Small Presidencies, Big Sticks, VAWA Passes Senate, Student Loans to Pass House, Neither Headed to President, ABC DC Puppy War (PM Note) April 26, 2012 06:15 PM   Pre-Note Silliness - Vote for the ABC DC Cutest Pup- @eliwalterwoof or @winstontapper ? Senate Passes VAWA - Bill to reauthorize violence against women act heads to the House -http://abcn.ws/Iu3su9 Al Franken's Teary Tribute to the Wellstones - http://abcn.ws/I8J2Ed A Democrat's Harsh Spins to Jon Karl - "31 of 46 Republicans voted against VAWA. But it still passed thanks to vulnerable Republicans (Brown, Heller), those running for Veep (Thune, Portman, Ayotte) and one who slept with hookers (Vitter)." Rhetorical Dovetail Today - Boehner: "Obama made the presidency smaller" http://abcn.ws/IHQR5L Biden: "I promise you, the president has a big stick." Boehner's Point was About Student Loans - Boehner accused President Obama of diminishing the traditional role of the presidency by inventing "fake fights" over the student loan rate extension and parading around the country on campaign trips aboard Air Force One disguised as official business at taxpayers' expense. "This is the biggest job in the world and I've never seen a president make it smaller… The president keeps attempting to invent these fake fights because he doesn't have a record of success or a positive agenda for our country. It's as simple as this: The emperor has no clothes. They can't talk about their record on jobs because their policies have made the economy worse." (Arlette Saenz) Biden's Point Was About Foreign Policy and Teddy Roosevelt - He accused Mitt Romney of having a "cold war mindset". ""If you're looking for a bumper sticker to sum up how President Obama has handled what we inherited, it's pretty simple: Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive." He said later, "You have to ask yourself… if Gov. Romney were president, would he have used the same slogan in reverse?"http://abcn.ws/JJ1gPZ   (Devin Dwyer) Biden's Policy Speeches - By the Numbers - Yahoo! News' Chris Wilson finds that in Biden's five speeches to frame the choice this election, the term "middle class" is far and away the most used - http://yhoo.it/JJFFH4 Rob Portman is Not Boring - He might be the "safe" bet, but Matt Negrin finds he's far from boring - Have you kayaked through China? -  http://abcn.ws/ITERhp "I'm not going anywhere, don't worry." Chris Christie to New Jersey  - http://abcn.ws/IjA6ls  (Shush Walshe) Differences Persist in Student Loan Debate - John Parkinson - Republicans and Democrats have both proposed alternative methods to cover the cost of the extension and, judging by their comments today, a huge gulf remains between the two parties. While House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced Wednesday that the House would vote Friday on a one-year extension that is paid for by pulling funds from the president's health care law, Democrats prefer to raise taxes on small businesses in order to cover the $6 billion cost of a one-year extension. http://abcn.ws/JD8arG Pelosi Says GOP Student Loan Plan is "Assault on Women's Health" - http://abcn.ws/JJFFH5 Carney on New El Salvador Allegations Against Secret Service - "While this is an ongoing investigation, we're not going to comment more broadly, and we're certainly not going to comment upon, you know, rumors or speculation that appears in the media about either this incident or other potential incidents"http://abcn.ws/I5lCAG  (Mary Bruce) Tired of Cool - Karl Rove group attacks Obama for being too cool - http://abcn.ws/IIpDfm Why Romney Should Follow George Onto Pawn Stars - Stephanopoulos on How Democrats like Modern Family, Republicans like Wheel of Fortune, and why Mitt Romney should volunteer for a cameo on Pawn Stars -  http://yhoo.it/Is0HGt Rick Klein Notes, Eyebrows Raised, That Karl Rove Lists South Carolina as a Tossup -http://bit.ly/JttNH5 Rove Tweets Back - @rickklein "Likely to change as state polling picks up. (latest SC poll from 12/6.) Look for more "toss-up"/"lean-Romney" in wks ahead." Hand-written Note Okayed OBL Strike - See it at Time's 