Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: Anuzis endorses Romney--Trump's still waiting on Palin after Perry meeting--Huntsman campaign announces GenH leadership--Lynch will not seek reelection in NH--NRSC to go after Warren on immigration
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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:09:31 -0600

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EXCLUSIVE - ANUZIS ENDORSES ROMNEY: Michigan Republican National Committeeman Saul Anuzis, an RNC power broker, will come out for Romney today. As GOP state chair, Anuzis officially stayed neutral in 2008. He served on the host committee of a briefing by the Romney campaign for RNC members at last month's summer meeting in Tampa, but he was publicly flirting with Rick Perry's candidacy at the time. Now he's all in for Mitt. "His singular focus on fixing our economy combined with his Michigan roots and ability to relate to the hopes and dreams of Michigan voters make him the one candidate that can and will beat Barack Obama," Anuzis says. In a forthcoming statement, Romney says he is
 "thrilled to have him on board our leadership team in a critical state like Michigan."

TRUMP TOWER MINDMELD - THE DONALD LIKES PERRY, BUT HE'S WAITING ON PALIN: Donald Trump feels his meeting with Rick Perry last night at Trump Tower went well. The pair had dinner at Jean George after. The New York businessman went home impressed by Perry, who he thinks is a straight shooter with an impressive story to tell. They have been speaking by phone for six weeks. Trump likes the Texas governor but is reluctant to endorse a candidate until Sarah Palin's intentions are known, a source familiar with his thinking tells Morning Score. He is a big Palin fan. Trump is coming off his role as a robocaller for Congressman-elect Bob Turner, who won in the NYC district Trump grew up in. Turner
 thanked Trump in his victory remarks.

EXCLUSIVE - HUNTSMAN CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCES YOUTH LEADERSHIP: Jeb Bush Jr. is naming the national and regional leaders for the Huntsman campaign's youth and young professional program today. With 139 campus chapters in 42 states, the Huntsman campaign calls GenH-chaired by Jeb Jr.-the most broad-based youth program in the Republican field. Zach Howell, the former chairman of the College Republican National Committee, will be on-staff director of GenH and Mary Anne Huntsman, the governor's oldest daughter, will head the young professional finance program. National co-chairs are former "Students for Daniels" chairman Michael Knowles, former Maryland College Republicans chairman Mike Esteve, New
 York College Republican chairman Michael Ventre and former "Students for Meg Whitman" chairman Chasen Bullock. Here is the complete list of campus chapters:
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Huntsman will attend the first GenH tailgates at the South Carolina and Clemson football games this Saturday. His willingness to challenge Republican orthodoxy on issues like global warming and civil unions could create an opening for him to be a favorite of the 18-35 year-old demographic.

As Bachmann finds herself losing on HPV, Democrats wring their hands about NY-9 and a former top aide to Walker watches the FBI search her home, here's POLITICO's Morning Score: your daily guide to the permanent campaign.

NEW HAMPSHIRE GOV. LYNCH WILL NOT SEEK REELECTION - OVIDE IS EARLY FAVORITE: Democrat John Lynch will announce at a press conference this morning that he is not running for a fifth term next year, increasing the chance that Republicans can claim the seat and jumpstarting contested primaries on both parties. New Hampshire Journal looks at the dynamic: "Former-State Senator Maggie Hassan (D-Exeter) is the favorite of liberal Democratic establishment and is expected to jump into the race quickly. As is Ovide Lamontagne, the popular conservative former U.S. Senate candidate who is expected to be the frontrunner to replace Lynch, at least in the early stages of the race." Other possible GOP
 candidates: Kevin Smith, Jeb Bradley, Ted Gatsas and John Stephen. The NH Journal report:
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http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=884fc9fc00962a5a4c239e481474e99a74b7668826228b4d3a88962aa667b13f . WMUR's James Pindell offers some additional names:
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PRAISING CHENEY - ROMNEY PLAYS FOR ESTABLISHMENT CONSERVATIVES: At an Arizona town hall, Romney responded to a question about whether he would name a "tea party person" as his vice president by praising Dick Cheney. 'I think it was last weekend I was watching C-SPAN, and I saw Vice President Dick Cheney and he was being asked questions about a whole host of issues -- following 9/11, the affairs in various countries in the world. And I listened to him speak and said whether you agree or disagree with him, this is a man of wisdom and judgment, and he could have been president of the United States,' Romney told a crowd estimated at 800, per NBC. 'That's the kind of person I'd like to have - a
 person of wisdom and judgment.'
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HPV BLOW-UP - HOW BACHMANN LOST CONTROL OF THE VACCINE STORY IN THE LAST 24 HOURS: The issue that looked like Michele Bachmann's political salvation during Monday night's debate has become an anchor that threatens to further sink her candidacy. "There's a woman that came up crying to me tonight after the debate," Bachman told Fox News right after her masterful 'I'm offended' performance against Perry. "She said her daughter was given that vaccine. She said her daughter suffered mental retardation as a result of that vaccine."

