Subject: POLITICO’s Morning Score: Ohio OFA hits Romney on SB5--Sullivan goes down but Rangel survives--Q polls: Obama up in Fla., Pa., Ohio--No comeback for Andre Bauer--RNC hits on privilege
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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 05:01:03 -0600

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EXCLUSIVE - CROSSROADS GPS HITS HEITKAMP ON HEALTH CARE:The non-profit affiliate of the conservative American Crossroads Super PAC will go on the air again today against Heidi Heitkamp with another ad that seeks to tie her to President Obama. The 30-second spot begins with a clip of the Democratic Senate candidate proclaiming she'll never vote to limit anyone's care. "But Heidi endorsed Obamacare, bragging 'It actually is a budget-saver,'" a female narrator interjects. "Obamacare cuts Medicare spending by $500 billion, gives unelected bureaucrats the power to restrict seniors care and millions of Americans could actually lose their existing health care." This $180,000 statewide buy will
 carry a big punch across the prairie, and it comes ahead of the Supreme Court's expected Thursday announcement on the constitutionality of the federal law. Watch:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9a833d1f7cd51983a43a3660ce3572fe0d8915ec7fcf3327bd466822904e7b7e 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9a833d1f7cd51983a43a3660ce3572fe0d8915ec7fcf3327bd466822904e7b7e .

DSCC MAKES BIG FALL BUY IN NORTH DAKOTA:The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's independent expenditure arm, meanwhile, has reserved $1.2 million in air time between October 2 and November 5. This is another signal that they honestly believe Heitkamp is viable. The most recent public poll in North Dakota, conducted by Mason-Dixon for a local TV affiliate, put Heitkamp ahead of Republican Rick Berg 47-46:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9a833d1f7cd51983353150cc1fced11e6dc9895b0707351ef08edf02174f3a6b 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9a833d1f7cd51983353150cc1fced11e6dc9895b0707351ef08edf02174f3a6b .DSCC IE reservations to this point:$4.5 million in Missouri, $3.2 million in Montana, $7.5 million in Virginia and $5.1 million in Ohio. The Buckeye buy is expected to grow.

FIRST LOOK - OHIO OFA ATTACKS ROMNEY SUPPORT FOR SB5:The Ohio arm of President Obama's reelection campaign has produced a three-minute video to highlight Mitt Romney's support for Senate Bill 5, the unpopular law overwhelmingly overturned by the state's voters last November that would have restricted collective bargaining rights for police officers, teachers and firefighters. The Obama campaign is holding press conferences today in the Columbus, Toledo and Dayton markets to mark the one-year anniversary of the labor-driven drive for repeal, which generated over 1.3 million signatures. The video features four sympathetic voices, including a cop, fretting about what a Romney win would mean
 for them:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9a833d1f7cd519833a6b13f5e72b1d1f6d09b74165484be7c5d06b2e90507af5 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9a833d1f7cd519833a6b13f5e72b1d1f6d09b74165484be7c5d06b2e90507af5 .

EXCLUSIVE - AMERICAN CROSSROADS BACKS WILSON:The super PAC is putting $184,000 behind another ad that introduces Republican Senate candidate Heather Wilson as "an independent voice for change." A male narrator says the former congresswoman "stood up to both parties to cut wasteful Washington spending and supported lower taxes to let New Mexicans keep more of their hard-earned money." Watch:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d38e5655a00fb79dc354f9c06d9eb3ed1146fbd7c0bfb0efd4fe2d96f91d40aa 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d38e5655a00fb79dc354f9c06d9eb3ed1146fbd7c0bfb0efd4fe2d96f91d40aa .

SNEAK PEEK - RNC ATTACKS OBAMA ON EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE HYPOCRISY:Ahead of tomorrow's expected House vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, the Republican National Committee is releasing a one-minute web video that juxtaposes video of Barack Obama attacking George W. Bush for hiding behind executive privilege when he was running for president and promising to be transparent when he first took office against news reports from the last week about the administration's decision to invoke executive privilege to avoid disclosing documents relating to the botched Fast and Furious gun-running operation. The key line in the video is Obama's claim that transparency would be
 the touchstone of his presidency. Watch:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d38e5655a00fb79da72a04674c08df59cf981b4ac9657fb347b8284f7415071c 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d38e5655a00fb79da72a04674c08df59cf981b4ac9657fb347b8284f7415071c .

