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This week’s cover looks at Mitt Romney. Also part of the package is this piece on Mormonism by the supremely talented Nancy Gibbs.

This is the latest in a series of profiles we are doing about the 2008 field. So far, that has included my cover story last summer on Hillary Clinton; Joe’s on Barack Obama, and David Von Drehle’s on Rudy …

I have no idea what Matt is talking about here, but I just happened to run into Karen and “the good Klein” downstairs last night and a good time was had by all.

UPDATE: No, seriously, a good time was had.

UPDATE THE SECOND: The point of this post, fyi, was to link to Matt’s comments about the MSMers who are excited about new media …

TotT is a daily rundown of campaign events, compiled by Katie Rooney.

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) has a jam packed weekend. Friday she speaks to the International Association of Fire Fighters in Portsmouth, N.H. along with several other candidates. But Saturday Clinton zips from one city to another – she gives the commencement address …

There’s an interesting nugget buried in the Washington Post account of the contentious meeting yesterday between President Bush and moderate congressional Republicans:

The House members pressed Bush and Gates hard for a “Plan B” if the current troop increase fails to quell the violence and push along political reconciliation. Davis said

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It’s true that Romney’s comment a couple of weeks ago about the cost-benefit ratio for pursuing bin Laden is the gaffe that’s revealed the most about what kind of foreign policy chief he’d be. But the whole in-France-they-mate-like-Vulcans quote is the most fascinating, and perhaps the most revealing of his general mindset. A friend …

Uh-huh…

Gonzales Is Said to Seem Confident He Will Stay

By DAVID JOHNSTON and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

The attorney general has told aides he believes he has weathered the storm over the prosecutor dismissals.

Sort of paying half-an-ear to the hearings now (our colleague Massimo is on the Hill watching live), but it doesn’t seem like

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TotT is a daily rundown of campaign events, compiled by Katie Rooney.

Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson (R) embarks on yet another trip to Iowa today, making this at least the twelfth time he’s been to the state since January. One of Thompson’s campaign strategies is to visit every county in Iowa (there are 99 of them) before the …

Some of our crankier commenters (you know who you are) have been razzing me this week about the lightness of my posts. While it’s true I haven’t been tending to the Swamp so much, my other duties around here–yes, I have them–have been keeping me pretty busy.

In the upcoming issue of dead-tree TIME, we have this story about Alberto …

I want to follow up on Ana’s post about my encounter with Ellizabeth Edwards last night. I’ve known John and Elizabeth Edwards since I wrote about his Senate race nine years ago. I’ve always liked and admired them both. And, as I think was clear from a piece I wrote about Elizabeth in 2004, I’m among those who consider Mrs. Edwards every …

The highlight of last night’s Time 100 party, for me: “Jay, there’s someone over here that wants to talk to you…Elizabeth, here’s Jay.”

I still have a job this morning, so I think it went okay, though there was a moment when Mrs. Edwards told Jay she would like to punch him.* I believe MSNBC’s Tammy Haddad took a picture.

I’ll let …