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• GOP 2012 theme: American 'decline' (Politico)
• Obama's team seeks new ways to fire up his base (AP)
• Santorum loved Romney in 2008. These days, not so much (The Ticket)
• Could Republicans Buck Their Leaders Over Spending Cuts? (Time.com)
• FACT CHECK: Are 82 percent of schools 'failing'? (AP)
• Obama defends nuclear power amid Japan crisis (AP)
• Clinton backs post-Mubarak Egypt, hears criticism (Reuters)
• Mississippi Gov. Barbour courts Iowa activists (AP)
• California lawmakers vote on budget laws Wednesday (Reuters)
• Train station named in Biden’s honor after $20 million stimulus-funded renovation (Daily Caller)
• Gingrich sends $150K to Iowa through aide's group (AP)
• House Panel Votes to Strip EPA of Greenhouse Gas Regulating Power (ContributorNetwork)
• Miami area mayor faces ouster in recall vote (Reuters)
• Fresh fire at Japan nuclear reactor: operator (AFP)
• Critics tee off on Obama’s health care law as first anniversary passes (Daily Caller)
• Republicans move to stop EPA CO2 rules (Reuters)
• Correction: Presidential Primaries-Cutting Back (AP)
• NRA says would not accept Obama invite to guns meeting (Reuters)
• Fire breaks out at Japan Fukushima Daiichi No.4 reactor building (Reuters)
• Congress aims to finish 2011 spending plan (Reuters)

GOP 2012 theme: American 'decline' (Politico) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:29 AM PDT Politico - DENISON, Iowa – Republican activists in this key presidential state have a dark, foreboding feeling that America is in decline. They believe the nation is hurtling in the wrong direction and, worse, on the brink of losing its unique place in the world.

Obama's team seeks new ways to fire up his base (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:33 AM PDT AP - Barack Obama rode a wave of voter passion in 2008 fed largely by intense dislike of President George W. Bush and the Iraq war, plus excitement among young and minority voters at the notion of electing the nation's first black president.

Santorum loved Romney in 2008. These days, not so much (The Ticket) Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:33 PM PDT The Ticket - Ahead of his expected 2012 run, Rick Santorum hasn't been shy in going after potential rival Mitt Romney. The former Pennsylvania senator has led the charge in trashing the health care plan that Romney passed while governor of Massachusetts, suggesting it will ultimately doom his 2012 bid. "I think it's hard to see a path [...]

Could Republicans Buck Their Leaders Over Spending Cuts? (Time.com) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:25 PM PDT Time.com - For a second time this month, Congress faces a weekend deadline to negotiate a stopgap funding measure to keep the federal government open.

FACT CHECK: Are 82 percent of schools 'failing'? (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:20 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama declared this week that four of five public schools could be labeled as "failing" this year under the No Child Left Behind Act if Congress does not take action to rewrite the law.

Obama defends nuclear power amid Japan crisis (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:11 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is defending nuclear power as an important source of energy in the U.S., even as new questions are raised about its safety following radiation leaks from an earthquake and tsunami-damaged nuclear plant in Japan.

Clinton backs post-Mubarak Egypt, hears criticism (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:57 PM PDT Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday voiced support for Egypt's transition to democracy but made few specific pledges of aid and steered clear of a debate over the pace of forthcoming elections.

Mississippi Gov. Barbour courts Iowa activists (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:54 PM PDT AP - Skipping the Iowa caucuses? Not Haley Barbour.

California lawmakers vote on budget laws Wednesday (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:54 PM PDT Reuters - California's Democratic-led legislature will vote on budget bills on Wednesday, but it remains doubtful Republicans will back any bills opening the door to tax increases, their aides said.

Train station named in Biden’s honor after $20 million stimulus-funded renovation (Daily Caller) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:51 PM PDT Daily Caller - Vice President Joe Biden, who famously commuted from Delaware to Washington, D.C. while a senator, will have Wilmington, Delaware's train station named in his honor this Saturday.

Gingrich sends $150K to Iowa through aide's group (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 05:31 PM PDT AP - Potential presidential candidate Newt Gingrich quietly lined up $150,000 to help defeat Iowa justices who threw out a ban on same-sex marriage, routing the money to conservative groups through an aide's political committee.

House Panel Votes to Strip EPA of Greenhouse Gas Regulating Power (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 05:30 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - The GOP has been actively fighting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions using the Clean Air Act. But today the EPA received another blow to their regulating powers when the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a piece of legislation in a 34-19 vote. The legislation would directly strip the EPA of their authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in order to reduce climate change.

Miami area mayor faces ouster in recall vote (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 05:22 PM PDT Reuters - Voters in one of the most populous counties in the United States went to the polls on Tuesday for a recall vote spearheaded by a billionaire anti-tax crusader and aimed at toppling a once-popular Republican mayor.

Fresh fire at Japan nuclear reactor: operator (AFP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:42 PM PDT AFP - A fresh fire broke out at a reactor of Japan's quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant early Wednesday, operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said.

Critics tee off on Obama’s health care law as first anniversary passes (Daily Caller) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:40 PM PDT Daily Caller - While many Americans were focusing on “March Madness,” a panel of members of Congress and health care activists had another kind of “March Madness” in mind Monday night  ̶   the first anniversary of the passage of President Obama’s contentious health care law.

Republicans move to stop EPA CO2 rules (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:40 PM PDT Reuters - Republicans in the Congress on Tuesday pushed forward with legislation that would kill the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to regulate greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.

Correction: Presidential Primaries-Cutting Back (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:24 PM PDT AP - In a March 14 story about states delaying their presidential primaries or switching to caucuses, The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of the sponsor of a bill that would combine California's state and presidential primaries. He is Rep. Paul Fong, not Ben Fong.

NRA says would not accept Obama invite to guns meeting (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:19 PM PDT Reuters - Calls by President Barack Obama's administration to meet with all sides to discuss making gun laws more effective are politically motivated, the National Rifle Association's top executive said on Tuesday.

Fire breaks out at Japan Fukushima Daiichi No.4 reactor building (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:14 PM PDT Reuters - A fire has broken out at the building housing the No.4 reactor of Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the electric utility said on Wednesday.

Congress aims to finish 2011 spending plan (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:04 PM PDT Reuters - Congressional leaders and the White House voiced support on Tuesday for striking a deal on funding for the government through September 30, setting up talks in earnest on how much public spending to cut.

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