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ABCDE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2012 washingtonpost.com • $1Mostly cloudy 53/39 • Tomorrow: Showers 45/34 • details, B6 K MD DC VA M2 V1 V2 V3 V4 Meet me in Havana After more than 50 years of boycotting Cuba, “people-to- people” trips have begun. TRAVEL Generals’ victory charge How Mark Moseley redeemed a ragtag team. MAGAZINE Get a grip at the movies Film critic Ann Hornaday offers a guide to managing expectations. STYLE In Lincoln we trust The Ford’s Theatre Center honors history. ARTS THE REGION ‘But for the grace of God’ As a drunk driver is sentenced for the crash that killed one nun and injured two, a Virginia monastery continues to call for forgiveness. A4 SPORTS Back in action Alex Ovechkin returns from a three- game suspension when the Capitals play a matinee in Montreal. He hasn’t played in 13 days. D1 IN SUNDAY’S POST INSIDE CLASSIFIEDS................................................E1, F1 COMICS.............................................................C5 CROSSWORD.....................................................C2 LOTTERIES.........................................................B3 MOVIES ............................................................. C4 OBITUARIES.......................................................B5 OPINION PAGES...............................................A13 TELEVISION.......................................................C2 Printed using recycled fiber DAILY CODE (DETAILS, B2) CONTENT © 2012 The Washington Post / Year 135, No. 61 7 0 8 1 DESMOND BOYLAN/REUTERS Surprise gains in employment shift landscape U.S. ADDS OVER 200,000 JOBS IN JANUARY Markets surge as economists rethink outlooks A Russian billionaire’s low-key populism N.J. Nets owner, taking on Putin for presidency, uses a sober approach with a skeptical public Va. GOP crams in social agenda Legislature’s quick action on conservative issues has risks BY PETER WHORISKEY AND DAVID NAKAMURA An unexpectedly rosy jobs re- port set off a chain reaction Friday, upending economists’ gloomy predictions for the com- ing year, leading to a surge on Wall Street and potentially bog- gling the political calculus of the 2012 presidential campaigns. The surprise — that the unem- ployment rate had dipped for the fifth straight month, to 8.3 per- cent — was first reflected in the stock market, where the Dow Jones industrial average soared to its highest mark since the beginning of the financial crisis. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, mean- while, hit an 11-year high. By noon, President Obama, whose reelection chances have been threatened by the nation’s economic woes, seized on the figures as proof that the recovery from the recession “is speeding up.” “This morning we received more goodnews about our econo- my,” Obama said during an ap- pearance at an Arlington fire- house. “Still, far too many Ameri- cans need a job or need a job that pays better than the one they have now. But the economy is growing stronger.” The report forced his presiden- tial rivals to adjust their rhetoric about the economy, which has played a leading role in the Re- publican debates. But they ap- peared ever ready to remind lis- teners that the unemployment rate remains elevated. Exactly what lies ahead for the U.S. economy is far from clear. Even the more optimistic econo- mists note that another down- turn in Europe, or a spike in oil prices, or another debt show- down in Washington — or some other unexpected shock — could derail the nation’s unanticipated jobs continued onA9 ONTHETRAIL Uptick forces Romney to adjust message BY PHILIP RUCKER sparks, nev. — With Friday’s jobs report punctuating the na- tion’s steadily improving condi- tions, Mitt Romney and his advis- ers are confronting an unexpect- ed economic turnaround that threatens to undercut the central rationale for his candidacy. The Republican presidential front-runner and his advisers moved Friday to adjust their rhet- oric on unemployment and re- jected the notion that good news for the country spelled bad news forRomney, instead insisting that his economic mission always has been bigger than just jobs. If Romney wins the nomina- tion, his strategists argued, the fall campaign against President Obama will be shaped by what they described as an overarching sense of “prolonged misery” among voters who are just as concerned about the housing cri- sis as with unemployment and believe the nation is on thewrong track. campaign continued onA6 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: MIKE EHRMANN/GETTY IMAGES; MATT ROURKE/ASSOCIATED PRESS; JASON REED/REUTERS; RICK WILKING/REUTERS Candidate outreach on eve of Nevada caucuses Dee Hummel, who supports GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, attends a rally Friday in Las Vegas with daughter Cindy Buck. As the hopefuls encouraged their supporters to participate Saturday in Nevada’s caucuses, people along the campaign trail carried objects, like the buttons above, for candidates to touch or take