Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: Perry ad hits Romney on environment--Romney adds up how much Perry would save illegal immigrants at Iowa colleges--SBA, NOM releases scorecard for GOPers--Previewing Romney’s Citadel speech and the Dem response--National Review thinks Santorum could surge--AZ Dem chair might run for House
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Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:33:45 -0600

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"CARBON COPIES" - NEW PERRY WEB AD ATTACKS ROMNEY'S ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD: The Perry campaign will distribute a 60-second web video today that accuses Mitt Romney of being on the same page as President Obama when it comes to the environment. It is built around yesterday's Wall Street Journal story about his Massachusetts record and notes that two former Romney environmental advisors are now members of the administration. Watch:
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FIRST IN SCORE - ROMNEY IMMIGRATION HIT WELCOMES PERRY TO IOWA: As Rick Perry heads to Iowa this afternoon, the Romney campaign will blast out an Iowa-tailored immigration attack. The release calculates how much money illegal immigrants would save if they could attend Iowa's public universities for in-state tuition, as opposed to the out-of-state tuition they now pay. At the University Of Iowa, it is about $70,000 over four years. At Iowa State University, it adds up to nearly $50,000. And at the University of Northern Iowa, the so-called Perry subsidy would mean $35,000 in savings.

EXCLUSIVE - SBA, NOM RELEASE VALUE VOTERS SCORECARD: Two powerful social conservative groups, the Susan B. Anthony List and the National Organization for Marriage, will unveil a joint voter guide today at the Values Voter Summit in Washington. The first page shows whether Republican candidates have taken SBA's "Pro-Life Pledge" on abortion (with related priorities). The second page shows whether candidates have signed NOM's "Pro-Marriage Presidential Pledge" (along with their views on five specific actions). Cain and Romney are the only two candidates not to sign the abortion pledge. Cain, Gingrich and Paul have not signed the marriage pledge. See the scorecard:
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http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8563b33f800d6e14fba507d1fac4a98d6fa678b4ded1e5dc751b07ce3faa6356 .

EXCLUSIVE - ARIZONA DEM CHAIR CONSIDERS HOUSE BID: Arizona Democratic Party Chairman Andrei Cherny is strongly considering a run for Arizona's new 9th congressional district. The district as currently drawn, similar to the one Democrat Harry Mitchell carried in 2006 and 2008, presents a pick-up opportunity for Democrats. Cherny served stints in the Clinton White House and as the state's Assistant Attorney General. He narrowly lost a race for Treasurer before being elected state chairman, but he raised more than any other candidate in state history for a down-ballot election. "Andrei would be a great candidate for us if he wanted to make a run for that new district," said a Democratic
 strategist close to Cherny. "He has a great resume to run on. Plus, he's a proven campaigner and fundraiser who has brought new energy to the state party."

***As Scott Brown thanks God, National Review says Santorum could surge in Iowa and Perry finally speaks about that dang rock, here's POLITICO's Morning Score: your daily guide to the permanent campaign.

DRIVING THE DAY - PREVIEWING ROMNEY'S FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH: Romney will give an in-depth foreign policy speech today at the Citadel. From his prepared remarks: "This century must be an American Century...God did not create this country to be a nation of followers. America is not destined to be one of several equally balanced global powers. America must lead the world, or someone else will. Without American leadership, without clarity of American purpose and resolve, the world becomes a far more dangerous place, and liberty and prosperity would surely be among the first casualties."//"American strength rises from a strong economy, a strong defense, and the enduring strength of our values.
 Unfortunately, under this President, all three of those elements have been weakened... As President, on Day One, I will focus on rebuilding America's economy and I will reverse President Obama's massive defense cuts...

EIGHT ACTIONS ROMNEY WILL PROMISE TO TAKE IN HIS FIRST 100 DAYS- 1. Restore America's Naval Credibility. 2. Strengthen and Repair Relationships with Steadfast Allies. 3. Enhance Our Deterrent Against Iran. 4. Commit to a Robust National Missile Defense System. 5. Establish a Single Point of Responsibility for All Soft Power Resources in the Middle East. 6. Launch Campaign for Economic Opportunity in Latin America. 7. Conduct a Full Review of Our Transition in Afghanistan. 8. Order Interagency Initiative on Cybersecurity.

