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11:50 AM ET, April 12, 2012

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ABCNEWS:
Ann Romney Fights Back: Debuts on Twitter to Counter DNC Advisor's Insult  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Ann Romney's debut on Twitter couldn't have come at a more opportune time.  —  Ann's first tweet came just moments after Democratic strategist and DNC adviser Hilary Rosen lobbed an insult at Ann Romney …
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Hilary Rosen / The Huffington Post:
Ann Romney and Working Moms  —  My Twitter feed was on fire after an appearance last night on CNN's AC360, where I said that I thought it was wrong for Mitt Romney to be using his wife as his guide to women's economic struggles when she “had never worked a day in her life.”
Ann Romney / CNN:
Democrat's comment about Ann Romney creates firestorm on Twitter  —  (CNN) - Democratic Strategist Hilary Rosen generated instant bipartisan criticism Wednesday night for her statement that Ann Romney has “actually never worked a day in her life.”  —  The reaction on Twitter from high level politicos …
Mollie Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Hilary Rosen, Democratic Strategist, Criticizes Ann Romney For Having ‘Never Worked A Day In Her Life’ … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Women's Empowerment, Ann Romney, Hilary Rosen, Politics News, Hilary Rosen Ann Romney, Lily Ledbetter Act …
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Anti-abortion-rights groups rally behind Romney  —  Two of the nation's leading anti-abortion-rights groups rallied behind Mitt Romney on Thursday following the exit of Rick Santorum from the presidential race.  —  The Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List and the National Right to Life Committee …
Discussion: CNN
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Attacking Ann Romney — yeah, that's the ticket!
Haley Barbour / CNN:
Barbour won't formally endorse Romney, but offers advice
Discussion: GOP 12
Justin Sink / The Hill:   Obama campaign needles Romney over anniversary of Massachusetts health law
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Dem operative criticizes Ann Romney, ignites storm (Updated)
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Macsmind
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
GOP donor wonders if Obama's ‘teleprompters are bullet-proof’
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Women's Job Losses Under Obama Have Been Driven by GOP Obstruction
ABCNEWS:
Foster Friess Pledges Support to Romney, Would Like Santorum to ‘Be in the Fray’
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Hot Air
Phil Pruitt / ABCNEWS:
Ann Romney speaks up on Twitter, Obama has more to say on ‘Buffett Rule,’ plus more to watch for Thursday in politics
Discussion: CNN, New York Magazine and Yahoo! News
Joe Muto / Gawker:
Hi Roger.  It's Me, Joe: The Fox Mole  —  Hi.  My name is Joe Muto.  I was the Fox Mole.  —  Two hours ago I was called into a meeting with Dianne Brandi, the Fox News Executive Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs and suspended indefinitely... with pay, oddly enough.  —  They nailed me.
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Erin Carlson / Hollywood Reporter:
Roger Ailes Slams Gawker as Fox News Mole Reveals Himself, is Fired (Video)  —  UPDATED: The network found and suspended the rogue employee who had filed anonymous posts at Gawker that ripped the organization, while FNC chief Roger Ailes discredits the site in a conversation with THR.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Semi-Props To Ms. Alvarez of the NY Times; Mockery For Their Editors  —  Yesterday Lizette Alvarez triggered a bit of a reader revolt in the comments to her website story which included a brief summary of the Trayvon Martin shooting, and I joined in from this post.
Discussion: New York Times, ACS Blog and Hit & Run
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Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Zimmerman Attorney Defends ‘Troubled’ Client: ‘It Must Be Frightening Not To Be Able To Go Into A 7/11’
Discussion: Hullabaloo
CBS News:
Zimmerman booked on 2nd-degree murder charge
Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Gingrich Unloads on FOX News in Private Meeting  —  DOVER, Del. — During a meeting with 18 Delaware Tea Party leaders here on Wednesday, Newt Gingrich lambasted FOX News Channel, accusing the cable network of having been in the tank for Mitt Romney from the beginning of the Republican presidential fight.
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Conservative Journalism Keeps Getting Better  —  A couple of months ago, Washington Free Beacon (and yes, that's “beacon,” not “bacon") launched with some reasonably experienced conservative journalists and a mandate to hold their political opponents accountable with rock-solid journalism.
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Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Hostile Workplace  —  Female employees in the Obama White House …
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama Won't Order Ban on Gay Bias by Employers  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama disappointed and vexed gay supporters on Wednesday with his decision, conveyed to activists by a senior adviser, not to sign an executive order banning discrimination by employers with federal contracts.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Rebuffing Obama's gimmicky ‘Buffett Rule’  —  President Obama admits it: His proposed “Buffett Rule” tax on millionaires is a gimmick.  —  “There are others who are saying: 'Well, this is just a gimmick.  Just taxing millionaires and billionaires, just imposing the Buffett Rule …
Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:
Biden: Al Franken is a ‘leading legal scholar’  —  Vice President Joe Biden described former Saturday Night Live comedian, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., as a “leading legal scholar,” presumably in the Senate, today.  —  “He has been one of the leading legal scholars,” Biden said of Franken today, according to the pool report.
John M. Becker / Truth Wins Out:
Bachmann Clinic Busted by Second Undercover Sting  —  Taking a page out of the Truth Wins Out playbook, a documentary filmmaker went undercover at Bachmann & Associates, the Minnesota Christian counseling clinic co-owned by Marcus & Michele Bachmann, and again captured a staffer conducting so-called …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Rep. Mica: GSA officials spent week in Hawaii for one-hour ribbon cutting  —  Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that the ongoing probe into the wasteful spending habits of the General Services Administration (GSA) has uncovered that several GSA officials were flown to Hawaii for a week to attend a one-hour ribbon cutting ceremony.
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Gov. Sununu: Obama still not ready to be president  —  Mitt Romney's campaign welcomed Vice President Biden to New Hampshire on Thursday by blasting his policies as arrogant and his boss as unprepared to lead the nation.  —  Biden was in Exeter, N.H., on Thursday to hold a town hall meeting …
Discussion: CNN
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Analysts: Gas prices may have peaked  —  Gasoline prices, which have vexed President Obama politically in recent months, may have reached their peak, according to energy analysts.  —  Prices at the pump reached nearly $3.94 last Friday, the highest point this year, according to AAA.
Dominic Holden / The Stranger …:
Father Ryan Refuses Anti-Gay Petitions, Calling Them “Hurtful and Seriously Divisive”  —  In an email to his flock, St. James Cathedral reverend Michael Ryan has announced that he won't circulate petitions inside his parish for the campaign to repeal the state's same-sex marriage law.  Here's his full email:
Politico:
Donors split with Mitt on gay marriage  —  Mitt Romney's opposition to gay marriage, which helped endear him to conservative activists during the dog days of the presidential primary, puts him at odds with three of his most prominent donors, all of whom helped fund a successful effort to legalize same-sex nuptials in New York last year.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Katy Hall / The Huffington Post:
Chris Christie Falls Asleep At Bruce Springsteen Concert … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Video, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Christie Bruce Springsteen, Chris Christie Napping, Chris Christie Sleeping, Politics News  —  Chris Christie may not be into Bruce Springsteen's new album.
 
 
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