Santorum Surge Brings Focus on Faith, Dow Perspective, Gas Prices Concern, Hillary Clinton Feeling Green (PM Note)

The Dow Briefly Broke 13k - http://abcn.ws/zivOiH

Or, as @stewsays sees it - "Dow Jones back to pre-Obama administration levels?"

Fact Check: 8 Months pre-Obama administration.

Obama Corporate Tax Proposal Coming Thursday, per Jake Tapper  - http://abcn.ws/wgcInz

God, Christianity and Satan in 2012 - With the Santorum Surge, Talk of Religion Keeps Cropping Up -

Rick Santorum's 2008 Warning on Satan… http://abcn.ws/zFzRCZ

Franklin Graham More Confident in Santorum's Christianity than Obama'shttp://abcn.ws/AEIcVb

Romney Defends Says Obama Has 'Secular Agenda' - Mitt Romney shifts from his usual focus on the economy and tackles social and religious issues while campaigning in his native Michigan. More from Emily Friedman - http://abcn.ws/ynHfSr

Even the Losers - We (the media) were kidding all those other times this year when we said we were on the cusp of a turning point. Iowa was supposed to be key. Then South Carolina. Then Florida. Then Santorum's hat trick was a turning point even though it wasn't supposed to be. It's clear that winning no one state will put away the nomination. But if Romney loses next Tuesday in his birthplace… Matt Jaffe sees something larger in the game of musical yard signs they played this morning in Shelby, Michigan… http://abcn.ws/y2E9IV

Feeling Green: Hillary Sticks Out at G20 Summit - Hillary Clinton must have missed the memo when she appeared for the "class photo" at the G20 Summit in Mexico. While the other foreign ministers opted for white shirts, the Secretary of State wore a lime green blouse and stuck out like the proverbial sore green thumb. http://abcn.ws/xGmHk1

Oddities of the Day -

Inside Outsider - Santorum says he wasn't an Insider when he was inside Washington - http://abcn.ws/wOWb8Y

Jay Carney, Under Questioning from Tapper, Accuses Republicans of Holding up Keystone Pipeline -

"In terms of Keystone, as you all know, the history here is pretty clear. And the fact is, is that because Republicans decided to play politics with Keystone, their action essentially forced the administration to deny the permit process because they insisted on a timeframe within which it was impossible to appropriately approve the pipeline." http://abcn.ws/x3XNxp

So Go Gas Prices… Jake Tapper on why they're sweating at the White House despite all that good economic news  - http://abcn.ws/ymAHEa

Romney and Santorum as Deficit Slayers? Obama Camp Says 'No' - In yet another sign of Rick Santorum's growing status as GOP frontrunner, President Obama's re-election campaign released a memo on Tuesday targeting the former senator's economic policies. More from Devin Dwyer - http://abcn.ws/vZ6xkn

 Supreme Court Takes Up Affirmative Action Case - The Supreme Court will add another controversial issue to its already fiery docket - the issue of race in university admissions. Ariane de Vogue reports on the Court's decision to hear a case on affirmative action in higher education. http://abcn.ws/Aul8vy

Lying About a Medal of Honor - Illegal or Just Dumb? - http://abcn.ws/zhsUjq

Obama Touts Payroll-Tax Cut Compromise - Relishing his political victory, President Obama said Tuesday that Congress "did the right thing" and urged lawmakers to "keep going" to help the middle class. http://abcn.ws/xlQQJO