memeorandum: GOP lawmakers: Romney needs to distance himself from Bush (Molly K. Hooper/The Hill)

2:25 PM ET, July 1, 2012

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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

McConnell: Healthcare ruling clears way for Senate to repeal law — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday said the Supreme Court ruling upholding the president's healthcare reforms cleared the way for the Senate to vote on repealing the law.

Discussion: Politico and Macsmind

Gary Fineout / NBC 6 Miami:

Gov. Scott Says Fla. Won't Comply with Health Care Law — The governor announced Friday night the state would not expand the Medicaid program to lower number of uninsured residents — South Florida health care experts and politicians were quick to react Thursday to the to Supreme Court's decision …

CNN:

Obama chief of staff: Time to get over debate — (CNN) - Jack Lew, the White House chief of staff, said Sunday the Supreme Court decision upholding President Barack Obama's health care measure should put to rest the national debate over the law's practicality.

Discussion: Politico and Taylor Marsh

Glenn Reynolds / Washington Examiner:

Sunday Reflection: The Supreme Court, Obamacare and ‘legitimacy’ — In the weeks and months leading up to the Supreme Court's Obamacare decision — when Democrats were afraid they were going to lose — we were treated to a steady parade of liberal pundits and politicians arguing that a decision …

Discussion: Hot Air and Hit & Run

John Boehner / CNN:
House leaders duel over health care repeal

Discussion: Politico

New York Times:

Bain Attacks Make Inroads for President — Propelled by a torrent of blistering television advertisements, President Obama is successfully invoking Mitt Romney's career at Bain Capital to raise questions about Mr. Romney's commitment to the middle class, strategists in both parties say …

Discussion: Politico, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Prairie Weather and Hullabaloo

CNN:
TRENDING: Rupert Murdoch's advice to Romney: Get some pros on your team

Discussion: Politico and Mediaite

Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Political Perceptions: Romney's Clintonesque Challenge

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Daily Kos

Jason Samenow / Washington Post:

Derecho: Behind Washington, D.C.'s destructive thunderstorm outbreak, June 29, 2012 — Radar sequence of derecho thunderstorm complex. Storm traveled about 600 miles in 10 hours at an average speed of 60 mph. (Storm Prediction Center) Between 9:30 and 11 p.m. Friday night …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, WJLA-TV, Taylor Marsh and Los Angeles Times

Washington Post:
Power outages could last for days

Discussion: americanthinker.com

New York Times:
Storms Leave 3 Million Without Power

Discussion: Red Alert Politics, Outside the Beltway and Towleroad News #gay

Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:

GOP lawmakers: Romney needs to distance himself from Bush — Republican lawmakers say Mitt Romney should distance himself from former President George W. Bush. — Such a move, they say, would take away a key political advantage from President Obama, who has repeatedly suggested Romney …

Discussion: CNN and Booman Tribune

Gary Taubes / New York Times:

What Really Makes Us Fat — A CALORIE is a calorie. This truism has been the foundation of nutritional wisdom and our beliefs about obesity since the 1960s. — What it means is that a calorie of protein will generate the same energy when metabolized in a living organism as a calorie of fat or carbohydrate.

Discussion: JustOneMinute

Bill Scher / New York Times:

How Liberals Win — PRESIDENT OBAMA has endured much criticism of his legislative skills from his fellow progressives. His conciliatory approach has been compared unfavorably with Franklin D. Roosevelt's gleeful pugnacity and Lyndon B. Johnson's relentless arm-twisting.

Discussion: protein wisdom, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Impolitic

Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:

Obama's In-Flight Cash Plea — In an anxious conference call from Air Force One, Obama asked campaign donors to send more money. Lloyd Grove obtained the tape and describes the presidential pitch. — President Obama sounded weary and maybe a tad worried late Friday during …

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, Wake up America, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, Gawker, NewsBusters.org blogs, The PJ Tatler, Ballot Box and Washington Examiner

Karoli / Crooks and Liars:

Bobby Jindal: Libraries? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Libraries! — No libraries for you, little people of Louisiana! Bobby Jindal just signed a $25 billion dollar budget that cut all state funding for libraries, which wasn't exactly a huge porkfest to begin with ($900,000).

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Balloon Juice

Larry O'Connor / BREITBART.COM:

ROMNEY CAMPAIGN: DRUDGE, BREITBART LEADING RISE OF CENTER-RIGHT MEDIA — Thursday's reaction to the Supreme Court decision on Obamacare was a textbook example of how the new media's biggest players helped galvanize the center-right political movement. And it's no surprise what website served …