memeorandum: Rice's Name Is Floated as Potential VP Choice (Wall Street Journal)

1:40 PM ET, July 13, 2012

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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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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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BuzzFeed:

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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Jason Cherkis / The Huffington Post:

Mitt Romney's Own 2002 Testimony Undermines Bain Departure Claim … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Mitt Romney Bain, Mitt Romney Bain Capital, Bain, Bain Capital, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney Bain Departure, Romney Bain Capital, Politics News

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 …

Alexander Burns / Politico:

Mitt Romney did business in Massachusetts during Olympics — The Romney campaign repeatedly declined to say Thursday evening whether the Republican presidential candidate attended any meetings or had any contact with Bain Capital during the time he ran the Olympic Games.

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Washington Examiner:
Morning Examiner: Why is Obama granting amnesty to a Wall Street felon?

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Brooks Jackson / FactCheck.org:
Romney's Bain Years: New Evidence, Same Conclusion

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Ginger Gibson / Politico:
Bain barrage worries Republicans

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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Obama Spokesman Tells Ed Schultz Campaign Will Not Apologize For Romney/Felony Remark

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BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Calls On Obama To Apologize Over “Felony” Attack

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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
President Obama: Bain Capital is fair game

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Drudge Report:

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.

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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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Palin says Rice's view on abortion shouldn't disqualify her as VP

Discussion: CNN and Riehl World View

Dana Hughes / ABCNEWS:
Drudge Report Lists Condi Rice as Top Romney VP Candidate

Discussion: Washington Wire

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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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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Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:

Obama weakens welfare reform (again): Here are some quick initial reactions to the administration's apparent surprising (and possibly illegal) attempt to grant waivers of the work requirements written, after great effort, into the 1996 welfare reform law. I'm posting Thursday night; the story should break for real tomorrow (Friday).

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Robert Rector / The Heritage Foundation:
Obama Guts Welfare Reform

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Wall Street Journal:

U.S. Concerned as Syria Moves Chemical Stockpile — WASHINGTON—Syria has begun moving parts of its vast arsenal of chemical weapons out of storage facilities, U.S. officials said, in a development that has alarmed many in Washington. — The country's undeclared stockpiles of sarin nerve agent …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, CNN, americanthinker.com, Guardian, Reuters and Israel Matzav

Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:

Obama reflects on his biggest mistake as president — (CBS News) President Obama's biggest mistake during his first term, he told CBS News in an exclusive interview, has been putting policy over storytelling. — Mr. Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama sat down Thursday with “CBS This Morning” …

CBS News:
Obama: Romney not necessarily qualified to think about “economy as a whole”

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Alex Fitzpatrick / Mashable!:

Facebook Monitors Your Chats for Criminal Activity [REPORT] — Facebook and other social platforms are watching users' chats for criminal activity and notifying police if any suspicious behavior is detected, according to a report. — The screening process begins with scanning software …

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Joseph Menn / Reuters:
Social networks scan for sexual predators, with uneven results

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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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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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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 …

Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools and New York Magazine

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.

Discussion: Politico and ThinkProgress

Justin Sink / The Hill:

West announces $2.2M second-quarter fundraising haul — Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), among the most visible and vocal members of 2010's Tea Party freshman class, announced that he raised $2.2 million in second-quarter fundraising. — West has now raised just under $10 million for the cycle …

Discussion: Politico

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:

Young U.S. Voters' Turnout Intentions Lagging — Black turnout intentions look similar to 2008 on relative basis — PRINCETON, NJ — Fifty-eight percent of U.S. registered voters aged 18 to 29 say they will “definitely vote” this fall, well below the current national average of 78% …