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9:50 AM ET, March 5, 2012

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I've spent the past 2 days trying to convince my 16 y/o she is not a “slut” **Updated x 3 — I can hardly type, can hardly put this into words! I have been writing and rewriting this because if I don't break down in tears, I get so angry that I can't think straight!

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Addicting Info, The Last Tradition, Hullabaloo and The Reality-Based Community

Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:

Pamela Geller Spews Hatred at Sandra Fluke: ‘Banging It Five Times a Day’ — Rush Limbaugh may have “apologized” (disclaimer: not a real apology) for his caveman comments about Sandra Fluke, but the right wing blogosphere continues to spew torrents of venom at her.

Discussion: The Right Sphere, The Huffington Post, The Mahablog, Towleroad News #gay, Balloon Juice and The Raw Story

Tim Mak / Politico:

Timothy Dolan to Rush Limbaugh: ‘Do it civilly’ — The Archbishop of New York admonished Rush Limbaugh on Sunday, asserting that the campaign against the Obama administration's birth control mandate shouldn't be “pugnacious,” according to a report. — “Whatever we do, and however strongly we feel …

Discussion: NY Daily News and CNN

Will Dunham / Reuters:
Ron Paul unimpressed with Limbaugh apology

Discussion: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Tali Arbel / Associated Press:
A 7th advertiser pulls out of Limbaugh's show

Discussion: The Mahablog and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Limbaugh Advertisers Flee Show Amid Storm

Discussion: Washington Post, The Maddow Blog, Althouse, Runnin' Scared, Poynter and The Huffington Post, more at Mediagazer »

Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
Slutgate: Contact Carbonite — Drop Ed Schultz UPDATE: 7 Companies to Boycott

Discussion: Riehl World View, The Other McCain, American Spectator, The Lonely Conservative, iOwnTheWorld.com, The PJ Tatler, aglanon's blog and Wake up America

ABCNEWS:
George Will: Republican Leaders Are Afraid of Rush Limbaugh

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, The Other McCain, DownWithTyranny!, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos, Sky Dancing, Mediaite, The Moderate Voice, The Last Tradition and Outside the Beltway

Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Gingrich Scolds Gregory and Media for Making Limbaugh ‘The Great National Crisis of This Week’

Discussion: Mediaite, Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Right Scoop

Kirsten Powers / The Daily Beast:
Rush Limbaugh Isn't the Only Media Misogynist

Discussion: The Jane Dough, Mediaite, NewsBusters.org, Betsy's Page, The Other McCain, Wizbang, American Spectator, Washington Times, USA Today, Sky Dancing, The Daily Caller, Instapundit, Wake up America and NO QUARTER

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Make an example of Carbonite (Update: ProFlowers joins Rush boycott)

Discussion: 24Ahead, The Last Tradition, Doug Ross, Rumproast, NewsBusters.org and Datechguy's Blog

Mark Murray / msnbc.com:

NBC/WSJ poll: Primary season takes ‘corrosive’ toll on GOP and its candidates — As another round of voting takes place this week in the Republican presidential race - with 11 states holding Super Tuesday contests - a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that the combative …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, ThinkProgress, Los Angeles Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, American Power, National Confidential and Taegan Goddard's …

Quinnipiac University:

Romney Has Momentum In Ohio GOP Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; But Presidential Primary Too Close To Call — The Ohio Republican presidential primary remains too close to call, but former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has the momentum, and 34 percent of likely Republican primary voters …

Discussion: GOP 12, Macon Telegraph, Business Insider, Metro and Washington Post

Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:

Polls show Romney gaining nationally, pulling ahead in Ohio — Mitt Romney has regained the lead over the GOP field nationally and is poised for a victory in the key Super Tuesday battleground of Ohio, according to new polls. — According to a Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll released on Monday …

Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:

Romney Advances as Obama Gains — Mitt Romney has regained the lead in the Republican presidential contest thanks to new support from conservatives, while evidence emerges that the bitter nomination fight has damaged the GOP candidates' standing among the wider public, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds.

Discussion: American Prospect and Daily Kos

Justin Sink / The Hill:

Gingrich: Romney's ‘rich enough’ to not have to worry about high gas prices — Newt Gingrich on Monday offered a blistering rebuttal to Mitt Romney's critique of his $2.50 per-gallon gas plan, suggesting Romney was “rich enough” to be unconcerned with rising gas prices.

Discussion: Hot Air

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
State-by-State Analysis: Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates

Discussion: Philly.com

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Split decision for Super Tuesday

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Politico, CNN, Marist Poll and msnbc.com

Sen. Tom Coburn / Daily Oklahoman:
Mitt Romney best equipped to solve problems facing our nation

Discussion: Ballot Box, Washington Post, The Caucus, Mitt Romney for President … and Hot Air

Andrew Breitbart / BREITBART.COM:

THE VETTING, PART I: BARACK'S LOVE SONG TO ALINSKY — Prior to his passing, Andrew Breitbart said that the mission of the Breitbart empire was to exemplify the free and fearless press that our Constitution protects—but which, increasingly, the mainstream media denies us. — “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”

Discussion: Politico, Power Line, Michelle Malkin, The Daily Caller, TBogg, The Lonely Conservative, The Last Tradition, The Other McCain, Belmont Club, Babalú Blog, M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S …, The Jawa Report, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Conservatives4Palin, Jammie Wearing Fools and his vorpal sword

Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:

Everything Is Different Now - the Breitbartocalypse Is Upon Us — Before his death, Andrew Breitbart had been promising a true BOMBSHELL revelation about Barack Obama, a STUNNER that would finally put an end to Obama's reign of terror. Some whispered darkly that this may have been the reason …

Discussion: Pat Dollard and The Daily Caller

John Bresnahan / Politico:

White House to Congress Dems: Expect no money — President Barack Obama has a bleak message for House and Senate Democrats this year when it comes to campaign cash: You're on your own. — Democratic congressional leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi …

Discussion: Right Wing News

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

States of Depression — The economic news is looking better lately. But after previous false starts — remember “green shoots”? — it would be foolish to assume that all is well. And in any case, it's still a very slow economic recovery by historical standards.

Discussion: Business Insider, Daily Kos, US Politics, Paul Krugman and Economist's View

Michael Winerip / New York Times:

Hard-Working Teachers, Sabotaged When Student Test Scores Slip — For 15 years, Anna Allanbrook has been the principal of Public School 146 in Brooklyn, one of the highest-achieving elementary schools in the city. In that time, she has never had a more talented and hard-working bunch than the current team of fifth-grade teachers.

Discussion: Joanne Jacobs

Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:

Eric Cantor Compares Contraceptive Mandate to Kosher Food — I think the Republicans know they overreached this time with the contraceptive debate and the Blunt Amendment. But being a Republican means never having to say you're sorry. You obfuscate, you reframe the debate into something …

Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Eric Cantor endorses Romney for president

Discussion: CNN and Politico

Associated Press:

Foreign Observers: Serious Problems in Russia Vote — There were “serious problems” in the vote that returned Vladimir Putin to the Russian presidency, the head of the major international election observer mission said Monday, adding fuel to an opposition testing its strength with plans for a massive protest rally.

Discussion: The Agonist

Washington Post:
Vladimir Putin appears set for reelection as Russian president; opponents claim widespread fraud

Discussion: The Heritage Foundation

David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Putin Wins Presidency, but Opposition Keeps Pressure

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Washington Examiner:

Sunday Reflection: The future will be better than we think if politicians don't ruin it — I'm reading “Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think” by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler, and it's a good and highly encouraging book. But I believe that their technological optimism, though justified, also needs to be qualified.

Discussion: Hit & Run