"What would a Romney Presidency look like?"

That's what the narrator, who sounds a bit like the Republican nominee himself, asks viewers in the Romney campaign's first video ad for the general election (entitled "Day One") that went up on YouTube last night. The advertisement will be shown over and over again in the battleground states (i.e. Virginia, Michigan) to a people who presumably hate the word "swing." 

Most of us have no idea what the answer to that question is; predicting the future is a hard trait to come by for the non-clairvoyant demographic. Our fellow Voice writer Pete Kotz took a wack at it and, apparently, so did Mitt.

Interwoven with gleeful shots of Mitt shaking peoples' hands and workers that exist somewhere Bain Capital hasn't found yet, the video takes hypothetical politics to the White House, painting a first day on the job portrait for anyone who's interested. And, if the video is any indication, he has a lot planned.

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We thought the Beach Boys were all about fun in the sun; the nice beach tides and "Good Vibrations;" and a whole bunch of fun until daddy takes the T-Bird away. Apparently not. 

This little gem released by the forerunners of "professional" celebrity journalism, TMZ, captures on tape remarks made by Bruce Johnston. For those of you who don't know him, he's one of the background singers on "California Girls." He's also not a big fan of Obama. And he is absolutely vocal about it.

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This afternoon, Presidential hopeful (and this week's same-sex marriage elephant in the room) Mitt Romney gave the commencement speech at Liberty University. The evangelical college is the brainchild and former stomping grounds of Reverend Jerry Falwell - founder of the anti-abortion, anti-gay and pro-stay-at-home-woman "Moral Majority" movement in the early 1980s. So one could only imagine how Romney's day went after Obama's little announcement a few days ago. More >>

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Apart from GOProud and the Log Cabin Republicans, there is no doubt that all the major organizations which make up Gay Inc will be solidly behind President Obama in his reelection campaign over the next six months. (Mitt Romney may have once pandered to gay voters in Massachusetts, but those efforts are now as dead as the Buffet Rule since Romney swung so hard to the right in his primary and pandered even harder to the National Organization for Marriage.)

For supporting him with gusto in 2008, the gays have gotten a couple big wins with President Obama, most noticeably passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Obama's gotten a bit of a pass on not coming out for marriage, as he (and Michelle) continue to play wink-wink, nudge-nudge around an issue that is largely out of the president's direct control.

But Gay Inc is starting to get very loud about an issue that is very much within the president's control, at least when it comes to federal contractors: protecting LGBT workers from being fired.

We asked Chris Geidner of Metro Weekly about it, who has the scoop.

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In 2008, Barack Obama's presidential victory was bolstered by a buoyant youth vote, which enthusiastically took to social media to tout his promises of hope and change.

Young voters' preference for Democrats isn't entirely new -- in fact, they have leaned left in the last three election cycles, suggesting a dramatic shift in the country's overall political landscape, according to a Pew Research Center study.

But Obama got a lot of traction by promising to pump up a lagging economy, which has drastically limited employment opportunities for the 18 to 30-year-old age group.

Of course, economic recovery has been slow, and young people are still pretty pissed about being in debt, which could put to question their opinion of Obama.

But a new poll suggests that Republicans might be making some gains with young people, according to Tufts University's Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning (CIRCLE).

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In 1960, during his Democratic campaign
against Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy made his views on the First Amendment's
establishment clause known to a group of Texas ministers by saying he supported
an "America where the separation between church and state are absolute." That tidbit of jurisprudence was the target of attack for Rick Santorum in Mobile, Alabama last night in a speech to the Alabama Policy Institute.

The presidential candidate is trying to get on the conservative evangelical Christians' good side. With just a few days remaining before the Alabama and Mississippi primaries, he again went after his favorite President to criticize (after Barack Obama, of course) -- J.F.K.

"That's not America," he said. "That's France. That's a naked public square where people of faith are out of bounds."

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It's that quadrennial time of the year again: Super Tuesday. The political primary holiday in ten states tonight will dole out 20 percent of the delegate count -- a total of 419 -- for the Republican National Convention in August. With Romney riding off the momentum of wins in Washington, Arizona, and a semi-win in Michigan, he should be poised to clean up tonight but, with hometown favorites and caucus rules, it looks like the contention tonight will yet again prolong the nomination process, causing stress for Republicans and entertainment for the rest of us spectators.

Here's what the states are looking like this morning:

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Rick Santorum, who despite being pretty un-electable on a national level has gained the favor of his fellow Republicans, has started to do battle with top rival Mitt Romney in Michigan in a series of televised ads.

As detailed in the Los Angeles Times, Santorum decided to release commercials touting his conservatism. Romney has also just released TV spots in his home state.

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Rick Santorum, whose last name has come to popularly mean "the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex," has emerged as top contender in the Republican field -- beating rival Mitt Romney in a national poll.

The Los Angeles Times reports that Santorum appears to have overtaken Romney among Republican voters -- 30-27 percent in a CBS News/New York Times poll.

Santorum's recent surge coincides with several unexpected primary victories.

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And now we present a form of birth control that will make people want to be abstinent. Forever.

Runnin' Scared introduces the Mitt Romney condom -- recently unveiled by the same New York company that first marketed Barack Obama rubbers in 2008 (h/t New York Post).

Say It With a Condom's "Never Settle" model, available for $4.95, is perfect for "anyone with an elitist penis" and "great for any position" (yuk yuk yuk), according to the website.

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