As Steve Israel tells Democratic House candidates to avoid Charlotte, the Massachusetts GOP says Elizabeth Warren is not who she says she is and Scott Walker outlines how he wants to spend his political capital, here's POLITICO's Morning Score: your daily guide to the permanent campaign.

WHAT ROMNEY IS UP TO:4:30 campaign event at EIT, LLC in Sterling, Virginia. Josh, one of the sons, has a 9:45 meet-and-greet at the campaign's Florida HQ in Tampa.

WHAT OBAMA IS UP TO:At noon, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. At 12:40, he'll lunch with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed. At 3, he'll give a closed-press fundraising speech at the Jefferson Hotel. At 7, he hosts the Congressional picnic at the White House. Jay Carney briefs at 12:30.

WHAT BIDEN IS UP TO:At 10:30 CT, the Vice President will speak at a campaign rally in Dubuque, Iowa. Then he'll go to Clinton, Iowa, for another. He flies back to DC this evening.

DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION:132.

PRIMARY WRAP -

SULLIVAN TOPPLED IN OKLAHOMA: In the biggest (really, the only) upset of the night, Republican Congressman John Sullivan lost a primary challenge. The congressman was caught off guard and delivered a candid assessment: 'They said they didn&#39;t want me,' he told supporters, and laughed. 'They obviously didn&#39;t select me, and I&#39;ve had five terms where they&#39;ve picked me before. They spoke loud and clear, they wanted someone else, and I respect that.'
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HE IS THE EIGHTH INCUMBENT TO LOSE A PRIMARY IN 2012:The others are Jason Altmire, D-Penn., Tim Holden, D-Penn., Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, Don Manzullo, R-Ill., Sylvester Reyes, D-Texas, Steve Rothman, D-N.J., Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, and Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind.
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MEET THE TEA PARTIER WHO BEAT HIM - JIM BRIDENSTINE:The 36-year-old is a former Navy pilot who once directed Tulsa's space museum. He promises to serve no more than three terms.
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d38e5655a00fb79debc96a28a499e8a3b61db4c2c4d5ba3769a2559063bab486 
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RANGEL SURVIVES IN NEW YORK:"Rep. Charles Rangel survived the toughest reelection fight of his career, overcoming health and ethics troubles to extend his four-decade run in the House with a win in the New York primary Tuesday night... In another closely-watched House race in the Empire State, state Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries crushed New York councilman Charles Barron, a former Black Panther with a history of fiery rhetoric whose candidacy spooked the Democratic establishment."
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=d38e5655a00fb79dd585a95639a36d74b02c0dc2ca3d6268318d81822d4588cd 
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HATCH WINS HANDILY IN UTAH:With 100% reporting, Orrin Hatch won with 66.5 percent of the vote, getting almost exactly twice as many votes as Dan Liljenquist. AP story from Salt Lake City:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=3f952ddb1fb0b6d8900ceebc3a66ee6ca20c24f63f3b245c108c3f2a1dc670c7 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=3f952ddb1fb0b6d8900ceebc3a66ee6ca20c24f63f3b245c108c3f2a1dc670c7 .

HALEY'S PICK VICTORIOUS IN SOUTH CAROLINA: Tom Rice, with late support from South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, crushed former Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer 56 to 44 in the seventh district runoff. Bauer is a political enemy of Haley's, so the victory is a boost to her. Gloria Bromell Tinubu won the Democratic runoff last night, but Rice should handily win this R+8 seat.

LATEST POLLING-

QUINNIPIAC SHOWS OBAMA EDGE IN THREE KEY STATES-

FLORIDA: Obama, 45; Romney, 41. Among Hispanics, Obama leads 56-32.

OHIO: Obama, 47; Romney, 38. Among independents, Obama leads 45-36.

PENNSYLVANIA: Obama, 45; Romney, 39. Among women, Obama leads 48-36. One press release includes breakdowns for all three states:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=3f952ddb1fb0b6d85036f43ad5bffbcf8c9e29f38847575ed5458211c4a93048 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=3f952ddb1fb0b6d85036f43ad5bffbcf8c9e29f38847575ed5458211c4a93048 .

