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11:15 AM 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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Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
Updated at 5:10 EST with audio of the call.  —  Updated at 6:12pm EST with confirmation that the call did indeed come from the Santorum campaign  —  LANSING, MI — Rick Santorum's campaign is locked in a tight battle with Mitt Romney ahead of Tuesday's Michigan primary.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Momentum back toward Santorum in MI?  —  PPP's final poll in Michigan finds Rick Santorum holding on to the smallest of leads with 38% to 37% for Mitt Romney, 14% for Ron Paul, and 9% for Newt Gingrich.  —  It's always good to be cautious with one night poll numbers, but momentum seems to be swinging in Santorum's direction.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney also said he voted in Dem primaries to influence the race  —  The Romney campaign has been denouncing Democratic efforts - and now those by Rick Santorum - to get Democrats to vote in Michigan's open primary.  —  Mitt Romney himself called it a “new low” in politics in a round of TV interviews.
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Can Rick Santorum Score A Michigan Upset?  (The Note)  —  DETROIT — Rick Santorum's campaign is already declaring victory in Michigan.  —  Voters are streaming into polling places throughout the state, but we're still many hours away from knowing whether native son Mitt Romney …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, GOP 12 and Metro
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Election day polls show Michigan further tightening  —  A pair of election-day polls show the contest for the pivotal Michigan primary closer than ever, with Rick Santorum again narrowing Mitt Romney's lead headed into Tuesday's vote.  —  A Public Policy Polling survey released late Monday …
Discussion: CNN
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
How Mitt Romney booked Kid Rock  —  ROYAL OAK, Mich. — Before Kid Rock performed a one-song concert at Mitt Romney's rally to close his Michigan campaign Monday night here, the hard-edged rocker hosted the straight-laced pol for a meeting at his house.  —  Romney aides, who picked Kid Rock's …
Discussion: Dependable Renegade
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Romney hits Santorum robo calls as ‘new low’ in campaign
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Romney: Santorum robocalls to Michigan Dem voters ‘disgusting’
Discussion: The Hill and The Right Scoop
Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
Conservatives take dimmer view of Romney ahead of voting
CNN:
Democratic mischief in Michigan
Rebecca Kaplan / CBS News:
Santorum robocall seeks votes from Democrats
Discussion: ThinkProgress and GOP 12
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Michigan Forecast Update: Romney's Lead Looks More Tenuous
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 …
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 …
Sara A. Carter / Washington Examiner:
Secret memo suggests White House ignored SOS from Iranian opposition  —  Iranian supporters of defeated reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi demonstrate on June 18, 2009 in Tehran, Iran.  Thousands of people have continued to protest in the streets of Tehran during a day of mourning …
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 …
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
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats target likely veep pick Sen. Rubio  —  Democrats have started to wage a political assault against Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and the intensity of their attacks will intensify in the coming weeks.  —  Senior officials in the Democratic Party anticipate that Mitt Romney will win …
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
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 …
Washington Post:
Co­lo­ni­al­ ism in Africa helped launch the HIV epidemic a century ago  —  We are unlikely to ever know all the details of the birth of the AIDS epidemic.  But a series of recent genetic discoveries have shed new light on it, starting with the moment when a connection from chimp to human changed the course of history.
Discussion: News Desk and Joe. My. God.
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Santorum: Gas Prices Caused The 2008 Recession  —  Dubiously claims gas prices prevented people from paying their mortgages.  —  LANSING, Michigan—Rick Santorum sharpened his attack on President Barack Obama over rising gas prices, saying high energy prices caused the 2008 recession.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Gingrich: Obama's call for higher education ‘perfectly reasonable’  —  Newt Gingrich said President Barack Obama's call for Americans to “commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training” seemed “perfectly reasonable,” drawing a contrast with rival Rick Santorum …
Discussion: Politico
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
Trashing Tricare  —  The Obama administration's proposed defense budget calls for military families and retirees to pay sharply more for their healthcare, while leaving unionized civilian defense workers' benefits untouched.  The proposal is causing a major rift within the Pentagon, according to U.S. officials.
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 …
Politico:
JOBS Act just what Obama ordered  —  America has always offered immense opportunity because innovators have had the ability to take risks, work hard and be rewarded for it.  Innovators, entrepreneurs and small-business people built the framework for American success, creating legacies lasting generations.
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
William J. Broad / New York Times:
Yoga Fans Sexual Flames and, Predictably, Plenty of Scandal  —  The wholesome image of yoga took a hit in the past few weeks as a rising star of the discipline came tumbling back to earth.  After accusations of sexual impropriety with female students, John Friend, the founder of Anusara …
Discussion: Althouse
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.
Discussion: Wired, Guardian and Suburban Guerrilla
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Democratic lobbyists giving cold shoulder to Obama super-PAC  —  Democratic lobbyists who have been barred from fundraising for President Obama's campaign are showing little interest in donating instead to a super-PAC that supports him.  —  Unlike Obama's official campaign …
Douglas Quenqua / New York Times:
Young Women Often Trendsetters in Vocal Patterns  —  From Valley Girls to the Kardashians, young women have long been mocked for the way they talk.  —  Whether it be uptalk (pronouncing statements as if they were questions?  Like this?), creating slang words like “bitchin' ” and “ridic,” …
Discussion: Althouse and Shakesville
Mary Pilon / New York Times:
Jewish School's Team, Refusing to Play During Sabbath, Loses Trip to State Semifinals  —  The Robert M. Beren Academy, an Orthodox Jewish day school in Houston, won its regional championship to advance to the boys basketball state semifinals this weekend in Dallas.  But the team will not make the trip.
Discussion: Rod Dreher
Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Republican Party started out anti-Mormon  —  • The founders of the Republican Party saw Mormons as their enemies.  —  And the first Mormon leaders didn't have much nice to say about the GOP, either.  —  You would never know it now — one recent poll showed three-quarters …
 
 
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