Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score, presented by POWERJobs: Jobs numbers could set tone for November—Poll gives Merkley solid leads in Ore., but he’s not a lock—Griffin works to defeat Jones in NC-03—Friday standings—Score Q&A: San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer
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THE BIG PICTURE-JOBS NUMBERS SET THE STAGE FOR MIDTERMS: POLITICO'S Ben White explains what's at stake with today's jobs numbers, due out at 8:30 a.m.: "So far, it's been easy to dismiss weak economic news as the result of an awful winter. But those excuses end with Friday's March jobs report, the first of spring, which is expected to bounce back over 200,000 - Wall Street traders are looking for something closer to 300,000 - and show an economy revving up for the run to the November midterm elections. Democrats are fervently hoping for a big number. Because if they don't get it, they could wind up trying to hold off Republicans this fall while fighting the triple threat of an unpopular
 president, an unpopular health care law and a stagnant economy that has left voters grouchy and pessimistic. ... [T]he first three months of the year saw one weak number after another from job creation to consumer spending toconstruction. Was all this bad news just the result of frigid temperatures and heavy snows? Or were all the rosy predictions just a bunch of wishful thinking? The answers to these questions could decide the outcome of the 2014 midtermelections." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=40271aad0aba45a39eb658bd705c5bd368a05dc7ebb1b05f4e6357b8bac74017

FIRST IN SCORE-HARPER POLL PUTS MERKLEY AHEAD: Thus far the Oregon Senate race has flown mostly under the radar-and a new automated poll from the GOP firm Harper Polling suggests that while Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley doesn't have anything to immediately worry about, he's not a lock. He has a 7-point lead over GOP candidate Jeff Conger, 47 percent to 40 percent; against GOP candidate Monica Wehby, his lead expands to 12 points (46 percent to 34 percent). Still, the fact that Merkley's numbers are below 50 percent means he's not invincible-and the generic ballot shows Democrats with just a 3 percent lead over Republicans, 45 percent to 42 percent. Merkley's approval rating stands at 41
 percent approve, 33 percent disapprove. Full results: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bc851cc5f7a4c3211cfaa4f0cad0b9c19f6151dd6254d434c 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bc851cc5f7a4c3211cfaa4f0cad0b9c19f6151dd6254d434c 

GRIFFIN WORKS TO SHED INSIDER IMAGE IN RACE AGAINST JONES: POLITICO's Anna Palmer, on the ground in North Carolina, looks at former Bush aide Taylor Griffin's bid to unseat incumbent GOP Rep. Walter Jones: "Since Griffin announced his plan to mount a primary challenge against Jones, he has tried mightily to shed his well-earned image as a Washington player who was more of a regular at Republican watering holes than back home in the Tar Heel state. ... But no matter how he casts himself, Griffin is an insider: He started two public relations firms in Washington, worked for the campaigns of George W. Bush and John McCain and for the late Sen. Jesse Helms, a fact he does mention to show his
 statecred. Still, he even once bragged to a reporter that he landed his first Washington internship at a cocktail party. His run is particularly striking in North Carolina, which has seen one of the largest booms of the tea party - where in 2010, Republicans took control of both houses for the first time since 1870. The fact Griffin is even running is testament that inthis year's midterm election, Washington insiders who would have been scoffed at just a couple of years ago are slowly creeping back to make bids for public office." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=40271aad0aba45a3cd5b243e01bd7bfb4ec394b21d0bb9c05a6a0356ba398fbb

As Mark Schauer picks a running mate, Jack Kingston gets a fake voicemail from Obama in his new ad and candidates raise money at Nats Park, here&#39;s POLITICO&#39;s Morning Score: your daily guide to the 2014 midterms.

DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION: 214.

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SCORE Q&A, SAN DIEGO EDITION: Mayor Kevin Faulconer, the Republican city councilman who just won the special mayoral election earlier this year, sat down with your Score correspondent to chat about lessons from his race and what the Republican Party can do better in 2014.

