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WASHINGTON/POLITICAL:

CNN: Romney, GOP try to shift focus to deficit
Mitt Romney continued his blitz against President Barack Obama over the federal deficit on Tuesday, signaling a GOP shift away from social issues and back to what Republicans consider the president's Achilles' heel: the economy. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee gave a speech on government spending in the battleground state of Iowa, the same day as House Speaker John Boehner cautioned of another battle brewing in Congress over the national debt ceiling.

CNN: Ron Paul backers' plan: Transform the GOP
Ron Paul supporters have a plan. As they doggedly work the Republican system from the ground up, electing more of their team as delegates to the Republican National Convention, they have a heavyweight plan that's markedly different from the rumors of convention subterfuge and the guess of simply getting their candidate to the podium.

CNN: U.S. Chamber targeting New York state voters in YouTube ads
Targeted political advertising is heading to a new but very familiar frontier - YouTube. If you live in Syracuse or Long Island, New York, and go to the popular video sharing site in the next two weeks to find a news clip or view a favorite home decorating show, the first thing that will pop up on your screen will be a political ad.

CNN Money: Obama lists 2011 assets
The White House released documents Tuesday that show President Barack Obama and the first family hold assets valued at between $2.6 million and $8.3 million. The disclosure forms, required by the Ethics in Government Act, show the president's largest asset, by far, is U.S. debt in the form of Treasury notes and bills. In total, the president has between $1.6 million and $6.3 million invested in Treasury debt.

NATIONAL:

CNN: Sources: Medical report says Zimmerman had broken nose, other injuries after fight
A medical report by George Zimmerman's family doctor shows the neighborhood watch volunteer was diagnosed with a fractured nose, two black eyes and two lacerations on the back of the head after his fatal confrontation with Trayvon Martin. The medical exam, which was taken a day after Zimmerman's February 26 altercation with the unarmed 17 year-old teen, says Zimmerman suffered a "closed fracture" of his nose, according to two sources who have detailed knowledge of the investigation.

CNN: Four decades later, Medal of Honor for newlywed hero's sacrifice
When Obama presents Rose Mary Sabo Brown with the medal on the pale blue ribbon, it will complete a circle that began 42 years ago right after her husband's death. His unit had recommended him for the Medal of Honor, but somehow it didn't happen. A researcher discovered files about Army Spec. Leslie Sabo Jr., and now the earlier oversight has been corrected.

CNN: Georgia student with flesh-eating bacteria makes progress
The doctors for Aimee Copeland are promising a "roller coaster ride of highs and lows" in the coming weeks and months as she struggles against a rare flesh-eating bacteria, her father said. "Each day, we claim some small victory," Andy Copeland wrote Tuesday evening in his blog that details his daughter's battle. "We don't have to see physical progress, we seem to take comfort from simple words, silly actions and quiet moments."

CNN: Report: TSA security breaches mishandled
The Transportation Security Administration is failing to adequately report, track and fix airport security breaches, according to the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general. As a result, the TSA "does not have a complete understanding" of breaches at the nation's airports, says a report from the inspector general.

INTERNATIONAL:

CNN: U.S. says it's ready to receive Chen but waiting on China
The United States says it has taken all the necessary steps on its side to admit Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese human rights activist who ignited a diplomatic frenzy when he escaped house arrest last month. "We are ready when he and his government are ready," said Victoria Nuland, the U.S. State Department spokeswoman, on Tuesday. "We have been for more than a week now in terms of his visa to come pursue his studies."

CNN: Long-awaited Mladic war crimes trial opens Wednesday
Ratko Mladic, who is accused of orchestrating a horrific campaign of ethnic cleansing during the bloody civil war that ripped apart Yugoslavia, goes on trial Wednesday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands.