1 year anniversary package -http://yhoo.it/IIpB7j White House: No Threat Linked to OBL Death Anniversary - http://abcn.ws/IkUWzz After Angry Bird Strikes, Gillibrand Declares War on Geese - http://abcn.ws/IjA7G2 Malaise - 56 percent of Young People tell Gallup they'll vote. 80 Percent of everyone else will -http://abcn.ws/JJFFH8 Michelle Obama's Fantasy? It's Not Running for President - Mary Bruce reports the first lady referred to her husband's terms - plural - in talking to sons and daughters on "take your kids to work day" -http://abcn.ws/I4S9H7 WH Distances Itself From EPA Administrator Who Would 'Crucify' Polluters -http://abcn.ws/ITESSp

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Newt Gingrich Slow Jams Out, A Romney Asterisk, The End of Marriage, Who Your 401k Backs (PM Note) April 25, 2012 06:29 PM Newt's Long Goodbye - We know how the Newt Gingrich campaign is going to end, but we apparently have to wait until next Tuesday to see it - http://abcn.ws/IccP4B Connecticut Repeals Death Penalty - http://abcn.ws/IEGAHF Supreme Court Seems Receptive to Arizona Immigration Law - http://abcn.ws/K7C3w1 The Asterisk on Romney's Northeast Wins - From Yahoo! News' Holly Bailey - The former Massachusetts governor won Delaware with 56 percent of the vote and Pennsylvania with 58 percent. According to the University of Minnesota political scientist Eric Ostermeier, that marks the first time since 1972 that a presumptive GOP nominee has failed to reach the 60 percent mark in a contest conducted after his last major challenger exited the race - http://abcn.ws/JzYVsi The End of Marriage? - Ozzie and Harriet step aside.  The proportion of homes in America with husband-wife couples has now fallen below 50 percent, the lowest since the Census Bureau began tabulating this family data in 1940.  (Lisa Stark) http://abcn.ws/I2b19I Here's the Internship that 'Girls Gone Wild' Thinks it Bought at Sen. Mark Pryor's Office - FBI Investigation to follow? - http://abcn.ws/IEAZB7 Rubio Spurns Foreign Policy Disengagement - "For while there are few global problems we can solve by ourselves, there are virtually no global problems that can be solved without us. In confronting the challenges of our time, there are more nations than ever capable of contributing, but there is still only one nation that is capable of leading," Rubio said today of the United States. "Who will lead if we do not?" Rubio asked. "The answer, at least today, is that no other nation or organization is willing or able to do so." http://abcn.ws/IdsxdT Rubio's Grandfather Was Ordered Deported, According to Book - http://abcn.ws/IdsxdV House Will Vote Friday on Student Loan Bill, Take Money From Health Reform -http://abcn.ws/Ih6jsg Obama's The Rebirth of Slick - He's on the cover of Rolling Stone - http://abcn.ws/IStcPf He slow jams the news, he goes to dive bars and poses for pictures with co-eds, he makes jokes about Romney -  http://abcn.ws/IEGDDb And How the GOP is Using it Against Him - http://abcn.ws/IdtC7C Obama's Student Loans - While the president was paying student loans he was - by his own definition - wealthy enough to pay higher taxes - http://abcn.ws/IwmzV4 Who does your 401k back?  - Google is more Democratic, UPS is more Republican… and so on -http://abcn.ws/IkYOMs  (Amy Bingham) How a GOP PAC that Calls Itself "Young Guns" Found Itself Backing Dick Lugar -http://abcn.ws/IwmzV5 Romney's Fine Line on Immigrati on - http://abcn.ws/I9TrEv Internal Affairs - Which IG Should Investigate Secret Service - Matthew Mosk and Brian Ross on the special carve-out that puts Secret Service in charge of its own investigation - http://abcn.ws/ILgGBC U.K. Double Dip - http://abcn.ws/Kbtxvd What is Self Deportation? - Here's how Kris Kobach Described it to Univision - "The concept of self-deportation in immigration is that if people are breaking the law, we as a nation or an individual state should take steps to ratchet up the level of law enforcement incrementally so that people start thinking, 'Well, you know what? Maybe I should follow the law. It's harder to get the job illegally. It's