On what the national Republican Party needs to do to appeal to Hispanics: "You have to be able to communicate across all sectors and you have to be inclusive. The first ad that I ran was our Spanish language television ad. Its not just the right thing to do politically it's the right thing to do for this city ... Republicans for too long have not gone out and communicated effectively, attheir own peril. We changed that in this campaign-and I think we demonstrated that if you run a very inclusive campaign, the sky's the limit."

On how the GOP can repeat his success in other urban areas: "You've seen the numbers in terms of party registration here in San Diego. People say oh, a Republican doesn't have a chance. No, you do have a chance-if you're saying the right things and you have policies people believe in and you're communicating those effectively across all demographics. ... The advice is probably fairly self-evident and common-sense, but the Republican Party for too long has not gone out and engaged in communities that it should. There are voters there that-it doesn't matter if you're a Republican or a Democrat, they want to know, what do you believe? What are the policies that you want to do? So I went
 directly into those communities and neighborhoods ... and even though the registration difference is fairly lopsided here in San Diego, you can't let that hold you back. You have to go out and deliver that message, and it works ... and you cannot take any community for granted."

On his relationship with labor, after unions spent heavily against him in the campaign: 'The campaign's over. And as I've said, it's time to work together on areas where we have common interest. I'm genuine about that, I think it's been pleasantly welcomed by folks ... you do so much better on policy issues and others when you work together and try and find common ground."

FUNDRAISING TICKER: NE-Sen: GOP candidate Ben Sasse: $850,000 raised; more than $1 million on hand (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b97bdf46be5cea99f02bb704f8b2a23ecb233d315e1451429 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b97bdf46be5cea99f02bb704f8b2a23ecb233d315e1451429 ) ... CA-52: GOP candidate Carl DeMaio: more than $410,000 raised; $1.2 million cash on hand ... IL-13: GOP Rep. Rodney Davis: more than $600,000 raised; $940,000 cash on hand (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b90ff722c468329c577f545d7ec3db88a7227d165741e49c2 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b90ff722c468329c577f545d7ec3db88a7227d165741e49c2 ) ... CA-33: Democrat Matt Miller: $517,000 raised in just 45 days (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bfb0238957b9925b9e10b64893e471b73bf0ee855c4533888 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bfb0238957b9925b9e10b64893e471b73bf0ee855c4533888 ) ... SD-Sen: Former GOP Gov. Mike Rounds:$730,000 raised; more than $1 million on hand (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b502a6241029ebce3bca95e4cd03376e6237351c77aa34d64 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b502a6241029ebce3bca95e4cd03376e6237351c77aa34d64 ).

FRIDAY STANDINGS-Here&#39;s Morning Score&#39;s take on how some of the most important candidates, campaigns and political players should answer the question: Are you better off now than you were a week ago?

YES: (1) Georgia Senate candidate Michelle Nunn, who got buzz Thursday over her first TV ad, and whose numbers in a new poll look good-her worst matchup was against businessman David Perdue, who's in hot water this week over comments about a fellow candidate's lack of a college degree; (2) The parties and party committees, which may be the biggest beneficiaries of the McCutcheon decision; and (3) Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz, who picked up an endorsement from President Obama in one of the few states where the president's approval rating is high enough for him to be a real boost.

NO: (1) Big donors, who are about to be barraged with even more requests for cash from campaigns and parties now that their one excuse to say no-that they had maxed out-was just tossed out by the Supreme Court; (2) D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, who lost the Democratic primary in his bid for reelection; and (3) North Carolina GOP Rep. Walter Jones, who's now getting hit by his second outside group and looks to be in real danger of losing to his GOP primary challenger.

RATINGS CHANGES THIS WEEK: Sabato shifts HI-Sen from "Likely Democratic" to "Safe Democratic," and MD-Gov from "Leans Democratic" to "Likely Democratic" (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3be260e63879e1741c781d8a22dd3d987075555da4cd3b5c2f 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3be260e63879e1741c781d8a22dd3d987075555da4cd3b5c2f ). Rothenberg moved WV-03 from "Tilt Democrat" to "Pure Toss-Up", and OH-06 from "Lean Republican" to "Republican Favored" (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bb53b05ff4cc34f7676154fb607db73483c73e8cdb22c2be4 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bb53b05ff4cc34f7676154fb607db73483c73e8cdb22c2be4 ).