NBC/WSJ of REGISTERED VOTERS (with an oversample in the swing states): Obama, 47; Romney, 44. (This is within the margin of error.) "Among swing-state respondents in the poll - those living in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin - Obama leads Romney, 50 to 42 percent," Mark Murray notes. "Also in these swing states, Romney's favorability numbers have dropped...18 percent say what they've seen and heard about Romney's business record gives them a more positive opinion about the Republican candidate, versus 33 percent who say it's more negative. That's compared to the national 23-to-28 percent margin
 on this question."
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=3f952ddb1fb0b6d8b30993585dfb994a8c971db567d4e38a87e2b20567ffe853 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=3f952ddb1fb0b6d8b30993585dfb994a8c971db567d4e38a87e2b20567ffe853 .

FODDER FOR THE GOP:Solyndra is nearly as well-known as Bain Capital in the NBC/WSJ poll. Eight percent have a positive view of Romney's company, compared to 20 percent who see it negatively. Only two percent view Solyndra positively. 20 percent view the failed, stimulus-funded company negatively. Toplines:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=3f952ddb1fb0b6d801c4020ea35f68e0b4deda55d079e5775e60bb2f4c04f06f 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=3f952ddb1fb0b6d801c4020ea35f68e0b4deda55d079e5775e60bb2f4c04f06f .

PPP of OHIO:Obama, 47; Romney, 44.
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=3f952ddb1fb0b6d8192aeb508a04fef03b42655e3bec72ad32ca2098a8ba4e01 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=3f952ddb1fb0b6d8192aeb508a04fef03b42655e3bec72ad32ca2098a8ba4e01 

PPP of OREGON:Obama, 50; Romney, 42.
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WE ASK AMERICA of COLORADO:Obama, 47; Romney, 43.

WE ASK AMERICA of VIRGINIA: Obama, 43; Romney, 38.
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=edf9a6143132dd58db45774d03bdd27c3c7eb48d964c1eabc0a35f4672321007 
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GALLUP national:81% say Obama is likeable. 64% say the same about Romney. For both, it is the highest of eight characteristics they polled on:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=edf9a6143132dd587dbbc19f7604220d4ed68eea2f6ddd2a17fc878eb885279b 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=edf9a6143132dd587dbbc19f7604220d4ed68eea2f6ddd2a17fc878eb885279b .

ROMNEY TALKERS-

SCOTT WALKER PLANS TO HELP ROMNEY OUTSIDE WISCONSIN:The Wisconsin governor, who does not rule out running for president in 2016 after winning his June recall election, wants to help elect as many GOP candidates as possible in 2012. He's told Mitt Romney's campaign that he will travel anywhere the presidential candidate thinks he can help. Walker plans to forcefully fundraise for the Republican Governors Association, which spent around $15 million supporting his last two campaigns. And the governor sketched out plans during a Monday interview with your Morning Score correspondent to support a batch of candidates this year in the Badger State. Reince Priebus says Walker could a big boost in
 rural southwestern Wisconsin, near the borders with Iowa and Illinois, along the Mississippi River. My story:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=edf9a6143132dd58ef5043ce63d0a67ecb38e96a6dc07b8cb97926db3b30d924 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=edf9a6143132dd58ef5043ce63d0a67ecb38e96a6dc07b8cb97926db3b30d924 .

MITT TELEGRAPHS RESPONSE TO SCOTUS:"Instead of focusing on immigration and of course the big issue, which was the economy and getting the economy working, he instead focused on putting in place his healthcare reform called Obamacare," Romney said in Salem, Virginia, yesterday afternoon. "...If Obamacare is not deemed constitutional, then the first three and a half years of this president&#39;s term would have been wasted on something that has not helped the American people. If it is deemed to stand, then I&#39;ll tell you one thing, we are going to have a president, and I am that one, that is going to get rid of Obamacare and we are going to stop it on day one.'
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=edf9a6143132dd5801d5e83835911f3342b587a0732cae924e5795f565de1733 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=edf9a6143132dd5801d5e83835911f3342b587a0732cae924e5795f565de1733 

