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10:45 AM ET, July 12, 2012

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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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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:
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 …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Wake up America
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.
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.”
Daniel Lippman / Washington Wire:
Political Wisdom: Fed, Jobs and Housing
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Mitt Romney's Wealth Costs Him With One in Five Voters
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” …
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney the Race Baiter at the NAACP  —  With his incendiary speech to the NAACP, Mitt crossed an ugly line.  No longer simply spineless and disingenuous, he's now become a race-mongering pyromaniac.  Plus Mansfield Frazier on Romney's diversity problem.
BuzzFeed:
Joe Williams Sees Vindication In NAACP Boos
Discussion: Mediaite
Mitt Romney for President of the United States …:
THE TRUTH HURTS  —  “For weeks, President Obama has been spreading falsehoods and distortions about Governor Romney's record of job creation - and now we know why.  President Obama's policies have encouraged American jobs to move overseas and he's sent taxpayer dollars to foreign-owned companies.
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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 …
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
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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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.
Elie Mystal / Above the Law:
Accountant Claims Wrongful Termination Essentially Because Her Job Was Too Hard  —  This has been one hell of a day for ridiculous lawsuits.  We've already dealt with Octomoms turned strippers and thick girls who want to go to law school.  Now we've got an office worker who claims …
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.
Discussion: TwinCities.com
BuzzFeed:
Meet The Republican Party's 23-Year Old James Cameron  —  Lucas Baiano is back in action “The thing about Lucas's videos: they make people march.”  What is this, this Les Mis ??  —  Source: ia.media-imdb.com  —  Source: youtube.com  —  Lucas Baiano, the video maker who drew attention …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Shrinking Majority  —  He won 9.5 million more votes than McCain.  That won't happen again.  —  Elections are about numbers, and right now the president's are bad.  To understand why, consider 2008 as a reference point.  That year, Barack Obama received 69,456,897 votes to John McCain's 59,934,814.
Discussion: Wake up America
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 …
Bonnie Kavoussi / The Huffington Post:
Paul Krugman Slams New York Times Colleague, CNBC: ‘One Zombie Idea After Another’ … FOLLOW:  —  Paul Krugman, Video, Krugman, Krugman Cnbc, Paul Krugman Cnbc, Paul Krugman Cnbc Zombie Ideas, Paul Krugman Criticizes Cnbc, Paul Krugman Joe Kernen Cnbc, Paul Krugman New York Times …
Discussion: Paul Krugman and Mediaite
Scott Walker / Washington Post:
Obamacare is an unhealthy prescription  —  Scott Walker, a Republican, is the governor of Wisconsin.  —  Since the Supreme Court upheld President Obama's health-care mandate, there has been exhaustive discussion about the philosophical basis of this federal law.
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
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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Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Fasten Your Seat Belts: Polarization, Weak Economy Forecast Very Close Election
Heather Kelly / CNN:
Facebook fuses emotion into its tagging, cyberbullying updates
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
GOP welcomes Boehner-Cantor detente
Aaronmcquade / GLAAD:
NOM to Kirk Cameron: You're Hired!
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Boston Globe:
Brown, Warren offer different ideas on deficit
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Mark Porubcansky / World Now:
U.S. moving submersibles to Persian Gulf to oppose Iran
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The new CBO report shows Americans paid historic low tax rates during Obama's first year in office.
Jackson Free Press:
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
America's Falling Corruption Rankings
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