JEB, JINDAL APPEAR IN AD FOR GOP GROUP: POLITICO's James Hohmann reports: "Jeb Bush and Bobby Jindal appear in a commercial that will air Sunday to promote NewRepublican.org, a project focused on outlining a positive GOP agenda for the future. The former Florida governor and the current Louisiana governor, both potential 2016 presidential candidates, support a super PAC that is the brainchild of Republican strategist Alex Castellanos. &#39;If you believe that every parent ought to be able to choose their child's school, and that the economy should be driven from the bottom up, not the top down from Washington, then you're thinking like a New Republican,&#39; Bush says to the camera at the
 start of the 30-second spot, shared first with POLITICO. &#39;If you don't think the Republican Party should be the party of big government, big business or big anything, you're thinking like a New Republican,&#39; adds Jindal.' http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=40271aad0aba45a364cacef33e3f4fd4dafe803ebb8670bd523993bd6036a0f4

CAMPAIGN PRO PREVIEW-TIDBITS FROM THE TEAM:

FIRST IN SCORE-NRCC SLAMS TIERNEY OVER PEDIATRIC RESEARCH VOTE: The NRCC is out with an online ad slamming Massachusetts Rep. John Tierney for voting against a federal pediatric medical research bill.In an ad titled "Wrong Priorities," the committee says Tierney broke with the majority of the Massachusetts delegation and "voted no to funding children's cancer research." Obama signed the bill into law at a White House ceremony yesterday afternoon. Championed by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the bill will redirect $126 million allocated for national political conventions toward pediatric medical research. The bill was named for a 10-year old Virginia girl with an inoperable brain tumor
 who died in October. "It is absolutely pathetic that John Tierney would break from the majority of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, the Democrat-led Senate and even President Obama and vote against funding research into pediatric autism andcancer just because it was a Republican bill," NRCC spokesman Ian Prior said. "In a rare moment when Congress and the President came together in a bipartisan manner to get things done, it was the extreme partisan Tierney who once again dug in his heels and put political party time over scientific advancements just to stay in line with Nancy Pelosi." Watch: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bc5f35b4610f56443ddf0b9f422812fee36f63e94db096723 
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SPRING IS IN THE AIR: Baseball is back, and with it, fundraisers at Nationals Park. A PAC supporting GOP Rep. Tom Price (GA-06) is observing Opening Day vs. the Braves today with individual tickets to the fundraiser going for $1,500: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b2433fc8217561925cb33cb327fd0a7f02fd977598ef40b57 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b2433fc8217561925cb33cb327fd0a7f02fd977598ef40b57 . (The PAC has also hosted past events at Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake concerts: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3be200e7f7e225797ce1d98f5ba908e37796dc8ac5df4b60c7 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3be200e7f7e225797ce1d98f5ba908e37796dc8ac5df4b60c7 .) Democratic Rep. Joe Garcia-who has already been hit by the Koch-linked LIBRE Initiative in his tossup FL-26 district (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b4f6ff057579f00af83392cb5dfd3548947b5f4e644337be7 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b4f6ff057579f00af83392cb5dfd3548947b5f4e644337be7 )-plans to host a fundraiser when the Nats play the Marlins May 28, with individual tickets going for $1,000: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b706eb6b4c93793a134c8074eb40e88d3ffac008a31ccb7f6 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b706eb6b4c93793a134c8074eb40e88d3ffac008a31ccb7f6 

