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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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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 …
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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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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Mitt Romney Booed At NAACP Convention For Saying He Would Eliminate ObamaCare — During his Wednesday morning speech before the NAACP Convention in Houston, Texas, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney explained that his plans include reducing government spending by eliminating …
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Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Mitt Romney's Long, Troubled History With the NAACP
Mitt Romney's Long, Troubled History With the NAACP
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Richard Adams / Guardian:
Romney tells NAACP he knows ‘best interest of African American families’ - US politics live
Romney tells NAACP he knows ‘best interest of African American families’ - US politics live
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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.
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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.
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Weekly Standard and Business Insider
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.
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John Whitesides / Reuters:
Obama expands lead on Romney: poll
Obama expands lead on Romney: poll
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Romney strikes back at Obama's transparency calls: What about the Fast and Furious documents?
Romney strikes back at Obama's transparency calls: What about the Fast and Furious documents?
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Priorities USA Action:
MEMO: Mitt Romney's Central Qualification Becomes a Significant Liability
MEMO: Mitt Romney's Central Qualification Becomes a Significant Liability
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Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
While Romney Is Poked, Tax Forms Are Tricky for Democrats, Too
While Romney Is Poked, Tax Forms Are Tricky for Democrats, Too
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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.
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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
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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.
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New York Times:
Mr. Romney's Financial Black Hole — Paying taxes forthrightly has long been a matter of civic pride for most American politicians, a demonstration of honesty and of a willingness to share in society's burdens. Since the Watergate era, presidential candidates have released several years of tax returns …
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 …
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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.
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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 …
BuzzFeed:
Romney Struggles To Lock Down Rowdy Delegates — The campaign grapples with demanding state parties and hostile libertarians. A threat to the New York State chairman. — Romney in New York earlier this year. — Image by John Moore / Getty Images — A recent tussle between …
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John Steele Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
Air Conditioning, Blessed Invention — Willis Carrier changed the world for the better—though making Washington, D.C. livable in summer doesn't help the cause of limited government. — Many people claim to disdain technology, but in last week's deadly heat wave they were probably doing their disdaining in an air-conditioned room.
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Associated Press:
High-powered lesbians launch first-of-its-kind super PAC to champion women's, gay rights — SAN FRANCISCO — As a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, her politically active family's sole Democrat, and a sister with three brothers, Laura Ricketts is comfortable being the odd woman out.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Allen raises $2M in second quarter, touts welfare reform in new ad — Former Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) raised $2 million in the past three months, his strongest fundraising quarter to date, and has used some of that money to run an ad touting his work as governor to reform the state's welfare system.
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Fox News:
Holder compares Texas voter ID law to post slavery poll taxes — Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday compared the new Texas voter ID law to the post-slavery efforts to keep blacks from voting known as a “poll taxes.” — The law was passed last year by the GOP-led state legislature …
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Townhall.com, Hot Air and Rasmussen Reports
Judson Berger / Fox News:
Closure of Border Patrol stations across four states triggers alarm — The Obama administration is moving to shut down nine Border Patrol stations across four states, triggering a backlash from local law enforcement, members of Congress and Border Patrol agents themselves.
Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun:
Berkley's not quite dead yet — Shelley Berkley is dead, one in an occasional series: — Within moments of the House Ethics Committee's announcement Monday that it was moving forward with its probe of the Nevada congresswoman, the national chattering class began digging her political grave.
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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.
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Politico:
Southern governors secede from Medicaid — House Republicans are lining up to repeal the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday, but GOP governors in the South have a real plan to gut the law. — Govs. Rick Perry in Texas and Rick Scott in Florida have both said they won't expand Medicaid …
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ThinkProgress and The Other McCain