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Santorum: I won and raised about $250K Tues night
(AP)
AP - Resurgent Rick Santorum said his sweep of three GOP contests earned his shoestring campaign $250,000 overnight, cash he needs to take his upstart bid for the Republican presidential nomination to Mitt Romney's turf.
Dems recruiting former Giant Carson for House bid
(AP)
AP - House Democrats are recruiting Hall of Fame football player Harry Carson to run for a House seat from New Jersey.
Analysis: Romney losses show conservative woes
(AP)
AP - Mitt Romney just can't shake his difficulty attracting conservatives. And that reality is undercutting his effort to cast himself as the inevitable Republican presidential nominee and prolonging a race that each day exposes deep divisions within the party.
Santorum wins in 3 states as Romney stalls
(AP)
AP - A resurgent Rick Santorum has been declared the winner in three states, raising questions about Mitt Romney's appeal with conservatives at the core of the Republican Party.
Santorum labels Romney 'well-oiled weather vane'
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AP - A jubilant Rick Santorum is leveraging victories in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri to increase pressure on Mitt Romney, labeling him "a well-oiled weather vane" who often shifts his positions.
Santorum jumps into second place in delegate race
(AP)
AP - Former Sen. Rick Santorum moved into second place Tuesday in the race for delegates with wins in Republican presidential caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota.
Abortion, birth control grab political spotlight
(AP)
AP - Political turmoil over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception.
White House hinting compromise on birth control
(AP)
AP - Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control.
Rick Santorum's top 10 problems
(Politico)
Politico - He's riding high after a hat trick of wins, but there is plenty that could come back to bite him.
Syrian emails cite Barbara Walters
(Politico)
Politico - Messages about President Assad's interview say the "American psyche can be easily manipulated."
Romney intensifies fight for social conservatives
(AP)
AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney shifted his focus from the economy to abortion, religious freedom and gay marriage in recent days, part of an intensified effort to win over social conservatives in states voting Tuesday.
Santorum wins Missouri GOP presidential primary
(AP)
AP - Rick Santorum has won the Missouri Republican primary, a nonbinding election that carries bragging rights but does not award any delegates in the race for the presidential nomination.
Obama refuses to pick sides in Super Bowl
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama isn't picking sides this Super Bowl Sunday.
Czech court sentences American for murder
(AP)
AP - An appeals court has upheld the murder conviction of an American living in the Czech Republic and sentenced him to 16 years in prison.
The Politics of Contraception: How a Health Insurance Controversy Could Shape the Election
(Time.com)
Time.com - One of the Obama campaign's central tasks will be to persuade its former supporters to back the candidate again
Obama Wants to Avoid an Iranian Military Conflict; Good Luck with That
(ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama said Sunday it would be risky to attack Iran. Ya think? He wasn't concerned about Iranian military capabilities, and really shouldn't be. They are no match for anything the U.S. Navy would throw at them or anything our allies already have positioned in the region. He's more concerned about the impact it would have on the price of oil.
Movieguide: ‘Conservative’ movies make more money than ‘liberal’ ones
(Daily Caller)
Daily Caller - Being a liberal or a conservative doesn’t only matter in politics — it matters in the box office, too. Movieguide, the Christian family guide to movies and entertainment, did a report showing that conservative movies make more money than liberal ones.
Teen girl gets life in prison for stabbing girl next door
(Daily Caller)
Daily Caller - A teenager from Jefferson City Missouri was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole after confessing to the murder of a 9-year-old neighbor girl.
"ShePAC" rallies for conservative Republican women
(Reuters)
Reuters - An adviser to Sarah Palin, a Tea Party leader and a Republican politician are starting a super PAC to endorse conservative women running for office and gather women's support for the Republican nominee in the presidential election.
The Tea Party's waning influence: 4 theories
(The Week)
The Week - Tea Party rallies were everywhere in 2010. But the small-government movement has slipped from view as Mitt Romney surges toward the GOP nomination. Why?