memeorandum: House Obamacare Repeal: Thirty-Third Time's the Charm? (John Parkinson/ABCNEWS)

6:55 PM ET, July 11, 2012

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NAACP Reacts To Mitt Romney: ‘Patronizing,’ ‘Totally Disconnected,’ ‘A Serious Misjudgment’ — HOUSTON, Texas — Mitt Romney addressed the national convention of the NAACP Wednesday morning, the nation's largest civil rights organization. He was cordially received by the audience …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Dependable Renegade and Towleroad News #gay

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Romney to NAACP: Obama made it worse for you ‘in almost every way’ — Mitt Romney will tell the NAACP on Wednesday that President Obama has made it worse for African-Americans “in almost every way.” — “If equal opportunity in America were an accomplished fact, then a chronically bad economy …

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BuzzFeed:

NAACP Leaders: Romney Can't Connect With Black Audiences — “It's such a big gap,” says Manning. Romney's message, an aide says: “He's going to be president of the entire United States. — Image by Eric Kayne / Getty Images — HOUSTON, Texas — Black leaders here blamed Mitt Romney …

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BuzzFeed:

Reaction Faces From The Crowd At Mitt Romney's NAACP Speech — This is every single photo available on AP or Getty (as of this writing) of the audience at the GOP hopeful's NAACP speech today. — Jack Moore — a few minutes ago — 1 response

Discussion: Mediaite, ThinkProgress and Colorlines

BuzzFeed:

Romney Booed At NAACP Convention — After saying he would repeal Obamacare, and then for criticizing the president. — HOUSTON, Texas — Mitt Romney was repeatedly booed during a speech at the NAACP convention Wednesday, as the Republican stuck to his standard campaign message …

Discussion: Mediaite, Guardian, The Hinterland Gazette, The Moderate Voice, CNN, Taylor Marsh, The Right Sphere, The Right Scoop, Wizbang and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

Pro-Tip, as They Say — There's been a lot of chatter over the last few days about whether super-wealthy candidates get a hard rap in US politics or whether Mitt Romney is being held to a higher or harder standard. Romney is probably the wealthiest man ever to run for President, even in inflation adjusted dollars.

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Balloon Juice

Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney says he ‘expected’ negative response at NAACP speech

Discussion: CNN, Ballot Box, CBS News, msnbc.com and Hot Air

Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Mitt Romney's Long, Troubled History With the NAACP

Discussion: The New Republic, Washington Monthly, Wonkette, The Hinterland Gazette and Balloon Juice

Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Mitt Romney's Successful Speech to the NAACP

Discussion: Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Advocate, Mother Jones and Politico

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Obama leads by 6 in Wisconsin — Barack Obama's considerably weaker in Wisconsin than he was in 2008, but he still looks like the clear favorite to win the state again. We find him with 50% to 44% for Mitt Romney. — Obama actually has under water approval numbers in the state.

Discussion: Politico, CNN, Business Insider and Weekly Standard

Mj Lee / Politico:

Sarah Palin: Mitt Romney needs to set ‘hair on fire’ — Sarah Palin warned Tuesday that Mitt Romney must do more to energize conservatives before Election Day, saying the Republican presidential candidate should light the base's “hair on fire.” — “Romney, he has said before that he doesn't want to have to light his hair on fire.

Discussion: CNN, CBS News, Indecision Forever and Guardian

Priorities USA Action:

MEMO: Mitt Romney's Central Qualification Becomes a Significant Liability — FROM:Jefrey Pollock & Nick Gourevitch, Global Strategy Group; Geoff Garin, Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group — RE: Priorities USA Action Polling Memo — Mitt Romney's Central Qualification Becomes a Significant Liability

Discussion: Business Insider, Politico, Washington Post, ABCNEWS, Firedoglake, Ballot Box and The Buzz Florida Politics Feed

Charles Franklin / Marquette Law School Poll:
Marquette Law School Poll finds tighter U.S. Senate race and GOP primary

Discussion: Washington Post and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

weaskamerica.com:
PA & NM — Our “Big 10″ series continues today …

Discussion: GOP 12 and Ballot Box

John Whitesides / Reuters:
Obama expands lead on Romney: poll

Discussion: Washington Wire, The Moderate Voice, The Hinterland Gazette, National Review, Daily Kos and The Hill

Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:

House votes 244-185 to repeal Obama healthcare reform law — The House voted again Wednesday to repeal the 2010 healthcare reform law, giving Republicans some revenge against the late June Supreme Court ruling that found the law to be constitutional. — Members approved the bill in a 244-185 vote …

Discussion: Washington Post, Booman Tribune, Lean Forward, Indecision Forever, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, BuzzFeed, Riehl World View and Conservatives4Palin

John Parkinson / ABCNEWS:
House Obamacare Repeal: Thirty-Third Time's the Charm?