TRUMP REP SAYS HE'S MEETING WITH ROMNEY THURSDAY:"A representative for Donald Trump says that the reality television star will host a $50,000-a-head fundraiser with Mitt Romney this week. But the Romney campaign isn&#39;t so sure," per the AP's Beth Fouhy. The "campaign reported Tuesday afternoon there would be no meeting with Trump this week. Minutes later, the Trump representative confirmed the event, which is expected to bring at least 50 people paying $50,000 each to the home of stock investor Martin Zweig in Manhattan&#39;s Pierre Hotel."
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=edf9a6143132dd58379aaec08835897c7817884ffb1457d1ff7bdccbdd1c842c 
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OBAMA TALKERS-

WHY DEMS GAVE UP ON POPULISM:"The recent converge of setbacks on the left has activists and historians alike pondering anew how the modern Democratic Party has severed its connection to its own history-a tradition that many liberals wrongly imagined was about to spring back to life in the Obama years," Jonathan Martin writes in the story leading our site. "If ever there was a moment for a good, old-fashioned class war, at first blush it seems now should be the time. Yet even after the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression, there are few politicians preaching, or practicing, the old-time religion."

"Politicians, union leaders, and scholars citefour broad reasons why populism is not making much of a revival in the age of Obama: *The political infrastructure doesn't exist. *Even populist politicians need money. *The president, a man comfortable in elite circles, is not temperamentally inclined for the kind of sustained, rough-edged partisan combat that true populist politics requires. *Most important of all, lots of Democrats simply do not support populism, on either ideological or stylistic grounds. Many upscale Democrats believe that Washington needs less combat, not more, and populist messages strike them as irrelevant at best, demagogic at worst."
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09a2a6a64d17e99bc0e5e54a7c686ad73cdf82123e78103e2f5735e8a454fcc5 
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POTUS PLANS FIRST BUS TOUR OF 2012 CAMPAIGN NEXT WEEK:"Obama is ramping up a fresh phase of his re-election bid with a bus tour next week, focusing more on direct engagement with voters and less on ritzy fundraisers," the AP reports. "Obama's two-day road trip through Pennsylvania and Ohio - both are key battleground states in the November election - kicks off July 5, a campaign official said...The president will still headline campaign fundraisers through the fall, but the official said Obama's schedule would start to include more of a mix of campaign rallies and other events focused on speaking directly to a wide swath of voters in the states Obama needs most in order to hold the White
 House."

OBAMA SAYS HE'LL BE OUTSPENT:"In a fundraising email that went out to supporters Tuesday under Obama&#39;s name, the campaign raises the specter of being buried in an avalanche of Republican money. 'I will be the first president in modern history to be outspent in his re-election campaign, if things continue as they have so far,' Obama wrote to supporters. 'I&#39;m not just talking about the super PACs and anonymous outside groups -- I&#39;m talking about the Romney campaign itself. Those outside groups just add even more to the underlying problem.'"
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09a2a6a64d17e99b8e51a38a5b269188d7da85865a9cc8b18f3cbab257cc3067 
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BIDEN SWINGS AT ROMNEY IN IOWA:The vice president attacked for outsourcing jobs. 'This is the thing that caused the collapse of the middle class, and we inherited a situation where we were hemorrhaging jobs,' he told local NBC affiliate reporter Becca Habegger in an interview yesterday. 'Now middle class income is starting to come back, slowly... but the answers we&#39;re offering compared to what they&#39;re offering are just starkly different. He wants to double down on the same thing that caused this decline." Story:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09a2a6a64d17e99b3a5b47e4a0e2e37d5ccef766c60903fc728628873606dd1d 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09a2a6a64d17e99b3a5b47e4a0e2e37d5ccef766c60903fc728628873606dd1d . 3-minute package on Biden's day:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09a2a6a64d17e99b626354bdd32c1590b69710b0b01dd3aa615efa6729dfc6ab 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09a2a6a64d17e99b626354bdd32c1590b69710b0b01dd3aa615efa6729dfc6ab .

