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12:20 PM 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.”
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Attacking Ann Romney — yeah, that's the ticket!  —  Overnight President Obama's faux “war on women” attack on Mitt Romney blew up in his face.  It is fitting that a gimmick should boomerang this quickly and this severely, maybe giving Romney the first big break of the race.
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 …
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Dem operative criticizes Ann Romney, ignites storm (Updated)
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Macsmind
Haley Barbour / CNN:
Barbour won't formally endorse Romney, but offers advice
Discussion: GOP 12
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
Maggie Habermanand Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Donors split with Mitt Romney 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 …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama campaign needles Romney over anniversary of Massachusetts health law  —  The Obama campaign is using the sixth anniversary of Massachusetts's healthcare law to needle rival Mitt Romney — and try to neutralize an issue Democrats see as a campaign liability in the fall.
Discussion: Politico
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Anti-abortion-rights groups rally behind Romney
Discussion: CNN
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
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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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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Dylan Stableford / Reuters:
Mike Tyson on George Zimmerman: 'It's a disgrace he hasn't been shot yet'
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
George Zimmerman to be charged in Trayvon Martin shooting, official says
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.
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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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.
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 …
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Obama's inequality argument just utterly collapsed  —  President Barack Obama has a theory of the case, yes he does.  For the past 30 years, the living standards of middle-class Americans have gone nowhere even as the overall U.S. economy has grown markedly.  The Obama explanation: Wealthier Americans grabbed all the money.
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 …
Joel Brinkley / Politico:
Iran's trail of terror  —  When world leaders meet with Iranian leaders in Istanbul Friday, topic No. 1, of course, will be Iran's nuclear program.  But a variety of present and former security officials, members of Congress and others say the United States and other western nations are paying …
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
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.
 
 
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Richard Shears / Daily Mail:
Afghan refugee who said raping woman was part of ‘cultural differences’ is jailed for 14 years
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
La Raza President: Blacks, Hispanics Should Team Up Against ‘Common Enemies’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Dominic Holden / The Stranger …:
Father Ryan Refuses Anti-Gay Petitions, Calling Them “Hurtful and Seriously Divisive”
KC Johnson / Originals:
The “Mismatch Thesis,” Eye-Opening Research, and the Fisher Case
Discussion: National Review
Steve Kornacki / Salon:
The gay marriage long game
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Boston Herald:
Pols: Welfare abuse runs deep
Discussion: GILL REPORT and Doug Ross
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Rep. Mica: GSA officials spent week in Hawaii for one-hour ribbon cutting
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Why There Are Many More Swing Voters Than You Think
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Iran woos oil buyers with easy credit
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Mother Jones
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Analysts: Gas prices may have peaked
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