CNN: Greek president calls meeting to set up caretaker government
Unable to cobble together a workable coalition, Greek President Karolos Papoulias has called for all parties to meet with him Wednesday to set up a caretaker government that will conduct new elections. Greece has been in a political deadlock since elections 10 days ago left no party with a majority. The leaders of three different parties have tried to form a coalition, but all have failed.

CNN: Murdoch insider Rebekah Brooks charged over phone-hacking inquiry
Former News International chief Rebekah Brooks blasted British prosecutors Tuesday for charging her with obstructing the investigation into phone hacking at media mogul Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers, calling the case "an expensive sideshow."

BUSINESS:

CNN Money: Boehner: Spending cuts must top debt ceiling increase
House Speaker John Boehner warned Tuesday that he won't permit another increase in the debt ceiling without a larger amount of spending cuts and reforms approved in tandem. "When the time comes, I will again insist on my simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase. This is the only avenue I see ... to force the elected leadership of this country to solve our structural fiscal imbalance," Boehner said at a fiscal summit sponsored by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, according to prepared remarks.

CNN Money: California could net $2 billion from Facebook IPO
Facebook's employees and investors aren't the only ones who will get a windfall from the company's IPO this week. California is hoping to reap a cool $2 billion in income taxes when those Facebook insiders cash in on their stock and options.

CNN Money: Bank of America offering up to $30,000 for short sales
Bank of America is offering some struggling homeowners payments of up to $30,000 if they sell their homes in a short sale and avoid ending up in foreclosure. Under the plan, Bank of America will offer homeowners so-called relocation payments of between $2,500 and $30,000 if they sell their home in a short sale. In short sale deals, the sale price of the home is less than what the seller owes the bank.

In case you missed it…
Anderson Cooper looks at an Obama campaign ad criticizing Bain, while he courts another private equity firm for funds.

Obama's speech, however, won't be for a statuette of one of the moonmen.

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Instead, he is planning to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 6, the same evening that greats of the pop, hip hop, and top 40 music industry will accept MTV's moonmen statuettes at Los Angeles' Staples Center.

A source close to MTV told CNN the station would air the awards from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern, rather than their usual 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. "to avoid conflict with the Democratic National Convention proceedings that evening." The source commented to CNN on the condition of anonymity.

The Obama campaign had no comment.

Obama accepted the 2008 Democratic nomination at Denver's Mile High Stadium, and this year's venue can hold up to 80,000 people.

Major winners at last summer's Music Video Awards included Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Tyler the Creator, Britney Spears, and Justin Bieber.

– CNN's Michelle Jaconi contributed to this report

Also see:

Ron Paul to end active campaigning

RNC, Team Romney roll out debt attack on Obama

Leading progressive group attacks Romney over women's issues

Obama headlines two high dollar fundraisers in NYC

As they doggedly work the Republican system from the ground up, electing more of their team as delegates to the Republican National Convention, they have a heavyweight plan that's markedly different from the rumors of convention subterfuge and the guess of simply getting their candidate to the podium.

The presumptive GOP presidential nominee gave a speech on government spending in the battleground state of Iowa, the same day as House Speaker John Boehner cautioned of another battle brewing in Congress over the national debt ceiling.

The presumptive GOP nominee warned Iowa voters they cannot ignore the swelling "crisis of debt and spending that threatens what it means to be an American" during a speech at a hotel in Des Moines.

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"A prairie fire of debt is sweeping across Iowa and across the nation and every day we fail to act, that fire gets closer to the homes and the children we love," Romney said.

Though Romney gave his speech in a state where, only months ago, the Republican presidential candidates battled for the support of conservative caucus-goers, on this trip Romney made an apparent bid for independent voters in the general election battleground.

"Subprime mortgages, they came close to bringing the economy to its knees. This debt is America's Nightmare Mortgage," he said, placing blame for the debt upon both parties. "It is adjustable, no-money down, and assigned to our children. Politicians have been trying to hide the truth about this Nightmare Mortgage for years–just like liar-loans."

