Today we offer light fare to help you get back on that pre-Valentine’s Day diet.

* Dana Milbank says “hazing” of Cuban-American judicial nominee by Senate Republicans reflects GOP “death wish” with respect to winning Hispanic voters.

* Vigorously “pro-life” Santorum gets dubious endorsement from Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine.

* Monica Potts profiles anti-choice Susan B. Anthony List.

* Katrina vanden Heuvel suggests 2012 could be a true “Year of the Woman” at the polls.

* Haley Barbour dodging questions about big batch of last-minute pardons.

* Nicolas Sarkozy launches Twitter account, racks up 40,000 followers.

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Ed Kilgore, a contributing editor of the Washington Monthly, is a columnist for New York.