home. Among voters, hope lingered that the election process might still have personal elements. “I want him to remember me,” one woman said. STORIES, A5­6  BY LAURA VOZZELLA AND ANITA KUMAR richmond — The Republican revolution is on in Richmond. Virginia Republicans have ag- gressively pursued a conservative agenda since taking over all of state government, steamrolling Democrats along the way. Less than a month into the General Assembly session, Re- publicans have passed bills ex- panding gun rights and rolling back abortion rights, gay rights and— at least as Democrats see it — voting rights. Dozens of other bills remain in the works. Although it’s no surprise that Republicans would go after those issues, the speed with which they have gotten them past floor votes has surprised some Richmond observers. “There’s a pent-up demand,’’ said former lieutenant governor John H. Hager, a Republican who presided over the state Senate for four years. “It says who’s in charge.” Republicans have not gotten everything they wanted — partic- ularly onabortionandguns—but they have managed with relative ease to approve far-reaching bills. Many of the bills passed the House of Delegates for years but alwaysdiedat thehandsofDemo- crats and moderate Republicans in the Senate. Now, with the GOP in control of the upper chamber, and more conservative Republicans part of it, the full Senate voted this week to require women to undergo an ultrasound before an abortion. On Monday, it is expected to repeal a two-decade-old law limit- inghandgunpurchases to oneper month. Already out of committee and on their way to full Senate votes are bills to subject welfare recipi- ents to drug testing and allow faith-based adoption agencies to turn away, for religious reasons, gays seeking to adopt children. But those victories come with risks. virginia continued onA9 Komen foundation revises grant policy Reversal makes Planned Parenthood eligible again for funding BY SARAH KLIFF AND N.C. AIZENMAN Caught inamaelstromofpublic reaction to its decision to cease funding Planned Parenthood, the SusanG.Komenfor theCure foun- dation announced Friday that it would reverse course. Komen will no longer bar or- ganizations that are under gov- ernment investigation from ap- plying for grants. As a result, Planned Parenthood — which is the focus of a House probe over whether it has used federal funds to pay for abortions — will once morebeeligible forKomengrants. “We want to apologize to the American public for recent deci- sions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives,” the Komen foundation announced in a state- ment Fridaymorning. But officials across the organi- zation said theywere reeling from the fallout of what many de- scribed as a public relations fiasco created byKomen’s leadership. “I felt like we were eaten alive,” said LoganHood, executive direc- tor of Komen’s Aspen affiliate in Colorado. “We had no advance warning.. . .Weweresent intobat- tle without armor.” News of the original decision to defund Planned Parenthood set off an avalanche of e-mails, phone calls and tweets in opposition to themoveaswell as insupportof it. SeveralattemptsbyKomenoffi- cials this week to explain the deci- sion only fueled the controversy. OnThursday evening, the founda- tion’s board of directors held a conference call to seek away out. “We had to fix what [people on komen continued onA4 BY WILL ENGLUND IN NOVOSIBIRSK, RUSSIA Microphone in hand, Mikhail Prokhorov doesn’t get angry, pas- sionate, rousing, funny or stem- winding. The billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets speaks in a soothing baritone and has barely an unkindword for his opponents in next month’s presidential elec- tion, including Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Competition, respect and a bal- anced government: That’s the heart of his long-shot pitch. It’s whatRussia sorely lacks andmust acquire, he says, as if this is all just common sense but has somehow been overlooked for the past 10 years. Prokhorov, whomade his mon- ey in nickel, aluminum and gold, has flown to Siberia for the day, to the country’s third-largest city, part of his last-minute bid for the top job. As one of Russia’s richest men, he’s challenging Russia’s most powerfulman. And that man, Putin, has ac- knowledged that the election might go to a second round — though Prokhorov still has an up- hill climb if he’s to be a part of it. “The government has to work for the people, not the reverse,” Prokhorov says. It sounds like an applause line, and he uses it often, but it sails right past the thousand curious residents who have packed the enormousMayakovsky Cinema to hear him speak. However, when he talks about keeping Novosi- birsk taxmoneyatwork inNovosi- birsk instead of shipping it off to russia continued onA8 SERGEI KARPUKHIN/REUTERS Mikhail Prokhorov last month inMoscow. He hopes to win enough support in theMarch election to force a second round of voting. Dow rises on jobs report Strong employment growth propelled the Dow Jones on Friday to its highest