++Over 30% of Republicans didn't like their choices in Illinois but they voted for Mitt Romney by a 47% to 35% margin over Rick Santorum. Romney outspent Rick by 7 to 1.
++Jeb Bush became the latest power hitter to endorse Romney. According to a GOP operative,Jeb "had lost any hope that we'll have anyone better."
++Dick Armey's Freedom Works, a teaparty organization, has dropped its reservations against Romney being the GOP nomination.
++Romney's aide this morning hit the big time with media coverage. He said that Romney will change his extreme right positions once the primary season is over saying that Romney is like an "Etch-A-Sketch" or as Jon Huntsman said, a "well-lubricated weather vane". Or an empty suit.
++The War on Women is working out real well for the GOP. Virginia's Governor Bob McDonnell's approval rating collapsed from 53% last month to 32% this month. The drop is entirely due to the opposition of women to his ultrasound legislation. A majority of Virginians oppose the legislation.
++More on Obama's demise. The hapless President only raised $45 million in February, above the $29 million the month before. The average donation to his campaign is $59. 97.7% of Obama donors give $250 or less. The campaign so far has 1,552,000 donors and 105,000 this month are first-time givers. But Karl Rove is putting his Super Pac money behind Mitt Romney. Romney's Super Pac has drawn more billionaires than Obama's small Super Pac. The Swiftboaters are contributing $3 million to Romney's campaign. The battle royal heats up between Americans and the super wealthy.
++President Obama enjoys a 70-14 lead over Romney among Hispanics. If this holds up, one blogger did the math and gave Romney all swing states and he could not get to 270. Hispanics provide the key swing votes in electoral vote rich states.
++Purple Strategies has released their March poll on 12 swing states. Unfortunately, they did not give a state-by-state readings. But President Obama has a 48-44 lead in the swing states and 48 to 40 lead among independents. I thought Obama looked a little vulnerable on the Commander in Chief issue, where the voters favored his approach to Israel and Iran by 48 to 45. Obama's favorable was 46, with disapproval at 50. Romney's favorable rating was 29% with a 56% unfavorable rating.
++Quinnipiac released polls on Virginia and Nevada. President Obama wins both states handily.
++Nicest video today was by a deaf student who attended Obama's rally in Maryland. Obama signed "thank you" to a message from the student.
++When I have the stomach, I may--not a promise--write about Paul Ryan's assault on decency and his amazing ability time after time to produce budgets that create staggering deficits while providing for nothing for the American people. According to his budget, there would only be 1% left for discretionary spending on domestic programs.
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