memeorandum: Priebus labels ‘Buffett Rule’ a ‘tiny alteration’ (CNN)

12:15 PM ET, April 15, 2012

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Mitt Romney: Mothers Should Be Required To Work Outside Home Or Lose Benefits … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Ann Romney, Hilary Rosen, Romney Campaign, Ann Romney Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney Stay At Home Mom, Hilary Rosen Ann Romney …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Feministe and Blue Virginia

Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:

Romney Flashback: Poor Mothers Should Be Required To Work Outside The Home Or Lose Welfare — In case it wasn't already clear that last week's controversy over stay at home moms was entirely manufactured, this should put the question to bed. — Romney and allies cried that Democrats had declared …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Washington Post

Wall Street Journal:

Winning the War Against Women — The marriage tax and other obstacles to economic progress. — The Democrats have found their kind of war. It's the “war against women” they have conjured for the Obama Presidential campaign run. Should be fun, but don't look for any of the combatants to speak for the realities of today's women.

Discussion: Althouse and ECHIDNE of the snakes

Maha / The Mahablog:
The Republican War Against Women

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and Booman Tribune

Sara Mead / Washington Monthly:
The Real War on Moms Has a Mortality Rate

Discussion: The Mahablog

New York Post:

Secret Service hooker flap over $47 (or just 83,475 naughty lil' pesos) — By GEOFF EARLE in DC and DON KAPLAN in NY — A Secret Service agent shamed the United States after a wild night of babes and booze that ended in an argument with a Colombian hooker over as little as $47.

Discussion: Don Surber, Instapundit, Weasel Zippers, Althouse and Hot Air

Politico:

Military ensnared in Colombia Secret Service scandal — CARTAGENA, Colombia — Five U.S. military members have been ordered confined to quarters over possible involvement in inappropriate conduct at the same hotel here as the 11 Secret Service personnel sent home in an unfolding scandal involving local prostitutes.

Discussion: CNN, americanthinker.com, Washington Monthly and Outside the Beltway

NY Daily News:

Secret Service agents busted because they refused to pay hooker: source — Scandal was revealed Friday before President Obama arrived in Colombia for Summit of the Americas — President Barack Obama waves upon arrival to Cartagena, Colombia, Friday April 13, 2012.

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Taylor Marsh, Jammie Wearing Fools, Macsmind, Fox News, Weasel Zippers, Michelle Malkin, Don Surber, The Hill, Outside the Beltway, White House Dossier, Scared Monkeys, New York Times and CNN

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Geithner calls Romney statements on women, economy ‘ridiculous’ — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner ripped presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Sunday, calling Romney's argument that women have been disproportionately hurt during the recession “a ridiculous argument.”

Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools

ABCNEWS:

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner: 'We Can't Tell Yet' If Growth Has Stalled — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is interviewed on “This Week.” — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he believed the economy is “gradually getting stronger,” but said “we can't tell yet” …

Discussion: Hot Air

Linda Hirshman / Washington Post:
Hilary Rosen was right: Ann Romney has never worked a day in her life.

Discussion: Daily Kos, his vorpal sword, Mediaite, Feministe, The Agonist, Wake up America, BuzzFeed, Macsmind and US Politics

Yusuf / Somaliland Sun:

Al-Shabaab execute al-Amriki — The al-Qaeda-allied group al-Shabaab executed US-born jihadist Omar Hammami on April 5th, according to unconfirmed Somali media reports. — Hammami, known as Abu Mansour al-Amriki, said he feared for his life from other al-Shabaab leaders because of strategic …

Discussion: americanthinker.com and Weasel Zippers

CNN:

Priebus labels ‘Buffett Rule’ a ‘tiny alteration’ — Washington (CNN) - Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday said the proposed “Buffett Rule,” backed by President Barack Obama, is a political maneuver meant to distract from his record on the economy.

Discussion: Politico and Scared Monkeys

Alberto Gonzales / CNN:
Former AG Gonzales: Rubio not a wise VP pick

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Patterico's Pontifications and Univision News Tumblr

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama pledges to pursue immigration reform in second term

Discussion: Pirate's Cove, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air

New York Times:

White House Opens Door to Big Donors, and Lobbyists Slip In — Last May, as a battle was heating up between Internet companies and Hollywood over how to stop online piracy, a top entertainment industry lobbyist landed a meeting at the White House with one of President Obama's technology advisers.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, JustOneMinute, americanthinker.com and State of the Union

Fox News:

Cheney calls Obama ‘unmitigated disaster’ in post-surgery speech — Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Wyoming Republican state convention at the Little America Hotel and Resort in Cheyenne, Wyo. — Dick Cheney, just weeks after undergoing heart transplant surgery …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Macsmind

ABCNEWS:

Obama Calls Romney's Stance on Immigration ‘Very Troublesome’ — CARTAGENA, Colombia — President Obama, on a three-day trip to South America, attacked GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney's stance on immigration reform today, saying his support for Arizona's tough immigration law is “very troublesome.”

Discussion: Reuters, Associated Press, Don Surber, Weasel Zippers and Politico