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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Cheat Sheet - Mitt Wins! But Women and Latinos Lose

The Cheat Sheet

Today: U.N. Team Races to Damascus , Santorum: ‘It’s Halftime’ , Suspected Shooter Had Troubled Past
Cheat Sheet: Morning

April 04, 2012
INEVITABLE

Mitt’s clear victories in Wisconsin, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., mean he’s locked down the nomination. But his triumph has cost him dearly with women and Latinos. Will his rightward lurch doom him in November? By Paul Begala.

CRISIS

So much for the truce pledge. The United Nations said on Tuesday that it is rushing a team to Damascus after the Syrian regime sent reinforcements into rebel areas. The Syrian regime reportedly continued to bombard Homs and other cities, despite promising to withdraw troops in obedience to a U.N. peace plan. At least 38 people were killed yesterday, according to activists and monitors, including 25 civilians. Monitors say they saw a string of arson attacks on homes, and witnesses say the attacks on residential areas are continuing today.

LAST STAND

Rick Santorum may have suffered a triple defeat and be trailing in endorsements, money, and delegates—272 to Mitt Romney’s 646, according to the Associated Press—but he’s not bowing out yet. “It's halftime," he said at a rally in Mars, Pa., last night. He’s already begun campaigning in his home state of Pennsylvania, with three events scheduled there today, but he faces an uphill battle. The stakes for the April 24 primary are especially high for Santorum: not only would a loss there definitively scuttle his campaign, it would reverse much of the progress he’s made since his embarrassing 18-point loss in his 2006 Senate race.

BACKGROUND

More details are emerging about One L. Goh, the man suspected of killing seven people at a nursing school on Monday. Goh came back to Oakland, where his ailing father lived, after running into financial difficulties in Hayes, Va. As for a motive, a spokeswoman for the Oakland police says Goh lashed out because he was teased for his poor command of English. The Oakland police chief says Goh was expelled for “anger management issues,” and a former nursing instructor says Goh couldn't “deal with women.”

TRAYVON MARTIN

The Florida town where Trayvon Martin met his death bears the name of its founder, a failed orange grower turned lobbyist who, in the 19th century, abetted a Belgian king’s bloody colonial adventure in the Congo that left millions of Africans dead. Michael Daly reports on the dark history.


DEADLY
Mogadishu Theater Bombed
Heads of Somalia’s Olympic committee, football associated killed.
TRAGEDY
French Academic Found Dead In Hotel
In New York for conference; cause of death still unknown.
Clash
Students Pepper-Sprayed at Tuition Protest
At Santa Monica College.
Twisters
Southeast Prepares for Storms
After day of tornadoes.
CHAMPIONS
Baylor Claims Women’s Title
Defeats Notre Dame for college-basketball crown.
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