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ECONOMIC OPTIMISM ON RISE NATIONWIDE
05/18/2012
Gallup: "Americans' expectations for their personal financial situations have recovered from the low point of four years ago, with 63% now saying they expect to be better off a year from now, up from 52% in late May/early June 2008. The 18% who say they will be financially worse off in a year is by one percentage point the lowest since 2003."
NEW TV ADS IN MISSOURI & MONTANA
05/18/2012
"Two Democratic super-PACs are going back on the air with buys in Montana and Missouri, a Republican ad-buy tracker told The Hill. Patriot Majority will spend $200,000 on broadcast ads in Montana beginning on Friday and running through June 5, while Majority PAC will spend $160,000 on ads in St. Louis and Kansas City beginning Friday and running through May 31."
WISCONSIN LOSES ANOTHER 6,000 JOBS
05/18/2012
Chippewa Herald: "Wisconsin lost nearly 6,000 jobs in April, according to preliminary data state labor officials released Thursday, marking another setback for Republican Gov. Scott Walker as he faces a June 5 recall election."
EFFECT OF RELIGION ON ROMNEY'S CHANCES
05/17/2012
Brookings: "We present evidence from a new survey experiment that information about the LDS church and Mr. Romney's affiliation with it poses little threat to his electoral prospects, even among evangelical Christians. In fact, messages about Romney's religion may even boost his
support among conservatives."
support among conservatives."
TEA PARTY PRIMARIES
05/17/2012
Politico: "Another pair of GOP primaries in rock-ribbed red states - Texas on May 29 and Utah on June 26 - will further test the strength of the tea party movement that helped deliver the House to Republicans in 2010 and has roiled the party ever since."
NORQUIST BACKS JINDAL AS ROMNEY'S VP
05/16/2012
Politico: "Romney would do well to have a wing man who can astutely explain the flaws in President Barack Obama's policies. There are many attractive prospects out there, but Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal can do not just all that, he has already implemented the sort of bold reforms at the state level that are now desperately needed at the federal level."
DEB FISCHER STUNS NEBRASKA GOP
05/16/2012
Omaha World Herald: "The state senator from Valentine...started to surge in the polls at the perfect time - early enough to win and too late for her opponents to respond. Fischer, who raised a paltry $440,000 to front-runner Jon Bruning's $3.6 million, is now in position to become the second woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate from Nebraska."
WALKER NOT FOCUSED ON PUBLIC DUTIES
05/16/2012
Cap Times: "A detailed analysis of the 4,400 entries in Walker's calendar by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism paints a portrait of a public relations-minded governor who focuses his message on receptive, conservative audiences and who, as the effort to recall him has intensified has spent a sharply decreasing amount of time on official state business."
THE WAR OVER BAIN
05/15/2012
Politico: "As the Obama campaign began a concerted attack on the presumptive GOP nominee for his tenure at the private equity firm he managed, strategists in both parties say the Republican has yet to give a confident, detailed explanation of his Bain Capital tenure that silences questions about his biography as a businessman."
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ON THIS DAY IN US HISTORY
On May 18, 1860, Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination on third ballot over William H. Seward, who later becomes Lincoln’s Secretary of State. As 16th President, Lincoln leads country through Civil War, ends slavery and promotes economic modernization. In the general election, he defeats Stephen A. Douglas.
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