memeorandum: Donors arrive at Hamptons fundraisers with advice for Mitt Romney (Maeve Reston/Los Angeles Times)

8:45 AM ET, July 9, 2012

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Donors arrive at Hamptons fundraisers with advice for Mitt Romney — Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event June 27 in Sterling, Va. (Win McNamee / Getty Images) — EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. - As protesters assembled on a beach in advance of Mitt Romney's evening event at the home …

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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:

Romney Donor Says ‘Lower Income’ People 'Don't Understand What's Going On' — Today, Mitt Romney is holding a series of fundraisers in the Hamptons, culminating with a huge event at the home of billionaire David Koch. The LA Times is on the scene and reporter Maeve Reston caught up with a donor on her way into one of the events.

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

It Must Have Been Grand — This weekend Team Romney held a round of big dollar fundraisers out in the Hamptons, where New York's rich and super-rich spend their weekends and summers. And if the word went out not to conform to stereotype, well ... apparently no one got the word.

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Digby / digbysblog.blogspot.co.uk: Our betters, fretting in the Hamptons

CNN:
TRENDING: Protesters demonstrate outside of Koch fund-raiser for Romney

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Sheldon Alberts / The Hill:

Hill Poll: Majority feel Obama has changed country for worse — Two-thirds of likely voters say President Obama has kept his 2008 campaign promise to change America — but it's changed for the worse, according to a sizable majority. — A new poll for The Hill found 56 percent …

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Susan Page / USA Today:

Swing states poll: Amid barrage of ads, Obama has edge — When it comes to campaign ads in the presidential race, there are two Americas. — In most of the country, just about the only time campaign ads for the presidential candidates are on TV is when there's a news story about the ads.

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Mark Landler / New York Times:

Obama Seeks 2013 Tax Cuts Within Limits — WASHINGTON — With a torpid job market and a fragile economy threatening his re-election chances, President Obama is changing the subject to tax fairness, calling for a one-year extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for people making less than $250,000.

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Jessica Yellin / CNN:
Obama to call for Bush tax cut extensions for those making less than $250,000

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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

Bill Kristol: Romney camp has reason to ‘worry’ — Political analyst Bill Kristol on Sunday added to conservative criticism of Mitt Romney's campaign, saying it was a troubling sign that Obama was still ahead in the polls despite a still weak economy. — “President Obama has had three …

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John Roberts / Fox News:
DNC, RNC chairs debate economy; key lawmakers on effort to repeal ObamaCare

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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
DNC chairwoman: Romney ‘most extreme’ on immigration

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Jan Crawford / CBS News:

Discord at Supreme Court is deep, and personal — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — (CBS News) Discord at the Supreme Court is deep and personal after Chief Justice John Roberts' surprise decision to side with the liberal justices in upholding a large portion of the president's health care plan.

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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:

E.J. Dionne Jr. — An economics of national pride — The path to the White House passes through the blue-collar communities in Ohio where President Obama campaigned last week — and the middle-class suburbs of Colorado where he did well four years ago. — The two states illustrate …

Discussion: Politico

Laura Rubenfeld / BREITBART.COM:

LOS ANGELES JEWISH FEDERATION ENFORCES SHARIAH LAW — On the morning of June 24th, author, blogger, speaker, executive director, and co-founder with Robert Spencer of Stop the Islamization of America (SIOA), Pamela Geller was denied her First Amendment Constitutional right of freedom of speech …

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Mhigginscbs / CBS Cleveland:

Man Who Introduced Obama At Rally Owes $500G To Former Employer — YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (CBS Cleveland/AP) — An Ohio man who says he once lost his job and introduced President Barack Obama at a rally on Friday had been accused of stealing trade secrets by a former boss.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Jammie Wearing Fools

Barney Jopson / Financial Times:

Amazon ‘robo-pricing’ sparks fears — High-speed trading tools pioneered in the stock market are increasingly driving price movements on Amazon as sellers use them to undercut and outwit each other. — Prices change as often as every 15 minutes as some of the 2m sellers on the site join …