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4:05 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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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Santorum Concedes: He Can't Win The Nomination Outright  —  Winning by losing?  Strategy memo is less a “path to victory” as it is a path to a contested convention.  —  Santorum talks with supporters during a stop at Sweet Peppers Deli, Sunday, March 11, 2012, in Tupelo, Miss.  —  (AP / Eric Gay)
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.
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Michael Steele: “I Wanted a Brokered Convention”
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney Always Thinks He's Going To Win
Discussion: GOP 12
Sarah Huisenga / CBS News:
Gingrich, Perry deny they seek a joint ticket
Discussion: The Hill, The Hill and CNN
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Trump: Romney rivals ‘disgraceful’ in continuing to pursue nomination
Discussion: Indecision Forever
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney Will Not Enroll In Medicare  —  Turns down entitlement coverage on first day of eligibility.  —  (Getty Images / Win McNamee)  —  Mitt Romney will not enroll in Medicare, choosing to maintain his private insurance as his sole coverage, his campaign confirms.
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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.
Discussion: Hot Air, Indecision Forever and ABCNEWS
CNN:
Santorum on Afghan shooting: Someone ‘lost it’
Discussion: The Hill and The Hill
Bobby Jindal / CNN:
Jindal won't endorse before Louisiana primary
Discussion: GOP 12 and The Page
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum's war on teleprompters
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.
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
BuzzFeed:
Santorum Campaign Responds To Dutch Euthanasia Outrage  —  Rick Santorum has drawn fire for controversial statements about assisted suicide in the Netherlands.  In an impromptu interview with Dutch television station RTL4, Santorum press secretary Alice Stewart offered no explanation …
E.J. Dionne / Real Clear Politics:
Catholicism Is Not the Tea Party at Prayer  —  WASHINGTON — The nation's Roman Catholic bishops will make an important decision this week: Do they want to defend the church's legitimate interest in religious autonomy, or do they want to wage an election-year war against President Obama?
Discussion: National Review and Balloon Juice
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The New Republic:
The 1990s Roots of the Contraception Battle
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.
BBC:
How it happened: Massacre in Kandahar  —  Ashes and what appeared to be bloodstains could be seen inside one of the houses attacked  —  In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, a US soldier stationed at a base in Afghanistan's Kandahar province allegedly launched a single-handed gun attack on nearby Afghan villagers.
Discussion: World Now, msnbc.com and Truthdig
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Fox News:
Taliban vows revenge after US soldier allegedly kills 16 Afghan civilians
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 …
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.
ABCNEWS:
Hoopster-in-Chief Obama Offers NCAA Bracket Challenge  —  “Think you got game?”  That's the question President Obama is posing to sports fans in a new, online interactive contest aimed at expanding his re-election campaign's contact list and collecting some grassroots cash.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Hot Air and TheBlaze.com
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
 
 
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Skip Oliva / Under Penalty of Catapult:
Levy Response to Koch Statement
Discussion: Hit & Run and LewRockwell.com Blog
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Stearns On Obama Birth's Certificate: ‘The Question Is, Is It Legitimate?’
The White House:
The Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future: One-Year Progress Report
Discussion: Washington Wire
Yehuda Bauer / Haaretz:
Iran is not Auschwitz  —  Bombing Iran, not Iran's bomb, could destroy Israel.
Discussion: Reuters and normblog
John Herrman / BuzzFeed:
Organizers Defend “Homeless Hotspots” at SXSW
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Barack Obama is Such a Traditional Jew Sometimes
Discussion: American Prospect
 Earlier Items: 
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Michelle Obama defends anti-obesity initiative as not ‘government tell[ing] people what to do’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Fewer Americans Say U.S. Is No. 1 Military Power
Discussion: Politico and Campaign 2012
New York Times:
At Lunch, Bloomberg and Obama Discuss Future
Mj Leeand Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Blagojevich will find life inside a jolt, ex-inmates say
Discussion: Business Insider
Wall Street Journal:
Steve Jobs, Price Fixer?
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
What Greece Means  —  So Greece has officially defaulted on its debt to private lenders.
Discussion: Daily Kos