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3:40 PM ET, February 28, 2012

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
After Many Momentum Shifts, Michigan Is Too Close to Call  —  People sometimes apply the term “tossup” a bit too broadly, using it to refer to anything close enough that they don't want to render a prediction about it.  —  In Michigan, however, the term is appropriate.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Momentum back toward Santorum in MI?
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Santorum Robocalls to Michigan Democrats: Help Me Stop Romney
Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
Conservatives take dimmer view of Romney ahead of voting
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum on top in second straight Ohio poll
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The Michigan primary: Five counties to watch
Discussion: GOP 12, MLive.com and Hot Air
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
How Mitt Romney booked Kid Rock
Discussion: Dependable Renegade
Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Romney Advocate Says “Christian Right” is Key to Santorum's Successes
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Decision Day in Michigan (and Arizona)
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Obama hits Romney with withering mockery as he makes case for reelection  —  In a speech to the United Auto Workers just now, Obama defended his decision to bail out the auto industry, lacing into Mitt Romney with withering derision.  But this speech was about more than the auto-bailout.
Discussion: The Daily Dish
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Suggests Romney Shoveling ‘A Load of You-Know-What’  —  As Michigan Republicans headed to the polls Tuesday morning, President Obama delivered an aggressive defense of the bailout of the auto industry and his presidency in general, harshly criticizing GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney - though he never mentioned him by name.
Discussion: Campaign 2012
Scott Wong / Politico:
Reid blasts Romney on Senate floor
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Hill
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Santorum regrets ‘throw up’ response to Kennedy speech  —  Rick Santorum regrets saying that he wanted to “throw up” in response to watching a video clip of President John F. Kennedy's 1960 speech about the separation of church and state.  —  “I wish I had that particular line back,” …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Santorum Backs Away From JFK ‘Throw Up’ Remark: ‘I Wish I Had That Particular Line Back’
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Sorry, The Restaurant Receipt Left By That Nasty, Rich Banker Is A Photoshop Hoax  —  The restaurant receipt that a California banker purportedly used to denigrate a waitress—while also leaving her a one percent tip—was wildly “altered and exaggerated,” according to a spokesperson …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Possum Republicans  —  Politicians do what they must to get re-elected.  So it's not unexpected that Republican senators like Richard Lugar and Orrin Hatch would swing sharply to the right to fend off primary challengers.  —  As Jonathan Weisman reported in The Times on Sunday …
Elizabeth Lopatto / Bloomberg:
Wealthy More Likely to Lie, Cheat: Researchers  —  Are society's most noble actors found within society's nobility?  —  That question spurred Paul Piff, a Ph.D. candidate in psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, to explore whether higher social class is linked to higher ideals, he said in a telephone interview.
James Delingpole / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Why I am so rude to Warmists  —  Sharing a car back from the BBC Big Question debate in Cardiff on Sunday I had a tremendous bust-up with one of my fellow panelists which I think many of you would have enjoyed hugely.  (Our driver could barely keep a straight face).
Discussion: EU Referendum and Pirate's Cove
ABCNEWS:
What Happens if Rick Santorum Wins Michigan?  —  That's the question I asked ABC News contributor Matt Dowd ahead of tonight's primary.  Mitt Romney has been bouncing up and down in the polls of his home state, and is now neck and neck with Rick Santorum.  —  “If Rick Santorum wins tonight it's …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
What's the Matter With ‘Nebraska’?  —  A frivolous essay underscores the left's serious prejudices.  —  This column has recently become skeptical of the view—nearly universal on the liberal left but common as well among conservative elites—that Rick Santorum is “unelectable” …
Discussion: Rod Dreher
Max Fisher / The Atlantic Online:
Stratfor Is a Joke and So Is Wikileaks for Taking It Seriously  —  The corporate research firm has branded itself as a CIA-like “global intelligence” firm, but only Julian Assange and some over-paying clients are fooled.  —  On June 2, 2009, Anya Alfano of Stratfor, which describes itself as a private …
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
Guantanamo detainees get new $750G soccer field  —  At a time of record deficits, a new soccer field for detainees at Camp 6 in Guantanamo Bay is just getting the finishing touches — at a cost of $750,000 to taxpayers.  —  The project was the highlight of a tour Tuesday of the detention camp …
Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  President Obama Delivers Barnburner To UAW, Dings Romney And Santorum  —  Mitt Romney won't “light his hair on fire” just to excite the conservative base, he admitted to an audience Tuesday.  President Obama offered him a helpful political clinic the same day …
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The Unbearable Gleickness of Being: An Omnibus Climate Update  —  The Gleickgate hits just keep coming.  (Or is it Fakegate, as Heartland is calling it, or Gleick-Out, as I've called it?  Doesn't matter.)  First, Gleick has taken a leave of absence from his post as president of the Pacific Institute …
Rachel Dissell / Plain Dealer:
Parents of teen accused of shootings faced charges  —  CHARDON, Ohio — It appears that T.J. Lane had violence in his life from the beginning.  —  Geauga County court records show the father of the teen who authorities say shot five students at Chardon High School on Monday had been arrested …
Politico:
GOP frets over 2012 knife fight  —  National Republican leaders are voicing increasing dismay over the course of the party's presidential primary, which has fallen into such a negative grind that they warn could cost them the White House.  —  At the core of their concern is the atmosphere …
David White / al.com:
Senator plans to rewrite bill in Alabama Legislature that would require ultrasounds before abortions  —  State Sen. Clay Scofield, R-Guntersville, today said he plans to rewrite an abortion bill he sponsored so that it could not require a woman seeking an abortion to first undergo an ultrasound …
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday amid revelations of his company's political proximity — and his own closeness — to the White House and Obama administration officials.  —  The Daily Caller first reported one week ago on emails and documents …
Discussion: Hot Air
Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
New Hampshire May Revoke Its Gay Marriage Law  —  As same-sex marriage supporters celebrate victories in Washington and Maryland this month, they are keeping a wary eye on New Hampshire, where lawmakers may soon vote to repeal the state's two-year-old law allowing gay couples to wed.
 
 
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Will Mitt Go Quietly?  —  I've addressed this a few times.
Digby / Crooks and Liars:
Blue America Welcomes Ken Aden (D-AR)
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Clinton sees resolution ‘very soon’ of Egypt and NGO worker standoff
Discussion: Politico
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Carnahan opts to challenge fellow Dem
Discussion: bnd.com and Taegan Goddard's …
Harold A. Pollack / New York Times:
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Climate Change, Part I: Catastrophe
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William J. Broad / New York Times:
Yoga Fans Sexual Flames and, Predictably, Plenty of Scandal
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Democratic lobbyists giving cold shoulder to Obama super-PAC
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Mary Pilon / New York Times:
Jewish School's Team, Refusing to Play During Sabbath, Loses Trip to State Semifinals
Discussion: Rod Dreher
Washington Post:
Co­lo­ni­al­ ism in Africa helped launch the HIV epidemic a century ago
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