close in nearly four years. A11 Over 200 reported killed in Syrian attack on Homs Shelling of city would be deadliest assault of 10-month-old uprising BY ALICE FORDHAM damascus, syria — Syrian gov- ernment forces launched a heavy assault onSyria’s third-largest city Friday night, killing more than 200 people and wounding hun- dreds as rockets crashed into neighborhoods and slammed into buildings that collapsed on terri- fied residents, according to activ- ists. If the death toll is confirmed, the military assault on Homs would be the single deadliest at- tack of the 10-month-old uprising that has devastated the country. The attack occurred on the eve of a U.N. Security Council vote on condemning the government’s vi- olent response to anti-regime pro- tests.Thevotecomesaftermonths of swelling international outrage over the crackdown. Military forces began to fire shells and rockets on the neigh- borhood of Khaldiyeh, a hotbed of protest, in the late evening, said activist Omar Shakir, speaking by telephone fromthecity.He saidhe heard hundreds of missiles strike the area. The assault then spread to the BabaAmrandBabal-Sebaaneigh- borhoods, with buildings crum- bling on top of wailing residents. He estimated that at least 220 people were dead and more than 700 injured. syria continued onA8 A2 Politics & The Nation EZ SU KLMNO SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2012 In case you missed it Some of the interesting reports from this past week you may have missed. Read more at washingtonpost.com. D.C. film Even as Washington story lines are enjoying a boom in movies and television, the nation’s capital is losing more and more of the actual location work to other cities. No matter how much art directors crave Washington’s majestic vistas, they quickly run into twin deal-killers: Filming in the security-obsessed federal core has become a hair-pulling hassle, and the District government lacks the money to compete with incentives. Check out the story at postlocal.com. ‘Soul Train’ proprietor Don Cornelius, a broadcasting pioneer who created and hosted the groundbreaking weekly dance and music show, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Wednesday at age 75. Recognizing that the major TV networks had virtually no programs geared toward black audiences in 1970, Cornelius designed “Soul Train” as what he called “a black ‘American Bandstand.’ ” Read the obituary at postlocal.com. For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance? Despite deep differences on a range of issues, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul became friends in 2008, the last time both ran for president. The former Massachusetts governor compliments the Texas congressman during debates. The Romney-Paul alliance is more than a curious connection. It is a strategic partnership: for Paul, an opportunity to gain a seat at the table if his long-shot bid for the presidency fails; for Romney, a chance to gain support from one of the GOP’s most vibrant subgroups. Find the story at postpolitics.com. Misery now, but belief in the Wizards Despite the manifest misery of the Wizards, they’ve sold more tickets this season than last, when they were bad, but not this bad. And die-hard fans believe there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Read the story at postlocal.com. The Washington Post is committed to correcting errors that appear in the newspaper. Those interested in contacting the paper for that purpose can: E-mail: corrections@washpost.com. Call: 202-334-6000, and ask to be connected to the desk involved — National, Foreign, Metro, Style, Sports, Business or any of the weekly sections. The ombudsman, who acts as the readers’ representative, can be reached by calling 202-334-7582 or e-mailing ombudsman@washpost.com. l A Feb. 3 Page One article about Israel warning of possible airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear sites misquoted Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. The quote, which omitted a “not,” should have read: “The dividing line may pass not where the Iranians decide to break out of the nonproliferation treaty and move toward a nuclear device or weapon, but at the place . . . that would make the physical strike impractical.” l The New DVDs feature in the Feb. 3 Weekend section incorrectly said that “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1” would come out on DVD on Feb. 7. The movie is to be released on DVD and Blu-ray on Feb. 11. CORRECTIONS Despite the claims and rhetoric, tax cuts do increase the deficit On Thursday, House Republicans unanimously rejected a resolution from Rep. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) stating, among other things, that the Bush tax cuts added to the deficit. If you read the text they were voting on, it’s pretty clear that it wasn’t built for bipartisanship: It’s phrased to suggest that Bush was a liar and Republican governance was a fraud. That kind of thing doesn’t pick up votes across the aisle. But there’s a more important economic debate here. Republicans occasionally flirt with the idea that tax cuts don’t increase deficits. