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With Saturday Victories, Romney Retakes Control of the GOP Narrative

Mitt Romney, the perpetually questioned front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, had a rough week. Three embarrassing losses to Rick Santorum in Tuesday’s non-binding contests led to questions about Romney’s conservative bona fides just in time for GOP activists, gathering at their annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, to collectively grumble about it. But in two narrow, largely symbolic victories on Saturday, Romney reclaimed the headlines. Never mind the details. He was winning again.

Another Mainer

That didn’t take long. Susan Collins is signaling she’s open to voting for health care reform if Dems can “fix the flaws” in the bill…

Olympia Snowe

The senior Senator from Maine may well be the most closely watched person on Capitol Hill these days. In the upcoming issue of dead-tree TIME, I have a story that examines what drives her in the health debate and the stamp she has already put on the legislation. The question I couldn’t answer: Will she [...]