He continued: "The time has come for a president, a leader, who will lead. I will lead us out of this debt and spending inferno. We will stop borrowing unfathomable sums of money we can't even imagine, from foreign countries we'll never even visit. I will bring us together to put out the fire."

The presumptive GOP nominee criticized President Barack Obama for his stimulus program and his signature health care law, and called for a "simpler, smaller, smarter" federal government.

Romney nodded to his business background, and proposed moving some functions now performed by the federal government back to states or the private sector.

The speech was Romney's first appearance in Iowa since the state's first-in-the-nation caucus, where the former Massachusetts governor finished a close second to former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

Also see:

Ron Paul to end active campaigning

RNC, Team Romney roll out debt attack on Obama

Leading progressive group attacks Romney over women's issues

Obama headlines two high dollar fundraisers in NYC

The disclosure forms, required by the Ethics in Government Act, show the president's largest asset, by far, is U.S. debt in the form of Treasury notes and bills. In total, the president has between $1.6 million and $6.3 million invested in Treasury debt.

DEVELOPING… DEBT CEILING DÉJÀ VU: At the Peterson Foundation to Annual Fiscal Summit, Speaker John Boehner talks to CNN’s Erin Burnett about his “line in the sand”:

SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER IN HIS SPEECH AT THE SUMMIT: “When the time comes, I will again insist on my simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase… If that means we have to do a series of stop-gap measures, so be it – but that's not the ideal.”

ERIN BURNETT, ASKING HIM LATER ABOUT THAT STATEMENT: Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) said that is a "line in the sand…"

BOEHNER: It is a line in the sand! It is a line in the sand because Washington has kicked the can down the road, kicked the can down the road, kicked the can down the road and the American people think we are crazy. They are ready for Washington to take action. I’m here. I’m ready to do it. Let’s go.

BURNETT: So, what exactly would you cut? If you let the Bush tax cuts go away that’s 2-point-8 trillion right there.

BOEHNER: Oh yeah. What would it do to our economy? Put tens of millions of more Americans out of work? Remember, there is an appropriate level of taxation that will generate maximum income to the federal government if we get more Americans working. So it’s got to be a mix. We have got to have real economic growth and we’ve got to have real controls on spending.

TRAIL TRIVIA
(Answer below)
What presidential hopeful was shot and paralyzed on this day in history?

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What caught our eye today in politics

In the past 24 hours, Rep. Ron Paul’s campaign stated not once, but twice that the Texas Republican congressman wasn’t suspending his presidential campaign. At the same time, there was an acknowledgment that Paul’s quest for the Republican nomination was over.

It is now time for Paul to focus on trying to influence the Republican presidential platform, including his views on the Federal Reserve, Internet freedom and the declaration of war. The congressman will continue to try to amass delegates to bolster his hand in Tampa, but he has no plans on being a disruptive force. He is working with the Romney campaign and has no plans to run as a third party candidate. This can only help his son.

Paul is retiring at the end of the year and he will turn 77 a week before Mitt Romney accepts the GOP nomination this summer.

If President Obama wins a second term in November, one of the many Republicans who will be looking to run for president in 2016 is Paul. That is, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky.

If Rand Paul decides to run for president, his father’s torch could be passed down to him, a flame that is fueled by fervent grassroots support. Rand Paul is a favorite of conservative activists and tea party supporters. He shares many of the same views as his father, yet he has more mainstream appeal.

A person close to Rand Paul noted that if the Kentucky Republican chooses to run for president in 2016, “He will inherit the large majority” of people who backed his father. But this person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, also noted the “anti-war left” part of his father’s coalition wouldn’t support the senator.

In a Republican primary, shedding these supporters would not be such a bad thing.

Ashley Ryan, the incoming Republican national committeewoman from Maine, tells Gut Check that Rand Paul would not automatically get the support of his father’s supporters, but noted he has an edge.

“I think Rand definitely has a leg up already on everybody,” said Ryan, who is 21 years old. “He is a household name and already has recognition in a good way.”