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said this directly. Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) has decreed that tax cuts don’t need to be offset, but spending cuts do. But there’s a very easy way to see that Republicans don’t really mean this: They believe that tax cuts cause deficits when Democrats are behind them. The debate over the payroll tax is a good example. When Republicans proposed a payroll tax cut as stimulus in 2009, it wasn’t offset. When they agreed to it in the 2010 tax deal, it wasn’t offset. But since it has become the White House’s favored policy, House Republicans — the same House Republicans who passed the CUTGO rules stating that spending cuts had to be paid for but tax cuts didn’t — are insisting the payroll tax cut be offset. Then there’s the Bush tax cuts. When Republicans tally up President Obama’ deficits over the last few years, they’re adding $620 billion for the two-year extension of the Bush tax cuts. When they project his deficits for the next five years, they’re assuming the extension of the Bush tax cuts. And they’re doing so explicitly. Earlier in the week, I worked with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on a column summing up the projected budgetary impact of every single piece of legislation Obama had signed into law. In the end, my numbers showed, Obama has passed policies adding about a trillion dollars to the deficit. But Keith Hennessey, who directed the National Economic Council under George W. Bush, responded that I had ignored the trillions of dollars in deficits “from policies President Obama proposes to enact in the future [like extending most but not all tax cuts rates beyond 2012].” And Hennessey is right. Not about my analysis, which was restricted to actual policies, not proposed policies (should I also have subtracted $4 trillion from the deficit because Obama favors a deficit deal of that size?). But about the Bush tax cuts, which will add trillions of dollars to the deficit if Obama extends all or most of them in 2012. Finally, there is a particularly odd claim you occasionally hear about the Bush tax cuts: Revenue increased in their aftermath. Dan Holler, communications director for the Heritage Action, tweeted as much at me yesterday. “Revenues increased between 2003 and 2007 . . . how does @ezraklein argue Bush policies ‘pushed revenues’ down?” This relies on mixing up the effects of inflation, economic growth, and taxes. The normal way to measure how much revenue a given tax regime is pulling in is to look at taxes as a percentage of GDP. In 2001, tax revenues were 19.5 percent of GDP. In 2002, they fell to 17.6 percent of GDP. In 2003, 16.2 percent of GDP. In 2004, 16.1 percent of GDP. Some of that is the 2001 recession. But at no point in Bush’s presidency, and at no point since, have taxes returned to 19 percent of GDP. To put it slightly differently, if tax cuts actually increased revenues, then it would have been absurd for George W. Bush to propose tax cuts as a way of paying down the surplus. In that world, tax cuts would have made the surplus larger, and given the government even more of the people’s money. We would end up in a fiscal paradox, with the government constantly trying to give back its surplus, but ending up with an even larger surplus as a result. But that’s not the world we live in. Wonkblog is compiled and produced with help fromKarl Singer and MichelleWilliams. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/ASSOCIATED PRESS Republicans project a deficit over five years by assuming an extension of tax cuts championed by former president GeorgeW. Bush. Ezra Klein ECONOMIC AND DOMESTIC POLICY Hackers tap into FBI-Scotland Yard call — about them Recording released; group had obtained e-mail with pass code BY ELLEN NAKASHIMA As the FBI and Scotland Yard conducted a conference call last month on their investigation of an internationalgroupofhackers, the discussions were being secret- ly monitored — by the hackers themselves. On Friday, Anonymous, as the hacker group calls itself, released the 16-minute recording of the call that took place Jan. 17 as well as an e-mail it obtained that had the conference dial-in number and pass code. The breach was one in a grow- ing string of exploits by Anony- mousandaffiliatedhackergroups that have targeted government and corporate organizations largely for political purposes. “Other than the fact it’s not al-Qaeda, it’s the worst-case sce- nario that the target of your oper- ation is listening in on your call,” said Michael Sussmann, a former federal prosecutor and partner at Perkins Coie law firm. Also Friday, Anonymous an- nounced that it had stolen 2.6 gigabytes of e-mail from a law firm that represents a Marine who oversaw troops accused of killing of 24 unarmed Iraqi civil- ians in Haditha, Iraq, in 2005. The Marine pleaded guilty to negli- gent dereliction of duty; he will serve no jail time. The first several minutes of the call between the FBI an