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8:35 PM ET, March 13, 2012

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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Santorum: Fox News is ‘shilling’ for Mitt Romney  —  On Tuesday's “Kilmeade & Friends” radio show on Fox News Radio, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, accused Fox News of being in the tank for his competitor, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney's 1994 Letter To The Log Cabin Republicans  —  Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney doesn't spent much time during the Republican primary talking about his past support for gay rights.  But in a 1994 letter to the pro-gay Republican group The Log Cabin Republican seeking …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Daily Kos and Joe. My. God.
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
The Slog to 1,144: So Far, Demographics Trumps Momentum
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Santorum: Fox News is ‘shilling’ for Mitt Romney
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Alabama and Mississippi primaries: Mitt Romney could seal deal in Dixie
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Sarah Palin's foolishness ruined U.S. politics  —  At some point while watching HBO's absolutely smashing (and terrifying) movie “Game Change,” it occurred to me that Sarah Palin has ruined America.  The movie has been scalloped out of the book by the same name and focuses on Palin, rather than on the entire 2008 presidential campaign.
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Paul Glastris / Washington Monthly:
False Equivalence Watch, Richard Cohen Version  —  James Fallows, Jonathan Chait and others have done much to open our eyes to the wondrous breadth and diversity of false equivalence in American journalism—that is, the media's insistent efforts to match any mention of egregious lying by a member …
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Santorum mailer highlights Limbaugh praise
Julie Bosman / Media Decoder:
After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses  —  After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print.  —  Those coolly authoritative, gold-lettered sets of reference books that were once sold door to door by a fleet of traveling salesmen and displayed …
Samuel P. Jacobs / Reuters:
Obama's approval rating up to 50 percent: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  (Reuters) - For the first time since early July, more Americans approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing than disapprove, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that shows his approval rating now at 50 percent.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Obama Poll Drop Mystery: Explained!  —  Yesterday morning, a new Washington Post poll showed a sharp drop in President Obama's approval rating, from 50 percent approval (and 46 percent disapproval) to the reverse.  People on Twitter started tittering.  Jonathan Bernstein insisted it was all just random statistical noise.
Glenn Thrushand Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama polls: An up-and-down roller coaster
Discussion: Reuters and Don Surber
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Let's Talk About the Real Issues, Mr. President  —  The far Left continues to believe American voters are not smart enough to grasp the diversionary tactics it employs to distract us from the issues our President just doesn't want to talk about - issues that affect us all every day and must be addressed.
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Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA TARGETS BREITBART, PALIN, HANNITY WITH HEAVILY-EDITED AD  —  The Obama re-election campaign has released an internet ad targeting Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, and Breitbart.com.  Coming up short in the fundraising department and under fire for President Obama's longtime association …
Andrew Malcolm / Investor's Business Daily:
Online, liberals far less tolerant than normal people  —  Not exactly shocking news for those exposed to them for years, but the respected Pew Research Center has determined that political liberals are far less tolerant of opposing views than regular Americans.
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Pew Internet:
Social networking sites and politics  — Home - > - Reports - > - Social networking sites and politics - > - Main findings - > - Social networking sites and politics  —  Main findings  —  Social networking sites have become places where political conversation, debate, and proselytizing occur, especially during campaign seasons.
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Church Puts Legal Pressure on Abuse Victims' Group  —  Turning the tables on an advocacy group that has long supported victims of pedophile priests, lawyers for the Roman Catholic Church and priests accused of sexual abuse in two Missouri cases have gone to court to compel the group to disclose …
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Josh Glasstetter / rightwingwatch.org:
Bill Donohue Gets Tough on Rape Victims, Wants to Fight Them ‘One by One’
Discussion: The Raw Story and Newshoggers.com
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Polling in Deep South Has Posed Challenges  —  The polls suggest a tight race in Alabama and Mississippi, which will hold their primaries on Tuesday.  Our polling-based forecasts show Newt Gingrich with a very small lead in Alabama and Mitt Romney with an equally small one in Mississippi.
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Dennis Woltering / WWL-TV:
Santorum leads GOP candidates in La., exclusive WWL-TV poll shows
Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
Is The South Too Republican For Republicans?
