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2:55 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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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 …
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.
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.
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Mitt Romney wishes Mobile 'good mornin"  —  MOBILE, Ala. — Mitt Romney spent the last week trying to convince Southern voters that he was one of them ahead of primaries in Alabama and Mississippi.  —  But at an event at a restaurant the day before Tuesday's primaries, he all but admitted it was an act.
New York Times:
At Lunch, Bloomberg and Obama Discuss Future
Mj Lee / Politico:
Mitt Romney: I'm weak? What about Newt Gingrich?
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Sarah Huisenga / CBS News:
Gingrich, Perry deny they seek a joint ticket
Discussion: The Hill, CNN and The Hill
CNN:
Romney to forgo Medicare  —  Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) - Mitt Romney is celebrating his 65th birthday.  But unlike many seniors who reach that age, the GOP presidential candidate will forgo the Medicare program, according to a source with the Romney campaign.
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Bobby Jindal / CNN:
Jindal won't endorse before Louisiana primary
Discussion: The Page
CNN:
Santorum on Afghan shooting: Someone ‘lost it’
Discussion: The Hill and The Hill
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum's war on teleprompters
Associated Press:
Justice Dept opposes Texas voter ID law  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's civil rights division on Monday objected to a new photo ID requirement for voters in Texas because many Hispanic voters lack state-issued identification.  —  Texas follows South Carolina as the second state …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department rejects Texas voter ID law
Discussion: CNN
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 …
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: 141 Companies Drop Advertising From Rush Limbaugh  —  ThinkProgress has obtained an internal memo from Premiere Radio Networks listing 96 national companies that have “specifically asked” their advertisments not be played during the Rush Limbaugh Show.  Premiere is the distributor of Limbaugh's program.
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.
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
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Barack Obama is Such a Traditional Jew Sometimes  —  Two weeks ago, after I finished interviewing President Obama on the subject of Iran and Israel, I handed him a copy of the New American Haggadah, the Passover user's guide edited by Jonathan Safran Foer, which includes commentary by Goldblog.
Discussion: American Prospect
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: Feministing and The Maddow Blog
Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:
Fox News Commenters React to Afghan Killings: ‘A Dead Muslim Is a Good Muslim’  —  It's no longer surprising, but the right wing blogs are full of comments today praising the soldier who allegedly committed mass murder in Kandahar, killing men, women, and children asleep in their beds.  —  Gateway Pundit:
Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
Coffee Is an Essential Benefit Too  —  Here are some other health-care mandates that government should impose on employers.  —  Dear President Obama,  —  Can you believe the nerve of employers?  Many of them still seem to think that they should be allowed to determine the benefits they offer.
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
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
Yehuda Bauer / Haaretz:
Iran is not Auschwitz  —  Bombing Iran, not Iran's bomb, could destroy Israel.  —  Get Haaretz on iPhone  —  Get Haaretz on Android  —  There is a similarity, of course.  The Nazis' racist anti-Semitism eventually developed into an explicit desire to completely annihilate the Jewish people.
Discussion: Reuters and normblog
 
 
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ABCNEWS:
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Fewer Americans Say U.S. Is No. 1 Military Power
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Doubts raised on FOIA stats
Discussion: Firedoglake
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Michael Steele: “I Wanted a Brokered Convention”
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Mortgage Deal Is Built on Tradeoffs
Wall Street Journal:
Steve Jobs, Price Fixer?
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Moderation out of fashion on Capitol Hill
Discussion: The Moderate Voice