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Paul targets Romney, GOP candidates with ad (AP)
Michigan GOP changes delegate award after vote (AP)
Long GOP campaign draws parallels to Obama-Clinton (AP)
SPIN METER: Santorum's shifting views on education (AP)
IRS battling conservatives over tax-exempt status (AP)
Romney working to connect personally with voters (AP)
Santorum campaign hoping for help from Gingrich (AP)
Wash. caucuses last stop before Super Tuesday (AP)
Gonzalez wants judge to resign (Politico)
Biden: China hurt by own regime (Politico)
Democrats find new optimism in Senate battle (AP)
Obama demands Congress end oil, gas subsidies (AP)
Obama says Afghan apology calmed anti-US violence (AP)
Russia, China join U.N. council in Syria rebuke (Reuters)
GOP senators fail to reverse birth control rule (AP)
Andrew Breitbart's death: A blow to conservatism (The Week)
Santorum aide alleges dirty dealing by Romney after Michigan delegate change (Daily Caller)
Daily Kos calls for Westboro Baptist Church to protest at Breitbart funeral (Daily Caller)
Bristol Palin to star in Lifetime reality series (AP)

Paul targets Romney, GOP candidates with ad (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:58 PM PST

AP - TITLE: "Three of A Kind"

Michigan GOP changes delegate award after vote (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:52 PM PST

AP - Michigan GOP officials have voted to change the way they will award 30 delegates from the presidential primary, a day after the tally showed native son Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum each getting 15.

Long GOP campaign draws parallels to Obama-Clinton (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:26 PM PST

AP - With no end in sight, the Republican presidential nomination fight may end up mirroring the epic 2008 battle between Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton that stretched into June. But length may be the only true parallel.

SPIN METER: Santorum's shifting views on education (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:03 PM PST

AP - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is scornful of the government's hand in public education, saying schooling is the task of parents and pointing out that he and his wife have home-schooled their seven children.

IRS battling conservatives over tax-exempt status (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:13 PM PST

AP - The Internal Revenue Service is embroiled in battles with tea party and other conservative groups who claim the government is purposely frustrating their attempts to gain tax-exempt status.

Romney working to connect personally with voters (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 08:42 AM PST

AP - His two latest victories aside, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is working to connect more personally with voters and refocus his campaign on the protracted fight for convention delegates as he tries to recover from a difficult month and answer key questions about the strength of his candidacy.

Santorum campaign hoping for help from Gingrich (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 08:27 AM PST

AP - Short on money and staff, Rick Santorum needs help to remain a viable threat to front-runner Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. One strategist hopes it will come from another rival, Newt Gingrich.

Wash. caucuses last stop before Super Tuesday (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:37 AM PST

AP - The fight to emerge as the Republican challenger to Barack Obama turns next to Washington state — a Democratic bastion known not just for majestic mountain ranges and good coffee, but also for independent-minded voters.

Gonzalez wants judge to resign (Politico)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:07 PM PST

Politico - “His time on the bench has run its course,” he says.

Biden: China hurt by own regime (Politico)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:42 AM PST

Politico - “Their students are either not allowed or not trained to challenge orthodoxy,” he says.

Democrats find new optimism in Senate battle (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:12 AM PST

AP - Back-to-back surprises — Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe is retiring and former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey is running again — have given Democrats a burst of optimism that they can hold on to control of the Senate, a goal that seemed to be slipping from reach just weeks ago.

Obama demands Congress end oil, gas subsidies (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:22 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama, turning his political sights on snowy New Hampshire, demanded that Congress eliminate oil and gas company subsidies that he called an outrageous government "giveaway." Though politically a long shot, the White House believes the idea resonates at a time of high gasoline prices.

Obama says Afghan apology calmed anti-US violence (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 04:32 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama says his apology to Afghan President Hamid Karzai (HAH'-mihd KAHR'-zeye) after U.S. forces accidentally burned Muslim Qurans has "calmed things down."

Russia, China join U.N. council in Syria rebuke (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:14 PM PST

Reuters - Russia and China joined other U.N. Security Council members on Thursday in expressing "deep disappointment" at Syria's failure to allow the U.N. humanitarian aid chief Valerie Amos to visit the country and urged that she be allowed in immediately.

GOP senators fail to reverse birth control rule (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:43 PM PST

AP - In an election year battle mixing birth control, religion and politics, Democrats narrowly blocked an effort by Senate Republicans to overturn President Barack Obama's order that most employers or their insurers cover the cost of contraceptives.

Andrew Breitbart's death: A blow to conservatism (The Week)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 08:18 AM PST

The Week - The brash, conservative crusader passed away suddenly at 43, leaving activists, politicians, and commentators on the Right struggling to fathom their lossConservative internet publisher and activist Andrew Breitbart, who inspired the Right and infuriated the Left, collapsed and died early Thursday, at age 43. Breitbart, who reportedly had heart problems, started out as a behind-the-scenes deputy to web pioneer Matt Drudge. After leaving The Drudge Report in 2005, he rapidly built an internet publishing empire that began with Breitbart.com, and now includes such sites as Big Journalism, Big Hollywood, Big Journalism, and others. In the process, Breitbart became a brash defender of conservative causes, and the muckraking nemesis of liberal politicians and groups. His posts, including photos and videos, have been credited with — or blamed for, depending on your point of view — taking down foes from ACORN to former House Democrat Anthony Weiner. Here, a sampling of views, from those on both the Left and Right, on what Breitbart's loss means:

Santorum aide alleges dirty dealing by Romney after Michigan delegate change (Daily Caller)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:23 PM PST

Daily Caller - Rick Santorum's campaign accused Mitt Romney of successfully attempting to "rig" the Michigan primary vote after the Michigan Republican Party voted Thursday to take away one delegate from Santorum and award it to Romney.

Daily Kos calls for Westboro Baptist Church to protest at Breitbart funeral (Daily Caller)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:02 PM PST

Daily Caller - Stay class, Markos Moulitsas.

Bristol Palin to star in Lifetime reality series (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 08:12 AM PST

AP - Bristol Palin's home life in Alaska is the subject of a reality series starring the daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.