memeorandum: Republican Govs. Scott, Branstad balk at accepting health law Medicaid expansion (Jordy Yager/The Hill)

2:35 PM ET, July 15, 2012

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Keith Laing / The Hill:

Gillespie says Romney ‘retired retroactively’ from Bain Capital — Senior Mitt Romney campaign adviser Ed Gillespie blasted President Obama's attacks on the GOP candidate, saying Romney had been honest about his tenure at the private equity giant Bain Capital.

Discussion: CNN, The Moderate Voice, The Hinterland Gazette, Outside the Beltway, The Raw Story, msnbc.com and Boston Globe

Jonathan Martinand James Hohmann / Politico:

Republican governors want Mitt Romney to hit back — WILLIAMSBURG, Va., — Republican governors gathered here this weekend gently nudged Mitt Romney to wage a more aggressive campaign, urging the GOP standard bearer to share more about his background and draw a sharper contrast between his vision and that of President Barack Obama.

Discussion: CNN, Washington Monthly, Booman Tribune, No More Mister Nice Blog and Riehl World View

Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:

Romney Adviser: Romney Not Responsible For Bain Because He ‘Retired Retroactively’ — Mitt Romney and senior campaign advisor Ed Gillespie — Ed Gillespie, a senior campaign advisor for Mitt Romney, appeared on Meet the Press this morning to answer questions about Romney's tenure at Bain Capital …

Discussion: News Desk, msnbc.com and The Raw Story

Keith Laing / The Hill:

Sen. Durbin: Romney running away from Bain ‘like a scalded cat’ — Durbin said Romney could clear questions about his tenure at Bain “this afternoon” by releasing more tax records. — Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) Sunday said GOP presidential Mitt Romney candidate is running away …

Discussion: Politico

Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Obama Ad ‘Firms’ Slams Romney's Jobs Record, Overseas Accounts

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Huffington Post, FreakOutNation and Runnin' Scared

BuzzFeed:
Alabama Governor: I Didn't Call On Romney To Release His Tax Returns

Discussion: Mediaite and The Hill

Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Malkin Slams Obama's Supporters: Romney Supporters Sign Front Of Paychecks, Obama's Sign The Back

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, No More Mister Nice Blog and American Power

Annie Karni / New York Post:

Disgraced pol Weiner eyes mayor or public advocate run — Anthony Weiner's not shrinking from elected office. — The disgraced former congressman — who's sitting on a $4.5 million campaign war chest — is mulling a bid for citywide office next year and “seriously considering” a mayoral run, multiple sources told The Post.

Discussion: Gothamist, New York Magazine, Hotline On Call, Mediaite, Atlas Shrugs, Runnin' Scared, Outside the Beltway, The Moderate Voice, Business Insider and Jammie Wearing Fools

BuzzFeed:
Anthony Weiner Is Back On Facebook

Discussion: CBS New York and Gothamist

Jason DeParle / New York Times:

Two Classes, Divided by ‘I Do’ — ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jessica Schairer has so much in common with her boss, Chris Faulkner, that a visitor to the day care center they run might get them confused. — They are both friendly white women from modest Midwestern backgrounds who left for college …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Swampland, Angry Bear and Economix

DealBook:

U.S. Is Building Criminal Cases in Rate-Fixing — As regulators ramp up their global investigation into the manipulation of interest rates, the Justice Department has identified potential criminal wrongdoing by big banks and individuals at the center of the scandal.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Washington Monthly, Mish's Global Economic …, New York Magazine and The Agonist

Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:

‘Ground Zero’ in Fairfax County — Frederick Peterson III protests outside Obama event in Centreville, Va. — When President Obama came to this prosperous suburban community, he was greeted by a contingent of Tea Party activists and local Republicans. The number of protesters …

Discussion: New York Times, American Glob, The Atlantic Online and Politico

The White House:
Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event in Roanoke, Virginia

Discussion: protein wisdom, TheBlaze.com, Power Line, Hullabaloo, Weasel Zippers, Moe Lane, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and American Glob

Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Obama channels Elizabeth Warren

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, Pirate's Cove, The Other McCain and Sister Toldjah

Daily Mail:

Newborn girl ‘buried alive by her father in Pakistan because she was deformed’ — Pakistani police have arrested a man accused of burying his newborn daughter alive because she was physically deformed. — Mohammed Anwar, a police officer in the city of Khanewal in the eastern Punjab province …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Riehl World View

Charles Mahtesian / Politico:

Ron Paul gets ‘smoked’ in Nebraska — It looks like Ron Paul isn't going to be officially nominated for the presidency in Tampa. — His backers failed to win a plurality of delegate slots at the Nebraska GOP convention Saturday, leaving the Texas congressman short of the support necessary …

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Mediaite, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Hill

Jordy Yager / The Hill:

Republican Govs. Scott, Branstad balk at accepting health law Medicaid expansion — Two Republican governors in key battleground states said on Sunday they are pushing to reject matching the federal government's expansion of Medicaid under President Obama's new healthcare law.

Discussion: Politico

KCRG-TV:

Search Continues in Black Hawk County for Two Missing Girls — KCRG/Gazette/Waterloo Courier Staff Reports — EVANSDALE, Iowa — Black Hawk County authorities have given an update on the search for the two girls Sunday. — Volunteers searchers will fan out across the Evansdale area …

Discussion: ABCNEWS and Scared Monkeys

Scott Wilson / Washington Post:

Where Obama failed on forging peace in the Middle East — Video: President Obama came into office in 2009 pledging to push hard for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. The Post's Scott Wilson explains that Obama wanted to restore America's reputation as a credible mediator in the long conflict …

Discussion: Power Line, JOSHUAPUNDIT, americanthinker.com, Israel Matzav and Balloon Juice

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

Administration grants Fla. access to database to verify voter rolls — The Obama administration has agreed to let Florida use a national law enforcement database to purge residents suspected of not being U.S. citizens from their voter rolls. — The decision was announced in a letter …

Discussion: Wake up America, Associated Press and UrbanGrounds

Michael Schwirtz / New York Times: U.S. to Let Florida Use Its Data for Voter Check

Federal Trade Commission:

FTC Alert: Scammers Out to Trick Consumers Using the Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act Ruling — It's enough to make you sick. No sooner had the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the Affordable Care Act than scam artists began working the phones. They say they're from the government and that …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
FTC: Health ruling is prompting scams

Discussion: The PJ Tatler and American Glob

Hillary Rodham Clinton / US Department of State:

Remarks With Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr — Remarks — Presidential Palace — FOREIGN MINISTER AMR: (Via interpreter.) I'm delighted to have Mrs. Clinton, the U.S. Secretary of State here for the first time to Egypt since the revolution. It's a very important visit …

Discussion: Israpundit and Israel Matzav