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The Southern Party:  I’m betting Santorum takes Alabama and Mississippi tonight. In the meanwhile, read Alec MacGillis at The New Republic:

If this year’s GOP presidential candidates have all year been making such a conservative pitch in order to appeal to a party shaped by the South, why have they been having such a hard time connecting with voters in the most Southern states of all?

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Ugandan Genocide, On Schedule

The Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill, also known as the “kill the gays” bill, never went away.  We were just supposed to think it did.  A debate of the bill is set to begin before Uganda’s parliament in the next few months, writes Warren Throckmorton, who last week interviewed the author of the bill, David Bahati. Continue Reading →