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• Obama campaign shifts to also targeting Santorum (AP)
• Rick Santorum questions Obama's Christian values (AP)
• GOP contenders face 13-state test after brief lull (AP)
• Romney cites Olympics success, rivals are leery (AP)
• Boldest nuclear cutters recently? It's been GOP (AP)
• Santorum hits Romney on role in 2002 Olympics (AP)
• Dems, GOP look to play offense after payroll fight (AP)
• Obama: Manufacturing rebounding after painful time (AP)
• Egypt sets NGO trial date (Politico)
• Will women vote for Santorum? (Politico)
• Gingrich: Negative ads have lowered voter turnout (AP)
• Germany concerned about Afghan security force size (AP)
• Russia police death toll in rebel operation now 17 (AP)
• Santorum says Obama agenda not "based on Bible" (Reuters)
• Palin aide on ‘Game Change’ film: ‘HBO has distorted, twisted and invented facts’ [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)
• Krauthammer on payroll tax holiday compromise: ‘Selling crown jewels to buy crack’ (Daily Caller)
• When Did Sarah Palin Become the GOP's Cavalry? (ContributorNetwork)
• Santorum Targets Himself, Calling Romney Hypocrite on Earmarks (ContributorNetwork)

Obama campaign shifts to also targeting Santorum (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 10:52 AM PST AP - Long expecting to face Mitt Romney in the fall, President Barack Obama's campaign team has shifted gears in recent days to consider the possibility his GOP opponent will instead be Rick Santorum.

Rick Santorum questions Obama's Christian values (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 12:55 PM PST AP - Lashing out on two fronts, Rick Santorum on Saturday questioned President Barack Obama's Christian values and attacked GOP rival Mitt Romney's Olympics leadership as he courted tea party activists and evangelical voters in Ohio, "ground zero" in the 2012 nomination fight.

GOP contenders face 13-state test after brief lull (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 06:37 AM PST AP - A resurgent Rick Santorum hopes to spring his next big surprise in Michigan. Newt Gingrich looks for a campaign revival in the Bible Belt. Mitt Romney has his home state of Massachusetts, and the luxury of picking his spots elsewhere, if not everywhere, as the race for the Republican presidential nomination roars back to life.

Romney cites Olympics success, rivals are leery (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 01:17 PM PST AP - Mitt Romney returned to Salt Lake City on Saturday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 2002 Winter Games he helped lead, but the GOP presidential candidate came under attack for urging the federal government to provide big bucks for Olympic expenses.

Boldest nuclear cutters recently? It's been GOP (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 09:27 AM PST AP - The Obama administration's consideration of severe cuts in nuclear weapons generated a flurry of GOP criticism — "reckless lunacy" in the words of Arizona Rep. Trent Franks. But the historical record shows that in the two decades since the Cold War ended, Republicans have been the boldest cutters of the nuclear arsenal.

Santorum hits Romney on role in 2002 Olympics (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 08:30 AM PST AP - GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is attacking Mitt Romney's leadership at the Salt Lake City Olympics.

Dems, GOP look to play offense after payroll fight (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 06:29 AM PST AP - Bruised from the payroll tax cut brawl, congressional Republicans want to change the subject and push legislation they say would create jobs by promoting transportation and energy projects, cutting business taxes and helping companies raise capital.

Obama: Manufacturing rebounding after painful time (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 07:11 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama says the painful restructuring of America's manufacturing base means a lot of jobs are gone forever, but not that Americans must "settle for a lesser future."

Egypt sets NGO trial date (Politico) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 01:34 PM PST Politico - The trial represents an escalation in the crisis.

Will women vote for Santorum? (Politico) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:21 AM PST Politico - Dems have been handed a nearly perfect political punching bag in the former Pennsylvania senator.

Gingrich: Negative ads have lowered voter turnout (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 11:52 AM PST AP - Newt Gingrich Saturday blamed negative ads run by Mitt Romney and an allied independent group — not dissatisfaction with the Republican field — for depressing voter enthusiasm and turnout in the Republican presidential contest.

Germany concerned about Afghan security force size (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:37 AM PST AP - Germany's defense minister is raising concerns about a likely reduction of Afghan security forces after NATO ends combat operations in Afghanistan.

Russia police death toll in rebel operation now 17 (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 08:04 AM PST AP - Russian police say the number of police officers killed in a four-day operation to wipe out several militant bands in the volatile Caucasus republics of Chechnya and Dagestan has increased to 17.

Santorum says Obama agenda not "based on Bible" (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 02:46 PM PST Reuters - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum challenged President Barack Obama's Christian beliefs on Saturday, saying White House policies were motivated by a "different theology."

Palin aide on ‘Game Change’ film: ‘HBO has distorted, twisted and invented facts’ [VIDEO] (Daily Caller) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 11:34 AM PST Daily Caller - An aide to Sarah Palin is blasting HBO for its upcoming film on the former Alaska governor saying the producers of the movie Game Change use "distorted, twisted and invented facts."

Krauthammer on payroll tax holiday compromise: ‘Selling crown jewels to buy crack’ (Daily Caller) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 10:18 AM PST Daily Caller - On “Inside Washington” Saturday, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer offered a contrarian view on the bipartisan agreement expected to allow for the extension of payroll tax cuts. An agreement many are hailing as the way Washington ought to work all the time.

When Did Sarah Palin Become the GOP's Cavalry? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 02:50 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Former Alaska governor and most undecided nonpresidential candidate ever Sarah Palin said she was "game" to a future political office run on Fox Business -- and started a firestorm of speculation about brokered conventions and her possible role in making the Republican Party a strong presidential contender in 2012. Some have pushed the idea of her taking the vice presidential slot again. But speculation aside, when did Palin become the Republican Party's idea of the cavalry?

Santorum Targets Himself, Calling Romney Hypocrite on Earmarks (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 01:34 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum might as well have drawn a big red and white set of concentric circles on his back when he told tea party supporters in Columbus, Ohio, that Republican rival Mitt Romney had been no "hero" savior of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. Instead, as reported by CNN, Romney, he said, had "heroically" garnered earmarks to make the Olympics a success, making Romney a hypocrite.

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