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12:50 PM ET, March 12, 2012

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Washington Post:
Gas prices sink Obama's ratings on economy, bring parity to race for White House  —  Disapproval of President Obama's handling of the economy is heading higher — alongside gasoline prices — as a record number of Americans now give the president “strongly” negative reviews …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Too close to call in Alabama and Mississippi  —  Tuesday looks like it's going to be a close election night in both Mississippi and Alabama.  In Mississippi Newt Gingrich is holding on to a slight lead with 33% to 31% for Mitt Romney, 27% for Rick Santorum, and 7% for Ron Paul.
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Gas Prices Dent Obama's Rating: Poll
Discussion: The Page and The Last Tradition
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Obama Still Muslim, Report Southern Republicans  —  It has been a while since the question of President Obama's religion — his true religion, maybe the religion he or his “church” don't want you to know about — has been on the national agenda.  And the upcoming Alabama and Mississippi primaries …
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Carl Cameron / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Gingrich-Perry Pre-Convention Ticket in the Works  —  Sources close to the Gingrich campaign say preliminary “what-if” conversations are underway that could lead to a Gingrich-Perry ticket being announced prior to the Republican National Convention at the end of August.
Sarah Huisenga / CBS News:
Gingrich, Perry deny they seek a joint ticket
Discussion: The Hill, CNN and The Hill
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Santorum Says Front-Runner Romney 'Can't Close the Deal' in Primary Race
CBS News:
Poll: Most GOP voters expect Romney nomination
Discussion: Hot Air and Taegan Goddard's …
Washington Post:
GOP candidates struggle to connect with conservative Southern voters
Jackie Borchardt / Dayton Daily News:
Bill introduced to regulate men's reproductive health  —  Part of a trend, she likens the bill to men legislating 'a woman's womb.'  —  COLUMBUS - Before getting a prescription for Viagra or other erectile dysfunction drugs, men would have to see a sex therapist, receive a cardiac stress test …
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Michael Cavna / Washington Post:
‘Doonesbury’ creator Garry Trudeau discusses divisive strips about abortion  —  Only once in the long history of “Doonesbury” has Garry Trudeau's syndicate ever intensely objected to one of his story arcs.  It was 1985, and the subject was abortion.  —  Starting Monday, amid heated debate …
Discussion: The Maddow Blog
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Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:   Doonesbury strip on Texas abortion law dropped by some US newspapers
The New Republic:
The 1990s Roots of the Contraception Battle  —  In January 1998, in the run-up to the twenty-fifth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, then-First Lady Hillary Clinton held a meeting in the Map Room of the White House with leaders of women's groups ranging from Planned Parenthood to the National Women's Law Center.
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E.J. Dionne / Real Clear Politics:
Catholicism Is Not the Tea Party at Prayer
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Mj Leeand Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Blagojevich will find life inside a jolt, ex-inmates say  —  This week, Rod Blagojevich becomes federal prisoner number 40892-424.  —  The former Illinois governor is expected on Thursday to arrive at Englewood, a low-security facility in Littleton, Colo., located 15 miles southwest of Denver …
Discussion: Business Insider
Independent.ie:
Nicky Larkin: Israel is a refuge, but a refuge under siege  —  Through making a film about the Israeli-Arab conflict, artist Nicky Larkin found his allegiances swaying  —  I used to hate Israel.  I used to think the Left was always right.  Not any more.  Now I loathe Palestinian terrorists.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
What Greece Means  —  So Greece has officially defaulted on its debt to private lenders.  It was an “orderly” default, negotiated rather than simply announced, which I guess is a good thing.  Still, the story is far from over.  Even with this debt relief, Greece — like other European nations forced …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Moderation out of fashion on Capitol Hill  —  The Founding Fathers designed Congress to represent the will of the majority of Americans.  —  Yet, even as more Americans identify themselves as independents — not Democrats or Republicans — there is a painfully sharp decline in moderate …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Michelle Obama defends anti-obesity initiative as not ‘government tell[ing] people what to do’  —  In a new interview made available Monday, first lady Michelle Obama defended her “Let's Move!” anti-obesity program against critics who call it a government intrusion.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department rejects Texas voter ID law  —  The Justice Department has rejected Texas's new voter identification law, concluding that its requirements allowing only certain IDs at the polls are likely to discriminate against Latinos.  —  “According to the state's own data …
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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