SCHAUER PICKS BROWN AS RUNNING MATE: Mark Schauer, the Democratic candidate in the Michigan governor's race announced today that Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown will be his running mate in the 2014 election. Schauer's pick has some obvious pluses: Brown is from southeast Michigan, an area where Schauer's not as well-known. She's also likely to draw in some female and more liberal voters; she was one of the state lawmakers who was silenced in the statehouse in 2012 after using the term "vagina" during debate on an abortion-related bill. She was also one of four Michigan county clerks who issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples last month during the brief window when same-sex marriage
 was legal. Brown served two terms in the Illinois statehouse before winning the Oakland County Clerk job. Expect Republicans to rail on Brown as a liberal who's out of touch with Michigan voters. They might revive talk, for example, of a years-old case that dogged Brown during her campaign for the Oakland County Clerkship. According to a 2012 Detroit News report, an aide for Brown suggested she'd been wrongfully terminated by Brown after she disclosed that she was pregnant. The aide, Ericah Caughey, claimed Brown made a crude abortion-related comment and referred to her repeatedly as "preggers." At the time, Brown's allies said the claims were politically motivated and being leveled to
 discredit Brown's standing with female voters.

MORE ON THE NEW MINNESOTA POLL: In reporting Thursday on a Magellan Strategies poll in Minnesota, conducted for the conservative group American Encore, we wrote that head-to-head matchupspitting Democratic Sen. Al Franken against two GOP opponents were asked after a series of questions-but didn't mean to suggest these questions would knowingly bias the topline results. The questions asked before the ballot tests constituted basic opinions of Franken, his GOP opponents and President Obama. There's some evidence that asking these sorts of questions introduces a difficult-to-predict priming effect to the survey (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b89aa68e9cf7c1dc1c3cd4e5473ada4bda8ac49b2387201bc 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b89aa68e9cf7c1dc1c3cd4e5473ada4bda8ac49b2387201bc ), but the jury is still out on whether it has an impact. As we noted, both GOP candidates have room to grow in the survey, and respondents in the poll (likely voters surveyed via IVR for landlines and live interviewers on cell phones)were mixed on Franken's job performance.

ACROSS THE MAP-Quick takes from races around the country:

SENATE-

-IA-Sen: Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer will stump for GOP state Sen. Joni Ernst in Des Moines later this month. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bde065819c1ecbc8166e7971616872bb1c2195d2086029d94 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bde065819c1ecbc8166e7971616872bb1c2195d2086029d94 

-MS-Sen: The pro-Cochran Mississippi Conservatives PAC launched a new ad, taking aim at GOP state Sen. Chris McDaniel and saying he's switched his positions on a handful of key issues. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b76770292574e4c2e354352170d73c24815b46b559ba86ec1 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b76770292574e4c2e354352170d73c24815b46b559ba86ec1 

-GA-Sen: A new ad from GOP Rep. Jack Kingston in the primary features a fake voicemail from President Obama, suggesting that Kingston is the GOP candidate Obama and national Democrats most fear to face in the generalelection. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b09f47e1c00f974380dae9bb29de218fa2114e9c1c2ea95ad 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b09f47e1c00f974380dae9bb29de218fa2114e9c1c2ea95ad 

-More GA-Sen: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a campaign stop in Atlanta Thursday for GOP candidate Karen Handel, hitting fellow Republican David Perdue for commentsabout Handel&#39;s education background. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b56256344b8e6af43ed08d1fc5d9e61bb80c11beceffc3034 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b56256344b8e6af43ed08d1fc5d9e61bb80c11beceffc3034 

-WV-Sen: North Dakota Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is heading to West Virginia to stump for Democratic candidate Natalie Tennant. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bf3837f4822647ed60c8c90ae9a792b0d1ab4466fb0190751 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bf3837f4822647ed60c8c90ae9a792b0d1ab4466fb0190751 

-KY-Sen: Republican Matt Bevin, who is challenging incumbent Sen. Mitch McConnell in the GOP primary, raised eyebrows after attending a rally in support of legalizing cockfighting in Kentucky (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bb0647cfdd67dfd7018fc60503def5322e70b540ac441a17f 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bb0647cfdd67dfd7018fc60503def5322e70b540ac441a17f ). Now, the Humane Society's political arm is calling on Bevin to end his campaign: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bb9bd56274db237549499f8f6eb357236d219ef54f6f824b3 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bb9bd56274db237549499f8f6eb357236d219ef54f6f824b3 

