TPMMuckraker  —  Arizona Goes Birther: Secretary Of State Says It's ‘Possible’ Obama Won't Be On Ballot  —  The man in charge of running Arizona's elections has gone to the birthers.  Secretary of State Ken Bennett now says he's not convinced Barack Obama was really born in the United States …

Bush and Romney Talk After Elevator Endorsement  —  George W. Bush and Mitt Romney have connected.  —  Romney called Bush after the former president offered his fleeting support for the Republican candidate in an elevator this week, a person on Romney's campaign tells ABC News.

DID ELIZABETH WARREN PLAGIARIZE HER ‘POW WOW CHOW’ RECIPES?  —  The credibility of Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren took another hit today as Boston radio talk show host Howie Carr released evidence that appears to confirm Ms. Warren may have plagiarized at least three …

AUDIO: Witness Says George Zimmerman Repeatedly Bullied Him At Work, Targeted Him With Racist Jokes  —  Among the evidence in the Trayvon Martin case released by the Florida state prosecutor yesterday was a 15-minute interview with a former work collegue of George Zimmerman.

Apocalypse Fairly Soon  —  Suddenly, it has become easy to see how the euro — that grand, flawed experiment in monetary union without political union — could come apart at the seams.  We're not talking about a distant prospect, either.  Things could fall apart with stunning speed, in a matter of months, not years.

Al Gore has a girlfriend: California donor and activist Elizabeth Keadle  —  Al Gore has been seriously dating Elizabeth Keadle, right, of California.  (Joe Kohen/Getty; Jon Clark/Rancho Santa Fe Review)  —  It's never easy to re-enter the dating pool after years away …

Sebelius stays away from contraception fight at Georgetown  —  Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius didn't mention the controversy over the administration's contraception mandate during a Friday commencement speech at Georgetown University.

Biden on W. Va. felon vote: 'I don't blame people, they're frustrated, they're angry'  —  Here's a clip from Vice President Joe Biden's interview with WTOV-TV in West Virginia yesterday, the latest stop he's made this week, where he was asked about what he made of out-of-state incarcerated …

Breaking News: Divided D.C. Circuit Panel Upholds Constitutionality of Voting Rights Act, Teeing Up Issue for Supreme Court  —  The Shelby County opinion is here.  Judge Williams dissented.  The court also issued a unanimous opinion in the related LaRoque case, finding the issue mooted …

Obama's North Carolina math problem  —  Raleigh, North Carolina (CNN) — The state Democratic Party here is consumed with an ongoing sexual harassment scandal.  The embattled governor is so unpopular she decided not to run for a second term.  And supporters of same-sex marriage were dealt a crushing defeat at the ballot box last week.

Wong's affirmation of gay families ‘a watershed’  —  The exchange between Penny Wong and Joe Hockey on Q&A this week about gay parents is only about two and half minutes long.  —  Prompted by an audience question about why the shadow treasurer thinks he and his wife make better parents …

Meet the Rubios  —  WEST MIAMI, Fla. — Marco and Jeanette Rubio, sitting side by side on their brown sofa in their sunny house, could be any young couple musing about life: juggling four kids, a job that separates them, aging parents, their faith and whether or not to move.  —  Only they're not just any couple.

Sorry, Charlie  —  Bill Clinton is abandoning his old ally Charles Rangel, who is fighting for his political life as he seeks re-election to a 22nd term, The Post has learned.  —  Harlem Rep. Rangel won't be getting an endorsement from the former president, who will sit out the primary, a Clinton source said.

Inside J.P. Morgan's Blunder  —  CEO Dimon Blessed the Concept Behind Disastrous Trades; ‘Blood in the Water’  —  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James Dimon had just committed the most expensive blunder of his 30-year career, failing to detect the risk of trades …

John Boehner adds to pressure on Eric Holder  —  There's about to be a lot more pressure on Eric Holder from Capitol Hill about the Fast and Furious investigation.  —  Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Whip Kevin McCarthy joined with Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa …

The Age of Innocence  —  The people who pioneered democracy in Europe and the United States had a low but pretty accurate view of human nature.  They knew that if we get the chance, most of us will try to get something for nothing.  They knew that people generally prize short-term goodies over long-term prosperity.

Romney's Smart, Unsentimental Strategy  —  Presidential campaigns often delude themselves about what forces control the fate of the campaign.  They believe that the charisma of the candidate, or the force of his ideas, or the tactical brilliance of his advisers hold the key to victory.

First on CNN: Romneys donated $150,000 of own money to presidential bid  —  Posted by CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash  —  Washington (CNN) - Mitt and Ann Romney each donated $75,000 this week to the Romney Victory Fund, the joint fundraising committee between Romney's campaign …

Stay-at-Home Moms Report More Depression, Sadness, Anger  —  But low-income stay-at-home moms struggle the most  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The degree of difficulty of being a stay-at-home parent is evident in a new Gallup analysis of more than 60,000 U.S. women interviewed in 2012.

Conservative Hashtag Games Are Ruining Twitter  —  Today Former White House Press Secretary Bill Burton attempted to start a hashtag game called #RomneyYachtNames.  It's so unfunny and forced, it's exactly the kind of thing that would trend on Twitter.  And it did, but not the way Bill Burton intended.

Romney begins vetting veep picks  —  Mitt Romney's campaign has begun vetting running mates, a process that will narrow his list of possible veep picks.  —  The team for Beth Myers, the Romney adviser leading the search for the GOP's vice presidential nominee, has already contacted potential running mates …

Second-grader Sean King gets in trouble for dressing in blackface as tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.  —  Student's costume for school history project causes controversy  —  Second-grader Sean King painted his face black to dress up as Martin Luther King, Jr. for a class project.