Ron Paul’s presidential campaign has come to an end, but the Texas congressman did it in a way that can only help his son, who too, has his eye on the White House.

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Leading CNNPolitics: Romney, GOP try to shift focus to deficit
Mitt Romney will continue his blitz against President Barack Obama over the federal deficit on Tuesday, signaling a GOP shift away from social issues and back to what Republicans consider the president's Achilles' heel: the economy.

Leading Drudge: I’ll Take Mitt
Mitt Romney has the support of George W. Bush. “I’m for Mitt Romney,” Bush told ABC News this morning as the doors of an elevator closed on him, after he gave a speech on human rights a block from his old home — the White House.

Leading HuffPo: Nebraska Election 2012: 'Wild Finish' Expected In GOP Primary As Conservatives Split Support
Tuesday's Nebraska Republican Senate primary has divided the conservative movement, essentially pitting Rick Santorum against Sarah Palin against Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).

Leading Politico: The President Obama-Jamie Dimon saga
Jamie Dimon was once the silver-haired hero of Wall Street, scooping up failing banks during the worst of the financial crisis and avoiding the kind of toxic mortgage bonds that sent competitors into bankruptcy and pushed the American economy to the brink.

Leading New York Times: A 30,000-Foot View on the Presidential Race
We are beginning to see more national surveys now, including this week’s New York Times/CBS News poll, which show Mitt Romney with a slight lead over President Obama in the general election matchup. To be sure, there are also a number of polls that put Mr. Obama slightly ahead. But his lead does seem to have narrowed — from about three or four points in an average of national polls a month or two ago to more like a point or so in surveys today.

TRAIL MOMENTS
The political bites of the day

– Geithner on JPMorgan: ‘a very powerful case for reform’ –
TIM GEITHNER AT A FISCAL SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON: “I think this failure of risk management is just a very powerful case for reform… We are going to work very hard to ensure that these reforms are tough and effective, not just the Volcker rule, but the broader complement of reforms on capital and liquidity in derivatives markets again so that when firms make a mistake, which is inevitable, those mistakes don’t put at risk the broader fortunes, the broader health, the broader security of the economy as a whole.”

– Paul (non)campaign: not suspending, just not actively campaigning –
JESSE BENNTON, PAUL’S NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN, ON A CONFERENCE CALL: “We believe that we still have very, very strong things that we can accomplish by continuing this campaign; and Dr. Paul is continuing our campaign. Dr. Paul is not suspending his campaign and he is not dropping out of the race.”

– Obama handicaps how same-sex marriage will play in 2012 on a set full of privileged women in upper Manhattan –
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON ABC’S “THE VIEW”: “I think it's very hard to say. There’s no doubt that for some folks who have very sincere, legitimate beliefs about traditional marriage, and who do so because they appreciate that family is the foundation of this country and healthy communities. I think some will say, look, I like Barack, but I strongly disagree with him on this. And I’ve got friends, I’ve got pastors and great supporters who say, look, we love you, but we disagree with you on this thing.”

– Obama’s “real” handicap –
JIMMY FALLON JOKED ABOUT THE OBAMA-BIDEN RELATIONSHIP ON HIS LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW: “I read that on Saturday, President Obama and Joe Biden spent more than four hours playing golf together. Joe Biden's handicap was 20; while Obama's handicap is Joe Biden.”

TOP TWEETS
What stopped us in 140 characters or less

Who's out of touch- the guy pandering at Barnard or the guy talking about suffering? wapo.st/Ksyd42

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Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) May 15, 2012

Schumer calls it "galling" for Boehner to be laying down demands for another debt ceiling deal "when he won't even abide by the last one."

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Billy House (@HouseInSession) May 15, 2012

The great flaw of young, rising politicians is talking too fast. #JindalRubio

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Christian Heinze (@GOP12) May 15, 2012

I can't help but think that it would have been awesome to have just one more debate, between just Mitt Romney and Ron Paul.

