MORNING READ

FROM THE BLOGS:

Obama didn't 'admit' anything new on ex-girlfriend
Talking Points Memo says outrage over the president "compressing" multiple ex-girlfriends in his book is unfair, considering the president disclosed as much in the book's foreword.

Three types of potential running mates
Power Play's Chris Stirewalt says Romney's "deliberate and methodical" search for a vice presidential candidate could go down one of three avenues.

The night bin Laden came for dinner
The BBC's M Ilyas Kahn details the terrorist leader's movements in Pakistan one year before his death.

Time to reboot the Romney bot?
Salon's Gary Kamiya says since clinching the nomination, the Republican presidential candidate has tightened up even further.


OTHER NEWS SOURCES:

Obama asks voters to look back
The president's "forward"-looking ad campaign devotes a lot of time to the president's past accomplishments, The Hill's Niall Stanage reports.

Bachmann set to endorse Romney
The former presidential candidate and Minnesota congressman will make her endorsement official Thursday, The Hill's Josh Lederman reports.