How Rick Santorum worked Tuesday’s nominating contests, in Play of the Week.
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Santorum’s Retail Politics
AP – The prospect of conflict with Iran has eclipsed Afghanistan as the key national security issue with head-spinning speed. After years of bad blood and an international impasse over Iran’s disputed nuclear program, why does the threat of war seem so suddenly upon us?
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Dwindling time, rising tension make Iran top fear
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Bruising defeats in three battleground states Tuesday have exposed lingering weaknesses in Mitt Romney’s standing with conservatives.
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Ground Shifts Again for Republicans
Tuesday night was all Rick (for the non-hockey fans, first, shame on you, and second, a hat trick is scoring 3 goals, after which people throw their hats on the ice. Not easy to score a hat trick) (Washington Post) Rick Santorum had a breakthrough night Tuesday, winning GOP presidential contests in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado,
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And It’s Santorum For The Hat Trick
Analysis: 5 things to watch for going forward in the aftermath of Santorum’s convincing Tuesday wins.
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Santorum steals the show — can he sustain his momentum?
AP – Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control.
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White House hinting compromise on birth control
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AP – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney set aside his focus on the economy in recent days and shifted to abortion, religious freedom and gay marriage, part of an intensified effort to win over social conservatives in GOP caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota on Tuesday.
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Romney intensifies fight for social conservatives
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AP – Republican front-runner Mitt Romney battled Rick Santorum and Ron Paul on Tuesday in political caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado, hoping to extend his winning streak in the race for the presidential nomination.
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Romney battles Santorum, Paul in GOP caucuses
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