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2012 remainders: Search
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS | 4/16/12 5:29 PM
The VP search officially begins. Obama team sets its sights on winning Arizona. GOP wants Romney to talk about Mormon faith. MoveOn ad channels LOLcats.
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Mitt Romney
4/16/12 6:30 PM
Appearing on ABC's 'World News with Diane Sawyer'
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TV Guide, Monday primetime
By JEDD ROSCHE | 4/16/12 5:09 PM
• Mitt Romney is scheduled to be on ABC's "World News with Diane Sawyer" at 6:30 p.m.
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General-election polls show conflicting leads for Romney, Obama
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS | 4/16/12 4:35 PM
Two general election polls came out this afternoon, each showing a different frontrunner: Gallup has Mitt Romney leading, and CNN has President Obama ahead.
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Poll: Walker leads Democratic challengers in Wis. recall
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS | 4/16/12 3:57 PM
Walker has a 5-point lead against Milwaukee Mayor.
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Could Atwater reconsider Florida Senate race?
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 4/16/12 3:52 PM
As a number of restless Republicans are starting to cast about again for a fresh candidate, some have turned their eyes toward state CFO Jeff Atwater.
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Newt Gingrich
4/16/12 3:30 PM
Hosting town hall meeting at Pappasito’s
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Why stall on the tax return?
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 4/16/12 3:28 PM
Mitt Romney's decision to file for a six-month extension on his 2011 tax return has given Democrats a fresh opening to beat him up on the issue of personal financial transparency.
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Romney super PAC donor's firm was fined millions for commodities manipulation
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 4/16/12 2:54 PM
A major donor to the pro-Mitt Romney super PAC was once fined $25 million by regulators for manipulating commodities markets, records show.
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Newt staffer cuts off student reporter in N.C. (Updated)
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS | 4/16/12 11:25 AM
My colleague Ginger Gibson flags this story from the Daily Tar Heel, the student newspaper at the University of North Carolina, where a student reporter's interview with Newt Gingrich was cut short after the reporter asked about Roger Ailes' comments on Gingrich coming back to Fox News.
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Pro-Obama super PAC to launch ads about Romney and taxes (Updated)
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 4/16/12 11:06 AM
Via Sam Stein's Twitter feed, Priorities USA Action, the pro-Obama super PAC, is going to launch ads about Mitt Romney and taxes "in several states."
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Talent: Romney was spitballing on policy ideas at fundraiser
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 4/16/12 10:57 AM
Mitt Romney wasn't laying out new policy planks at the closed-door fundraiser where he talked about agencies that might get restructured, and tax deductions that might get eliminated, according to his surrogate, Sen. Jim Talent, on a conference call with reporters:
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Beth Myers to run Romney VP search (Updated)
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 4/16/12 9:48 AM
Beth Myers, Mitt Romney's former chief of staff on Beacon Hill and the manager of his 2008 presidential campaign, will head up his search for a running mate, Romney told ABC News.
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The Ann Romney show
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 4/16/12 9:23 AM
It's the would-be first lady's birthday, and the Romney campaign has put out a 3-minute video to commemorate the occasion.
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National Review for Mourdock
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 4/16/12 8:41 AM
The conservative mag's edit-heads endorse the challenger in Indiana:
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Where's the outrage, tax edition
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 4/16/12 6:41 AM
Gallup has a good snapshot today of where the debate on taxes stands -- not in terms of how the two parties match up against each other, but of Americans' underlying perceptions of the tax system.
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Obama-DNC raise $53 million in March
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 4/16/12 6:15 AM
The president's reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee took in a combined $53 million in March through their various fundraising accounts, the Obama camp announced in a video Monday.
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RNC vs. Obama 'excuses'
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 4/16/12 6:08 AM
The Republican National Committee will put out a web video later this morning accusing President Obama of trying to displace blame for the sluggish ecconomy, in the latest GOP effort to ensure there's a high bar of accountability for Obama in November.
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Adelson plays nice with Hill GOP
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 4/16/12 5:46 AM
After boosting Newt Gingrich in the presidential race, Sheldon Adelson is now doing a solid for the Republican Party establishment.
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Turmoil among N.C. Dems
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 4/16/12 5:41 AM
The North Carolina Democratic Party, already having a challenging year thanks to an uphill governor's race, now has this story to contend with.
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GOP to Mitt: Own your Mormonism
By LOIS ROMANO | 4/16/12 4:25 AM
Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith has hovered over his 20-year political career like a thick layer of incense at Easter Mass. Negative perceptions of the religion so worried his 2008 presidential team that the dilemma had its own acronym in campaign power point presentations: TMT (That Mormon Thing).
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