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Liveblog: The CNN Republican Debate in Arizona

Join us here and @Indecision tonight, at 8/7c for live coverage of the Republican debate in Mesa, Arizona — which, by the way, is the last one before Super Tuesday in early March and the first one in which people have to treat Rick Santorum like he is a non-caricature actual politician who has a genuine shot of winning the nomination. So, it's guaranteed to be entertaining!

Introducing the Trump Hotel, Casino and Candidate: Mitt Romney

Are you an undecided Michigan primary voter? Are you torn between the social conservatism of Rick Santorum and economic savvy of Mitt Romney?

Well sit back, relax and let Donald Trump tell you whom to vote for…

Mitt Romney's campaign deployed an automated phone call from Trump Wednesday in Michigan, a state that has become a must-win for the former Massachusetts governor. Trump also recorded a Michigan radio ad for Romney…

On the call, Trump says he's tired of Santorum "pretending" to be the outsider in the race. Trump says the former Pennsylvania senator has been entrenched in the Washington culture for decades. Trump calls Romney a good man who is working hard.

Here at Indecision, we weren't able to get an actual transcript of the Trump robo-call, but this is probably what it says…

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Five Wealthy Overlords Providing 25% of All Campaign Money

Did somebody order the most immaculately perfect example of how the Citizens United ruling will be used to up-end democracy in this country? Because the Atlantic Wire just provided it.

Apparently, 25 percent of all the money flooding into the presidential race this season is coming from a mere five percent.

Oh, wait, did I say five percent? I meant five people…

An analysis of January's campaign-disclosure filings reveals that 25 percent of all the money raised for the presidential race that month came from just five donors. That select group gave $19 million to various super PACs, often in support of more than one Republican candidate. Those numbers come from both The Washington Post and USA Today, though neither gives a complete list of those five top donors of 2012.

However, a look at the biggest overall donors reveals who have been the biggest supporters of this whole campaign and the outsized level of support they've provided — and some indication of how they hope the race will play out. The limit on individual contributions that can go directly to a candidate is $2,500, but when giving to a super PAC the sky is the limit. And a handful of wealthy individuals have already crossed the $1 million threshold in giving.

Now, some of you may be saying that this represents an abject perversion of "democracy." And that may be true. For now.

But I'm sure these five rich dudes will buy up all the dictionaries and fix that soon enough.

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Tweet Untweet: Total Eclipse of the Heart Medicine

The worst thing about Obamacaraoke is that you will have to sing to receive all prescriptions from your doctor.

— Wade (@WadetoBlack) February 22, 2012

Stephen Colbert Fires Back at Nancy Pelosi for Anti-Super PAC Attack

If you think about it, Super PACs are kind of the new podcast, which are the new blog. I guarantee, within a few months, every kid on Bedford Ave. in Williamsburg will have one.

The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30/10:30c.