PERRY ATTACKS: "I think that was a statement that had no truth in it, no basis in fact," Perry told reporters in Richmond midday Wednesday.
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SCIENTISTS BLAST BACHMANN: The Des Moines Register's headline is "Michele Bachmann's HPV vaccine claims rejected by medical community."
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A University of Minnesota bioethics professor tells the Star Tribune that he'll give $1,000 if Bachmann's story about the HPV vaccine and mental retardation can be verified. The director of the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics upped the offer to $10,000.
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ROLLINS CALLS THE COMMENT A MISTAKE: 'She made a mistake. The quicker she admits she made a mistake and moves on, the better she is,' Ed Rollins, who stepped down as Bachmann's campaign manager on Sept. 5 and is now an independent advisor, told MSNBC last night. Meanwhile, as HuffPo's Jon Ward notes, a Bachmann spokeswoman has not responded to emails or phone calls.
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CONSERVATIVES TURN ON BACHMANN-The left already loathes Bachmann, so you can discount their outrage [evident in today's Gail Collins column:
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http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8e87ad76f1b95e3556b51cf77d8214818c0b779581643abb9b9fca1042d61f9b ]. The reason this gaffe has legs is that it seems to be the last straw for heretofore friendly conservative bloggers. Three examples:

Jonathan Adler at The Volokh Conspiracy: "Even if Gov. Perry was wrong to order the vaccinations, there's absolutely no basis for suggesting the vaccine is a threat to children."
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Steven Hayward on Power Line: "Up to now I've thought Michele Bachman was the most impressive performer in the GOP field, going toe-to-toe with the 'big boys' in the field... But her embrace of the wacko idea that the vaccine is dangerous or causes autism, mental retardation, or other risks is simply irresponsible... it has shifted the focus from Perry's use of power to Bachmann's scientific credibility-a lose-lose for everyone."
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Steve Haff at RedState: "In the past, I have written favorably about Michele Bachmann... but now I've heard enough. There were several ways she could have attacked Rick Perry on the Gardasil Issue without resorting to snake oil worthy of a John Edwards pick-up line."
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"CORE OF CONVICTION" - BACHMANN MEMOIR RELEASE SET FOR NOV. 21: It will be 224 pages. See the cover art:
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RAISING ARIZONA - BACHMANN COURTS SHERIFF JOE: In Arizona yesterday, she visited Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in his office. From the Phoenix KTAR affiliate: "The Republican presidential candidate spoke briefly before the meeting and talked about what she thinks is the number one issue when it comes to the state of Arizona. 'What we need to do is first secure the border,' Bachmann said." Immigration is obviously being used to create a contrast with Perry. Signaling the state's newfound significance with an early primary, both Romney and Bachmann spent the day in the Copper State.
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TALKING FAITH - PERRY VISITS LIBERTY UNIVERSITY: The Washington Post says it might have been his "most reflective and personal remarks as a Republican presidential candidate." In a 20-minute speech at the school founded by the late Jerry Falwell, Perry did not mention jobs or President Obama. "Instead, the evangelical Christian governor spoke the language of the movement with ease. He talked about the many nights in his 20s he spent pondering his purpose, 'wondering what to do with this one life among the billions that were on the planet,' but knowing that God's answers would be revealed to him in due time. Perry mused about his personal failings: not realizing his dream of becoming a
 veterinarian because he flunked organic chemistry, being ordered to do push-ups as a college cadet when his superiors in morning inspections discovered insufficiently shined shoes, straying from his faith and being 'lost' as a young Air Force pilot overseas."
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WHAT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ARE UP TO: Perry speaks at the Green County GOP fundraiser in Jefferson, Iowa. Bachmann hosts a 9 a.m. breakfast chat in San Rafael, California. Santorum speaks at an 11:30 a.m. fundraiser for the South Carolina Republican Party in Greenville. Cain has an open forum at the Warner Robbins Civic Center in Thomaston, Georgia.

WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS UP TO: Obama awards a Medal of Honor at 2:45 p.m. Then he has two DNC fundraisers: at 7 and 8:40 p.m. Both are print pool only.

TWO NEW POLLS -

- Bloomberg, out this morning, puts Obama ahead of Perry in a head-to-head matchup 49-40. In the primaries, nationally, Perry leads Romney 26-22.
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- PPP, out yesterday afternoon: Perry leads Romney 31-18 nationally, but he's losing the surge of momentum that came with his announcement a month ago. Tea partiers are quite leery of the former Massachusetts governor. Among those who self-identify with the movement, he ties for fourth with Gingrich. Poll director Tom Jensen: "Romney doesn't need to win the Tea Party to be the Republican nominee but he has to be a lot more competitive than he is right now."
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NY-9 HYSTERIA - SPECIAL ELECTION FALLOUT CONTINUES:

