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5:20 AM ET, February 7, 2012

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Sorourke / nation.foxnews.com:
Clint Eastwood: ‘I am Certainly Not Affiliated with Mr. Obama’  —  FoxNation.com  —  Following the fall out over the controversial Chrysler Super Bowl halftime ad, Clint Eastwood spoke exclusively with O'Reilly Factor producer Ron Mitchell...  Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod tweeted his support for the ad last night.
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Karl Rove ‘offended’ by Clint Eastwood's Chrysler ad  —  A Chrysler ad aired during the Super Bowl Sunday night has inspired ire among some Republicans and admiration among some Democrats — with both sides seeing a political message that boosts President Obama.
James Joyner / Outside the Beltway:
David Frum Eviscerates Charles Murray's Latest Book  —  David Frum begins a withering review for The Daily Beast, “Charles Murray's Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 is an important book that will have large influence.  It is unfortunately not a good book.”
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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David Frum / The Daily Beast:
Is the White Working Class Coming Apart?  —  Charles Murray's new book does not provide an adequate explanation for the collapse of the white working class.  —  Charles Murray's Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 is an important book that will have large influence.
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
A Lightning Rod in the Storm Over America's Class Divide  —  WASHINGTON — When Charles Murray and Richard J. Herrnstein's book “The Bell Curve” appeared in 1994, it was denounced by social scientists, liberal pundits and a little-known Chicago civil-rights lawyer named Barack Obama …
Dino Grandoni / The Atlantic Wire:
Congressman Falls for The Onion's Planned Parenthood ‘Abortionplex’ Story  —  Meet John Fleming, the unfortunate Republican U.S. Representative from Louisiana who made that wonderful and all-too-common mistake of thinking that an Onion article was real and telling his Facebook followers to read it.
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
John Fleming links to Onion story on Facebook  —  Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) has deleted his Facebook post linking to an article in The Onion about a fictional Planned Parenthood “Abortionplex.”  —  In a Facebook status on Friday, Fleming alerted his followers to The Onion's May 18 …
Dorsey Shaw / BuzzFeed:
Congressman Sources An Onion Article As Fact On Facebook
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Influential conservative blogger endorses ‘sweet meteor of death’ in GOP primary  —  Influential conservative blogger Erick Erickson said he would endorse the “sweet meteor of death” over any of the current GOP candidates, but would back the party's eventual nominee in the general election against President Obama.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Tom LoBianco / Associated Press:
Marion Co. says Santorum still off Ind. ballot
Discussion: The Hill and Politics
CBS New York:
Catholic League Poised To Go To War With Obama Over Mandatory Birth Control Payments  —  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Catholic leaders upped the ante Monday, threatening to challenge the Obama administration over a provision of the new health care law that would require all employers …
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Jim Messina / Barack Obama:
We Will Not Play by Two Sets of Rules  —  In 2010, the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case opened the door to a new wave of so-called Super PACs—non-candidate political committees that can receive and spend unlimited money from special interests.
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Obama prods donors for super PAC
Discussion: CNN and ABCNEWS
New York Times:
Obama Yields in Marshaling of ‘Super PAC’
Discussion: ABCNEWS and The Hill
BBC:
Syria crisis: Russia's Sergei Lavrov meets Assad  —  Paul Wood in Homs says there is “nowhere to hide” for the city's people  —  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in Syria for talks with President Bashar al-Assad amid an upsurge in violence in the restive city of Homs.
Discussion: The Page
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Los Angeles Times:
Syrian opposition says dozens killed in attack on Homs
Discussion: Foreign Policy and Taylor Marsh
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Major Obama Donors Tied to Fugitive Who Fled to Mexico  —  Two American brothers of a Mexican casino magnate who fled drug and fraud charges in the United States and has been seeking a pardon enabling him to return have emerged as major fund-raisers and donors for President Obama's re-election campaign.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Bachmann: ‘I was the perfect candidate’  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann thinks that America missed its opportunity with “the perfect candidate.”  —  The Minnesota congresswoman was asked by Bloomberg TV's Al Hunt which of the remaining candidates was the most conservative during an interview Friday …
Discussion: CNN and Washington Post
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Archbishop to U.S. Troops: Obamacare Reg ‘Is a Blow to a Freedom...for Which You Have Seen Your Buddies Fall in Battle’  —  (CNSNews.com) - Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who leads the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, wrote a letter to be read at all Sunday Masses …
Erin Gloria Ryan / Jezebel:
Komen Posts Job Listing for Position That Looks Suspiciously Like Karen Handel's [Disgrace For The Cure]  —  In the middle of the firestormy crap tornado that engulfed Susan G. Komen for the Cure last week, a little job listing was quietly posted in a DC paper's classified section.
BBC:
Obama tightens US sanctions on Iran  —  Obama told NBC that he would work to prevent Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon  —  US President Barack Obama has placed stricter sanctions on Iran's government, including its central bank.  —  In an executive order, Mr Obama said he was freezing …
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Patrick Temple-West / Reuters:
FBI warns of threat from anti-government extremists  —  (Reuters) - Anti-government extremists opposed to taxes and regulations pose a growing threat to local law enforcement officers in the United States, the FBI warned on Monday.  —  These extremists, sometimes known as “sovereign citizens …
Eric Lichtblau / The Caucus:
Jack Abramoff Hints at Untold Scandals  —  WASHINGTON — Jack Abramoff hinted Monday that he knows of still more skeletons that are buried on Capitol Hill, but he's not saying where.  —  The disgraced lobbyist said he wouldn't want to make anyone else go through the experience …
Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress:
Santorum Longs For Good Old Days Of ‘Shadow Abortions’ When Women Obtained Back-Alley Procedures  —  On the campaign trail, Republican Rick Santorum has made attacking the Affordable Care Act a cornerstone of his stump speech.  During an event on Friday, the former Pennsylvania senator supported a …
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
DocX Faces Foreclosure Fraud Charges in Missouri  —  One of the largest companies that provided home foreclosure services to lenders across the nation, DocX, has been indicted on forgery charges by a Missouri grand jury — one of the few criminal actions to follow reports of widespread improprieties against homeowners.
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Prop 8 Ruling on Tuesday — A Guide to Understanding What's Happening  —  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's public information office expects a ruling on Tuesday, Feb. 7 by 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern Time in the Perry v. Brown case challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8.
David Freddoso / Campaign 2012:
Occupy mudbowl: What's left of McPherson Square  —  With the partial eviction of Occupiers over the weekend, McPherson Square is no longer full to the point that the local community cannot enjoy it.  Instead, it is a mud-bowl that no one can really enjoy.  Occupiers managed to undo …
 
 
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Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Tea Party ‘Is Dead’: How the Movement Fizzled in 2012's GOP Primaries
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
In the Pocket of the Gas Lobby?
John D. McKinnon / Washington Wire:
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McKay Coppins / Politics:
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
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The Independent:
Prominent Tory disowns ‘religious right’ and supports gay marriage
CNN:
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