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Steve Sebelius (@SteveSebelius) May 15, 2012

At the #fiscalsummit in DC. Tim Geithner just said re: US debt and US interest rates: "we're close enough now for this to matter a lot".

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Erin Burnett (@ErinBurnett) May 15, 2012

TRIVIA ANSWER

On May 15, 1972, Arthur Bremer, a 21-year-old busboy, shot presidential hopeful and former Alabama Gov. George Wallace in the chest and stomach while Wallace was at a campaign event in Laurel, Maryland. The injuries left Wallace paralyzed from the waist down. However, Wallace went on to win the Maryland primary the next day.

According to a report by The Washington Post, the shots caused multiple wounds, led to a several month hospital stay and effectively ended Wallace’s third attempt at the presidency. It was not his last though. Even after being paralyzed, Wallace unsuccessfully ran for president again in 1979.

At the time of his trial, Bremer said he shot Wallace because of a desire to become famous. The assassin went on to serve 35 years of his 53-year prison sentence and was released in 2007 because of good behavior.

As governor of Alabama, Wallace was an ardent segregationist. He promised his followers, “Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!” Wallace failed to make good on the campaign promise. The federal government forced Alabama to admit black students to public schools, including the University of Alabama, during his time as governor.

Over the years, Wallace began to change his views on segregation and civil rights. In 1979, Wallace made a surprise visit to the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. “I have learned what suffering means. In a way that was impossible [before the shooting], I think I can understand something of the pain black people have come to endure,” Wallace told the congregation. “I know I contributed to that pain, and I can only ask your forgiveness.”

Wallace’s transformation connected with Alabama’s African-American electorate. When he ran for governor again in 1983, he won the position and received overwhelming support from the black community.

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The presumptive GOP nominee told an Iowa audience that Obama had ignored former President Bill Clinton's 1996 declaration that "the era of big government is over."

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"President Obama tucked away the Clinton doctrine in his large drawer of discarded ideas, along with transparency and bipartisanship," Romney said. "It's enough to make you wonder if maybe it was a personal beef with the Clintons."

Romney's insinuation of bad blood between Obama and the Clintons was not an off-the-cuff remark, but part of a formal speech the candidate read from a teleprompter in a Des Moines hotel ballroom.

Obama and then-Sen. Hillary Clinton battled through an acrimonious Democratic primary in 2008. However, the election year ended with Clinton accepting a job as secretary of state in Obama's cabinet.

Former President Clinton and Obama occasionally tangled during that primary as well, with the former president calling Obama's claim of being a stronger opponent of the Iraq war than Hillary Clinton "the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen."

In April, the Romney campaign sought to capitalize on past disagreements between the two men, and sent reporters a collection of news stories documenting the insults Obama and Clinton had traded during the 2008 campaign.

But the former president told donors this year at an April fund-raiser that Obama "deserves to be re-elected" and, in an Obama campaign online video, lauded the president's decision to order the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound.

"We welcome the president's support, as we welcomed his father's," Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul told CNN.

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Earlier Tuesday the 43rd president told ABC News "I'm for Mitt Romney," as the doors of an elevator he was on closed before him.

The remark was the first public support from the former president, whose father, former President George H.W. Bush and mother, Barbara endorsed the presumptive GOP nominee in March.

Bush's younger brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, endorsed Romney in March.

– CNN National Political Correspondent Jim Acosta contributed to this report.

"When the time comes, I will again insist on my simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase. This is the only avenue I see ... to force the elected leadership of this country to solve our structural fiscal imbalance," Boehner said at a fiscal summit sponsored by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, according to prepared remarks.

Watch more Tuesday on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront" at 7 p.m. ET.

At issue is Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital, the venture capital firm.

John Moylan, on the second day of defense testimony, said he believes Edwards learned about the checks from Rachel "Bunny" Mellon to campaign staffer Andrew Young for the first time in August 2008.

