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Rep. Peter King (R-NY) told a New Hampshire radio station that he’s running for president, the New York Daily News reports, becoming the first person to throw his hat into the ring for 2016.

New York City comptroller candidate Scott Stringer (D) “voted against Megan’s Law — which created a state registry to track convicted sex fiends after their release from prison — when he was in the state Assembly in 1995,” the New York Post reports.

Stringer said he voted against the law “initially because of concerns that such monitoring would drive sex offenders further underground. But he subsequently changed his tune.”

Stringer was accused yesterday of voting in favor of a pro-pedophile group.

Roll Call:
“At some point Boehner will have to make a decision and presumably
rally his troops. Whether they will follow is an open question. Already,
there is tension between the House Republican and Democratic camps over
who will shoulder the burden of providing the votes to avoid a historic
defeat for the president. GOP aides suggested Minority Leader Nancy
Pelosi, D-Calif., who has strongly backed the president, will have to
provide the bulk of the votes. But a Democratic leadership aide put the
onus back on Boehner.”

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A new Public Policy Polling survey in North Carolina finds Gov. Pat McCrory’s approval rating dropping for the first time to 39% while 51% disapprove.

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The Dallas Morning News traveled with Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) for a speech to a group of conservative bloggers.

Said Perry: “There are many other states that embrace those conservative values, the approach we’ve taken over the years. I’m in one today — Florida.”

“We’re in Louisiana,” someone shouted.

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“I’m not going anywhere. I love this job… there has been no consideration of that.”

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Harry Enten: “If the existence of more extreme Republican candidates was hurting Republicans anywhere, you’d expect it to be in the House given they are furthest to the right. It might not hurt them in seats won, but you’d at least expect it to make a dent in the national vote. Yet, Republicans in the House actually outperformed Mitt Romney winning a higher percentage of the vote… Since 1994, Republicans have won the national house vote seven times. The Democrats have only won it three times. Republicans have won it in presidential years such as 1996, 2000, and 1994. They won it in 2010 by a large enough margin that even with a presidential year turnout, they still would have taken the house vote by more than three points.”

“Schumer’s been incredible. He’s a worthy successor to Ted Kennedy, and that’s saying a lot.”

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), in a Wall Street Journal interview, on Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) work on the immigration bill.