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For a fleeting moment on Friday, it seemed that National Review Online had a major scoop in the hotly contested Massachusetts Senate race, but it fizzled nearly as quickly as it had appeared.

Mitt and Ann Romney have given $150,000 to the Romney for President campaign, marking the first time they have contributed their own funds to the 2012 race, a campaign official said Friday. By contrast, Mitt Romney gave $45 million to the failed 2008 presidential race. He had said during the 2008 race that he was loaning the money but eventually acknowledged that he would never get it back.

A proposal to reverse planned cuts to Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod was voted down in the House late Thursday, a move that is expected to intensify efforts by the Bay State lawmakers to protect Otis and other at-risk bases across the commonwealth. The House, however, did pass an amendment that would prevent the Air Force from cutting staff or restructuring the mission at the Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford without congressional approval.

For nearly three weeks, Scott Brownas campaign has been battering Elizabeth Warren for listing herself as a Native American on a legal directory and then being billed as a minority law professor at Harvard University. Now, Warren has a Democratic critic, too. Warrenas primary opponent, Marisa DeFranco, who is trying to raise her profile in the race, is arguing that voters should be concerned about Warrenas alack of a clear, consistent messagea in response to the Native American controversy.

Mitt Romney swung through Hillsborough, N.H., Friday afternoon for a stump speech that included pointed criticism of President Obamaas 2009 stimulus bill. As the presidential hopeful strode out into the sunshine, a stone bridge roped off with police tape behind him took center stage. Renovation of the Sawyer Bridge, a so-called abridge to nowhere,a was paid for in part with $150,000 in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help restore what is considered a civil engineering landmark.

In his first ad of the general election, Mitt Romney says he would start his first day in office by approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline, introduce tax cutting legislation, and seeking to repeal President Obamaas health care law. The upbeat 30-second spot, released on Friday morning, starts with a question, aWhat would a Romney presidency be like?a aDay one, President Romney immediately approves the Keystone pipeline, creating thousands of jobs that Obama blocked,a a deep-voiced narrator says.

After telling political observers Monday to aremove my name from the lista of potential Mitt Romney running mates, Tim Pawlenty sounded more open to joining the Republican presidential ticket on Thursday. aHeas going to have a lot of great people to pick from,a Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota, said on MSNBC. aObviously, anyone would be honored to serve if asked.a Asked if he is being vetted by the Romney campaign, Pawlenty did not say yes or no.

Democratic congressional candidate Joseph P. Kennedy III today labeled his late aunt Mary Kennedy aa tireless advocate for the causes dear to her hearta following her suicide. In a statement, the younger Kennedy expressed condolences to amy Uncle Bobby,a his cousins, and Mary Kennedyas family. aMy Aunt Mary was a tireless advocate for the causes dear to her heart, a beloved member of our family, and, above all else, an incredible mother who loved her children fiercely,a Kennedy said.

After a proposed advertising campaign linking President Obama to the inflammatory Rev. Jeremiah Wright was leaked and subsequently condemned by Mitt Romney, the super PAC that conceived it decided to spike the idea Thursday. The $10 million strategy was hatched by conservative advisers to the Ending Spending Action Fund, formed by billionaire Joe Ricketts. Appearing to take the high road, the Romney campaign rejected the plan, even though Romney, himself, referred to the controversial pastor in a February interview.

In a sign that Massachusettsa finances are recovering modestly from the Great Recession, the state Senate on Wednesday released a $32.3 billion budget proposal that cuts some social services, but increases spending on local government and education without raising taxes or fees. The budget plan is similar to one approved by the House on April 26. Though senators continue to talk about the strain on state finances as a result of the economic downturn, they still managed to increase overall spending by 3.7 percent.

The Obama campaign called aBSa Thursday on an independent groupas $25 million attack ad that accuses the president of breaking his promises. Stephanie Cutter, Obamaas deputy campaign manager, used the abbreviation to describe an ad released Wednesday by the Karl Rove-led nonprofit Crossroads GPS. In a 3-minute Web video, Cutter rebuts the adas claims, one by one. But she often avoids the specific facts presented by the ad and in one case misrepresents its argument.

Mitt Romney today showed that he is closing the Democratic fund-raising gap, taking in $40.1 million in conjunction with the Republican National Committee and a new Romney aVictorya committee established as he emerged as the presumptive GOP presidential nominee. The total is just shy of the $43.6 million President Obama and the Democratic National Committee said they raised last month. Romney and the Republican National Committee now have $61.4 million cash on hand, Romneyas campaign said in a statement.

Mary Kennedy, the estranged and troubled former wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was found dead Wednesday at her suburban home north of New York City, according to the Associated Press. The cause of death was not immediately known, and was under investigation, according to a statement by the Bedford Police Department.

Priorities USA, which runs a pro-Obama super PAC and has faced fund-raising problems, announced that Massachusetts native Mary Beth Cahill is joining the group. Cahill, Senator Edward M. Kennedyas onetime chief of staff and Senator John Kerryas 2004 presidential campaign manager, will serve as a consultant on strategy and spending. Cahill is a close personal friend of Stephanie Cutter, another Massachusetts native and former Kennedy aide who now serves as deputy manager of President Obamaas reelection campaign committee.

Countering the Obama campaignas massive ad buy of last week, the independent conservative group Crossroads GPS on Wednesday announced a plan to spend $25 million airing an attack ad in 10 swing states. The 60-second ad accuses the president of breaking promises to assist struggling homeowners, hold down taxes for households making less than $250,000 per year, let people keep private health insurance plans they like, and cut the federal deficit in half.

Mitt Romney used his Secret Service detail and campaign aides to physically restrain reporters from asking questions after an appearance in St. Petersburg, Fla. Wednesday, according to multiple journalists covering the event. The journalists tweeted that a press coordinator on the Romney campaign bus told reporters before a speech at the Mirror Lake Lyceum that athere will be no questions for the candidate today.a Reporters often ask questions by mingling with audience members along a ropeline after an appearance.

President Obama and affiliated Democratic committees raised $43.6 million in April, his campaign announced Wednesday. The Obama campaign reported 169,500 first-time donors, roughly 40 percent of the monthly total. The campaign sought to highlight the modesty of most contributions, saying the average was $50.23 and that 98 percent were less than $250. The campaign also said it hired 22 staff members in North Carolina in an effort that seemed to contradict the notion that Obama has written off the state.

Elizabeth Warren released her third television advertisement in four weeks today, one that features people testifying she is athe real deal.a The newest ad comes as Warren is trying to shift the media focus from questions a which have lasted more than two weeks — about whether she claimed Native American heritage to advance her academic career.

President Obamaas total assets in 2011 were as high as $8.3 million in 2011, according to an annual financial disclosure filing released by the White House Tuesday. Much of the presidentas wealth is in the form of US Treasury bills and notes, which total between $1.6 million and $6.25 million. The Obamas also have $500,001 to $1 million in a checking account at JPMorgan Chase, the bank currently under FBI scrutiny for a $2 billion trading loss.

Mitt Romney cast President Obama as an enemy of capitalism Tuesday in a speech at Drake University, calling the president an aold-school liberal whose first instinct is to see free enterprise as the villain and government as the hero.a They were new words set to a familiar tune. Romney repeated an earlier promise to cap federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, vowed again to repeal Obamaas signature health care law and said he would reform Medicare and Social Security.

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