DEMOCRATIC PANIC-

- Former Harry Reid spokesman Jim Manley to ABC: "I'm sure glad I'm not working for a member that's up for re-election next year because it's an ugly, ugly mood out there."
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- Former White House spokesman Bill Burton, now senior strategist at Priorities USA, to National Journal: "Democrats should be very nervous. They need to put on their war paint and get ready for what is going to be a very difficult battle. Unless activists really engage and recognize the stakes of this fight, it's going to be impossible for the president to win.'
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- An unnamed Democratic strategist to The Hill: "I'm warning my clients - 'Don't run in 2012.' I don't want to see good candidates lose by 12 to 15 points because of the president."
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- Rep. Elliot Engel (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that the election should serve as a "big alarm" for Democrats who have long depended on the Jewish vote.
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REPUBLICANS RISK COCKINESS-

- AS IF: "Gleeful Republican leaders said tonight that Bob Turner's stunning victory for Anthony Weiner's vacant city congressional seat shows that New York is in play in next year's presidential race," the New York Post reported from the state GOP's annual fundraising dinner at the Sheraton last night. [Reagan was the last Republican to carry the Empire State, as part of his 49-state landslide in 1984.]
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-JUST THE BEGINNING? The sub-headline of Karl Rove's column in today's Wall Street Journal on the rise of Democratic discontent is, "After this week's election defeats, unhappiness with the president is sure to build."
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-HOW TURNER'S WIN COULD HELP PERRY: "The Republican triumph...will aggravate the party's overconfidence and prevent a showdown with the Tea Party," E.J. Dionne writes in his Washington Post column today. "Yet if conservatives see New York's 9th as further evidence that Obama is a pushover, Rick Perry - if he doesn't self-destruct - will be able to tell them he is the guy who can destroy the Great Society, the New Deal and the Progressive Era with one decisive blow. And no establishment will be there to stop him."
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THAT WAS FAST - ANGLE SPOX WARNS OF PRIMARY CHALLENGE TO AMODEI: Electoral success typically begets demands for more ideological purity. A local Nevada affiliate asked Sharron Angle's spokesman about buzz that the failed 2010 Senate candidate might take on Mark Amodei, who handily won Tuesday's special election to replace Dean Heller. He replied that "Angle's options are open, and I expect that she and others will be paying close attention to Amodei's performance. What is important now is that Amodei pays close attention to his constituents in this district and give them the representation that they want if he expects to keep this job."
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SNEAK PEEK - NRSC TO HIT WARREN FOR BEING EVEN SOFTER ON IMMIGRATION THAN OBAMA: The National Republican Senatorial Committee will seize today on Elizabeth Warren's announcement that she opposes the Department of Homeland Security's "Secure Communities Program," which is used by the Boston Police Department to identify and deport violent criminals. This puts her at odds with Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, who described the program as an essential tool earlier this week. Scott Brown supports the initiative, and the GOP is confident this can create a winning contrast with Bay State voters.

Republicans who know Massachusetts politics say immigration can help them define Warren as an out-of-touch Harvard professor un-tethered from the real world. From NRSC Communications Director Brian Walsh's coming press release: "While we recognize that Professor Warren has spent her career in the ivory tower of academia and the power corridors of Washington, as a candidate for Senate let's hope she spends some time talking to real people, and particularly our police officers who have devoted their careers to combating violent crime."

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MASS. SENATE - EMILY'S LIST ENDORSES WARREN: Moving swiftly, the powerful women's group is endorsing Elizabeth Warren for Senate. "Scott Brown has pursued a corporate-backed, anti-woman Republican agenda ever since he rode the Tea Party wave into office," Stephanie Schriock, President of EMILY's List, says in a statement that will go out this morning. "When Elizabeth announced her exploratory committee, our members overwhelmingly let us know how energized they would be to support her campaign." The group notes that Warren would be the first female senator from Massachusetts.

INDIANA SENATE - MURDOUK'S PATH TO TOPPLE LUGAR BECOMES EASIER: "State Sen. Mike Delph, the Carmel Republican known for his efforts to combat illegal immigration, will not run for the U.S. Senate or a congressional seat in 2012," the Evansville Courier and Press reports. "His decision is good news for state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, the conservative Republican who has launched a primary challenge against six-term U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar. Mourdock had said if he and Delph both ran, they would risk splitting up the opposition, therefore allowing Lugar to win with a plurality if not a majority of the vote."
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SOMETHING'S UP IN MADISON - FBI RAIDS HOME OF FORMER TOP AIDE TO WALKER: "Neither the FBI, Dane County Sheriff's Department, nor the governor are commenting tonight on a raid at the home of Cynthia Archer, a former top aide to Governor Scott Walker," according to a report last night from the WBAY ABC affiliate in Wisconsin. "Just over three weeks ago, Archer abruptly left her job as deputy secretary in the state Department of Administration. At the time, state officials would only say Archer left for personal family matters. But it's now been confirmed she had another politically-appointed job already lined up at the Department of Children and Families. At this point it's unclear why the
 FBI was at Archer's home Wednesday morning, but neighbors witnessing the activity said at least one box was taken from her home."
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CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "If you love me, you've got to help me pass this bill." - President Obama, to a supporter in the crowd at his North Carolina State University speech
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