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March 30, 2012 | | MAY THE ODDS BE IN YOUR FAVOR Mitt Romney said he took his grandkids to see the smash-hit The Hunger Games—and why not, since he’s been living the real-life equivalent of it in the 2012 election. The Daily Beast’s Michelle Cottle says Mitt could learn some important lessons from the movie, starting with tapping his inner Katniss Everdeen. CRACKDOWN French police on Friday arrested 19 people described as radical Islamists as part of an operation targeting suspected jihadist networks in a number of cities. President Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview with Europe1 radio that he was mounting a crackdown after self-proclaimed al Qaeda member Mohamed Merah killed seven people in the Toulouse area before being shot dead last week. Automatic weapons were found in the homes of some of those arrested in cities including Paris, Marseille, Nice, Nantes, and Toulouse. Sarkozy, who is running a highly contested reelection campaign, said the arrests were not related to Merah. CONTRADICTIONS The first eyewitness account of the events leading up to 17-year-old Trayvon Martin’s death has emerged: An anonymous man, his voice disguised, said on CNN that he looked out his window and saw Trayvon and George Zimmerman, the shooter, “scuffling” on the ground when two shots rang out. The witness says that Zimmerman then walked away with his hand on his forehead, looking “worried,” but not injured. Before peeping out, the man heard angry voices outside. The man says that he reported the details of the incident to the police when it happened. Police video of Zimmerman doesn’t appear to show any blood—contradicting Zimmerman’s story. POLITICS Wisconsin recall activists collected hundreds of thousands of signatures more than required for a recall election to take place against Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch. Close to 901,000 signatures were submitted on the petition submitted Thursday. Only 540,000 were needed. The Government Accountability Board is expected to vote Friday to certify the recall elections. Only five fake names, 4,000 duplicate names and 26,100 incomplete names were found on the petitions. Wisconsin residents had already collected enough signatures to recall four GOP state senators, as well. ENDORSEMENTS Is Paul Ryan riding high from his budget victory? The conservative Wisconsin Republican congressman endorsed Mitt Romney for president on Fox and Friends Friday morning. The endorsement will come just four days ahead of Wisconsin’s Republican primary, where Romney has a 7-point lead over Rick Santorum, according to a NBC News/Marist poll released Friday. One GOP source called the timing of Ryan’s endorsement critical, since he recently finished his stint as the chair of the Republican National Committee presidential trust—which barred him from picking a favorite in the race. | | 
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