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• Gingrich woos with prospect of $2 gallon gas (AP)
• As Santorum seizes social issues, Romney demurs (AP)
• Romney to Ohioans: Santorum is no 'budget hawk' (AP)
• Romney-leaning super PAC raises $6M in January (AP)
• Santorum: Global warming is politics, not science (AP)
• Campaigns, super PACs to release Jan. financials (AP)
• Paul looks for delegates, respect in caucus states (AP)
• Obama takes tougher stance on higher education (AP)
• John Glenn gets anniversary gift (Politico)
• Santorum aide ties Obama to Islam (Politico)
• Latino Mormons speaking out against Romney (AP)
• Santorum questions Obama's 'world view,' not faith (AP)
• US looks to regime figure for transition in Yemen (AP)
• 12 EU leaders call for open markets to fuel growth (AP)
• Puerto Rico honors Obama, LBJ visits with statues (AP)
• Google Doodle misses George Washington’s birthday (Daily Caller)
• Reagan considered ‘best president’ since WWII this Presidents Day (Daily Caller)
• Sarah Palin Loves Lincoln (The Atlantic Wire)
• Who is Santorum to Judge by Calling Obama's Faith 'Phony?' (ContributorNetwork)

Gingrich woos with prospect of $2 gallon gas (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 03:04 PM PST AP - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is dangling the prospect of gas as low as $2 a gallon if he's elected.

As Santorum seizes social issues, Romney demurs (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 02:11 PM PST AP - Philosophical differences between the top two Republican presidential candidates are becoming starker as Rick Santorum drives harder on religious and social issues that Mitt Romney rarely discusses in detail.

Romney to Ohioans: Santorum is no 'budget hawk' (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 12:21 PM PST AP - Mitt Romney says rival Rick Santorum is "no longer a budget hawk" and that he'd do a better job controlling spending as president.

Romney-leaning super PAC raises $6M in January (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 10:23 AM PST AP - A "super" political action committee backing Mitt Romney's White House run raised more than $6 million last month.

Santorum: Global warming is politics, not science (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 08:46 AM PST AP - Rick Santorum says President Barack Obama is pushing a radical environmental agenda that unwisely limits energy production and turns its back on science.

Campaigns, super PACs to release Jan. financials (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 02:51 PM PST AP - A "super" political action committee supporting Republican Mitt Romney for president doubled its average fundraising haul last month, drawing upon repeat donations from wealthy business executives, according to financial reports the campaigns filed Monday with the government.

Paul looks for delegates, respect in caucus states (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 05:33 AM PST AP - Ron Paul may not win the Republican nomination for president — he has yet to win a single state — but his strategy of trying to amass delegates in caucus states could land him a prominent role at the party's national convention this summer.

Obama takes tougher stance on higher education (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 09:37 AM PST AP - Access to college has been the driving force in federal higher education policy for decades. But the Obama administration is pushing a fundamental agenda shift that aggressively brings a new question into the debate: What are people getting for their money?

John Glenn gets anniversary gift (Politico) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 01:40 PM PST Politico - NASA enables him to discuss space exploration live with the International Space Station on Monday.

Santorum aide ties Obama to Islam (Politico) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 11:37 AM PST Politico - An aide refers to Obama's “radical Islamic policies."

Latino Mormons speaking out against Romney (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 11:51 AM PST AP - When Honduran-born Antonella Cecilia Packard converted to the Mormon Faith 20 years ago, she said it was like "coming home."

Santorum questions Obama's 'world view,' not faith (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2012 06:16 PM PST AP - Rick Santorum on Sunday condemned what he called President Barack Obama's world view that "elevates the Earth above man," discouraging increased use of natural resources.

US looks to regime figure for transition in Yemen (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 01:05 PM PST AP - The Obama administration is putting its hopes for Yemen in a vice president long seen as the loyal deputy to strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh, confident that at the very least he can shore up a counterterrorism alliance with Washington against al-Qaida's resurgent Arabian Peninsula offshoot.

12 EU leaders call for open markets to fuel growth (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 08:05 AM PST AP - A dozen European Union leaders, including U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron and Italian Premier Mario Monti, are calling for an open-markets strategy to stimulate growth and jolt the region out of its economic doldrums.

Puerto Rico honors Obama, LBJ visits with statues (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 02:44 PM PST AP - Puerto Rican officials marked Presidents Day by unveiling bronze statues of U.S. President Barack Obama and former President Lyndon B. Johnson, pointedly noting that people who live on the island can't vote in the U.S. general election and lack other basic rights.

Google Doodle misses George Washington’s birthday (Daily Caller) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 01:03 PM PST Daily Caller - Googlers usually expect to be greeted with festive animations and drawings from Google when they visit during a holiday or other special day. There is, however, one U.S. federal holiday and major historical event that the company has missed over the years: The birthday of the first president of the United States of America, George Washington.

Reagan considered ‘best president’ since WWII this Presidents Day (Daily Caller) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 12:43 PM PST Daily Caller - This Presidents Day, Ronald Reagan is considered to be the best president since World War II, according to a recent Harris Interactive poll.

Sarah Palin Loves Lincoln (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 01:26 PM PST The Atlantic Wire - As the Republican primary season rumbles on, there can only be more campaign ads. Which ones succeed? Which fail? In Ad Watch, we review them as they come out. Today: Sarah Palin reminds us she exists and Romney goes after Santorum.

Who is Santorum to Judge by Calling Obama's Faith 'Phony?' (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 01:19 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Rick Santorum forced the issue of faith into spotlight during a speech to tea party voters in Ohio on Saturday.

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