harder to continue breaking the law, maybe using a false name or a false Social Security number, and I will therefore try to comply with the law in the future.' It's really that simple," Kobach said. Matt Jaffe on Romney and Kobach - http://abcn.ws/I9TrEv What's Wrong with Obama and Romney Proposal to Extend Student Loans Rates? - The Occupy perspective, according to Greg Krieg - "Whatever Washington ends up doing (or failing to do) as the interest rate deadline nears, Occupy Spokesman Ed Needham says it won't be enough, and that the president is, in effect, 'outlining a prescription for fixing the student debt crisis that is akin to putting a Band-aid on a tumor and telling the patient to go home.' http://abcn.ws/IccRt5 McCain: Secret Service Prostitution Scandal Briefing is a 'Waste of Time' - http://abcn.ws/IStcPg Colbert Super PAC Outfundraises Ron Paul -  http://abcn.ws/IccRt6 Rubio Forgets Page of Speech - Marco Rubio forgot the last page to his speech at the Brookings Institute today. Rubio said the reason he needed it was because it included a long quote from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. http://abcn.ws/Ih6jsk Delayed Reaction - Now that allegations against the secret service agents involved in a prostitution scandal have been proven true, White House Spokesperson Jay Carney says the president is openly angry.http://abcn.ws/ILgG4L

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Newt Gingrich Slow Jams Out, A Romney Asterisk, The End of Marriage, Who Your 401k Backs (PM Note) April 25, 2012 06:29 PM Newt's Long Goodbye - We know how the Newt Gingrich campaign is going to end, but we apparently have to wait until next Tuesday to see it - http://abcn.ws/IccP4B Connecticut Repeals Death Penalty - http://abcn.ws/IEGAHF Supreme Court Seems Receptive to Arizona Immigration Law - http://abcn.ws/K7C3w1 The Asterisk on Romney's Northeast Wins - From Yahoo! News' Holly Bailey - The former Massachusetts governor won Delaware with 56 percent of the vote and Pennsylvania with 58 percent. According to the University of Minnesota political scientist Eric Ostermeier, that marks the first time since 1972 that a presumptive GOP nominee has failed to reach the 60 percent mark in a contest conducted after his last major challenger exited the race - http://abcn.ws/JzYVsi The End of Marriage? - Ozzie and Harriet step aside.  The proportion of homes in America with husband-wife couples has now fallen below 50 percent, the lowest since the Census Bureau began tabulating this family data in 1940.  (Lisa Stark) http://abcn.ws/I2b19I Here's the Internship that 'Girls Gone Wild' Thinks it Bought at Sen. Mark Pryor's Office - FBI Investigation to follow? - http://abcn.ws/IEAZB7 Rubio Spurns Foreign Policy Disengagement - "For while there are few global problems we can solve by ourselves, there are virtually no global problems that can be solved without us. In confronting the challenges of our time, there are more nations than ever capable of contributing, but there is still only one nation that is capable of leading," Rubio said today of the United States. "Who will lead if we do not?" Rubio asked. "The answer, at least today, is that no other nation or organization is willing or able to do so." http://abcn.ws/IdsxdT Rubio's Grandfather Was Ordered Deported, According to Book - http://abcn.ws/IdsxdV House Will Vote Friday on Student Loan Bill, Take Money From Health Reform -http://abcn.ws/Ih6jsg Obama's The Rebirth of Slick - He's on the cover of Rolling Stone - http://abcn.ws/IStcPf He slow jams the news, he goes to dive bars and poses for pictures with co-eds, he makes jokes about Romney -  http://abcn.ws/IEGDDb And How the GOP is Using it Against Him - http://abcn.ws/IdtC7C Obama's Student Loans - While the president was paying student loans he was - by his own definition - wealthy enough to pay higher taxes - http://abcn.ws/IwmzV4 Who does your 401k back?  - Google is more Democratic, UPS is more Republican… and so on -http://abcn.ws/IkYOMs  (Amy Bingham) How a GOP PAC that Calls Itself "Young Guns" Found Itself Backing Dick Lugar -http://abcn.ws/IwmzV5 Romney's Fine Line on Immigrati on - http://abcn.ws/I9TrEv Internal Affairs - Which IG Should Investigate Secret Service - Matthew Mosk and Brian Ross on the special carve-out that puts Secret Service in charge of its own investigation - http://abcn.ws/ILgGBC U.K. Double Dip - http://abcn.ws/Kbtxvd What is Self Deportation? - Here's how Kris Kobach Described it to Univision - "The concept of self-deportation in immigration is that if people are breaking the law, we as a nation or an individual state should take steps to ratchet up the level of law enforcement incrementally so that people start thinking, 'Well, you know what? Maybe I should follow the law. It's harder to get the job illegally. It's harder to continue breaking the law, maybe using a false name or a false Social Security number, and I will therefore try to comply with the law in the future.' It's really that simple," Kobach said. Matt Jaffe on Romney and Kobach - http://abcn.ws/I9TrEv What's Wrong with Obama and Romney Proposal to Extend Student Loans Rates? - The Occupy perspective, according to Greg Krieg - "Whatever Washington ends up doing (or failing to do) as the interest rate deadline nears, Occupy Spokesman Ed Needham says it won't be enough, and that the president is, in effect, 'outlining a prescription for fixing the student debt crisis that is akin to putting a Band-aid on a tumor and telling the patient to go home.' http://abcn.ws/IccRt5 McCain: Secret Service Prostitution Scandal Briefing is a 'Waste of Time' - http://abcn.ws/IStcPg Colbert Super PAC Outfundraises Ron Paul -  http://abcn.ws/IccRt6 Rubio Forgets Page of Speech - Marco Rubio forgot the last page to his speech at the Brookings Institute today. Rubio said the reason he needed it was because it included a long quote from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. http://abcn.ws/Ih6jsk Delayed Reaction - Now that allegations against the secret service agents involved in a prostitution scandal have been proven true, White House Spokesperson Jay Carney says the president is openly angry.http://abcn.ws/ILgG4L

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More Out at Secret Service, What's Newt Thinking, Devils and Nets and NJ Politics, Obama's College Tour (PM Note) April 24, 2012 06:12 PM 3 More Forced Out at Secret Service - Reporting from Pierre Thomas, Jake Tapper - http://abcn.ws/JGUewK What you Need to Know About the Northeast Primaries Tonight - http://abcn.ws/IPZlqO Newt Eyes Reagan-Style North Carolina Comeback - Jon Karl's report includes cool 1976 archive video of Charlie Gibson and Frank Reynolds - http://abcn.ws/JEHPcs But Newt Won't Drop Out Tonight Regardless of Delaware Showing - From Chris Moody -http://abcn.ws/JGUeMY Edwards Trial - The Latest from Greensboro - Andrew Young Outlines Complicated Check System - Cross-Examination Expected Tomorrow - From the team in Greensboro - http://abcn.ws/HZO0Eq Devil's Advocate - Disgraced Gov. Eliot Spitzer on Edwards Trial: A Tragedy … but a Crime?http://abcn.ws/JY8Q6z The Most Fun Post of the Day Has Nothing to Do With 2012  - Chris Christie vs. the Nets. Cory Booker vs. the Devils - Sport and politics and daydreaming about Guv Race 2013 in New Jersey - Chris Good writes: "The spats have showcased each politician's style. In his Nets comments, Christie lived up to the reputation he's earned for bluntly dismissing his political antagonists off the cuff. Booker, who undertook a hunger strike in 1999, and lived in a tent in front of a housing project to protest drug distribution, lived up to his own reputation for hands-on advocacy." http://abcn.ws/JmtRLh Why Did a PAC Supporting Term-Limited Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell Buy TV Time? - Elizabeth Hartfield investigates - http://abcn.ws/JwOPZa Joel Osteen Prays on the House Floor - http://abcn.ws/I3H8Vf What's the Matter with Chelsea? - How to tie the most exciting moment of the day? Matt Jaffe suggests: Immigration, Soccer Style - Spanish Striker Torres Scores Final Goal As England's Chelsea Shocks Spanish Giants Barcelona - It's a stretch - http://yhoo.it/K7iWSb College Tour - From Mary Bruce -  While the president did not call out the presumptive GOP nominee by name, he drew a sharp contrast between his background and that of Mitt Romney, who comes from a wealthier family. "This is something Michelle and I know about firsthand," Obama said. "I didn't just read about this… I didn't just get some talking points about this. I didn't just get a policy briefing on this." "Check this out, all right?  