Today on the Dish, Andrew parried Howie Kurtz's attack on birth control, demolished the anti-liberal worldview of the Administration's theocon critics on the issue, was a bit wowed by alternative covers for his Newsweek piece, livechatted about "The Politics of Sex" and other issues, put up a Valentine for Aaron, and spotlighted Santorum's Iran obsession. We were surprised by Rick's tea party appeal, found more evidence that Romney couldn't Gingrich him into oblivion, were underwhelmed by Mitt's ground game, thought he needed to win Michigan to beat Santorum, caught him in an absurd moment of chutpah, and gave up on the idea of an "authentic" Mitt Romney. We also worried about voter surpression, saw the country (possibly) shifting right, and catalogued a heroic effort to save the RINO. Ad War Update here.
The punditry reacted to Obama's new budget, revenues needed to go up, the economy continued to be crowdsourced, and globalization was overrated. America couldn't save everyone and women already fought in combat. 98% of Catholic women might not have been using birth control, self-deportation was both mockable and deadly serious, the father-shooting-laptop child abuse debate got the Dish reader treatment, babysitting your grandchild of another race carried horrifying risks, and HBO documented the story behind Loving v. Virginia. Valentine's day began with a bloody shade of red, cuddling made us human, toxicology took time, and people misjudged buildings. Yglesias Nominee here, Malkin Nominee here, AAA here, Chart of the Day here, VFYW Contest Winner here, VFYW here, MHB here, and (an adorable) FOTD here.
– Z.B.
(Photo: Republican members of the U.S. Senate hold a press conference on U.S. President Barack Obama's 2013 budget proposal at the U.S. Capitol February 13, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama's budget proposes spending of $3.8 trillion in 2013 and requests raising an additional $1.5 trillion over 10 years from the wealthiest taxpayers. By Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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