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5:44 PM PT: We're on break now, but I'm thinking maybe I got the theme of this debate wrong. Instead of Rickmittgeddon, it's GOPocalypse.
5:45 PM PT: I'm watching in Ohio—and the Rombo ad is playing during the break. Not sure if it's on the national feed or not.
5:46 PM PT: I'm pretty sure the Santorum ad was local here in Ohio—on Time Warner Cable.
5:46 PM PT: Crowd boos at the following question: "Which candidate believes in birth control?" Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich vie with each other to attack John King for asking it.
5:48 PM PT: Oh Lord. Mitt Romney just said never before in American history has religious liberty faced the kind of attack it faces today from Barack Obama. Crazy stuff.
5:50 PM PT: Rick Santorum explains the reason why he speaks out against birth control is that teen and out of wedlock birth rates are skyrocketing. I don't think he understands what the point of birth control is.
5:50 PM PT: Rick Santorum doubles down on his pledge to be the first president to speak out against birth control.
5:51 PM PT:
RT @pourmecoffee: Santorum: We must get the government out of people's economic lives and into lady parts.
— @markos via TweetDeck
5:52 PM PT:
5:53 PM PT: Romney, for his part, goes on a rant about how abstinence must be taught.
5:54 PM PT:
John King: Ask them why birth control prevents people from marrying! sheesh! #cnndebate
— @KathaPollitt via web
5:57 PM PT (Barbara Morrill): New thread is up here.