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Ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney (R) held a fundraiser in Manhattan last week and outperformed Pres. Obama's own cash grab a day later on behalf of the DCCC, another sign of trouble brewing for Dems this cycle in all corners of the country. Romney headlined an event at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on May 12 that raised $1.5M for his Free and Strong America PAC. By contrast, Obama's appearance at the St. Regis Hotel on May 13 raked in a lesser $1.3 million for the DCCC.

As we noted Friday, Sarah Palin's Facebook page is racking up new supporters at an astounding rate. According to techPresident.com, the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate has added about the same number of new supporters in the last week as Mitt Romney and Bobby Jindal each have in total.  Common Sense 2020 looked at the numbers: "Sarah Palin’s Facebook page has gained more than 300,000 new supporters in the last two months. She gained over 100,000 of these in the last week. As of this writing, she has over 800,000 supporters."The Palin decision to use Facebook as a megaphone makes...