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Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
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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Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
Two arrested trying to crash Romney fundraiser, police say — Police and Secret Service agents guard the Long Island beachfront property of billionaire David H. Koch as protesters demonstrate against a fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. It was one of three Romney fundraisers Sunday.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
It Must Have Been Grand — This weekend Team Romney held …
It Must Have Been Grand — This weekend Team Romney held …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Romney Donor Says ‘Lower Income’ People 'Don't Understand What's Going On'
Romney Donor Says ‘Lower Income’ People 'Don't Understand What's Going On'
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Geneva Sands / The Hill:
Gibbs, Democrats hit Romney over offshore bank accounts
Gibbs, Democrats hit Romney over offshore bank accounts
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Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
Protesters raise cloud of sand as Romney raises $3 million in N.Y.
Protesters raise cloud of sand as Romney raises $3 million in N.Y.
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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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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Obama to Push Extension of Middle-Class Tax Cuts
Obama to Push Extension of Middle-Class Tax Cuts
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Jessica Yellin / CNN:
Obama to call for Bush tax cut extensions for those making less than $250,000
Obama to call for Bush tax cut extensions for those making less than $250,000
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Obama to call for one-year extension of some Bush-era tax rates
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Anti-Romney/Koch Brothers Demonstration Is An Epic Failure — David Koch held a fundraiser for Mitt Romney this afternoon at his home on Long Island. At this point in the election cycle, that's how the candidates are spending much of their time-attending fundraisers.
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Eric Holder / CNN:
CNN Poll: Was politics behind Holder contempt vote? — Washington (CNN) - Most Americans approve of the decision by the House of Representatives to censure Attorney General Eric Holder, but a new national poll also indicates that a majority of the public thinks that House Republicans …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP unnerved by Democrats' candid camera techniques — Politicians recognize they give up a degree of privacy when they run for office. — But Democrats are testing the outer limits of that understanding with a practice that raises questions about when campaign tracking becomes something more like stalking.
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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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Arthur C. Brooks / New York Times:
Why Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals — WHO is happier about life — liberals or conservatives? The answer might seem straightforward. After all, there is an entire academic literature in the social sciences dedicated to showing conservatives as naturally authoritarian, dogmatic …
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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 …
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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 …
Patrick Gavin / Reuters:
Donald Trump gets ‘statesman of year’ award — Real estate mogul. Political pundit. “Apprentice” host. Birther. Sometime presidential candidate teaser. — Also: “Statesman.” — That's the latest title to be bestowed upon Donald Trump when he receives the 2012 “Statesman of the Year” …
Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama campaign raises $71 million in June — In an email to donors, the Obama campaign announces that it has raised $71 million in June. — From Chief Operating Officer Ann Marie Habershaw: … To recap, that's a $35 million gap between Mitt Romney and Obama in June …
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
ESPN Grabs Political Football — Sports Cable Network Strikes a Deal to Air More Campaign Ads in the Fall — Get ready for more political ads to appear on “SportsCenter” this fall. — ESPN has come up with a way to sell a bigger portion of its ad time to political campaigns.
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