memeorandum: Former Gov. Deval Patrick to join Bain Capital (Beth HealyGLOBE/BostonGlobe.com)

8:55 AM ET, April 14, 2015

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Marco Rubio Is a Polished Performer, but He's Out of Position — Marco Rubio, who announced his bid for the presidency on Monday in a call to donors, has been called the “best communicator” in the Republican Party. Over and over and over again. — But he has little to show for it.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Israel Matzav, Bloomberg Business, Booman Tribune, The Reaction, Talking Points Memo, Advocate, Hot Air, Denny Burk, NPR, Outside the Beltway and Rhode Island Public Radio

David McCabe / The Hill:

Rubio: I'm more experienced than Barack Obama was in 2008 — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that he is more experienced than President Obama was when he started his presidential campaign, despite the fact that both launched campaigns as first-term senators.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Political Wire, ABC News and The Atlantic Online

Erick Erickson / Fox News:
Why Marco Rubio has a real shot at 2016 Republican nomination

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

John Hinderaker / Power Line: Rubio Takes Aim at the Left

Chris Good / ABC News:
Marco Rubio Would Reopen Gitmo, Reverse Obama Foreign Policy

Discussion: mrctv.org/videos, Bloomberg Business, New York Times, Associated Press and BuzzFeed

Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Marco Rubio Running For President in 2016: ‘I Can Lead This Country’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, The Federalist, Fox News, BuzzFeed, The Atlantic Online, Hot Air, No More Mister Nice Blog, CNN, Liberaland, Weekly Standard, PoliticusUSA, The Hill, National Journal, Shakesville, FiveThirtyEight, New York Times and Politico

Bloomberg Business:
Will the GOP Get Behind Marco Rubio's Immigration Evolution?

Discussion: ABC News and ThinkProgress

Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Marco Rubio Is the Most Disingenuous Republican Running for President

Discussion: New York Magazine, Taylor Marsh, National Review, New York Times, Jay Bookman, Washington Post, ABC News, Washington Monthly, Liberal Values, Bloomberg View, The National Memo, Booman Tribune and Hot Air

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

Hillary Clinton, Just an Unrecognized Burrito Bowl Fan — Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign is all about “everyday Americans,” she made clear in announcing it on Sunday. — On Monday, she showed how unassuming she herself could be. — Driving to Iowa for her first campaign swing …

Discussion: Joe. My. God., Business Insider, CBS DC, Hot Air, The Democratic Daily and Twitchy

Wall Street Journal:

Clinton on Road Trip to First Events in Iowa — Democratic candidate makes stops in Pennsylvania and Ohio as she drives to state with first caucuses — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is spending her first days as a presidential candidate on a road trip from New York to Iowa in a van that she calls “Scooby.”

ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Makes Surprise Pit Stop at Chipotle in Ohio During Presidential Roadtrip

Discussion: Guardian, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Mashable, New York Times, New York Post, Yahoo Politics, OnPolitics, Associated Press, The Daily Caller and CNN

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Nate Silver to Vox: Stop stealing our charts! … FiveThirtyEight founder and statistics guru Nate Silver has accused Ezra Klein's Vox.com of stealing other people's charts without attribution. — “Yo, @voxdotcom: Y'all should probably stop stealing people's charts without proper attribution,” he tweeted Monday.

Discussion: Poynter and FishbowlNY, more at Mediagazer »

Ezra Klein / Vox:
How Vox aggregates — I started as a blogger in the pre-social web …

Discussion: Poynter, Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality, Mediaite and CNNMoney, more at Mediagazer »

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Unlike Hillary Clinton, the entire GOP field is either obscure or unpopular

Discussion: Joe. My. God. and Talking Points Memo

Alaska Airlines Blog:

Statement on Alaska Airlines flight 448 — Flight 448, bound for Los Angeles, returned to Seattle shortly after departure today after it was discovered that a ramp agent was still in the cargo hold. The aircraft was in the air for 9 minutes. — After landing, the agent …

Discussion: FOX31 Denver, Mediaite, KFOR-TV, New York Magazine, FOX2now.com and NPR

Beth HealyGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:

Former Gov. Deval Patrick to join Bain Capital — Deval Patrick is joining the Boston investment giant Bain Capital, where the former governor will start a new line of business, directing investments in companies that produce profits but also have a positive impact on social problems.

