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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Do Bain SEC documents suggest Mitt Romney is a criminal? — “Romney and Bain claim that he was not involved with Bain, but Bain and its portfolio companies in their required filings under the Securities Exchange Act continuously certified to the Securities and Exchange Commission say precisely …
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McDonnell Declares Bain Off Limits — Drawing a line in 1999. — McDonnell and Romney in June. — Image by JASON REED / Reuters — WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia — Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a leading Republican figure, said Friday that Mitt Romney's time at the helm of Bain Capital …
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Steve Kornacki / Salon:
Why Mitt's story doesn't add up — What Romney said a decade ago makes a lot more sense than what he's saying now — When the Boston Globe reported yesterday that Mitt Romney continued to be listed as Bain Capital's president, CEO, chairman and sole shareholder on SEC documents long …
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Brooks Jackson / FactCheck.org:
Romney's Bain Years: New Evidence, Same Conclusion — New reporting cites strong evidence that Mitt Romney wasn't actively managing Bain Capital while he was running the Olympics, despite what the Obama campaign (and some news reports) would have voters believe.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Team Romney: Obama campaign is ‘unraveling’ — A top Romney spokesperson said the Obama campaign's allegations that he misled the public over his tenure at Bain Capital are “reckless and wild” and a sign that the president's campaign is “unraveling.” — “The only confusion that there is on this issue …
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Jed Lewison / Daily Kos:
Bain Capital press release described Romney as ‘part-time’ in July, 1999 — A July 19, 1999 press release distributed on behalf of Regan Communications and Bain Capital described Mitt Romney as the “Bain Capital CEO” and said he was “on a part-time leave of absence to head the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee.”
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Romney surrogate: ‘Can you imagine how dumb this president is?’ — Mitt Romney surrogate John H. Sununu said President Obama must be “dumb” for his campaign to insinuate that Romney might have committed a felony when he signed regulatory documents identifying himself as Bain Capital's CEO …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Kessler: He's Drowning Not Waving — Glenn Kessler, WaPo's fact-checker, has a detailed examination of the latest Globe story. Why he thinks criminal charges are extremely unlikely: … Throughout, Kessler bizarrely asserts that telling the SEC that someone is the CEO and sole owner of a company, when he isn't, is no big deal.
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J. Bradford DeLong / Brad DeLong:
Is This the Silliest Thing Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post Has Ever Written?
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Mitt Romney did business in Massachusetts during Olympics
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Obama Deputy Campaign Manager: Romney Might Be A Felon, You Know
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Washington Examiner:
Morning Examiner: Why is Obama granting amnesty to a Wall Street felon?
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Jason Cherkis / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney's Own 2002 Testimony Undermines Bain Departure Claim
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BuzzFeed:
Audio Exclusive: The Speech That Landed Condi On Romney's List — A call to “storm Washington D.C.” Speculation in Park City that “she wants to be Vice President.” — With The Drudge Report driving speculation that Condoleezza Rice is now a leading contender in the Republican veepstakes …
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ROMNEY NARROWS VP CHOICES; CONDI EMERGES AS FRONTRUNNER — Late Thursday evening, Mitt Romney's presidential campaign launched a new fundraising drive, ‘Meet The VP’ — just as Romney himself has narrowed the field of candidates to a handful, sources reveal.
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Condi Rice for Veep? Bull Shiitake Mushrooms
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Politico, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, The PJ Tatler and The Moderate Voice
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Palin says Rice's view on abortion shouldn't disqualify her as VP
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Condoleezza Rice / CNN:
TRENDING: Report sparks speculation of Rice as Romney running mate
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Fox News:
Republicans accuse HHS of gutting welfare reform with quiet policy change — June 20, 2012: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks at Covenant Community Care, Inc. in Detroit.AP — Republicans are accusing the Obama administration of unilaterally gutting welfare reform …
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Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
Obama weakens welfare reform (again): Here are some quick initial …
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
13 reasons why this is the worst Congress ever — This week, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. On its own, such a vote would be unremarkable. Republicans control the House, they oppose President Obama's health reform law, and so they voted to get rid of it.
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The Maddow Blog, Influence Alley and rubber hose
David Brooks / New York Times:
Why Our Elites Stink — Through most of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Protestant Establishment sat atop the American power structure. A relatively small network of white Protestant men dominated the universities, the world of finance, the local country clubs and even high government service.
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PARADE Magazine:
Preview: The Exclusive PARADE Interview With President and Mrs. Bush — Nineteen years after leaving the White House, George H. W. Bush, 88, is seeing his legacy burnished. In an exclusive interview in this Sunday's issue of PARADE, the former president and his wife, Barbara, 87 …
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Jim Lindgren / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Over 30% of President Obama's 2009-2011 Gross Income Came From Foreign Sources — I find it strange that the Obama campaign would be making so much of Romney's income from foreign sources when Obama's foreign source income appears to be a much bigger percentage of his income over the last few years.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Bill Clinton ‘perplexed’ Romney not releasing more tax returns — Former President Bill Clinton said Friday he is “perplexed” by Mitt Romney's decision to release just one year of his personal tax returns. — “It's typical, I think, we all release 10 or 11 years,” he told NBC's “Today” show.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama mocks GOP health law repeal votes — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — President Obama mocked Republicans on Friday for seeking to repeal the healthcare law 33 times instead of working to pass a tax extension that would help the middle class. — Kicking off a two-day, five-stop bus tour in Virginia …
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New York Post:
Long Island cop's mistress suing Nassau County over affair — She had an affair with a cop — and now she wants taxpayers to foot the bill. — The mistress of a married Nassau County cop — who enjoyed more than 100 nights with him while he was on duty — is threatening to sue the county …
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Jammie Wearing Fools and New York Magazine
Matt Vespa / NewsBusters.org:
Open Thread: Unintentionally Hilarious Trailer for Pro-Obama Movie — It's Friday, so what better way to kick off the weekend than a hilarious trailer promoting an over-the-top pro-Obama movie. Judging by the 2:30-long trailer for The Obama Effect, the movie, set in 2008 …
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Michelle Malkin, Twitchy, TheBlaze.com and Ed Driscoll
Ktla-Ltv / ktla.com:
Downtown L.A. Erupts into Violence During Art Walk — LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Demonstrators threw rocks and bottles at LAPD officers as police and protesters squared off in downtown Los Angeles late Thursday night. — At least 20 arrests were made and four officers were injured.
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Washington Post:
Post-Stanford poll finds more Americans believe climate change is happening — Most Americans say they believe temperatures around the world are going up and that weather patterns have become more unstable in the past few years, according to a new poll from The Washington Post and Stanford University.
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