"I think this budget issue should become front and center in this election," Clinton said on Tuesday at a fiscal summit sponsored by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

On Tuesday, Paul campaign chairman Jesse Benton said the Republican presidential candidate and Texas congressman is slated to speak at the Minnesota state convention this weekend and at the Texas convention in June, while also engaging in other speaking opportunities.

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Although Paul has not suspended his campaign, Benton acknowledged Romney will likely capture the Republican nomination, but said it is still too early for a potential endorsement of the Massachusetts governor.

"At this point that's still premature because Dr. Paul is still a candidate," Benton said on a conference call with reporters. "I would never say never. I do not believe that that is likely, but you know we don't deal in absolutes and close everything out. Dr. Paul is willing to listen."

On Monday, Paul's campaign said it would shift its focus from upcoming primary states to securing delegates ahead of the Republican convention in Tampa, Florida in late August.

Going forward, Benton said the three-time White House hopeful will continue pushing his message and offer assistance to his supporters and delegates.

Paul has the backing of 112 delegates, according to the most recent CNN estimate. Benton said Team Paul hopes to increase that count and remains optimistic they may still capture additional delegates in Washington, Missouri, Louisiana and Iowa.

Benton said the Paul and Romney campaigns have participated in "a couple of conference calls," during which the Romney camp indicated they would consider some language representative of Paul's stances, including on reforms to the Federal Reserve, indefinite detention and internet freedom.

Paul's campaign had $1.8 million cash on hand as of April 1 and Benton said the campaign's fundraising via mail and the internet has remained "strong." The campaign will continue fundraising, including through one of their signature Money Bomb's on May 17, funds from which will go toward convention and delegate efforts, Benton said.

As for a speaking role at the Republican convention in August, Benton said there has not been a discussion of a speech to date.

Throughout Tuesday's conference call Benton pushed for Paul supporters, who are known for their enthusiastic tactics, to remain respectful as they act as surrogates for the candidate, particularly at the August convention. He also painted the next months as an opportunity to set the stage for other "liberty candidates" in the future.

"We are emphasizing decorum and we are going to do everything in our power to make sure to work with our supporters, to make sure that decorum and respect are the name of the game and that dominates our playbook," Benton said. "Moving forward we're going to become an even stronger voice in the party."

In an interview that aired Tuesday on ABC's "The View," Obama wouldn't commit to fighting for the the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act - a federal law that defines marriage as the legal union between one man and one woman.

"Every third party group who has looked at that attack ad on the Obama election campaign has said it's misleading, false and unfair," Tim Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor, said on CNN's "Starting Point."

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Pawlenty made the point as two ads – one from President Barack Obama's re-election team, and one from the super PAC Priorities USA – hit Romney for his time as the chief executive at Bain Capital. Both ads feature GST Steel, a company that went bankrupt and closed in 2001, eight years after Romney's private equity firm purchased it.

Romney left the company in 1999, but has continued to benefit through the company, though his campaign has noted that Romney's finances are held in and managed by a "blind trust."

Pawlenty said on CNN Tuesday Romney had turned his attention to the Salt Lake City Olympics at the time GST Steel went under.

"When that set of events occurred, Mitt Romney had left Bain Capital, two years removed from Bain Capital, and was leading the charge to restore and turn around the Olympics," Pawlenty said. "If you look at his record at Bain overall, it's a story of net job increases, not net job losses."

On Monday, Pawlenty said again he wasn't interested in becoming Romney's running mate, telling the Minneapolis Star Tribune he wasn't putting himself in contention.

"I'm going to take my name off the list, so if ... you're a journalist, an observer, remove my name from the list," Pawlenty said, according to the newspaper.

Also see:

Ron Paul to end active campaigning

RNC, Team Romney roll out debt attack on Obama

Leading progressive group attacks Romney over women's issues

Obama headlines two high dollar fundraisers in NYC