Discussion: OnPolitics, Washington Times and Balloon Juice

Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:

Ex-Governor Will Lead New Fund at Bain Capital — The former governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, has joined the private equity firm Bain Capital as a partner to focus on socially oriented investments, a person briefed on the matter said on Monday. — Mr. Patrick, a Democrat …

Discussion: Hot Air and Political Wire

Michael Quander / WREG-TV:

Brutal attack at Memphis gas station caught on camera — MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Surveillance video showed a mob of rowdy high school students beating a man at a Crosstown gas station. — Police said a large group of Northwest Prep Academy students swarmed a BP gas station on Poplar and Cleveland.

Discussion: The Last Tradition and KFOR-TV

Bloomberg Business:

Kerry's Pitch on Iran Deal Falls Flat With Skeptics in Congress — Lawmakers skeptical about an Iran nuclear deal said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's plea for more time to complete an agreement did little to dissuade them from insisting that Congress must review any final plan.

Discussion: The Hill, Prairie Weather, Washington Post and The Times of Israel

Martin Matishak / The Hill:
King: Iran bill must be handled ‘responsibly’

Discussion: Daily Kos

Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:

Ex-Blackwater Guards Sentenced to Long Prison Terms in 2007 Killings of Iraqi Civilians — WASHINGTON — One former Blackwater security contractor received a life sentence on Monday and three others received 30-year sentences for killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in Baghdad's Nisour Square in 2007.

Discussion: Gawker

Washington Post:
Four Blackwater guards sentenced in Iraq shootings of 31 unarmed civilians

Discussion: Liberaland, FOX News Radio and The Week

Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:

Clinton Campaign's Highest Suggested Donation Is $2,700 in English, but Only $250 in Spanish — The brand new 2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton will embrace “small donors in early fundraising,” according to a Monday Politico story. The second-time presidential candidate wants to …

Discussion: Politico

Ashley Edwards / New York's PIX11:

EXCLUSIVE: Woman says Harlem tattoo parlor behind ‘Black Ink’ left her disfigured — HARLEM (PIX11) — Asabi Barner was a confident woman in her 30s. Her body was never something she felt a need to cover up, until now. — A tattoo coverup changed her life last year.

Discussion: FOX2now.com

Eli Stokols / Politico:

The GOP's plan to turn Hillary into Mitt Romney in a pantsuit — Republicans are readying a familiar template: The out-of-touch plutocrat who lives in a world of private planes, chauffeured vehicles and million-dollar homes. — Forget about the Arkansas days, the small-bore scandals …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Adweek

Post and Courier:

Passenger: Walter Scott was dear friend, ‘helped me to become a better man’ — Pictured is Pierre D. Fulton, the passenger in the vehicle with Walter Scott the day Scott was shot and killed by a North Charleston police officer as he fled after a traffic stop. Provided

Discussion: Raw Story, The Last Refuge and Mediaite

Alejandro Alba / NY Daily News:

Revenge porn is now a specific crime in the UK — The UK has passed new legislation that punishes revenge porn with prison. — As of Monday, UK's Criminal Justice and Court Act considers revenge porn as a specific crime. If someone publicly posts racy images of their ex without consent …

Discussion: Telegraph, FOX News Radio, The Verge and Engadget

Jennifer Duffy / The Cook Political Report:

Florida Senate Race Moves to a Toss Up — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's decision to seek the Republican presidential nomination and thus forgo a re-election bid creates the second open GOP seat of the cycle. It also becomes the first Republican seat in the Toss Up column.

Discussion: OnPolitics

Dave Majumdar / The Daily Beast:

Putin's Missile Could Make U.S. Attacks on Iran Nearly Impossible — For years, Team Obama crowed about keeping this advanced Russian missile out of Iran's hands. Now the Kremlin suddenly seems eager to hand it over to Tehran. — This nuke deal with Iran had better work.