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Mary Kate Cary »
Obama’s Contraceptive 'Compromise' Doesn't Pass the Smell Test February 10, 2012

Take a look at the White House fact sheet just released on the president's "accommodation" on the Health and Human Services ruling on contraceptives and religious liberty:

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Robert Schlesinger »
On Women in Combat, Rick Santorum Insults Military Men February 10, 2012

So Rick Santorum says that he was not talking about over-emotional females when he raised objections to the idea of women in combat. Instead, he says, he was talking about how over-emotional males might behave. OK fine, so instead of insulting women, he's insulted men, and military men in particular.

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Ford O'Connell »
To Avoid a Failed February, Mitt Romney Needs a Big Idea February 10, 2012

To borrow a headline from Matt Drudge, former Gov. Mitt Romney got "Rick Roll[ed]" on Tuesday night, thanks to decisive victories by Rick Santorum in the Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado Republican presidential nominating contests.

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Scott Galupo »
How Mitt Romney Should Respond to the Improving Economy February 09, 2012

The terrain of economic debate is moving under former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's feet. His response, so far, has amounted to an acknowledgement of reality with a subjective caveat: Things are getting better in spite of President Obama's policies, not because of them.

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Leslie Marshall »
The Problems With the Catholic Church and Birth Control February 09, 2012

On January 20, when Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius issued a final rule requiring that all women have access to free preventive care services, including contraceptives, the heat from congressional leaders, Republican presidential candidates, and Catholic groups increased. (The rule includes an exemption for churches and houses of worship, but not for other religious institutions such as hospitals, universities, and charities.)

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Doug Heye »
Democrats Rebelling Against Obama Birth Control Policy February 09, 2012

As news spread that a provision in President Obama's landmark healthcare legislation mandated that religious institutions, such as schools and hospitals, be forced to provide birth control and contraceptive protection for employees in spite of the institution's religious grounding, the reaction was immediate: The move was a blunder, an unforced error from an administration that had finally started making some headway with voters.

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Economic Intelligence

Mortgage Settlement an Illusion

The $26 billion settlement with banks to modify mortgages promises more than it can deliver.

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Robert Schlesinger

No White Knight to Save Republicans

The GOP is stuck with Romney, Gingrich, Santorum, or Paul.

Mary Kate Cary

Politics 101 for the GOP

Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and the rest of the GOP pack are not so far apart.

Mort Zuckerman

Freedom v. Tyranny in Egypt

The dictatorship of one kind has gone, but democracy in the sense we understand it is somewhat delayed.

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On Energy

Obama Blocks Shale Development

The Obama administration curtails the development of shale oil, a domestic energy source with great potential.

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