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• Analysis: A quiet surrender for the GOP this time (AP)
• Obama balancing the 99 percent and the 1 percent (AP)
• CNN scrubs Ga. debate after 2 candidates cancel (AP)
• Tax records: Santorum rises in wealth since Senate (AP)
• Democrats protest religious freedom hearing (AP)
• Romney struggling to attract white working class (AP)
• Santorum challenges Romney in Michigan speech (AP)
• House speaker says payroll tax bill won't add jobs (AP)
• Don't sacrifice Arctic refuge (Politico)
• Rattner challenges Romney to debate (Politico)
• Joseph Kennedy III launches campaign for Congress (AP)
• In Michigan, Romney doesn't mention GOP rivals (AP)
• US officials tie terror group to Syrian bombings (AP)
• UK's Cameron tells Scotland: Let's stay together (AP)
• Romney, Obama campaign spar over China policy (Reuters)
• Why Republicans should lay off China (The Week)
• Katy Perry donates proceeds from new single to charity (Daily Caller)
• Perry files request to set up own PAC (Daily Caller)
• Is Sarah Palin Right? Would GOP Benefit from Long Primary Season? (ContributorNetwork)
• Could Sarah Palin Break Republican Deadlock? (ContributorNetwork)

Analysis: A quiet surrender for the GOP this time (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 02:10 PM PST AP - A united House Republican leadership surrendered crisply and cleanly on legislation to extend expiring payroll tax cuts for 160 million Americans, skipping most if not all of the self-defeating drama that accompanied their far noisier retreat on the same issue late last year.

Obama balancing the 99 percent and the 1 percent (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 02:17 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is preaching an economic message aimed at the 99 percent and raising campaign cash among the 1 percent, walking an election year tight rope complicated by the need for hundreds of millions of dollars at a time of high unemployment.

CNN scrubs Ga. debate after 2 candidates cancel (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:13 PM PST AP - CNN has called off a GOP presidential debate scheduled for March 1 in Georgia after Mitt Romney and Ron Paul said they would not attend.

Tax records: Santorum rises in wealth since Senate (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 12:09 PM PST AP - Rick Santorum grew wealthy over his four years working as a corporate consultant and media commentator after leaving the Senate in 2006, his newly released federal tax returns show. He made more than $3.6 million and drove an Audi luxury sedan — details that could be at odds with his effort to attract blue-collar voters in the GOP's upcoming presidential primary in Michigan.

Democrats protest religious freedom hearing (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:22 PM PST AP - Religious leaders told a House panel Thursday the Obama administration was violating basic rights to religious freedom with its policies for requiring that employees of religion-affiliated institutions have access to birth control coverage.

Romney struggling to attract white working class (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:59 AM PST AP - Republican Mitt Romney is faltering with white working-class voters crucial to his party's drive to capture the White House, even as he tries to fend off a rising GOP challenger, Rick Santorum, who wields strong blue-collar appeal.

Santorum challenges Romney in Michigan speech (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 02:10 PM PST AP - An aggressive Rick Santorum went after Mitt Romney on multiple fronts Thursday, challenging the Republican front-runner's economic policies, values and consistency in the city of his birth.

House speaker says payroll tax bill won't add jobs (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 03:00 PM PST AP - Capitol Hill negotiators officially unveiled hard-fought compromise legislation to prevent 160 million workers from getting slapped with a payroll tax hike, even as the top Republican in Congress said the $144 billion measure won't do anything to help the economy.

Don't sacrifice Arctic refuge (Politico) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:22 PM PST Politico - Opinion: The transportation bill being considered would greatly diminish refuge safeguards.

Rattner challenges Romney to debate (Politico) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 11:22 AM PST Politico - Obama’s former car czar says he would fight the GOP hopeful on the merits of the auto bailout.

Joseph Kennedy III launches campaign for Congress (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:38 PM PST AP - The family name may help generate a steady flow of campaign cash and assure key endorsements for Joseph Kennedy III's bid for the U.S. House. But it may take more than just the Kennedy mystique to deliver the congressional district to the 31-year-old who was raised on politics but has never before run for office.

In Michigan, Romney doesn't mention GOP rivals (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:23 PM PST AP - Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is letting TV ads do the dirty work in Michigan while he stays on the high road with voters.

US officials tie terror group to Syrian bombings (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:16 AM PST AP - Top U.S. intelligence officials told Congress Thursday that al-Qaida of Iraq was likely behind a series of bombings against the Syrian regime in recent months.

UK's Cameron tells Scotland: Let's stay together (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:23 AM PST AP - England and Scotland work "so much better together" than apart, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, as he appealed to Scots not to break up the United Kingdom by voting for independence.

Romney, Obama campaign spar over China policy (Reuters) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 02:41 PM PST Reuters - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama's campaign sparred on Thursday over whether the White House is too weak on China, a hot topic that is gaining prominence ahead of November's U.S. election.

Why Republicans should lay off China (The Week) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 10:15 AM PST The Week - The 30-second ad, put out by Michigan Republican Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra (who hopes to take on incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow in the fall), opens with a Fu Manchurian clang of a gong, followed by a young Chinese woman riding a bike leisurely down a narrow dirt path lined by rice paddies. Sashaying to a stop, she delivers a beguiling Anna May Wong smile, and speaks in a sweet voice peppered with just enough grammatical errors to bite like salt on a fresh wound: "Thank you, Michigan Senator Debbie Spend-it-now. Debbie spends so much American money. You borrow more and more from us. Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you, Debbie Spend-it-now." The scene then cuts to an avuncular Hoekstra summarizing the moral of this tale about faraway places: "I think this race is between Debbie Spend-it-now and Pete Spend-it-not." Zing.

Katy Perry donates proceeds from new single to charity (Daily Caller) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 11:14 AM PST Daily Caller - "Teenage Dream" singer Katy Perry announced on Twitter Wednesday that all proceeds from her new single, "Part of Me," will be donated to a charity called MusiCares.

Perry files request to set up own PAC (Daily Caller) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 11:11 AM PST Daily Caller - Former Republican presidential contender Rick Perry is looking to set up his own political action committee according to a request released by the Federal Election Commission on Thursday.

Is Sarah Palin Right? Would GOP Benefit from Long Primary Season? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:16 AM PST ContributorNetwork - ANALYSIS | Sarah Palin, the keynote speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference, told the CPAC audience in Washington that the Republican Party would benefit from a long primary season.

Could Sarah Palin Break Republican Deadlock? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:10 AM PST ContributorNetwork - "All bets are off" as to who might lead the Republican ticket if a brokered convention becomes a reality, Sarah Palin told Eric Bolling, host of Follow the Money, on Wednesday. That's the closest Palin would come to stating her own intentions.

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