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Friday, March 2, 2012

Cheat Sheet - Is Romney Back on Top for Good?

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Today: Syria Blocks Red Cross Entry , Obama: 'I Don't Bluff' on Iran , Birth Control Advocate Sandra Fluke Isn’t Scared of Rush Limbaugh
The Daily Beast Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

March 02, 2012
SUPER TUESDAY

MA new poll shows that Mitt Romney has regained most of the ground against Rick Santorum in Ohio-a state that's going to the polls on Super Tuesday next week. He's trailing only 35 to 31 percent in a state where he was losing by double digits just last month. The candidate is looking better and better after his Michigan and Arizona wins this week, and he could be back on top for good, as a different poll shows him way ahead in Virginia also, another big Super Tuesday state.

AID

Syrian forces blocked a Red Cross convoy from entering Baba Amr, the besieged neighborhood in Homs, on Friday, despite having granted them approval to bring much-needed aid to the region 24 hours earlier. In a statement, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross said it was "unacceptable" that aid was being denied and said convoys were staying put with the hope of entering "in the very near future." Meanwhile, activists said Syrian troops were searching houses and conducting execution-style killings. The rebel-run Free Syrian Army began withdrawal from Homs on Thursday, and the Syrian military had since declared the area "cleansed" of "foreign-backed armed groups of terrorists."

POTUS

Days before his upcoming talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Obama warned that the U.S. could take military action to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. "I think that the Israeli government recognizes that, as president of the United States, I don't bluff," Obama said in an interview with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, emphasizing that he will try to persuade Netanyahu, whom he is meeting in Washington on Monday, to postpone any plans of a preemptive military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. He stressed that the U.S.-Israel strategy will be to convince Iran to "take [nuclear weapons] off the table" in an effort to solve the nuke issue "permanently, as opposed to temporarily." But he will reassure Netanyahu that, under his leadership, the U.S. "has Israel's back" and that he will consider military action if economic sanctions don't force Tehran to shelve its nuclear ambitions.

CONTRACEPTION
Sandra Fluke, the law student pilloried as a "slut" by Rush Limbaugh for testifying in favor of access to birth control, tells Allison Yarrow in
an interview that she won't stop fighting-and she has Obama's support.
STRIKING DISTANCE

Israel has announced that it has plans to test the advanced Arrow 3 missile system in coming weeks, adding to talk about a possible future conflict with Iran as President Barack Obama prepares for a White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu declared that Israel reserved “the right to defend ourselves against a country that calls and works for our destruction.” All eyes in Israel are on Iran’s developing nuclear program, and speculation that Israel may stage a preemptive strike on Iran’s facilities has increased. Whether or not America will be on board for military action will likely be a top issue at the meeting. Netanyahu was meeting Friday with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.


REMORSE
Bush Aide Sorry for Antigay Push
2004 campaign manager has regrets.
SEVERE WEATHER
Tornadoes Tear Through Alabama
As storms continue sweeping the South.
SCANDAL
Three May Sue Murdoch in U.S.
Would be first domestic cases against News Corp.
FASHION
Bashing Women on the Paris Runways
At Paris’s Fall 2012 Fashion Week, some designers offer little in the way of respect for their female customers.
OH THE PLACES
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
Fans celebrate writer’s 108th birthday.
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