<b>Morning Chatter</b>

Quotes of the Day Stop and check out the chicks: "Look what I passed on the road today. I wonder how old these little guys are" -- CNN Contributor and former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer. American Urban Radio's April Ryan remarked, "AWWW! The dad in you made you take the precious shot!" Drudge whoring at the rental car agency "Rental car guy: 'Sorry brah, I get most of my news from Drudge.' #noproblembrah" -- Politico's Dave Catanese. All in a day's work "There are days when I feel like I can't push this rock up the mountain anymore, days when #TheRaceCardProject feels like a boulder." -- NPR's Michele Norris. Senator's wife wishes hubby a happy anniversary Connie Schultz: "My only advice for wedded bliss: Marry your hero. Happy anniversary, honey - aka Sherrod Brown." George Zimmerman journo humor "I need all Florida helicopters to keep an eye out for any white Broncos. #IJS" -- NYT's Charles Blow. "If you happen to see Zimmerman in line ahead of you at Wendy's, remember he still has valid permit to carry concealed weapon. So back off." -- Politico's Roger Simon. Reporter talks to himself on Twitter "@mboyle1 probably not. was just funny. I wouldn't go out of your way though" -- The Daily Caller's Matthew Boyle. Hey Boyle, maybe lay off the Mountain Dew and Red Bull today? He followed up by adding, "Haha. Kinda funny though. Guess I got caught talking to myself haha. Bet I end up in @fishbowldc for that one." Noteworthy: Politico Playbook published at one of the earliest times in recent memory this morning. Time: 4:45 am. Come on, Jim VandeHei, let Mike Allen sleep! Hey Speechboy, speed matters "So why do people care if Bloomberg or the Washington Post was the first to report a fact that within 2 minutes of reporting, everyone knew?" -- @speechboy71. HuffPost's Michael Calderone has this explanation from a WaPo spokeswoman. "The draft story was not intended to be published until we confirmed that Santorum was suspending his campaign. The draft was inadvertently sent to Bloomberg, with whom The Post has a partnership, through an automated feed. It was not published on our Web site until the news had been confirmed." Read his full story here. In England, the sweater vest is a tank top Politico's Emily Schultheis: "Best part of BBC radio interview I did just now: host calling Santorum's sweater vest a 'tank top'. Daily Mail Online's Toby Harnden, Washington's official tank top expert, replied to Emily, saying, "It's the only term recognised in UK! Having to wear a 'tank top' still a traumatic childhood memory." Necessary Tweet of the Day "My mother prefers I not curse in my gchat status update 'from now on.' Apparently 'the whole world' sees that." -- DCGOPGirl. Peter Ogburn and Eddie Scarry contributed to this report.

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