DAY'S END ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:

Goldwater or Reagan?
Bill Kristol wonders whether Rick Santorum is the Barry Goldwater or Ronald Reagan of this election cycle.

Romney’s ‘Underpants Gnome’ defense of auto bailout
Talking Points Memo's Benjy Sarlin analyzes Mitt Romney's precise stance on the auto bailout. 

Corey Booker responds to NYPD profiling
Ta-Nehisi Coates highlights a response by Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker (D) to a report that the New York Police Department had a wide-ranging program to spy on Muslim Americans.

Specter and Alito
W. James Antle III writes about then-Sen. Arlen Specter's (R-Pa.) role in the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito at The Spectacle Blog.

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:

Obama accuses GOP of playing politics with higher gas prices
President Obama accused Republicans of using a spike in the price of gas for political gain, reports The Hill's Amie Parnes and Andrew Restuccia. 

Israeli strike on Iran would pose risk for US economy, Obama reelection bid
If Israel attacked Iran's nuclear facilities, it could dramatically affect the 2012 presidential election, according to The Hill's Alexander Bolton.