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

2:50 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 …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Addicting Info and Rumproast

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.

Discussion: Mock, Paper, Scissors

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 …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Politico and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

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 Time in on the scene and reporter Maeve Reston caught up with a donor on her way into one of the events.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

CNN:

TRENDING: Protesters demonstrate outside of Koch fund-raiser for Romney — Southampton, New York (CNN) - Some 200 protesters, according to local law enforcement officials, gathered Sunday near the residence of billionaire David Koch, who held a private fund-raiser attended by Mitt Romney at his home in Southampton.

Discussion: Power Line, Teamster Nation, Newsday and Politico

The Caucus:

Romney Donors Out in Force in Hamptons — EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. - A woman in a blue chiffon dress poked her head out of a black Range Rover here on Sunday afternoon and yelled to an aide to Mitt Romney, “Is there a V.I.P. entrance. We are V.I.P.” — No such entrance existed.

Discussion: New York Times, TBogg, The Impolitic, odd time signatures and Gothamist

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

Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Washington Examiner

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

Robert Gibbs / CNN:
Gibbs blasts Romney for overseas accounts

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

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

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Byron Tau / Politico:
Gibbs: ‘Nobody knows’ if Romney is a tax dodge

Discussion: The Hill and Hot Air

Bernie Becker / The Hill:
DNC chairwoman presses Romney to release additional tax returns

Discussion: Politico and CNN

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 …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs and Jihad Watch

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.

Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy, more at Mediagazer »

Jonathan Krohn / Salon:

I was a right-wing child star — At 13, I gave a speech at CPAC. Four years later, I renounced conservatives — and they attacked me for it — Four years ago, at the age of 13, I gave a speech at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference). To be honest, I had no idea how big …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Hullabaloo, The Impolitic and Booman Tribune

Susie Madrak / Crooks and Liars:

On This Week, George Will Scoffs At Global Warming: 'It's Summer, Get Over It' — This is how broken, distorted and hackish our public political dialogue has become: George Will, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist (his record for coasting on that one accomplishment continues) …

CNN:

Actor Ernest Borgnine dead at 95 — Ernest Borgnine died on Sunday, July 8, at age 95. He's pictured here in 1973. In his greatest acting achievement, he won an Academy Award for his role in 1955's “Marty.” — HIDE CAPTION — Borgnine through the years

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, New York Times, The Moderate Voice, Boing Boing and LewRockwell.com Blog

Mj Lee / Politico:

O'Malley: Romney's Swiss account is un-American — Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said on Sunday that a presidential candidate with a Swiss bank account isn't someone who's concerned about building American bridges and jobs. — “President Obama isn't running against the Almighty, he's running against the alternative.

Discussion: NationalJournal.com, Washington Monthly and Mother Jones

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.

Discussion: CNN and Business Insider

CNN:

Video: Taliban shoot woman 9 times in public execution as men cheer — Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — A shot rings out, but the burqa-clad woman sitting on the rocky ground does not respond. — The man pointing a rifle at her from a few feet away lets loose another round, but still there is no reaction.

Discussion: Newsy