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5:40 PM ET, May 2, 2012

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Vanity Fair:
Becoming Obama  —  When Barack Obama met Genevieve Cook in 1983 at a Christmas party in New York's East Village, it was the start of his most serious romance yet.  But as the 22-year-old Columbia grad began to shape his future, he was also struggling with his identity: American or international?
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Obama: ‘New York girlfriend’ was composite  —  One of the more mysterious characters from President Obama's 1995 autobiography Dreams From My Father is the so-called ‘New York girlfriend.’ Obama never referred to her by name, or even by psuedonym, but he describes her appearance, her voice, and her mannerisms in specific detail.
Pam Spaulding / Firedoglake:
Wife of NC State Senator: Amendment One Needed ‘To Protect the Caucasian Race’  —  I don't even know where to begin to unpack this trash.  Chad Nance who is a freelance journalist in Winston-Salem and is covering the election here in NC, recorded the wife of NC Sen. Peter Brunstetter confirming …
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Jordan Green / The YES! Weekly Blog:
Racialized remark about marriage amendment attributed to state senator's wife  —  UPDATE: National media pickups at Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast and Daily Kos.  Still no word from the Brunstetters.  —  ORIGINAL POST: Chad Nance, a Winston-Salem freelance journalist …
Dustin Ingalls / Public Policy Polling:
Amendment One still up 14 points in N.C.
Joel Siegel / Yahoo! News:
Newt Gingrich $4 Million in Debt; Staffers and Creditors Fume  —  Newt Gingrich ends his White House dream today with his political committee facing a mountain of debts — owing about $4 million to scores of businesses and campaign workers around the country who fear they will never get paid.
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Ginger Gibson / Politico:
Newt Gingrich drops out: ‘Truly wild ride’ is over
BuzzFeed:
New York Post Mocks Obama's Afghanistan Trip  —  Two schools of thought: Obama is at risk of being seen as politicizing national security.  Or, any day spent talking about Osama Bin Laden, and not the economy, is a good one.
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Frances Robles / MiamiHerald.com:
George Zimmerman's crude Myspace page from 2005 uncovered  —  While it includes photos of an ethnically diverse group of friends, the murder defendant's 2005 web presence includes disparaging remarks about Mexicans.  —  FROBLES@MIAMIHERALD.COM  —  SANFORD — Just as George Zimmerman's attorney pushes …
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Nick R. Martin / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker  —  Unearthed: George Zimmerman's MySpace Page  —  This is George Zimmerman's MySpace page.  Years before he stood at the center of an international storm over the killing of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, the Florida man used his page to complain about “mexicans” and celebrate a victory in a criminal case against him.
Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
The Richard Grenell Fiasco: How a Cynical Political Move Blew Up in Mitt Romney's Face … Elections 2012 , Richard Grenell , Richard Grenell Mitt Romney , Richard Grenell Resigns , Richard Grenell Romney , Gay Voices News  —  A week ago a Washington reporter contacted me to discuss Mitt Romney's hiring …
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Byron York / Campaign 2012:
The curious resignation of Richard Grenell
Politico:
Richard Grenell quits Team Romney
Discussion: American Prospect and Daily Kos
Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
Warren: I used minority listing to make friends  —  Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, fending off questions about whether she used her Native American heritage to advance her career, said today she enrolled herself as a minority in law school directories for nearly a decade …
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Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
White and wrong: On the reservation with Elizabeth Warren
Discussion: Washington Monthly
ABCNEWS:
Designer of Ann Romney's $1K Shirt Says It's Off The Rack  —  CHANTILLY, Va. — The fashion house that makes the nearly $1,000 blouse worn by Ann Romney on morning television earlier this week tells ABC News that they had nothing to do with the wardrobe choice, remarking that they'd prefer to stay out of politics.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
A Paper Of Cowards  —  Drudge links to a Virginian-Pilot editorial piece about a beating in Norfolk, VA experienced by two of their own reporters two weeks ago, but he misses the Obama connection that may explain the delay in their reporting.  —  Per the Pilot a mob of “at least 100” …
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Steve Kornacki / Salon:
It's starting to look over for Dick Lugar  —  Welcome to the permanent era of Tea Party politics  —  It sure doesn't look like Richard Lugar is long for the political world.  The news that the major super PAC supporting his candidacy is bailing on him a week before the Republican primary reinforces …
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
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Indianapolis Star:
Indiana senator: What is driving this race? It's all about Lugar, his missed chances
Discussion: msnbc.com
Bill Clinton / New York Times:
‘The Passage of Power,’ Robert Caro's New L.B.J. Book  —  “The Passage of Power,” the fourth installment of Robert Caro's brilliant series on Lyndon Johnson, spans roughly five years, beginning shortly before the 1960 presidential contest, including the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban missile crisis …
Andrew Feinberg / The Hill:
Ethics watchdog asks FCC to revoke Fox's broadcast licenses  —  An ethics watchdog group is using the hacking scandal in the United Kingdom to call on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to cancel Fox's broadcast licenses.  —  The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Government …
Marquette Law School Poll:
Marquette Law School Poll shows Barrett leads Falk in recall primary; Walker and Barrett within single percentage point  —  Milwaukee, Wis. - With less than a week until the primary in the historic Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, a new Marquette Law School Poll shows Tom Barrett …
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and msnbc.com
ABCNEWS:
Romney, In Cell Phone Video, Opines on Wealth  —  CHANTILLY, Va. - At a private fundraiser at the home of pizza giant John Schnatter last month, Mitt Romney is seen on a cell phone video offering his candid thoughts on how Democrats and Republicans view wealth.
Ry Rivard / Associated Press:
Tomblin says he's uncertain whether he'll vote for Obama  —  CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Democrat Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said he - like Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. - does not know if he will vote for President Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney in the fall.  —  “I do not believe that either candidate …
 
 
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Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:
Pelosi denies lying about waterboarding
Fergal O'Brien / Bloomberg:
European Unemployment Rate Rises to Highest in Almost 15 Years
Glenn Blain / NY Daily News:
State Assembly passes bill to help children of illegal immigrants pay for college
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Eli Yokley / PoliticMo:
Gay Republican wants party to drop 'don't say gay' bill
BuzzFeed:
Document: How The Obama Administration Is Selling Health Care Law
Discussion: The Policy Page
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Romney: Carter years now look like ‘the good ol’ days'
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Obama's Not-So-Hot Date With Wall Street
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Sahil Kapur / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC  —  There may not be much President Obama can do to improve …
Discussion: Hot Air
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
No, Kathleen Sebelius Does Not Need A Legal Memo To Ignore False Anti-Contraception Legal Arguments
Peter Orszag / Bloomberg:
About Peter R Orszag  —  Bad Models Mistook Housing Bust for Dot-Com Bubble
Matt Dobias / Politico:
GOP: Cut state bonuses for children's health care
Washington Post:
A better case for Keystone XL
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