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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.”
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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.
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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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.
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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!
The Top Candidates in the Democratic Presidential Primary Mad Men's Henry Francis Calls George Romney a Clown!
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Washington Monthly and Mediaite
Susan Page / USA Today:
Swing States poll: A shift by women puts Obama in lead
Swing States poll: A shift by women puts Obama in lead
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Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Swing state poll makes key omissions
Swing state poll makes key omissions
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The Raw Story and The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's women problem
Mitt Romney's women problem
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Associated Press, Hot Air, The Hill, The Raw Story and Hotline On Call
James Crugnale / Mediaite:
Mad Men Takes A Swipe At Mitt Romney's Father, Calls Him A ‘Clown’
Mad Men Takes A Swipe At Mitt Romney's Father, Calls Him A ‘Clown’
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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.
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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.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rep. Clyburn: Obama should campaign against Supreme Court if health law falls
Rep. Clyburn: Obama should campaign against Supreme Court if health law falls
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Politico, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and National Review
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.
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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.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney headed for double win Tuesday — Mitt Romney looks to be headed for another pair of victories in Tuesday's primaries. Maryland is likely to be a blow out with Romney at 52% to 27% for Rick Santorum, 10% for Newt Gingrich, and 9% for Ron Paul. Wisconsin should be a good deal closer.
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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.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
As The Trayvon Martin Walkbacks Threaten To Become A Stampede — The media walkbacks in the Trayvon Martin shooting case are piling up. — ABC News has pulled the plug on its breakthrough video showing an uninjured Zimmerman being taken to the police station.; their new, enhanced video “Shows Injury”.
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RedState, TVNewser, The Week and Instapundit
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 …
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Chris Boyette / CNN:
Sarah Palin to co-host ‘Today’ show as Katie Couric sits in on ‘GMA’ — NEW YORK (CNN) — Former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will co-host NBC's “Today” show on Tuesday, according to Megan Kopf, a spokeswoman for NBC Universal.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Sarah Palin to guest-host ‘Today’ show Tuesday
Sarah Palin to guest-host ‘Today’ show Tuesday
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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 …
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American Prospect
Lisa Miller / Washington Post:
Trayvon Martin: Doing justice, having faith in social media — At first, the nationwide “hoodie” protest over Trayvon Martin's death — in which Americans donned sweatshirts in solidarity with the slain teenager and his family — felt shallow and reflexive, a consumerist reaction. What's this?
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