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Weekend talking points: 7 top stories - February 10, 2012

What happened this week? Rick Santorum ruled. Same-sex marriage prevailed. And Michelle Obama smoked Jimmy Fallon in a potato sack race

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Rick Santorum is rollin'. The former Pennsylvania senator stormed to surprise victories in three GOP presidential contests on Tuesday — Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri — leaving national frontrunner Mitt Romney floundering. With Santorum-friendly culture war issues dominating the national conversation, and Romney struggling to woo the GOP base, we could have a real race on our hands.

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