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Poll: Obama benefitting from improving economy (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the country's brighter economic mood. A new poll shows that Republicans and Democrats alike are increasingly saying the nation is heading in the right direction and most independents now approve the way he's addressing the nation's post-recession period.

Posted on 22 February 2012 | 4:41 pm

Santorum's Big Bet: Will Firm Focus on Social Issues Propel Him into the Lead? (Time.com)

Time.com - To position himself as a credible threat to Barack Obama, Santorum had to use the spotlight afforded by his three-state sweep two weeks ago to demonstrate the breadth of his appeal

Posted on 22 February 2012 | 4:30 pm

Pro-Obama group runs anti-Romney ads in Michigan (AP)

AP - An independent group supporting President Barack Obama's re-election bid is running ads in Michigan chiding Republican candidate Mitt Romney for opposing the $80 billion auto industry bailout.

Posted on 22 February 2012 | 4:22 pm

Maher: Don’t judge all pols by Newt, the ‘biggest fattest turd from the ’90s’ (Daily Caller)

Daily Caller - On Tuesday night’s “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher explained how the GOP field has whittled itself down from nine candidates to four, and offered some choice words for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Posted on 22 February 2012 | 4:17 pm

'Game Change' -- Anatomy of a Smear of Sarah Palin (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Thanks to some remarkable reporting from Big Hollywood, it has become increasingly clear the upcoming HBO movie "Game Change" is less a political melodrama than an all-out attempt to destroy the person and reputation of Sarah Palin.

Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:57 pm

Santorum mocks Romney ahead of Arizona GOP debate (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign rally at the El-Zaribah Shrine Auditorium, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in Phoenix, Arizona. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - Rick Santorum acknowledged Wednesday that he's probably running behind Mitt Romney in Arizona, but he implored a tea party crowd not to settle for "a Johnny-come-lately to the conservative cause."


Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:57 pm

‘The Sceam’ could sell for $80 million at auction (Daily Caller)

Daily Caller - The painting that launched the classic “Home Alone” moment is going on the auctioneer block — and could go for as much as $80 million.

Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:55 pm

Newark mayor: NYPD misled us on Muslim spying (AP)

Mohammed el-Sioufi, an accountant and vice president of the Islamic Culture Center, a mosque in Newark, is interviewed by the Associated Press about the New York Police Department's surveillance of the Muslim community in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Americans in New Jersey’s largest city were subjected to surveillance as part of the New York Police Department’s effort to build databases of where Muslims work, shop and pray. The operation in Newark was so secretive, even the city’s mayor says he was kept in the dark. For months in mid-2007, plainclothes NYPD officers snapped pictures of mosques and eavesdropped in Muslim neighborhoods. The result was a 60-page report, obtained by The Associated Press. It cited no evidence of crimes. It was just a guide to Newark’s Muslims. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The mayor and police director of New Jersey's largest city said Wednesday the New York Police Department misled their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spying operation on Newark's Muslim neighborhoods. Had they known, they said, they never would have allowed it.


Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:48 pm

Rush: Rick gave good answer on Satan (Politico)

Politico - Limbaugh gave a signal of approval to Santorum’s explanation of his 2008 “Satan” comment.

Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:05 pm

Arizona finally gets GOP candidates' attention (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum reacts while shaking hand during a campaign rally at the El-Zaribah Shrine Auditorium, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in Phoenix, Arizona. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - Rick Santorum is looking for another upset or two, while Mitt Romney is hoping to keep his leading rival at bay in the run-up to the 20th debate of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.


Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:01 pm