Watch Live: Santorum Holding Press Conference at 2 PM EST (MSNBC)
The GOP presidential candidate is expected to announce he is suspending his campaign.
“This was a train wreck for the Obama administration…This law looks like it’s going to be struck down. I’m telling you, all of the predictions including mine that the justices would not have a problem with this law were wrong… if I had to bet today I would bet that this court is going to strike down the individual mandate.”
CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin on the way the wind seems to be blowing during the Supreme Court hearings. (via tpmmedia)
Why this might not be bad for Obama and his reelection bid.
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Day In 100 Seconds: CPAC Day Two
Looks like Rick Santorum Googled Santorum.
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Your pre-South Carolina news o’ the week. [@jeffzeleny]
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Your pre-South Carolina news o’ the week. [@jeffzeleny]
“Huntsman to formally drop out of race in an 11 am speech Monday in Myrtle Beach, where he will also endorse Romney.” - @jeffzeleny
Fed up with steady visits from GOP presidential hopefuls, a New Hampshire restaurant bans politicians. Colby’s Breakfast & Lunch in Portsmouth put up the sign “No Politicians No Exceptions” after customers complained that the candidates’ visits were disruptive.
Fireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben just after midnight Jan. 1, 2012, in London. Thousands of people lined the banks of the River Thames in central London to see in the New Year with a spectacular fireworks display.
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Jon Stewart’s take down of Newt Gingrich.
Michele Bachmann tried to inject herself into Tuesday night’s debate as she continues to slip in the polls. Here, she goes the grade-school route, hoping to get Anderson Cooper’s attention during a moment of crosstalk.
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Sounds like a ringtone from hell.
“God was already speaking to me, but [Rick] felt like he needed to see the burning bush. I said, ‘Let me tell you something: You might not see the burning bush, but other people are seeing it for you.’”
“I was mentioning to some of the basketball players who were here that this is like the second quarter, maybe the third, and we’ve still got a lot of work to do. But I want everybody to know I’m a fourth-quarter player,” Obama said at a private fundraiser in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday night. “So I don’t miss my shots in the fourth quarter. ”
“I just like myself too much, I think … When other people want you to run a lot more badly than you yourself do, don’t run. You have to want this so badly to go out and run for it.”
(via yahoopolitics)
“Here’s one thing I know for sure: the odds of me being reelected are much higher than the odds of being elected in the first place.”
“As the nation gears up for the 2012 presidential election, Republican officials have launched an unprecedented, centrally coordinated campaign to suppress the elements of the Democratic vote that elected Barack Obama in 2008. Just as Dixiecrats once used poll taxes and literacy tests to bar black Southerners from voting, a new crop of GOP governors and state legislators has passed a series of seemingly disconnected measures that could prevent millions of students, minorities, immigrants, ex-convicts and the elderly from casting ballots.”
Confirmed: Paul Ryan not running for president
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan will not run for president this elections cycle, according to a statement released by his office Monday.
“I sincerely appreciate the support from those eager to chart a brighter future for the next generation. While humbled by the encouragement, I have not changed my mind, and therefore I am not seeking our party’s nomination for President. I remain hopeful that our party will nominate a candidate committed to a pro-growth agenda of reform that restores the promise and prosperity of our exceptional nation,” Ryan’s statement read. “I remain grateful to those I serve in Southern Wisconsin for the unique opportunity to advance this effort in Congress.”