I'm the president of the United States.  We only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago," he said to laughter from the crowd of roughly 8,000. "That wasn't that long ago." While young voters still overwhelmingly support the president - Obama enjoys a substantial 60 to 34 percent lead over Romney - their interest has waned since 2008. http://abcn.ws/JY8Q6A Plus, He'll be on Jimmy Fallon with the Dave Matthews Band. The kids love Dave Matthews Band these days, right? Young Voters Matter - Amy Walter: "Check out the huge improvement he made over John Kerry, who lost to George W. Bush in 2004, among this group of voters in key swing states. While the percentage of the youth vote remained relatively stable, Obama's percentage of the young vote doubled and even tripled in some key states." http://abcn.ws/HZO0Es FLASHBACK: GOP Notes Then-Senator Obama Skipped Vote on Student Loans in 2007 -http://abcn.ws/I9hJ2b The Flip Side of Richard Grenell - Molly Ball suggests that a gay national security spokesman for a Republican candidate is a milestone of sorts - http://yhoo.it/IgrbLS Jon Karl's Light Bulb Beat - It costs about 100 times more than an old fashioned one, but a new $50 LED light bulb is not as crazy as it sounds - the new bulb can last up to 30 years, is just as bright as the old-fashioned kind, and use a fraction of the electricity. But even if you do not buy one, you have already helped pay for it. The Department of Energy awarded the bulb's maker, Philips, a $10 million prize for developing the "affordable" light bulb of the future. http://yhoo.it/I3H8Vg Guess the Year - Jake Tapper Tweets he saw Dave Matthews in Philadelphia open for the Spin Doctors. RNC Releases - "Welcome to North Carolina, President Obama." It suggests he should have something to say about the sexual harassment scandal embroiling North Carolina Democrats - http://bit.ly/JE79hp DNC Releases - Scott Brown's tax release comments could cause problems for Mitt Romney -http://bo.st/JwHbPw SCOTUS and Immigration - Senate Republicans Boycott Immigration Hearing - http://abcn.ws/Imc0zY Supreme Court to Consider Arizona Immigration Law; Author Has Ties to Romney Campaign -http://abcn.ws/J7SKWs Speaking of Faith - When should Mitt Romney talk about his Mormon faith? ABC's Elizabeth Hartfield weighs which is more harmful to his image - Romney's unrelatable wealth or his religion. -http://abcn.ws/JY8Of5 Obama Avoids Word 'Genocide' On Armenian Remembrance Day - http://abcn.ws/I7OrjQ Get More News at ABC Politics and a Different Spin at OTUS News Get the Note and the PM Note Delivered to Your Inbox

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Angry Birds and Joe Biden, the Romney and Rubio Show, the Woman Behind Romney's Voice, His Dad's Dad (PM Note) | travel news

Angry Birds and Joe Biden, the Romney and Rubio Show, the Woman Behind Romney's Voice, His Dad's Dad (PM Note) | travel news

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Angry Birds and Joe Biden, the Romney and Rubio Show, the Woman Behind Romney's Voice, His Dad's Dad (PM Note) | travel news

Angry Birds and Joe Biden, the Romney and Rubio Show, the Woman Behind Romney's Voice, His Dad's Dad (PM Note) | travel news

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Travel insurance, it is a spiritual

Travel insurance is the last thing that many of us think about before the holidays. You feel relief when the trip is paid for. Start saving "money." In time, you can decide where to go, to go, where to stay, that flight or cruise to take, just don't remember "travel insurance" and this could be a huge mistake for all of us.