BRACKETING ROMNEY - HUNTSMAN PREVIEWS FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH: The Republican candidate with more foreign policy experience than anyone else in the field takes to the pages of POLITICO to preview how the vision he will lay out next week in New Hampshire differs from "the conventional thinking you will hear" from Romney. Huntsman writes: "To protect American interests, we need to transform our foreign policy for the modern world. Simply advocating for more ships, more troops and more weapons isn't a viable foreign policy. We need more agility, more intelligence and more economic engagement with the world. It's time to erase the old map. End nation-building, engage our allies and fix our
 economic core. This is how we will fight the enemy we have -- and renew American exceptionalism...We must transform our military to reflect the asymmetric threats we face...With regard to Afghanistan and other foreign entanglements, America should not be nation-building overseas when we have nation-building to do here at home."
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THE DEMOCRATIC ATTACK - PAINTING ROMNEY AS A PANDERING FLIP-FLOPPER ON FOREIGN POLICY: A Democratic strategist emails Score a preview of the party's messaging on Romney's foreign policy plan: "Mitt Romney has a heckuva a feat in his seminal foreign policy address ... starting with how to untangle himself from his myriad of contradictory positions he has taken on foreign policy issues over the years (both sides of whether to stay or draw down in Afghanistan, both sides on Libya, polar opposite positions on whether to criticize allies publicly or privately, both sides of putting troops into countries like Pakistan if necessary). His second big feat will be to make a credible argument against
 President Obama's leadership on the world stage...Finally, he'll have a difficult time explaining how he'll pay for some of his plans - like increasing our nation's troops by 100,000."

BRACKETING ROMNEY - DUCKWORTH DEFENDS OBAMA'S RECORD: "The bottom line is that Obama has kept America safe while rooting out terrorists; responsibly bringing our troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan, and rebuilding key alliances with countries around the world," congressional candidate and former Obama administration official Tammy Duckworth writes in an op-ed this morning. "But Romney's foreign policy ideas - like his domestic agenda -- have been opportunistic and all over the map. When he sees an opening to criticize the president he takes it -- prior positions be damned. His craven attitude to foreign policy is based more on political expediency than real world facts." Duckworth is also
 an Iraq veteran, who saw combat there in 2004.
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IOWA TALKER - COULD SANTORUM BE THE NEXT HUCKABEE? Katrina Trinko from National Review talked to a bunch of Iowa Republicans about which lower-tier candidates could yet surge. "The consensus was that it's Rick Santorum who's is doing the groundwork necessary to be in a position to pull off a surprise win in Iowa." Here's her piece:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9e185f33be8bc28646d13ad9de1208621b05657772787e745a3c849175412b05 
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POLITICO PRIMARY - LAST CHANCE TO NOMINATE AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE: Today at 5 p.m. is the deadline to get involved in the #POLITICOprimary and nominate who you think would make a compelling independent presidential candidate. Voting on the finalists will begin on Monday.
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NEVADA CAUCUS - DID TEAM ROMNEY BREAK THE RULES? Yesterday brought a spate of bad press about the Romney campaign trying to control the calendar. Rick Santorum and Jon Huntsman's campaign attacked the frontrunner for trying to manipulate dates to his advantage. The campaign issued a carefully calibrated response that did not deny they pushed to schedule the caucuses to get momentum going into Florida. Former Nevada Gov. Bob List, whose quote to the Las Vegas Review-Journal kicked off the flurry of activity downplayed the Romney push in multiple interviews, including this one with the New York Times:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9e185f33be8bc2866201b06a1090e3bc1b9ac080ac4f8b64bff47029df0976a8 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9e185f33be8bc2866201b06a1090e3bc1b9ac080ac4f8b64bff47029df0976a8  . The Huntsman attack:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9e185f33be8bc286f2964805d4ee3f93cc14b9fce9ede5ccaa2044ad71ab40ec 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9e185f33be8bc286f2964805d4ee3f93cc14b9fce9ede5ccaa2044ad71ab40ec . The Santorum attack:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9e185f33be8bc28673ceb281ba869f667e0f4295a6466d4e4106c6223e6389c4 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9e185f33be8bc28673ceb281ba869f667e0f4295a6466d4e4106c6223e6389c4 .

HUNTING CAMP -

- PERRY SAYS THE ROCK WAS PAINTED OVER IN 1984: The Texas governor had his first on-camera interview since the story broke Sunday. "I think there were very much some strong inconsistencies and just misinformation in that story," Perry told Fox News yesterday morning. "I know for a fact that in 1984, that rock was painted over. It was painted over very soon, my family did that...We painted over that rock and it stayed that way. I have no idea where or why people would say that they had seen that rock, because that's just not the fact."
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-HOUSE BLOCKS A JESSE JACKSON JR. RESOLUTION: The Illinois Democratic congressman and son of the civil rights leader "went to the floor Thursday to read from a resolution calling on the governor to apologize for not immediately 'doing away with' a rock painted with the camp's name. He called on other GOP presidential candidates to condemn the use of the word and said Perry should release the names of state lawmakers and others who attended hunting trips at the camp. Perry should 'condemn the use of this word as being totally offensive and inappropriate at anytime and anyplace in United States history,' Jackson said, reading from the resolution. Jackson's resolution was deemed out of order,
 but was entered into the record."
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-CAIN "WOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE" AS PERRY RUNNING MATE: "Quite frankly, based upon Gov. Perry's position on some issues, I would not be comfortable being his vice presidential nominee," Herman Cain said in Houston, adding that he would happily consider an invitation from anyone else.
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"STRINGING PEOPLE ALONG" - HUNTSMAN CRITICIZES PALIN ON THE VIEW: "In an interview with ABC's 'The View,' presidential candidate Jon Huntsman rebuked former Gov. Sarah Palin for 'stringing people along' as she decided whether to run for president," per ABC's write-up. "There's too much drama and theater in politics," Huntsman said. "I mean come on. You string people along. Everybody who has anything to do with politics knew she wasn't going to get in the race. She has a profit proposition, she's got a business. She makes money doing what she's doing. Who on earth is going to leave that for the uncertainty of presidential politics?"
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WHAT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ARE UP TO: The Value Voters Summit in DC is the big event of today. Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich, Perry and Santorum will all speak. Cain then makes a book tour stop at the Costco in Arlington, Va. Paul is in Greenville, N.C., for a 2:30 p.m. airport press conference with Walter Jones and a 5:30 p.m. rally and BBQ. Perry flies to Iowa for a 6 p.m. stop at the Johnson County BBQ in Tiffin.

WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS UP TO: It is not a political day. He meets with Senate Democratic leaders at 10:25 and Tim Geithner at 11:30. Then he welcomes the 1985 Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears to the White House at 3 and the prime minister of Tunisia at 3:45.

BIDEN - GOP STRONG ENOUGH TO BEAT OBAMA: "A significant majority of the American people believe that the country is not moving in the right direction," Joe Biden said at the Washington Ideas Forum yesterday. "That is never a good place to be going into reelection whether it's your fault or not your fault. It's almost sometimes irrelevant." Video:
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GALLUP - OBAMA APPROVAL AVERAGED 41% IN SEPTEMBER: "President Barack Obama's job approval rating averaged 41% in September, tied with August for the lowest monthly approval average of his administration...history shows that approval ratings at this juncture are not strongly predictive of an incumbent president's re-election chances."
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ELECTABILITY - PEW SHOWS INDEPENDENTS BREAK FOR ROMNEY: "Fully 54% of independent voters surveyed by the Pew Research Center said they would support Romney, while fewer, 41%, said they would choose the president," per CNN. With Perry vs. Obama, independents break 48-45 for Perry. Among all registered voters, Obama and Romney tie 48-48. Obama leads Perry by four.
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2d0ecb5d4d39e0c10a403c382916b9ffb51fdc3b2088634f46d06a91537ad7e9 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2d0ecb5d4d39e0c10a403c382916b9ffb51fdc3b2088634f46d06a91537ad7e9  . Full poll results:
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http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2d0ecb5d4d39e0c1530a832a0460ba7bb10429a95b4caab9da9c8fa025168a0e  .

NEVADA SENATE - HELLER UNDERPERFORMS IN Q3: "Shelley Berkley's Senate campaign announced today it raised $1.2 million in the third quarter, almost double the amount of U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, Berkley's presumed opponent in Nevada's 2012 Senate race," the Las Vegas Sun reports.
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"THANK GAWD" - SCOTT BROWN UNDER FIRE FOR JOKE ABOUT WARREN: "US Senator Scott Brown appeared yesterday to belittle Democrat Elizabeth Warren's physical appearance during a drive-time radio interview, touching off allegations of sexism and bringing unwanted attention as he tries to keep his campaign focused on the economy," the Boston Globe story in this morning's paper says. "For Brown, who has used talk radio to burnish his image as an everyman, yesterday's exchange showed the dangers of a format that thrives on humor which can approach or cross barriers. His comments also brought the issue of gender front and center in the 2012 Senate race. Brown, 52, was responding to a crack Warren
 made in Tuesday's Democratic debate, when she was asked how she paid for college, given that Brown used his centerfold spread in Cosmopolitan magazine decades ago to cover the cost. Warren, 62, quipped, 'I didn't take my clothes off.' Asked by the WZLX disc jockey to respond to her remark, Brown said, 'Thank God,' eliciting laughter from the DJ."
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Many Republicans are coming to Brown's defense. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) defended Brown and his comments last night:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2d0ecb5d4d39e0c10e2afbd1213984fd53b40fc46937cdfe68c90e7be8594bc7 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2d0ecb5d4d39e0c10e2afbd1213984fd53b40fc46937cdfe68c90e7be8594bc7 .

$3.2 BILLION - HOW MUCH COULD BE SPENT ON POLITICAL TV ADVERTISING IN 2012? "That estimate comes from Ken Goldstein, president of Campaign Media Analysis Group, a firm that tracks and analyzes political advertising," according to Kim Geiger in the Los Angeles Times. "To put those numbers in perspective, about $2.1 billion was spent on television advertising in 2008, up 30% from the previous presidential cycle in 2004. The 2010 midterm saw $2.4 billion in TV ad spending, up 30% from 2006. Goldstein expects TV ad spending to exceed 2010 levels, but doesn't see it increasing as drastically as in previous years. The '$3.1 billion to $3.2 billion is the most that would be spent,' he said, noting
 it could be as low as $2.5 billion."
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CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "It was an earned media blowtorch." - A Republican source describing Sarah Palin's endorsement of Nikki Haley in last year's contested South Carolina primary.
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