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Wall Street Journal:
Romney's Tax Confusion — The candidate's response on the ObamaCare mandate reveals larger campaign problems. — If Mitt Romney loses his run for the White House, a turning point will have been his decision Monday to absolve President Obama of raising taxes on the middle class.
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Dukakis, Kerry ... Romney? — Remember Michael Dukakis (1988) and John Kerry (2004)? It's possible to lose a winnable presidential election to a vulnerable incumbent in the White House (or in the case of 1988, a sitting vice president). So, speaking of losing candidates from Massachusetts …
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Mitt Romney sets GOP fund-raising record — The Romney campaign, along with its Romney Victory fund, raised more than $100 million in June, obliterating the campaign's goal and setting the one-month record for any Republican campaign, according to a GOP official.
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First Read / msnbc.com:
Romney's changes on health care law irk conservatives
Romney's changes on health care law irk conservatives
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Tom Troy / Toledo Blade:
China to face accusation of unfair trade
China to face accusation of unfair trade
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Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Ann Romney: Obama's whole campaign strategy is “let's kill this guy” — (CBS News) On a mission to shatter the image of her husband as rigid and unrelatable, Ann Romney told CBS News she worries that President Obama's entire campaign strategy is “kill Romney.”
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Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Romney: Roberts' health care ruling “not accurate”
Romney: Roberts' health care ruling “not accurate”
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Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Romney, Family in Tow, Steals the Show at the Wolfeboro Parade
Romney, Family in Tow, Steals the Show at the Wolfeboro Parade
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Kryptonite — I'll just say it: I don't think the political pundit class understands just how toxic the Swiss/Caymans/Bermuda accounts issue is for Romney. Not that they don't know it's a liability at all. But I don't think they realize the extent of it.
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Obama Campaign Co-Chair in Ohio Slams Romney's Off-Shore Accounts* — MAUMEE, OHIO - At the kick-off rally for President Obama' first campaign bus tour of the election season, former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, a co-chair of the Obama 2012 campaign, assailed presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney's off-shore accounts.
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Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Curbing the cost of health care — Many liberals believe that the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — is unpopular only because most Americans don't understand it. There is some truth to this: Studies show that the core provisions of the bill are more popular than the bill itself.
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Chicago Tribune:
Office says Rep. Jackson being treated for ‘physical and emotional ailments’ … Staff report — A week after U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. announced he was taking a leave of absence, his office released a statement today saying his condition is “more serious than initially believed” and he is being treated in an “in-patient facility.”
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Amy Bingham / ABCNEWS:
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.Grappling With ‘Physical and Emotional Ailments’
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.Grappling With ‘Physical and Emotional Ailments’
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Rong-Gong Lin II / L.A. NOW:
San Diego fireworks show exploded in 15 seconds, ruining show [Video] — One of the largest Fourth of July fireworks shows in the nation was ruined in San Diego Wednesday after a glitch caused all the pyrotechnics to ignite all at once. — About five minutes before the Port …
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Rene Stutzman / Orlando Sentinel:
Judge: George Zimmerman's new bond $1 million — A Sanford judge today ordered George Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old, released on $1 million bail. — It was not immediately clear how long it would take the 28-year-old Zimmerman to arrange his release.
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Robert Wright / The Atlantic Online:
What This Higgs Boson Thing Really Means — As you may have heard, there is now strong evidence that a particle called the Higgs boson, whose existence has long been predicted on theoretical grounds, actually exists. — Let me explain to you what the Higgs boson is. — Just kidding!
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans See More Economic Harm Than Good in Health Law — Independents help tilt the balance to the negative — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans are more likely to say the 2010 healthcare law upheld by the Supreme Court last week will hurt the national economy (46%) rather than help it (37%) …
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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
John Stossel Panhandles To Prove 'You Really Shouldn't Give To These Street People' — Fox Business Network host John Stossel appeared on Fox & Friends on Thursday to promote an upcoming segment on his program where he dresses like a homeless man and panhandles on the streets of New York.
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BuzzFeed:
The Pauls' New Crusade: “Internet Freedom” — Defending the Internet — and the corporations that invest in it — from government regulation is the new “End the Fed,” Paul advisors tell BuzzFeed exclusively. A new Paul manifesto: “This is our revolution.”
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Little Green Footballs and The Raw Story
Erin McPike / Real Clear Politics:
Romney's VP Short List: It May Be Down to Four — Mitt Romney may be tight-lipped about his vice presidential short list, warning that only he and longtime aide Beth Myers know who is on it, but a close examination of the campaign's activity suggests four contenders have risen through the ranks …
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National Review and Washington Monthly
Mary Slosson / Reuters:
In California, immigration bill designed as the “anti-Arizona” — (Reuters) - While America's debate over immigration has been dominated recently by crackdowns in states like Arizona and Alabama, California legislators are trying to turn that tide with a bill to protect illegal immigrants that they dub the “anti-Arizona.”
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Alabama Pastor Holds ‘Whites Only’ Conference — All loving Christians are invited to celebrate the word of God at Rev. William Collier's annual conference — that is, as long and they are white. — Collier's Alabama town is outraged over the flyer for his pastors' conference, which specifies “All White Christians Invited.”
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New York Times:
The Most Sensible Tax of All — ON Sunday, the best climate policy in the world got even better: British Columbia's carbon tax — a tax on the carbon content of all fossil fuels burned in the province — increased from $25 to $30 per metric ton of carbon dioxide, making it more expensive to pollute.
Financial Times:
France: Ready to jump ship — Growing anxiety at moves to raise taxes on the rich reflects divisions over the Socialists' response to the crisis — Roger, a senior expatriate executive working for an international company in Paris, is thinking seriously of taking a walk down David Cameron's “red carpet”.
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New York Post:
Corzine is having no fun in the shun — How the mighty have fallen. — It seems like only yesterday that Jon Corzine was the life of the party, holding court on the Hamptons political circuit, raising money for Barack Obama. — Now, Corzine — just months removed from a humiliating financial scandal …
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Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Seattle Occupy group drops $5,000 from hotel to protest money in politics — MicCheckWallStreet organisers say tossing small bills is ‘as much art installation as protest’ against Citizens United ruling — Occupy protesters in Seattle marked the Fourth of July by throwing $5,000 …
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Partisans Agree: Presidential Election Will Be Exhausting — Republicans Find General Election Less Interesting than Primaries — OVERVIEW — Republicans and Democrats find little to agree on these days, but they have some similar reactions to the 2012 presidential campaign.
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