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• Pro-Romney ad spending dwarfs rest of GOP field (AP)
• Romney targets auto bailout in battle for Michigan (AP)
• Gingrich declines to release ethics documents (AP)
• Santorum targets Romney 'negative attack machine' (AP)
• Judge: Texas should plan on May 29 primary (AP)
• Santorum searches for own gusher in oil country (AP)
• Obama promotes manufacturing at Wisconsin plant (AP)
• Romney makes hometown appeal in new ad (AP)
• A Texas two-step primary? (Politico)
• Republicans let Sebelius off easy (Politico)
• GOP pushes back against any further cuts in nukes (AP)
• Payroll tax cut: Ironing out the final details (AP)
• Contest would focus on teacher quality (AP)
• Ratko Mladic genocide trial delayed to May 14 (AP)
• Obama to join black history museum groundbreaking (AP)
• Arizona's plan to fire teachers for swearing… outside the classroom (The Week)
• Air-quality study: Electric cars out-pollute gas engines (Daily Caller)
• Media Matters talking points occupy MSNBC [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)
• Sarah Palin Forgets She is Not Running for President (ContributorNetwork)
• Julianne Moore Does Not Understand Sarah Palin (ContributorNetwork)

Pro-Romney ad spending dwarfs rest of GOP field (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:39 PM PST AP - Mitt Romney's campaign and an allied independent group have launched a heavy television ad blitz to shore up the former Massachusetts governor's position in his home state of Michigan and undercut his opponents in several states holding contests in coming weeks. Many of the ads target Rick Santorum, who has emerged as Romney's top conservative rival but who has far fewer resources to defend himself on television.

Romney targets auto bailout in battle for Michigan (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:01 PM PST AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is wooing tea partyers in his home state of Michigan with a potentially risky strategy: blasting the auto industry bailout that many people credit with saving the state's most vital industry.

Gingrich declines to release ethics documents (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 01:15 PM PST AP - Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich on Wednesday declined to ask the Justice Department to release thousands of records from the House Ethics Committee's investigation into his conduct as speaker in the 1990s.

Santorum targets Romney 'negative attack machine' (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 12:22 PM PST AP - TITLE: "Rombo"

Judge: Texas should plan on May 29 primary (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 03:01 PM PST AP - A federal judge advised Wednesday that Texas should plan on a late May primary, even as state officials and minority rights groups worked out a short-term compromise over one of its three disputed electoral maps.

Santorum searches for own gusher in oil country (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 01:19 PM PST AP - Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has been spending plenty of time in oil country lately, prospecting for GOP votes — and money.

Obama promotes manufacturing at Wisconsin plant (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 01:43 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is using the resurgence of U.S. manufacturing to make an economic case for his re-election, touring factory floors and promoting a made-in-America message that seemed to fit his political campaign like, as it turned out Wednesday, lock and key.

Romney makes hometown appeal in new ad (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 11:16 AM PST AP - TITLE: "Growing Up."

A Texas two-step primary? (Politico) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 01:38 PM PST Politico - The court battle over the state's new congressional map has thrown its primary process for a loop.

Republicans let Sebelius off easy (Politico) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 10:53 AM PST Politico - They pass up scoring points during her testimony.

GOP pushes back against any further cuts in nukes (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:13 PM PST AP - Congressional Republicans on Wednesday vowed to block the Obama administration from sharply cutting the U.S. nuclear force, calling potential reductions of as much as 80 percent in the number of deployed weapons "reckless lunacy."

Payroll tax cut: Ironing out the final details (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:49 PM PST AP - Anxious to avoid a bruising election-year fight, negotiators on Capitol Hill worked into Wednesday night ironing out final details of an agreement to extend a cut in the payroll taxes paid by most Americans. The legislation also would renew jobless benefits for millions more.

Contest would focus on teacher quality (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 12:06 AM PST AP - The Obama administration is hoping competition combined with cash will encourage states and school districts to improve the nation's teaching corps.

Ratko Mladic genocide trial delayed to May 14 (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 10:55 AM PST AP - The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal on Wednesday pushed back by nearly seven weeks the start of the long-awaited genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic.

Obama to join black history museum groundbreaking (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:47 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama and former first lady Laura Bush will celebrate the groundbreaking for a new national museum showcasing black life, art and history on the National Mall.

Arizona's plan to fire teachers for swearing… outside the classroom (The Week) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:31 AM PST The Week - A group of conservative lawmakers say their bill will protect kids from profanity in the classroom. But critics say they're going way too farPublic school teachers might soon have to be extra careful about what they say both in and out of class. A group of Republican state lawmakers is trying to pass a bill requiring teachers to avoid using offensive language in front of their students. Free speech advocates, predictably, aren't crazy about the idea and point out that the bill is so poorly written that it inadvertently puts limits on what teachers could say in their own homes. Here, a brief guide:

Air-quality study: Electric cars out-pollute gas engines (Daily Caller) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 12:38 PM PST Daily Caller - A Chinese study found electric vehicles in China are creating a bigger dent in the environment than gas-burning vehicles.

Media Matters talking points occupy MSNBC [VIDEO] (Daily Caller) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 11:19 AM PST Daily Caller - Reports that Media Matters for America's (MMfA) campaign to attack Fox News and other news outlets has an ally in Fox competitor MSNBC are evidenced in multiple examples of MSNBC hosts using MMfA material in segments for their shows.

Sarah Palin Forgets She is Not Running for President (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 12:52 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Sarah Palin seems to be making the news a lot lately, especially for someone who insists that she is not running for president. While she has been unwilling to formally endorse any of the GOP candidates for president, she has injected her voice into the debate through her appearances on Fox News and other media outlets. Is she trying to help the GOP or does she have some other agenda? Is it possible that she is just so in need of attention that she is willing to risk sabotaging the Republican race for president? Or is she using the publicity as a way to sell more books and DVDs?

Julianne Moore Does Not Understand Sarah Palin (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 10:14 AM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Julianne Moore, who does not so much portray as she caricatures former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in an upcoming HBO documentary "Game Change," said about Palin's role in the 2008 election something very revealing about her.

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