The Page by Mark Halperin

Tuesday Candidate Schedule

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Gingrich: San Diego, CA; Tulare, CA
Santorum: Coeur d'Alene, ID; Boise, ID
Paul: No public events

See more details from the candidates' schedules here. »

Obama Tuesday

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POTUS to meet with senior advisers, 10:00 am ET.

Then: Meets with Chinese VP Xi Jinping, 11:15 am ET.

LATER: Interviewed by anchors from KLAS, Las Vegas, NV; WAGA, Atlanta, GA; WFLA, Tampa, FL; WBTV, Charlotte, NC at 3:00 pm ET.

More: Meets with Sec Def Panetta, 4:45 pm ET.

Sending A Message

Sen. Rand Paul is stalling a transportation bill, hoping to add amendment that would cut off aid to Egypt if NGOs working with the U.S. government are detained there.

Santo's Occupy Clash

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A raucous crowd of Occupy protestors disrupt Pennsylvanian's Washginton state rally.

Santo: “Instead of standing here unemployed, yelling at somebody,” the protestors should “go out and get a job.”

Enemy of The State

Seven members of a Michigan militia group go to trial for sedition; accused of plotting to "go to war" in order to overthrow the U.S. government.

Simpson-Bowles Mixed Soup on Bam Budget

Fiscal stalwarts say they are "encouraged to see real, specific policies for limiting tax expenditures, slowing health care cost growth, and reducing spending throughout the government."

And/but caution a "decision to postpone tough choices once again by blocking the sequester" would send "a powerfully negative message that the U.S. is yet unwilling to honestly confront our growing fiscal challenges."

Playing in MI

Romney Super PAC "Restore Our Future" Gingrich Ad "Risk"

Romney Super PAC "Restore Our Future" buys $500,000 plus in Wolverine State TV time.

Group also snaps up time in West Virginia, Ohio, Arizona, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi and Georgia.

Santo Surging

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Pew national poll of Republican leaning voters:

Santorum 30
Romney 28
Gingrich 17
Paul 12

Conducted Feb. 8 — 12, 2012. Margin of error 5 points.

Pennsylvanian gains 16 points from previous January survey.

Garden State Support

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NJ state Senate passes a bill to recognize same-sex marriage, despite Gov. Chris Christie's promise of a veto.

Global Downgrade

European equity futures, Asian stocks fall after Moody's cut ratings on six European countries.

AND: The agency threatens to strip U.K. and France of their triple-A rating.

Reaction to President Obama's Budget

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Boehner: "The President’s budget is a gloomy reflection of his failed policies of the past, not a bold plan for America’s future."

Cantor: "President Obama says he wants an economy that is ‘built to last’ but the budget he released today outlines a plan that is built to come in last."

Ryan: "The broken promises and recycled gimmicks contained in this budget have dramatically widened this president’s growing credibility deficit."

Lieberman: "This is a moment when our country requires a dramatic, bipartisan effort to reduce the deficit. While there are elements in the President’s budget I would support....it is not the blueprint we need to put our fiscal house back in order."