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    Forecast: Dreier, Then Snowe

    Ahead of Super Tuesday, the GOP fans the debate over birth control coverage...and gets burned. The President has tough words for Iran. Another moderate lawmaker retires.

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    By Matt Miller • Mar 2, 2012 • 29m Listen

    We discuss the Senate's rejection of the Blunt Amendment and how the debate on contraception coverage is costing the Republicans. Also, just four days before a visit from Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Obama warns Iran that he's not bluffing on the military option. Plus, moderate GOP Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine announces she won't run again, saying the Senate is too sharply divided to get anything done.

    Banner image: Both Congressman David Dreier (R-CA) and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) have announced that they will not seek another term

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