Morning must-read: "House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., may have irritated members of his conference by donating to an anti-incumbent super PAC before the Illinois primary, but Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., could have violated campaign finance rules when he solicited Cantor's donation." More on Cantor soothing hurt feelings over the controversy.

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Uitca Observer-Dispatch: Public financing of campaigns must be goal of 2012
Editorial in NY on the need for public financing: "Cuomo has shown he can lead reform. Now it’s time Cuomo put big money where his mouth is — out of political campaigns."

Congress/2012

Politico: Foster Friess, Santorum's millionaire backer, swings to Romney
Santorum's out and his big backer isn't wasting time: "Foster Friess, the retired investor who spent nearly $1.7 million boosting Rick Santorum’s presidential run, is ready to help Mitt Romney."

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Romney leads Obama among big-money donors in Va
"As of the start of the year, likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had outraised President Barack Obama by $2.74 million to $2.25 million in donations of $200 or more from Virginians."

Rolling Stone: Why GOP mega-donor Sheldon Adelson is mad, bad, and a danger to the Republic
Rick Perlstein on Adelson: "What does it suggest when a man under three federal investigations can plan on spending up to $100 million dollars to elect the man with authority over the agencies conducting those investigations?"

WaPo: American Crossroads vs. President Obama
The Post looks at the new Crossroads strategy to hit Obama. Nice quote from one Dem strategist: "The ad is terrible and basically just a love letter to the oil executives that bankroll them. But they’ve got $1.7 million to write love letters, which is something Democrats should be very nervous about.” Here's their new ad campaign.

Roll Call: Claire McCaskill pulls in more than $2 million
"Vulnerable Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) raised $2.3 million in the first three months of 2012 and ended March with about $6 million in cash on hand." Tammy Baldow

USA Today: Romney backers help Pawlenty erase campaign debt
"More than half the political donations Republican Tim Pawlenty received since ending his White House bid came from Mitt Romney's donors, who helped erase the campaign debt of a politician whose early exit and endorsement boosted Romney, a USA TODAY analysis shows."

HuffPo: Newt Gingrich check bounded for Utah filing fee
"Newt Gingrich's campaign bounced a check for $500 to qualify for the Utah ballot, reports the Salt Lake Tribune."

The Hill: Boehner travels to Texas oil rig to hammer Obama over high gas prices
"House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will take aim at President Obama’s energy policies Tuesday during remarks at a Texas oil rig, the latest skirmish in the election-year war over high gasoline prices." It'd be interesting to figure out who owns the rig..and if they're campaign donors.

Republic Report: Former Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele: "I'm fine with" movement overturn or amend Citizens United
Interesting response from Michael Steele

The Hill: Online sales tax battle pits Amazon against Norquist and Sen. DeMint
"Proponents of an online sales tax aren’t letting up in their push to move legislation through Congress this year, despite the opposition of conservative heavyweights."

Other/States
Miami Herald: Top fundraisers for the quarter include a surprising black-robed bunch
"Florida’s top fundraisers for the first quarter this year weren’t politicians or elected officials. They were three of Florida’s Supreme Court justices who face merit retention in November and fear being targeted by opposition groups that swoop in with last-minute campaigns attempting to oust them from the bench."

Clarion-Ledger: After fiery debate, voter ID bill clears Mississippi senate
"A bill to implement Mississippi’s Voter Identification Law passed in the Senate 34-14 today, but not without a lengthy and sometimes fierce debate."

WaPo: Koch vs. Cato: Koch brothers file second lawsuit over "board-packing scheme"
"Billionaires Charles and David Koch have filed a second lawsuit against the Cato Institute, marking the newest development in the ongoing battle for control over the libertarian think tank."