February 27, 2012
3. Election News
Tuesday - Republican presidential primary in AZ and MI
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Santorum accused Obama administration of weakness for apologizing about the Korans being burned
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Romney is focusing on economic issues rather than social issues (possibly in reaction to Santorum focusing on them)
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MI poll shows Romney and Santorum as front-runners and Gingrich and Paul trailing
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Santorum: “[President Obama] is now trying to tell people of faith that you will do what the government says, we are going to impose our values on you.”
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Mitt Romney has Secret Service protection; Santorum will get S.S. starting Tuesday; Gingrich requested it last week; Paul has not requested protection, saying it is a waste of taxpayer money
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Santorum defends his anti-contraception stance by citing a racist author (Charles Murray) when asked about promising to address the dangers of contraception in our country
Santorum cites increase in number of kids born out of wedlock and sexually active teens, impact on society - economically, drug use and “host of other things”
Charles Murray wrote Bell Curve - argues that black people score lower on IQ tests because they are genetically inferior to whites