CHICAGO PREPPING THOUSANDS OF LAWYERS:"Obama&#39;s campaign has recruited a legion of lawyers to be on standby for this year&#39;s election as legal disputes surrounding the voting process escalate," the AP reports. "Thousands of attorneys and support staffers have agreed to aid in the effort, providing a mass of legal support that appears to be unrivaled by Republicans or precedent. Obama&#39;s campaign says it is particularly concerned about the implementation of new voter ID laws across the country. Republicans are building their own legal teams for the election. They say they&#39;re focused on preventing fraud - making sure people don&#39;t vote unless they&#39;re eligible - rather than
 turning away qualified voters."
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09a2a6a64d17e99b6f295b995a04d23e5f4f5eea1a2d291bcaee706ab7b09614 
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VEEPSTAKES-

CHRIS CHRISTIEhelped raise $1.7 million for Romney at a New Jersey fundraiser last night:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09a2a6a64d17e99b2749e926edf574c510791b979f6d75825337f4c1a70e3e61 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09a2a6a64d17e99b2749e926edf574c510791b979f6d75825337f4c1a70e3e61 . He also called the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee "an arrogant SOB":
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09a2a6a64d17e99b64a531fcc3bc61f3255014fee87b40ddee8a6a5433bbb3c8 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=09a2a6a64d17e99b64a531fcc3bc61f3255014fee87b40ddee8a6a5433bbb3c8 .

ROB PORTMANpredicted yesterday that Romney would risk being a one-term president to make controversial decisions in the best interests of the country. The comment got a surprising amount of pick-up, even though it seems like the kind of thing Republicans say all the time:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5a65285a26422edca5c2dbb067ff5043b0a49cfef375ce599a8e7364c53e5d79 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5a65285a26422edca5c2dbb067ff5043b0a49cfef375ce599a8e7364c53e5d79 .

BOB MCDONNELLpraised Teresa Sullivan after the University of Virginia's board voted unanimously to reinstate her as president yesterday:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5a65285a26422edca4dd0ff26ad6bd23bac4e97e18e17d2190cf62da5a50f6c8 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5a65285a26422edca4dd0ff26ad6bd23bac4e97e18e17d2190cf62da5a50f6c8 .

CHARLOTTE CLUSTER - MORE BAD NEWS FOR THE DNC:

DCCC CHAIR TELLS CANDIDATES TO SKIP CONVENTION:'If they want to win an election, they need to be in their districts,' New York congressman Steve Israel told the Reuters Washington Summit yesterday.'A trip to Charlotte may be interesting, but why leave your districts? ... I don&#39;t care if the president was at 122 percent favorability right now. I think they should be in their districts.'
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5a65285a26422edc6d532bd5b959484e692b7676ede03d5706240d7dbfc3c260 
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CLAIRE MCCASKILL SKIPPING CONVENTION:"I&#39;ve got a really hard election," she told reporters at the Capitol yesterday afternoon. "If you were in a really hard election and it was after Labor Day, would you go to North Carolina to a bunch of parties and glad-handling? Or would you stay home and try to convince Missourians they should rehire you?'
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5a65285a26422edc308482ca1c17b4dc30a517276269fbe6afae5122263c336a 
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HEITKAMP BECOMES FIFTH DEM SENATE CANDIDATE TO SKIP:Surprising no one, North Dakota candidate Heidi Heitkamp's spokesman told Hotline that she won't go to Charlotte - which would tie her, potentially fatally, to the president. She joins McCaskill, Arizona's Richard Carmona, Montana's Jon Tester and West Virginia's Joe Manchin. Obama will almost certainly not carry any of those five states.
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5a65285a26422edc22623c53133b35be6ea569e0ae018fc1f1306d0fab675d62 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=5a65285a26422edc22623c53133b35be6ea569e0ae018fc1f1306d0fab675d62 

"CONCORD BLIND-SIDED BY DNC MOVE":The WSOC TV affiliate ran a package on the city of Concord being caught off guard by the decision to move the Democratic National Convention's kickoff party from the Speedway to Uptown. The local coverage highlights the Bloomberg report that the DNC convention committee is $27 million short of its fundraising goal. TV:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=70b9702e77cc29a3564e84933063d37cd4ea8f7098d325b016912e4ac02e893b 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=70b9702e77cc29a3564e84933063d37cd4ea8f7098d325b016912e4ac02e893b . Charlotte Observer story today:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=70b9702e77cc29a3d37f6da89cbf9df70983d497007952a88180955a44c18acb 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=70b9702e77cc29a3d37f6da89cbf9df70983d497007952a88180955a44c18acb .

BATTLEGROUND BRIEFING-BOSTON GLOBE SAYS OBAMA HAS ADVANTAGE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE:"Its 5 percent unemployment rate is among the lowest in the country, a long tradition of staunch Republican loyalty has been eroded by Massachusetts transplants, and the president could benefit from a backlash against Republican-led cuts to the state budget."
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=70b9702e77cc29a3dd7c4d3aab7b68b99dfcfa62715c552607d383b4e06e71e6 
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NRA SCORING MAKES SOME DEMS LIKELY TO VOTE AGAINST HOLDER:"Democratic leaders are urging rank and file members to stick together and oppose the resolution, according to a senior House Democratic aide," CNN reports. "The vote in the committee last week was a party line vote, but that came before the [National Rifle Association] formally registered its support for the contempt resolution. Rarely has any pro-gun rights Democrat representing a rural and southern district broken with the NRA&#39;s position on key votes, especially in an election year."
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=563a6408cec9e30d4e4716455d86f7c5974992395676bda822ef958f5bed7726 
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MASSACHUSETTS EXCLUSIVE - GOP VIDEO SAYS WARREN "NOT WHO SHE SAYS SHE IS":The Massachusetts GOP is putting out a new web video to follow up on yesterday's letter from the state party chair calling on Elizabeth Warren to "come clean" about Oklahoma house flipping. A party official frames the message: "The fact that a so-called consumer advocate made money buying and selling homes - including foreclosed homes - is just the latest example of Elizabeth Warren saying one thing and doing another - another case of her not being who she says she is." The video highlights the transactions. A PPP poll out yesterday shows the race tied at 46:
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ARIZONA SENATE PREVIEW - DSCC TO ATTACK FLAKE ON LOBBYING:The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee will attack GOP frontrunner Jeff Flake over a BuzzFeed report that he testified in front of the Utah state legislature in support of South Africa and against sanctions targeting the regime. The congressman denied ever doing lobbying work in conjunction with the apartheid regime. "Jeff Flake is blatantly misleading Arizonans about the years he spent as a lobbyist and registered foreign agent, trying to grease the wheels in Washington on behalf of his clients," Matt Canter, spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, says in a forthcoming statement. Here's Zeke Miller's
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PENNSYLVANIA SENATE - SMITH POISED TO POUR MORE MONEY INTO HIS RACE:"Tom Smith is readying his checkbook to gift his campaign another 'substantial' infusion of cash before the quarter ends on June 30," the Allentown Morning Call reports. "Smith, who invested about $5 million of his own wealth to win the GOP Senate primary - beating a crowded field of hopefuls including one with the official endorsement from the state party establishment - is willing, and able, to spend the money it will require to run against well-known incumbent Democrat Bob Casey. Smith had previously told the DC-based publication Roll Call that he expected the race to cost $20 million, but did not say how much of that
 would be self-funded."
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MICHIGAN HOUSE SNEAK PEEK - MCDOWELL TO ATTACK BENISHEK GAFFE:Gary McDowell plans to seize on Rep. Dan Benishek reportedly telling the Escanaba Daily Press recently that "people don't want to work." The Democratic candidate will announce later this morning that he's launching a petition "to stand up for Michigan workers and middle class families and hold Congressman Benishek accountable for questioning Northern Michigan's work ethic." This comes after local protests have been held in front of Benishek&#39;s district office. It follows new polling from the Democratic House Majority PAC that shows the freshman could be in a tough spot.

MINNESOTA HOUSE - BACHMANN LEADS BY 5 IN OPPONENT'S INTERNAL:A three-page memo from Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for Democrat Jim Graves explains why Michele Bachmann is vulnerable despite her 48-43 lead in their survey of the new sixth district.
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COLORADO SNEAK PEEK - HOUSE MAJORITY PAC ATTACKS COFFMAN:After he easily beat back a primary challenge, Republican Rep. Mike Coffman will face a fresh attack from House Majority PAC for his non-response to a local TV affiliate's questions about his doubting whether Obama is American. The new microsite is AskCoffmanAnything.com.

LIGHTER CLICKS -

STEPHEN COLBERTjokes about ways Arizona can assert its rights other than by passing immigration laws:
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JON STEWARTmocks Fox News coverage of Fast and Furious again:
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YOUKILISresponds to Obama's shout-out at the Boston fundraiser, via the Chicago Tribune:
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NEWT GINGRICHis almost never on Fox News anymore:
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CHUCK NORRISaccuses Obama of trying to ruin the Boy Scouts:
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CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY:'We are a family, but as of the end of last week, John Edwards and I are no longer a couple." - Rielle Hunter
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