-SC-Sen: GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham released a new TV ad emphasizing his opposition to the Affordable Care Act. The six-figure ad buy will run across the state, including during the NCAA basketball finals. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b0586bbc5ce78fcc0ee4e1ac28bdaab36088f2f04a6427727 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b0586bbc5ce78fcc0ee4e1ac28bdaab36088f2f04a6427727 

HOUSE-

-AZ-01, 02: The LIBRE Initiative is hitting Democratic Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick and Ron Barber on their support for the Affordable Care Act. Watch the ads here: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bf393c25b2715b7f99be4ebf59fcd54a2f5bd6c90a6ef893b 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bf393c25b2715b7f99be4ebf59fcd54a2f5bd6c90a6ef893b  and 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b805f8c3a249e1b7009eb0d81209c2f0c41b9622170d0c4e3 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b805f8c3a249e1b7009eb0d81209c2f0c41b9622170d0c4e3 

-CA-33: Six Democratic state legislators rescinded their endorsements of state Sen. Ted Lieu over a disagreement regarding the state&#39;s ban on affirmative action.
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b74a1155eecfe7deb533379c9ab7ce50caebc5a340fb3d4ee 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b74a1155eecfe7deb533379c9ab7ce50caebc5a340fb3d4ee 

-MA-06: Tierney has a commanding lead over Democratic primary challenger Seth Moulton, leading him 64 percent to 17 percent among likely primary voters, according to an interactive voice response poll by the DCCC. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b4ab140434513dfa5dfdecd76fe2d61e20b9f491e7cb6077d 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b4ab140434513dfa5dfdecd76fe2d61e20b9f491e7cb6077d 

-MI-08: Two potential candidates for retiring Rep. Mike Rogers's seat, Democrat Virg Bernero (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b3686a260ec0d038fb63df68e59ab58a0290244c27cafcd57 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b3686a260ec0d038fb63df68e59ab58a0290244c27cafcd57 ) and Republican Saul Anuzis, have announced they're not running. Meanwhile, Democratic Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum is in D.C. meeting with DCCC and EMILY's List officials while she makes her decision. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b460462c0cd6baa9ba47270d57a07336ca63797c6d85ae4c5 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b460462c0cd6baa9ba47270d57a07336ca63797c6d85ae4c5 

-OH-08: House Speaker John Boehner's first TV ad since 2010 will air in his district for the next two weeks. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bc1c6251906c482b898c185fa203c3c30c0d29ec10c15509a 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bc1c6251906c482b898c185fa203c3c30c0d29ec10c15509a 

-WI-06: State Sen. Glenn Grothman will challenge incumbent Rep. Tom Petri in the GOP primary, setting up a competitive fight between the tea party and establishment Republicans. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bed275217d45bfa7f13f58853822adaf714a5ab9adafdd489 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bed275217d45bfa7f13f58853822adaf714a5ab9adafdd489 

GOVERNORS-

-FL-Gov: Democrat Charlie Crist picked up an endorsement from prominent Tampa Bay philanthropist David Straz. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b97c0c1d47ce5b0ea571e61cc43d34a1799c1d5a092aed2b7 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3b97c0c1d47ce5b0ea571e61cc43d34a1799c1d5a092aed2b7 

-MD-Gov: Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Doug Gansler released a TV ad touting his support for a higher minimum wage. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bf1c1d004330e2ed4bd686dc6f31d7fbeb89b5042ed5bc192 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bf1c1d004330e2ed4bd686dc6f31d7fbeb89b5042ed5bc192 

-More MD-Gov: Meanwhile, Republican Larry Hogan launched a TV ad highlighting his business experience. He is the first GOP candidate to release an ad. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bcab7d7201d8c071e216d387bab0c7123a1cc97f0858807d9 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=69b4acb8dbd28a3bcab7d7201d8c071e216d387bab0c7123a1cc97f0858807d9 

CODA-QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I think the American people should know that the members of Congress are underpaid." -Retiring Democratic Rep. Jim Moran 
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