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• Santorum blasts Obama's motives on power, abortion (AP)
• Romney says Obama has 'fought against religion' (AP)
• Santorum says he was an outsider inside Congress (AP)
• Gingrich tells OK lawmakers he'll reel in feds (AP)
• Justices will review racial preference for college (AP)
• US Rep. Bachmann says she'll seek old Minn. seat (AP)
• Obama promotes modest American dream (AP)
• GOP 'super PACs' overtaking campaigns' fundraising (AP)
• Dems: Let us air birth control panel (Politico)
• Newt stumps in Oklahoma (Politico)
• FACT CHECK: Artful swerves on the auto bailout (AP)
• Mich. voters: Santorum connects better than Romney (AP)
• US, Europe cautious on Iran offer for nuke talks (AP)
• Opposition activist goes on trial in Belarus (AP)
• U.S. abandons high-profile bribery sting prosecution (Reuters)
• Happy Fasnacht Day! (Daily Caller)
• Rep. Lewis: ‘Best decision’ to support unfunded payroll tax cut [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)
• Santorum's False Environment: Bible Remarks Were About 'Radical Environmentalism' (ContributorNetwork)

Santorum blasts Obama's motives on power, abortion (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:58 PM PST AP - A surging Rick Santorum is making increasingly harsh remarks about President Barack Obama, questioning not just the president's competence but his motives and even his Christian values.

Romney says Obama has 'fought against religion' (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 02:38 PM PST AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's administration has "fought against religion" and sought to substitute a "secular" agenda for one grounded in faith.

Santorum says he was an outsider inside Congress (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:57 AM PST AP - Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum says he was an outsider while inside Congress, a lawmaker who attacked corruption from within.

Gingrich tells OK lawmakers he'll reel in feds (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 12:12 PM PST AP - A once-powerful Washington figure himself, Newt Gingrich pledged Tuesday to state lawmakers in Oklahoma that he'd shrink the role of the nation's capital if sent back as president.

Justices will review racial preference for college (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 02:32 PM PST AP - The Supreme Court is setting an election-season review of racial preference in college admissions, agreeing Tuesday to consider new limits on the contentious issue of affirmative action programs.

US Rep. Bachmann says she'll seek old Minn. seat (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 02:00 PM PST AP - Former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says she'll run for re-election in her old Minnesota congressional district, even though a state judicial panel redrew the map to put her home in a Democratic incumbent's district.

Obama promotes modest American dream (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 09:37 AM PST AP - This time around, President Barack Obama's message can sound decidedly down-to-earth.

GOP 'super PACs' overtaking campaigns' fundraising (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 12:11 PM PST AP - An unmistakable dynamic is playing out in the money game among Republican presidential candidates: New "super" political action committees are growing more powerful than the campaigns they support.

Dems: Let us air birth control panel (Politico) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:12 PM PST Politico - Pelosi aides say the House recording studio won't broadcast an unofficial contraception hearing.

Newt stumps in Oklahoma (Politico) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:57 AM PST Politico - He is staking his campaign on a Southern strategy.

FACT CHECK: Artful swerves on the auto bailout (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:11 AM PST AP - Michigan has become squirm central for Republican presidential candidates who are trying to explain their opposition to the auto bailout before the big primary in the home of automakers. Their tale is terribly tangled, and President Barack Obama isn't telling it straight either.

Mich. voters: Santorum connects better than Romney (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 06:02 PM PST AP - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum promised Monday to revive manufacturing, cut taxes and shrink government, pledges that drew loud applause from conservative Michigan voters who said he was more in line with their values than native son and GOP rival Mitt Romney.

US, Europe cautious on Iran offer for nuke talks (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:49 PM PST AP - The United States and European Union on Friday expressed cautious optimism that Iran is serious about returning to talks with world powers over its nuclear program.

Opposition activist goes on trial in Belarus (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 05:52 AM PST AP - An opposition activist who is holding a hunger strike in prison went on trial Tuesday in Belarus.

U.S. abandons high-profile bribery sting prosecution (Reuters) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 02:16 PM PST Reuters - The Obama administration dropped a major bribery prosecution that had been part of a crackdown on corruption after suffering several court setbacks in the case involving military equipment sales.

Happy Fasnacht Day! (Daily Caller) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:07 PM PST Daily Caller - Who knew there were so many meanings for the term "Fat Tuesday?"

Rep. Lewis: ‘Best decision’ to support unfunded payroll tax cut [VIDEO] (Daily Caller) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 12:57 PM PST Daily Caller - Democratic Georgia Rep. John Lewis told The Daily Caller that voting for an unfunded extension of the payroll tax cut through 2012 at a cost of $93.2 billion was "the best decision to make."

Santorum's False Environment: Bible Remarks Were About 'Radical Environmentalism' (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:43 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | After his words at an Ohio tea party gathering made headlines and he was roundly criticized for stirring up the conspiracy theory that President Barack Obama might not be a Christian, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum backtracked and attempted a clarification of his assertions Sunday on CBS' "Face The Nation."

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