Discussion: Guardian, Hit & Run and Mediaite

Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Democrats Go On Offense On Obamacare, Hit GOP For Pushing Repeal Of Popular Provisions

Discussion: Politico and The Moderate Voice

Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:

In 2009, Americans paid lowest tax rates in 30 years to federal government — Americans paid the lowest tax rates in 30 years to the federal government in 2009, in part because of tax cuts President Obama sought to combat the Great Recession, congressional budget analysts said Tuesday.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Wall Street Journal, ThinkProgress, American Prospect, Liberal Values, The Raw Story and Lean Forward

Associated Press:
GOP offers health care repeal without alternative

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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
House Republicans Spend 89 Hours Trying To Take Away Health Coverage From 30 Million Americans

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette

nbcnewyork.com:

DNA from Sarah Fox Murder Scene Linked to Chain Used in Occupy Wall Street Protest — DNA evidence collected from the murder scene of Sarah Fox in 2004 has just been linked to DNA off a chain left behind by Occupy Wall Street protesters at a subway station in March

Discussion: New York Post, Runnin' Scared, The Other McCain, Gawker, Weasel Zippers, msnbc.com, New York Magazine, Wizbang, Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller, Gothamist and Jammie Wearing Fools

Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:

Soros-Backed Super PAC Targets Allen West — Top national Democratic operative Charles Halloran has been retained by a new George Soros-backed super-PAC to target Congressman Allen West for defeat this November. Halloran is a former aide to President Bill Clinton and is one of the most …

Discussion: nation.foxnews.com, Israel Matzav and Riehl World View

Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
Soros-Backed SuperPAC Targeting Allen West Confidential Memo Leaked

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:

On the heels of The Weekly Standard's report yesterday that DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz — a vocal critic of Mitt Romney's investing practices, had herself dabbled in the foreign markets — we can add Nancy Pelosi to the list of prominent Democrats to profit from overseas investments.

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, TBogg, The Reaction, Wake up America, Weasel Zippers, NO QUARTER, UrbanGrounds and Jammie Wearing Fools

New York Times:
Mr. Romney's Financial Black Hole

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Cindy Adams / New York Post:

Rielle book tour on shelf — Rielle Hunter has gone quiet after less than hoped-for sales of her memoir — she's scheduled no additional tour dates to promote her tell-all about her relationship with John Edwards, “What Really Happened.” After a serious media blitz, which included interviews …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Rachel Quigley / Daily Mail: Rielle Hunter's book tour about affair with John Edwards comes to an end after just 6,000 copies are sold

James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:

6 charts that show the Welfare State run amok — The original purpose of Medicaid was to provide improved healthcare access for poor people, while not turning the safety net into a trap. Under President Obama's Affordable Care Act, Medicaid will be greatly exapnded beyond what Congress originally intended.

Discussion: The Conservatory

Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:

San Bernardino seeks bankruptcy protection — San Bernardino, facing the possibility of missing payroll, becomes California's third city in weeks to authorize a bankruptcy filing. — San Bernardino is the third California city to seek bankruptcy protection in recent weeks.

Discussion: Firedoglake, L.A. NOW, msnbc.com, The Right Sphere, Business Insider, protein wisdom, Hot Air, National Review, BBC, Wake up America, New York Times, Gawker, Ricochet Conversations Feed and Teamster Nation

rt.com:

Orthodox activists urge Facebook ban over gay wedding icons — Facebook icons for same-sex marriage — Russian religious activists have demanded Facebook be banned in the country over “gay propaganda” among minors and have launched a campaign to criminalize homosexuality.

Discussion: PinkNews.co.uk, ThinkProgress, Towleroad News #gay and Joe. My. God.

Wall Street Journal:

The U.S. Housing Bust Is Over — The housing market has turned—at last. — The U.S. finally has moved beyond attention-grabbing predictions from housing “experts” that housing is bottoming. The numbers are now convincing. — Nearly seven years after the housing bubble burst, most indexes of house prices are bending up.

Discussion: Calculated Risk

Pastor Steven Andrew / USA Christian Ministries:

God Wants Ron Paul to Be President - Nebraska Republican Delegates Should Obey God — “God wants Ron Paul to be President. Paul is the only Christian still running who beat Obama in polls, but will Christians and pastors obey God?” says Pastor Steven Andrew, president of USA Christian Ministries.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Moderate Voice and The Raw Story

Roll Call:

American Crossroads' $70 Million Senate Blitz — American Crossroads and its sister organization are poised to inject up to — $70 million into the battle for the Senate on behalf of Republicans. — The GOP-aligned super PAC and its affiliated issue-advocacy arm, Crossroads GPS …

Discussion: NPR, The Moderate Voice, Bloomberg and ABCNEWS

Associated Press:

Judge continues to block Mississippi abortion law — By By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - 29 minutes ago — JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday decided to continue to block a state law that threatened to shut down Mississippi's only abortion clinic and make it nearly impossible for a woman to get the procedure in the state.

Discussion: Reuters, ThinkProgress and msnbc.com

BuzzFeed:

The Somewhat Valiant Return Of Robert Gibbs — Obama's favorite flak is done with his “cooling off period.” Bonus: He doesn't have to deal with Michelle Obama or Valerie Jarrett anymore. — Image by Jonathan Ernst / Reuters — On Monday morning, Robert Gibbs unleashed a verbal barrage …

Halimah Abdullah / CNN:

Voters sick and tired of health care debate — Washington (CNN) — Thomas Dean is sick of all the congressional bickering over the health care law. — Sure, the small town doctor understands the law's technical nuances and what's at stake for the millions of people covered by President Barack Obama's biggest policy achievement.

Discussion: National Review

Patricia Mazzei / Naked Politics:

Obama to Miami anchor: Hugo Chávez has not posed ‘serious’ national security threat — Oscar Haza, a well known Miami Spanish-language broadcast journalist and anchor, scored an interview this week in Washington with President Barack Obama in which Obama said Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez …