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12:20 PM ET, April 2, 2012

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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.
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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.
Discussion: CNN
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.
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  —  USA Today released a seemingly-rough poll for Mitt Romney over the weekend, but it's not nearly as lopsided as it first appears.  —  The substance: Barack Obama has jumped to a 9% lead over Romney, overall, in swing states (Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico …
Discussion: The Raw Story
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.
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Week
Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's women problem
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
New Santorum ad links Romney to Obama on healthcare, bailouts
Discussion: CNN
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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John E. Sununu / Boston Globe:   An exciting VP? Don't go for it, Mitt
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:   Clinton: Flip-flops will doom Romney
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.
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 …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rep. Clyburn: Obama should campaign against Supreme Court if health law falls  —  Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said President Obama should campaign against the Supreme Court, painting it as a conservative, activist institution if it rules that the administration's healthcare law is unconstitutional.
Discussion: Politico, Hot Air and National Review
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Wall Street Journal:
Assailing the Supreme Court
Discussion: Althouse and BizzyBlog
Seattle Times:
U.S. Supreme Court should overturn Arizona's anti-illegal-immigration law
Discussion: Don Surber
Juli Weiner / Vanity Fair:
The Top Candidates in the Democratic Presidential Primary Mad Men's Henry Francis Calls George Romney a Clown!  —  Clown?  —  On last night's episode of Mad Men, Henry Francis, a high-ranking operative for Republican New York mayor John Lindsay and Betty's mostly supportive …
Discussion: Mediaite
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James Crugnale / Mediaite:
Mad Men Takes A Swipe At Mitt Romney's Father, Calls Him A ‘Clown’
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
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Obama Calls for More Redistribution of Wealth, Declaring: 'I Am My Brother's Keeper'  —  (CNSNews.com) - In a campaign speech in Vermont on Friday, President Barack Obama referenced the biblical story of Cain and Abel in condemning what he called “you're-on-your-own economics” …
Washington Examiner:
Spike Lee puts the ‘twit’ in Twitter  —  Just when you thought the controversy over the Trayvon Martin shooting couldn't get any worse, it got worse.  Or, more accurately, several parties helped make it worse.  —  Enter Marcus Davonne Higgins, a Los Angeles man no one's probably ever heard of …
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.
Candy Crowley / CNN:
It's never too early for political world to play veepstakes  —  Washington (CNN) — Mitt Romney thinks a Wisconsin/Maryland/D.C. sweep Tuesday night will set him sailing to the nomination long before the August Republican convention.  —  Still, he's not about to own it.
Discussion: Hot Air
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?
Discussion: Mediaite and NewsBusters.org
 
 
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Jack Gillum / Associated Press:
Top Obama campaign donor accused of fraud
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Bill Ong Hing / The Huffington Post:
Honor Trayvon Martin's Death: Declare War on Racism
Chris Boyette / CNN:
Sarah Palin to co-host ‘Today’ show as Katie Couric sits in on ‘GMA’
ABCNEWS:
Ann Coulter Says Marco Rubio as VP Pick Would Be a ‘Mistake’
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The PJ Tatler
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Nikki Haley would say ‘thank you, but no’ if offered VP slot
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Dubious donations (2012 edition)
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Obama allies launch ad campaign hitting back over gas prices
Boston Globe:
Brown, Warren deadlocked, poll shows
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 jobs bill
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Priebus memo: Wis. recall strengthens GOP
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