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11:10 AM ET, April 13, 2012

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Jonathan Martinand Maggie Haberman / Politico:
The Draperizing of Mitt Romney  —  The Draperizing of Mitt Romney is under way.  —  He may not drink or cheat, and he lacks the fictional ad-maker's charisma, but Democrats, despite the potential perils of such a strategy, remain determined to paint Romney as a throwback to the “Mad Men” …
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
This Is What A Twitter Firestorm Looks Like  —  The outrage over Hilary Rosen's criticism of Ann Romney peaked, and has begun to fall.
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Battle of All Mothers  —  Hilary Rosen and the misogynistic foundation of contemporary feminism.  —  In a February article about the unwieldily named Democratic National Committee chairman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, The Wall Street Journal noted that “Obama advisers have occasionally told …
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Joe Biden: ‘War on women is real’  —  Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday he believes the right's “war on women is real” and could be particularly salient during the multiple Supreme Court appointments he expects to come during the next president's term.  —  “I think the war on women is real …
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Hilary Rosen flap a “win in every regard” for GOP, says Nicolle Wallace
Discussion: Slate, Gawker and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Obamas and Bidens to Release Tax Returns
Discussion: msnbc.com, Daily Kos and Economist
ABCNEWS:
Obama Rejects Rosen's Comments on Ann Romney
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org blogs:
NOW Prez: Ann Romney Lacks ‘Life Experience’ And ‘Imagination’
BuzzFeed:
Stay At Home Motherhood Isn't A Luxury, Census Data Shows
Discussion: The Caucus and americanthinker.com
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney fundraising appeal off Rosengate in 3, 2, 1...
Discussion: alicublog and Althouse
CNN:
Rosen apologizes over comments against Ann Romney
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Conservatives Attack Hilary Rosen For Raising Children As A Lesbian
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
New Jersey Online:
Newark Mayor Cory Booker taken to hospital after rescuing woman from house fire  —  NEWARK — Newark Mayor Cory Booker was taken to a hospital tonight for treatment of smoke inhalation he suffered trying to rescue his next-door neighbors from their burning house.
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CBS News:
Newark Mayor Cory Booker: Race into home fire was a “come to Jesus moment”  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  (CBS News) Newark Mayor Cory Booker called it his “come to Jesus moment” when he ran into a burning building to save a neighbor's life.  —  Booker arrived home last night to discover …
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Failed North Korean Launch a Setback for Kim Jong-un  —  SEOUL, South Korea — For the new North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, who completed the last step in his hurried ascension to power in Pyongyang on Friday, his government's failure to put a satellite into orbit is a $1 billion humiliation.
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Reuters:
Embarrassed by rocket crash, North Korea may try nuclear test
Discussion: FP Passport and New York Magazine
Wall Street Journal:
North Korean Launch Fails
Ju-min Park / Reuters:
North Korea's rocket launch ends in failure: South Korea
Telegraph:   North Korea acknowledges rocket failure
Associated Press:
North Korea fires long-range rocket
Discussion: Guardian, ABCNEWS and CNN
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Harvard Prof. Alan Dershowitz: Zimmerman Arrest Affidavit ‘Irresponsible And Unethical’  —  Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz appeared on MSNBC's Hardball where fill-in host Michel Smerconish asked him his opinions of the arrest warrant issued and carried out for alleged Trayvon Martin murderer, George Zimmerman.
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Orlando Sentinel:
Trayvon's mom says ‘shooting was accident,’ Zimmerman to face judge
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Romney Edges Obama as Approval of President Drops  —  April 11: Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, waves before addressing an audience during a campaign event, in Warwick, R.I.AP  —  Republican Mitt Romney holds a slim edge over President Obama …
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Politico:
Newt Gingrich rents donor list to raise cash
Discussion: Hot Air and BuzzFeed
Melody Guyton Butts / Durham Herald-Sun:
Ailes lectures young journalists  —  CHAPEL HILL - Fox News chief Roger Ailes offered more than a few words of advice Thursday in a room filled mostly with young journalists, starting with a recommendation that elicited at least a few eye rolls: “I think you ought to change your major.”
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Hammered for ‘Jetting Around,’ Taking Vacations While Americans Suffer  —  President Obama, during an interview with St. Louis's KMOV, was hammered for “jetting around, [taking] different vacations and so forth, sometimes ... under the color of state business.”
Alia Beard Rau / Arizona Republic:
Brewer signs bill banning most abortions after 20 weeks  —  Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill into law banning most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and making numerous other changes to abortion regulations.  —  The new law will likely go into effect sometime in July, depending on when the Legislature ends its session.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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Allison Yarrow / The Daily Beast:
Governor Jan Brewer Signs Arizona's Extreme New Abortion Law
Mark Tapscott / Campaign 2012:
What's Color of Change hiding about itself?  —  Coca Cola executives who recently decided to stop supporting the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) did so in response to demands from an obscure left-wing activist group, Color of Change (COC).  So were executives of giant candy-maker Mars …
Discussion: ALEC
Richard Rubin / Bloomberg:
Top Earners Can Find Ways Around Buffett Rule  —  The highest-earning U.S. households have ways to escape President Barack Obama's Buffett rule with tax-planning techniques that would limit their liability and undermine the proposal's purpose.  —  Those affected taxpayers …
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Timothy P. Carney / Campaign 2012:
The real Buffett Rule: Tax cuts for corporate jets
Discussion: Hit & Run
Brian Brown / NOM Blog:
HRC President & Obama Co-Chair Implicated in IRS Leak Scandal, NOM Marriage News  —  The scandal over the release of confidential IRS information on the Human Rights Campaign's website grows.  —  The more we at NOM look into this, the more it smells to high heaven.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Cannibalize the Future  —  One general rule of modern politics is that the people who talk most about future generations — who go around solemnly declaring that we're burdening our children with debt — are, in practice, the people most eager to sacrifice our future for short-term political gain.
Discussion: The Mahablog
 
 
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
In Cash Push, 2 Campaigns Likely to Reject Public Funds
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Slate, Hot Air, msnbc.com and The Caucus
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Cuomo Acts to Advance Health Law in New York
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
House GOP hopes to revive Keystone fight with tie to highway bill extension
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In Pivot to Messaging, Ron Johnson Looks to Purge Staff
Ed Fischer / CBS Philly:
South Jersey Man Gives Up His Obama Flag But Not His Opinions
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
VA Speaker And Ex-ALEC Chair Berates Woman — 'I'm Not Speaking In Little Enough Words For You To Understand'
Discussion: Washington Post and Blue Virginia
 

 
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