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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh: Mitt Romney booed at NAACP because white — Rush Limbaugh said Mitt Romney's speech Wednesday to the NAACP fell flat because it was “over these people's heads” and that the group booed the Republican candidate, who “sounded like Snow White with testicles,” simply because he's white.
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Rush Limbaugh:
Romney Addresses the NAALCP — RUSH: Romney showed up today at the NAALCP convention, and Snerdley came in here, “Oh, yeah, he did great. He was great.” And Karen Finney, this real locoweed commentator over at MSNBC, “Well, you gotta give Romney credit for showing up, for being willing to go.”
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
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 …
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Mitt Romney: I Have Secret Black Supporters — Mitt Romney told Fox News Wednesday that black leaders support him, but are afraid to say so publicly. — After his speech to the NAACP national convention Wednesday, Romney said he connected with black leaders in private …
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Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Romney Accuses Obama of Lying in New Outsourcing Ad — JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. - In a new television ad released today, Mitt Romney accuses President Obama of lying and asks how voters can trust him to lead if he “doesn't tell the truth.” — The ad, titled “No Evidence,” is the campaigns clearest …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
New Romney Ad Calls Obama Liar, Dishonest — A new television advertisement from the campaign of presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney attacks President Barack Obama's campaign for spreading lies and dishonest attacks. Watch the ad, titled “No Evidence,” here:
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Romney On NAACP Booing: If They Want More Free Stuff From The Government Vote Obama — There has been a lot of speculation today about Mitt Romney's motivation for giving a speech to the annual NAACP Convention, and trashing Obamacare in the process. Romney himself said he “expected” …
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Mitt Romney's Successful Speech to the NAACP — As an attempt to persuade, Mitt Romney's speech to the NAACP this morning was an exercise in futility. African Americans are loyal Democratic voters, and aren't particularly interested in an agenda of tax cuts for the rich and spending cuts for everyone else.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Mitt Romney's Wealth Costs Him With One in Five Voters
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Romney: I expected to be booed by the NAACP when I mentioned ObamaCare
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney says he ‘expected’ negative response at NAACP speech
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — NAACP Crowd Boos Romney's Promise To Repeal ‘Obamacare’ (VIDEO)
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Jesse Jackson Jr / nbcchicago.com:
NBC News Report: Jesse Jackson Jr Is Found — Jackson Jr.'s staff says he's being treated for a mood disorder, not substance abuse — The Jesse Jackson Jr. camp Wednesday night released only the barest of details of the congressman's purported illness. — “The congressman …
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The Boston Globe:
Mitt Romney stayed at Bain 3 years longer than he stated — Firm's 2002 filings identify him as CEO, though he said he left in 1999 — Nine SEC filings submitted by four different business entities after February 1999 describe Romney as Bain boss. — Government documents filed …
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Ronald Brownstein / 2012 Decoded:
Obama Sinks to Historic Lows Among Blue-Collar Men — The new Quinnipiac University and ABC/Washington Post national surveys out this week converge on one key conclusion: as the election nears, President Obama is sinking to historic lows among the group most consistently hostile to him.
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New York Times:
DNA Match Tying Protest to 2004 Killing Is Doubted — By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN — A link between DNA from the unsolved killing of Sarah Fox, a Juilliard student, in 2004 and DNA taken from a chain placed at the site of an Occupy Wall Street action in March may be the result …
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House votes 244-185 to repeal healthcare — The House voted again Wednesday to repeal President Obama's healthcare law, a largely symbolic gesture that gave Republicans some revenge against the Supreme Court ruling that declared the law constitutional. — Republicans also see it as a way to motivate …
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
NRA draws red line on UN arms treaty — The National Rifle Association (NRA) warned the United Nations on Wednesday that the effort to craft international rules for weapons sales will go nowhere in Congress if it includes civilian arms. — Wayne LaPierre, the CEO of the powerful lobby group …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
New urgency for Team Obama — A new urgency has swept into President Obama's campaign as disappointing fundraising numbers have emerged alongside the shaky economy as a major threat to his prospects for reelection. — While the president's aides originally maintained they wouldn't be moving from …
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Elizabeth Hewitt / Slate:
The new CBO report shows Americans paid historic low tax rates during Obama's first year in office. — Americans paid the lowest federal tax rate in three decades during President Obama's first year in office, according to a new government report out this week.
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Boston Globe:
Brown, Warren offer different ideas on deficit — Democrat Elizabeth Warren would impose higher taxes on top earners, end oil subsidies, and raise estate taxes to cut the federal deficit. Senator Scott Brown would repeal President Obama's health law, freeze federal pay, and consolidate redundant federal agencies.
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Jackson Free Press:
Clinic Remains Open — After a two-hour hearing this afternoon, a federal judge agreed to extend a temporary restraining order that allows the Jackson Women Health's Organization, Mississippi's only abortion clinic, to remain open. — U.S. District Court Judge Dan Jordan said he wanted …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The SUV Did It! — Scott wrote here about the appalling case of a 16-year-old St. Paul girl, Clarisse Grime, who was sitting in the grass at her high school, nowhere near the street, when she was struck and killed by a vehicle that careened out of control and bounced off a fire hydrant.
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Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
Soros-Backed SuperPAC Targeting Allen West Confidential Memo Leaked — The ‘Dump West’ Super PAC, backed by George Soros himself, is taking aim at conservative Congressman Allen West. As we reported earlier, a “top national Democrat operative has been retained by a new George Soros-backed super-PAC …
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Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
Soros-Backed Super PAC Targets Allen West
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Mark Porubcansky / World Now:
U.S. moving submersibles to Persian Gulf to oppose Iran — WASHINGTON — The Navy is rushing dozens of unmanned underwater craft to the Persian Gulf to help detect and destroy mines in a major military buildup aimed at preventing Iran from closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the event of a crisis, U.S. officials said.
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Liberty Street Economics:
The Puzzling Pre-FOMC Announcement Drift — For many years, economists have struggled to explain the “equity premium puzzle”—the fact that the average return on stocks is larger than what would be expected to compensate for their riskiness. In this post, which draws on our recent …
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