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Obama hailed by Bill Clinton as Newt Gingrich prepares to say goodbye – live Obama hailed by Bill Clinton as Newt Gingrich prepares to say goodbye – live
(40 minutes later)
10.57am: Heh.
I don't want to be one of those people who's on his death bed and says, "I didn't spend enough time on the Internet."
— Andy Borowitz (@BorowitzReport) April 27, 2012
10.49am: We didn't really think we were interested in BuzzFeed's slideshow of 48 pictures of Mitt Romney being a normal guy until we started scrolling through.
They look like a happy family. Other instant reax: 1) palpably rich 2) vividly sober
10.34am: Andrew Rafferty of NBC News is live-tweeting Newt Gingrich's visit to the North Carolina Zoo, where they apparently inexplicably have dinosaur statues.
Gingrich in front of T-Rex, says he had T-Rex skull in his office in Congress twitter.com/AndrewNBCNews/…
— Andrew Rafferty (@AndrewNBCNews) April 27, 2012
"T-Rex," it should be noted, was also Gingrich's Secret Service code name, he said
— Andrew Rafferty (@AndrewNBCNews) April 27, 2012

While looking at the robotic dinosaurs, Gingrich would often critique whether or not they are life size
— Andrew Rafferty (@AndrewNBCNews) April 27, 2012
10.30am: Karl Rove update: Karl Rove has responded to our query of yesterday about why his first map of the general election has South Carolina as a toss-up state.
@TeeMcSee Latest SC poll from 12/6 & unlikely to stay "toss-up" territory. More states will "lean-safe Romney" in wks ahead w/ more polling.
— Karl Rove (@KarlRove) April 27, 2012
@KarlRove Interested in your thoughts on why S. Carolina looks like a toss-up?
— Tom McCarthy (@TeeMcSee) April 26, 2012
10.19am: And here's that pro-Obama ad starring Bill Clinton.
"You hire the president to make the calls when no one else can do it."
Like bombing a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant?
10.15am: Here's that anti-Obama Americans for Prosperity ad that's airing in eight swing states.10.15am: Here's that anti-Obama Americans for Prosperity ad that's airing in eight swing states.
It accuses the president of wasting money on businesses that create jobs overseas, not in the United States. In the background, an acoustic guitar is lightly plucked, which we think is a nice touch.It accuses the president of wasting money on businesses that create jobs overseas, not in the United States. In the background, an acoustic guitar is lightly plucked, which we think is a nice touch.
"1.2 billion dollars to a solar company that's building a plant... in MEXICO!
"Half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs... in FINLAND!
"And tens of millions of dollars to build traffic lights... in CHINA."		"1.2 billion dollars to a solar company that's building a plant... in MEXICO!
"Half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs... in FINLAND!
"And tens of millions of dollars to build traffic lights... in CHINA."
You can almost hear the emoticon in the narrator's voice at the end of that last sentence: Chi- :( -na.You can almost hear the emoticon in the narrator's voice at the end of that last sentence: Chi- :( -na.
10.00am: Good morning and welcome to the day in politics. It's Friday; it's spring (where we live); and if you type "zerg rush" into Google today it's far out. Tom McCarthy here in New York and here's where things stand:10.00am: Good morning and welcome to the day in politics. It's Friday; it's spring (where we live); and if you type "zerg rush" into Google today it's far out. Tom McCarthy here in New York and here's where things stand:
• Former President Bill Clinton stars in a new Obama ad calld One Chance, extolling the strength of his Democratic successor's leadership. "That's one thing George Bush said that was right," Clinton says, wielding that unnaturally long finger of his. "The president is the decider-in-chief." (h/t: @politicalwire)• Former President Bill Clinton stars in a new Obama ad calld One Chance, extolling the strength of his Democratic successor's leadership. "That's one thing George Bush said that was right," Clinton says, wielding that unnaturally long finger of his. "The president is the decider-in-chief." (h/t: @politicalwire)
• The Super Pac Americans for Prosperity is buying $6 million worth of ad time to broadcast a new spot, Wasteful Spending, in eight swing states. We'll have more on that ad for you shortly.• The Super Pac Americans for Prosperity is buying $6 million worth of ad time to broadcast a new spot, Wasteful Spending, in eight swing states. We'll have more on that ad for you shortly.
• Girls Gone Wild impresario Joe Francis is miffed that the winner of his Hottest Girl in America contest will not, after all, be claiming the prize of a summer internship in the office of Arkansas senator Mark Pryor. The charity auction Francis won the prize in was bogus. No comment yet from Pryor's other interns.• Girls Gone Wild impresario Joe Francis is miffed that the winner of his Hottest Girl in America contest will not, after all, be claiming the prize of a summer internship in the office of Arkansas senator Mark Pryor. The charity auction Francis won the prize in was bogus. No comment yet from Pryor's other interns.
• Newt Gingrich has been stripped of secret service protection, NBC News reported last night. We don't even want to think about how those guys are celebrating. (h/t: Morning Score)• Newt Gingrich has been stripped of secret service protection, NBC News reported last night. We don't even want to think about how those guys are celebrating. (h/t: Morning Score)
• Newt Gingrich's first outing without the protection of federal agents will be to the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. Not making that up.• Newt Gingrich's first outing without the protection of federal agents will be to the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. Not making that up.