoia.  —  Of the various expressions of right-wing hysteria that have flowered over the past three years—goldbuggery, birtherism, death panels at home …
Washington Post:
Bob Kerrey changes his mind, will run for Senate, source says  —  Former senator Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) has changed his mind and plans to run for the open Senate seat in Nebraska, according to a senior Democratic aide.  —  The aide said Kerrey has called Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to inform him of his plans.
Phillip Matier / San Francisco Chronicle:
Sex-tape stunner in Nadia Lockyer case  —  There's a shocking twist in the saga of Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer and the incident at a Newark hotel that landed her in the hospital and a male acquaintance under police scrutiny.  —  We're told that a sex tape of Nadia Lockyer …
Discussion: Clayton Cramer's Blog
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
TransCanada Corp. to begin construction of Keystone pipeline  —  TransCanada Corp. said Monday it plans to begin building a major portion of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline despite the Obama administration's decision to reject a key permit for the project.
Discussion: Politico, ThinkProgress and MarketWatch
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Senate GOP slams Schumer's push for Saudis to ramp up oil production
Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress:
Alabama Bill Could Require Women To Undergo Invasive Ultrasound To Convince Them ‘To Keep The Child’  —  When a woman in Alabama seeks an abortion procedure, she already has to sign that her doctor has performed an ultrasound and that she either viewed the ultrasound image or rejected seeing it.
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Mary Sell / TimesDaily.com:
Ultrasounds before abortions  —  Chairman of state Senate …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Balloon Juice
Jan Jan Party ID / PR Newswire:
Diane Sawyer, Anderson Cooper and Brian Williams are America's Favorite News Personalities  —  Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and Nancy Grace are least favorite  —  Decades ago there were just a few names that dominated the news world.  Everyone knew who Walter Conkrite, David Brinkley and Chet Huntley were.
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Santorum Makes Case for Religion in Public Sphere  —  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — With two days left before the high-stakes Republican primaries in Arizona and Michigan, Rick Santorum delivered a full-throated defense of religion in public life on Sunday, appealing to the social conservatives who have revived his presidential campaign.
Catholic New World:
What are you going to give up this Lent?  —  The Lenten rules about fasting from food and abstaining from meat have been considerably reduced in the last forty years, but reminders of them remain in the fast days on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday and in the abstinence from meat on all the Fridays of Lent.
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Free speech issue bypassed  —  Government employees who get into trouble for disobeying a superior's plea to file a report that the employee thinks is false and believes will contribute to covering up misconduct will get no legal guidance on their plight from the Supreme Court …
E. Scott Reckard / Los Angeles Times:
J.D. Power: Bank switching movement is real  —  A J.D. Power survey finds that more customers are leaving large banks for smaller institutions like this credit union in downtown L.A. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)  —  Nearly 10% of bank customers switched to another financial institution last year …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Hoyer not sold on tapping oil reserve  —  House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer isn't so sure tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help ease rising gas prices is a good idea.  —  Despite calls from lawmakers in his own party to open up the reserve, the Maryland Democrat said he's skeptical …
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
The Broken Regulatory State
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Spanish revolt brews as national economic rearmament begins in Europe
Discussion: National Review and EU Referendum
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
EXCLUSIVE: Outed sheriff ‘110 percent in the race for Congress’
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Hill Poll: Likely voters prefer lower individual, business tax rates
Benjamin Lesser / NY Daily News:
Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm, before he entered Congress, sought leniency for New York-based …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Ballot Box
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Partisans ignoring stimulus's success
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Lou Dobbs Gets Conspiratorial About ‘The Lorax’ and ‘The Secret of Arrietty’
Alan Dershowitz / NY Daily News:
The odious ‘Israel first’ libel
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