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1:00 PM ET, April 2, 2012

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Lois Romano / Politico:
Ann Romney is the Romney Democrats fear most  —  Ann Romney's unexpected rock star status has the political arena buzzing about how her husband's campaign will leverage her popularity in an election in which Michelle Obama — one of the most admired first ladies in history — will have an outsized and substantive portfolio.
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Swing States poll: A shift by women puts Obama in lead  —  MILWAUKEE - President Obama has opened the first significant lead of the 2012 campaign in the nation's dozen top battleground states, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, boosted by a huge shift of women to his side.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
‘Mad Men’ character knocks Mitt Romney's father as ‘a clown’  —  Sunday's episode of “Mad Men” — the popular drama about an ad agency in the 1960s — gave a nod to the current political scene, with one character taking a not-so-subtle jab at the father of 2012 Republican front-runner Mitt Romney.
Discussion: CNN
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama 49%, Romney 45% Among Registered Voters Nationwide  —  Obama, Romney supporters equally enthusiastic about voting  —  PRINCETON, NJ — If asked to choose between them today, 49% of U.S. registered voters say they would vote for Barack Obama for president, while 45% would choose likely Republican opponent Mitt Romney.
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Swing state poll makes key omissions
Discussion: The Raw Story
Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's women problem
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Women Flee the GOP
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Associated Press
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The right's stealthy coup  —  Right before our eyes, American conservatism is becoming something very different from what it once was.  Yet this transformation is happening by stealth because moderates are too afraid to acknowledge what all their senses tell them.
Amy Bingham / ABCNEWS:
‘Mad Men’ Blasts Romney, Calls Him a ‘Clown’  —  The hit AMC TV show “Mad Men” took a not-so-subtle swipe at a Romney Sunday night — George Romney, the father of presidential contender Mitt Romney, that is.  —  In the 1960s-era series, the character Henry Francis …
Discussion: The New Republic
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Juli Weiner / Vanity Fair:
The Top Candidates in the Democratic Presidential Primary Mad Men's Henry Francis Calls George Romney a Clown!
Discussion: Mediaite
James Crugnale / Mediaite:
Mad Men Takes A Swipe At Mitt Romney's Father, Calls Him A ‘Clown’
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Former President Clinton on Mitt Romney: Etch-a-Sketch “Is What He's Got to Do”  —  Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, currently faces a dynamic similar to the one President Bill Clinton faced during his first presidential run 20 years ago: a long, bruising primary, driving up his unfavorable ratings.
Discussion: Yahoo! News and CNN
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Bill Clinton: ‘Happy’ if Hillary Clinton runs in 2016
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Swampland
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
HEAVY BURDEN  —  It's well known by now that Donald Verrilli, Jr., the Solicitor General, had an off day at the Supreme Court last Tuesday, when he was called on to defend the constitutionality of the individual mandate, the part of the Affordable Care Act which requires people to buy health insurance.
Discussion: News Desk and Ezra Klein
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Wall Street Journal:
Assailing the Supreme Court
Discussion: Althouse and BizzyBlog
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rep. Clyburn: Obama should campaign against Supreme Court if health law falls
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Pink Slime Economics  —  The big bad event of last week was, of course, the Supreme Court hearing on health reform.  In the course of that hearing it became clear that several of the justices, and possibly a majority, are political creatures pure and simple, willing to embrace any argument …
Mj Lee / Politico:
Rick Santorum: I may ‘sneak’ Wisconsin win  —  Rick Santorum predicted Monday on the eve of the Wisconsin primary that he may “sneak in and have an upset.”  —  “We feel good that we're going to have a good result here in Wisconsin — we're going to have a strong showing …
Discussion: JSOnline
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney headed for double win Tuesday
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Week
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Why Don't Black People Protest ‘Black-on-Black Violence’?  —  Juan Williams offers a meme that we are seeing repeated in response to the widespread protests around Trayvon Martin: … This is an interesting question.  It's also one that Juan Williams, who's been writing about race for almost three decades, should be able to answer.
Discussion: American Prospect
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Sarah Palin to guest-host ‘Today’ show Tuesday  —  Sarah Palin will guest-host NBC's “Today” show on Tuesday.  —  The former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential nominee, who is also a Fox News contributor, will join Matt Lauer as co-host for the day, according to NBC News.
Discussion: Politico, msnbc.com and The Week
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Chris Boyette / CNN:
Sarah Palin to co-host ‘Today’ show as Katie Couric sits in on ‘GMA’
Mike Armstrong / Philly.com:
Local group to buy Phila.  Media Network for $55 million  —  A group of local investors agreed on Monday to buy Philadelphia Media Network Inc., the parent company of The Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com, for $55 million with up to an additional $10 million in working capital for operations.
Steve Senne / ABCNEWS:
Ann Romney Says Campaign Will ‘Unzip’ the Real Mitt  —  GREEN BAY, Wis. - Ann Romney defended her husband's sense of humor today during a radio interview, explaining that if people think the candidate seems too stiff at times as the host suggested, she thinks “we better unzip him and let the real Mitt Romney out.”
Discussion: Campaign 2012
Politico:
Where is George W. Bush?  —  George W. Bush is everywhere and nowhere in the 2012 presidential race.  —  Reviled by Democrats and generally avoided as a campaign talking point by his fellow Republicans, the former president is in a self-imposed political exile — an absence that was underscored …
Discussion: American Prospect
Washington Examiner:
Shock Poll: Majority would recall Wis. Gov. Walker  —  A new Rasmussen poll finds that Republican Wisconsin Scott Walker is in trouble of being recalled June 5, with a majority, 52 percent, saying they will vote him out less than two years after he took office and immediately went to work to cut the power of public service unions.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Ylan Q. Mui / Washington Post:
Senior citizens continue to bear burden of student loans  —  New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that Americans 60 and older still owe about $36 billion in student loans, providing a rare window into the dynamics of student debt.  More than 10 percent of those loans are delinquent.
 
 
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Pervasive Cell Phone Tracking Performed Even By Local Law Enforcement
Julie Creswell / New York Times:
After Riskier Bets, Pension Funds Struggle to Keep Up
Discussion: The Baseline Scenario and Eschaton
MarketWatch:
Politics won't alter China oil imports:ex-official
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Hot Air
Candy Crowley / CNN:
It's never too early for political world to play veepstakes
Discussion: Hot Air
Lisa Miller / Washington Post:
Trayvon Martin: Doing justice, having faith in social media
Bill Ong Hing / The Huffington Post:
Honor Trayvon Martin's Death: Declare War on Racism
ABCNEWS:
Ann Coulter Says Marco Rubio as VP Pick Would Be a ‘Mistake’
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The PJ Tatler
 Earlier Items: 
John E. Sununu / Boston Globe:
An exciting VP? Don't go for it, Mitt
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
As TV Viewing Habits Change, Political Ads Adapt
Washington Examiner:
Spike Lee puts the ‘twit’ in Twitter
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Obama allies launch ad campaign hitting back over gas prices
William D. Cohan / Bloomberg:
About William D Cohan  —  Why Are the Fed and SEC Keeping Wall Street's Secrets?
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama extends olive branch to Cantor after passage of bipartisan jobs bill
Discussion: Prairie Weather
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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