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Democrats recruiting former GOP lawmaker to run in Michigan primary  —  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is recruiting former Rep. Joe Schwarz (R-Mich.) to run against Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), Schwarz told The Hill on Tuesday afternoon.  —  “We talked and have had very pleasant conversations about it,” Schwarz said.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
The Problem With Polls About Whether Obama Is a Muslim  —  By asking voters what they think about the president's religion, pollsters help to perpetuate a falsehood.  —  Liberal blogs and sites are having a field day with new data from Public Policy Polling that shows that 52 percent …
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
McConnell offers support for Obama Afghan drawdown  —  “I support the policy the administration has laid out to move toward a transition over the next couple of years,” McConnell said.  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he supports the Obama administration's plans …
Discussion: CNN and The Maddow Blog
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New York Times:
U.S. Officials Debate Speeding Afghan Pullout
Sandra Fluke / CNN:
Slurs won't silence women  —  Editor's note: Sandra Fluke is a third-year law student at Georgetown University Law Center and has served as president of Georgetown Law Students for Reproductive Justice.  —  (CNN) — Last month, students from several Catholic universities gathered to send …
Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
CBO: Obamacare to cost $1.76 trillion over 10 yrs  —  President Obama's national health care law will cost $1.76 trillion over a decade, according to a new projection released today by the Congressional Budget Office, rather than the $940 billion forecast when it was signed into law.
Eryn Brown / Los Angeles Times:
All red meat is bad for you, new study says  —  A long-term study finds that eating any amount and any type increases the risk of premature death.  —  Eating any amount and any type of red meat increases the risk of premature death, a new study says.  (William Thomas Cain / Getty Images / March 12, 2012)
James R. Hagerty / Wall Street Journal:
When Mom Goes Viral  —  After Review of Grand Forks Olive Garden, Marilyn Hagerty, 85, Is Talk of Social Media  —  Some people pursue celebrity.  Others stumble into it as they are rushing off to bridge club.  —  My 85-year-old mom, Marilyn Hagerty, a newspaper columnist, is in the latter category.
Felix Salmon:
The taco-truck mystery  —  Click here to view the embedded video.  —  Why is the food at food trucks better than the food in restaurants, at least when it comes to tacos?  It doesn't make a huge amount of sense, on its face.  Food trucks are much more limited in what they can cook …
Brady McCombs / Arizona Daily Star:
GOP Senate candidate misspells Tucson in TV ad  —  Republican Senate candidate Wil Cardon launched his first TV ad Tuesday with a 30-second spot portraying himself as a conservative political outsider who will create jobs.  —  “It's time for an outsider that will fight for a new direction,” says Cardon in the ad.
Discussion: Politico
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Obama energy chief disavows '08 remark favoring higher gas prices  —  Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Tuesday disavowed his 2008 comments about increasing gas prices to European levels, remarks that Republicans have pounced on in recent weeks.  —  “I no longer share that view,” …
Kathy Potts / TheGazette:
Stand together  —  I am a proud evangelical Christian Republican and a native of Mississippi.  I moved to Iowa and fell in love with the political process here during caucus season.  —  I love how candidates crisscross the state and make a point to engage with voters.
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Health law board repeal bill raises concerns with trial lawyers  —  The powerful trial lawyers' lobby has come out in force against a bill to repeal the healthcare reform law's cost-cutting board because of the way it's paid for, possibly depriving House Republicans of a unique chance to deal …
 
 
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VIDEO: Rep. Cliff Stearns Wants To Sell Off Our National Parks
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James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
The entire Obama presidency, in one anecdote
Discussion: Doug Ross and Vodkapundit
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Allen West Says Future Republican President Should Get Credit For Today's Stock Market Gains
Discussion: Associated Press and Daily Kos
Jennifer Granholm / Politico:
Women are facing sexual McCarthyism
Discussion: The War Room …
Ben White / Reuters:
Jake Siewert, former Geithner aide, heads to Goldman
Discussion: Gretawire
Jon Henley / Guardian:
Greece on the breadline: the children of Athens too hungry to do PE
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Sen. Schumer calls out Arizona Gov. Brewer
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Excellent Sam Ash NYC bus ad.
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Bob Kerrey tells Nebraska it's ‘good to be back’ in first campaign ads
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Enzo / AKSARBENT:
UNMC LGBT bias survey called biased by Alliance Defense Fund in attack on proposed Omaha law …
Rick Santorum / CNN:
TRENDING: Santorum rails against Maher on ‘Christian madrassa’ comment
Discussion: Hot Air
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Rush Limbaugh Syndicator Suspends National Ads For Two Weeks
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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Patrick Frater / Variety:
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