We can invest in travel to far away places, we can carefully to purchase new clothes, Sun glasses, new luggage, underwear, and other accessories, only to leave us wide open to the catastrophe and the loss of money, if any of the following events occurs: the company tour operator decides that needs the tummy tuck, at the expense of the customer, or the company's tour disappear, or airline goes bankrupt or impact or Hurricane age, named after Your ex wife, makes a turn to the left and heads straight to Your travel or part of California is located in the Ocean because of earthquakes and the action upsets the rest of the world's oceans, delays flights, extreme, illness during the holidays, because the drink of water, and a BIG one, terrorist attack, not to mention, if you loose the passport or the worst, the Ocean and the claims of the Residentialwhere you are staying.
All the jokes, you can purchase travel insurance against trip cancellation, travel interruptions, missed calls, airline ticket coverage, medical expenses, emergency medical transport, baggage, delayed baggage, Accidental death and have 24-hour travel assistance service available from there, any where in the world.
"Real" reasons to buy travel insurance
OK quite negative. I am sure you get the point. There is, however, more important reasons to purchase travel insurance; Protects your persistent home if something happen during the journey.
Example: what older people who have waited their entire life to travel only to find out that Medicare does not cover to anyone outside the United States! Can you picture spending sizable amounts of pensions in payment of medical bills in another country? There are Major Medical Polices for travellers (including seniors) who are going abroad for a period of at least 6 months and require more permanent insurance. These plans provide complete protection for medical emergency medical treatment, wellness care and optional prescription drug coverage.
Example: people who have travel insurance had completely different experience, Emily (Hurricane) hit the Mexican Yucatan, in July 2005. First of all the name and went to is trying to catch the flight to the airport. At some point there were no more flights were only buses carrying thousands of touring inland away from the storm. With travel insurance does not cover "costs" (I'm sure it was enough only to worry about his life), realizing that they could be reimbursed by their policies. Those without insurance you are interested in the costs of accommodation and food, until Emily got better ratio. Surely many tourist without travel insurance had to spend part of their upcoming monthly budget before putting it safely home. (I wonder what happens to those who reached their limit on credit cards) We cannot go to what happened to the tourists who were staying in the small Hotels Katrina hit the city!
Another example of a "real" reasons to purchase travel insurance, are skiing in the Alps, are dogging muldach (or they can be dogging) and delayed in turn. Not a real problem, but you need to be airlifted to the nearest hospital to have x-rays taken. Transport cost? Who pays? You can do if you do not have the proper (travel), medical insurance or accident insurance. (Will be paying for the ride to the hospital helicopter upset monthly budget home?)
And what a classic example? Leave the pouch of money from your credit cards and travel checks carried out in the cabin, in the way back to the hotel. It happens all the time. Insurance, not to return.
Important information:
Note, this is very important: most travel insurance, use the default, terrorism insurance and insurance previously within 10 days of the initial reservation travel. The Motto, cannot wait until the destination on a US State Department travel warning list to purchase insurance.
The less you have to worry about holiday, the safer you will be. When you travel outside of the United States should be given the freedom of Your account overview. You should always be aware of Your surroundings.
Just with examples. If you can protect yourself and the investment, probably will not need to cover his "almost as an insurance company put invisible" umbrella of protection "around us, so they will not have to pay or is a prayer driving us safe?

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