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• Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri
  Rick Santorum win in Minnesota and Missouri; continues to look strong in Colorado.
  
  
• Shuler retirement a sign that GOP will hold onto U.S. House
  Rep. Heath Shuler announces his retirement from Congress; 20 Democratic-held seats are now open.
  
  
• McConnell not measuring the drapes, but is ready to take control of the Senate
  Video: Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans are confident of regaining control in the November election.
  
  
• Bishops say White House 'exemption' not entirely true
  U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops does not buy White House story on exemption from HHS mandate.
  
  
• Santorum steps up to the plate
  Tuesday could be Rick Santorum’s big day – his chance to break back into the news cycle with some strong primary performances, and make the case that he’s a better choice than Newt Gingrich for those seeking an alternative to Mitt Romney. On the national level, it’s really still a fairly close race.  An ABC News /. . .
  
  
• Obama presidency on life support
  Last week, a poll indicated that President Obama have to pack his bags for the unemployment line.
  
  
• Will Mexico turn to the left in 2012?
  Signs are strong that the center-right National Action Party will be out of power this year.
  
  
• CPAC 2012: it's time for the party to unite
  Conference regulars say they expect divisions among participants this week, but that ultimately a common cause will prevail.
  
  
• PassCode Creative: Outside-the-Beltway firm's videos resonate with voters
  An outside the Beltway group's fresh perspective helps candidates resonate with Americans.
  
  
• McConnell: Keystone pipeline unlikely to pass until Obama is voted out
  Video: Sen. Mitch McConnell vows to continue the fight to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
  
  
• Gingrich vows to press on with presidential campaign
    Instead of a traditional victory rally, Newt Gingrich chose to give a press conference following his rival Mitt Romney’s double-digit victory in the Nevada caucuses on Saturday night.  At the beginning of his remarks, Gingrich suggested the proximity of the Super Bowl on Sunday led him to choose this unconventional format, in. . .
  
  
• Romney wins Nevada, gives muscular speech contrasting himself with Obama
  Mitt Romney continues gaining momentum with Nevada win going into February's Republican caucuses and primaries.
  
  
• 'Uncle Omar' amendment would send drunk driving aliens home
  Grassley provision adds habitual drunk driving to list of deportable offenses.
  
  
• Top 10 ways Washington annoys the Heartland
  Anger against Congress, federal bureaucrats, lobbyists and all that is Washington has been boiling over across America.
  
  
• Romney's 'not concerned about the very poor' comment bad for wrong reasons
  Grover Norquist, Jim Gilmore and others argue that Romney should have said that it's Obama's policies that make the poor poorer.
  
  

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