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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
July panic for Obama — for good reason — Why has the Obama team been publicly wailing about losing out to Mitt Romney in the money race? Why would the president accuse his opponent of not merely being wrong or unqualified but criminal? After all, the polls are tied, so why so much worry in Obamaland?
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The Other McCain, The Spectacle Blog, Maggie's Farm and Hot Air
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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.
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Examiner, CNN, Wizbang, CANNONFIRE, Booman Tribune, The Daily Dish, Jammie Wearing Fools, American Power, Politico, Outside the Beltway, The Hinterland Gazette, Mother Jones, The Reality-Based Community, Liberal Values, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, The Reaction, The Moderate Voice and The Raw Story
WAVY-TV:
One-on-one with President Obama — Unedited interview and full transcript — RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) - This is a transcript of President Barack Obama's exclusive interview with WAVY.com's Andy Fox: — Q: How Important is Virginia in this election? — President: “If we win Virginia then we will win the election.
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Ballot Box, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, Riehl World View and ABCNEWS
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Policy and the Personal — A lot of people inside the Beltway …
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Washington Post, Prairie Weather, Newshoggers.com and Paul Krugman
New York Times:
When Did Romney Step Back From Bain? It's Complicated
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Marbury, The Caucus and The Page
Brian Knowlton / The Caucus:
Romney Faces Mounting Attacks on Bain and Taxes
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Ricochet Conversations Feed and The Page
Scott Thuman / WJLA-TV:
President Barack Obama talks Romney, campaign, chili, doodling, shooting pool
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Weasel Zippers and The Hill
Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Ed Gillespie: Mitt Romney ‘Retired Retroactively’ From Bain Capital
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Firedoglake, New York Magazine, American Power and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Sal Gentile / msnbc.com:
Former Bain Capital partner says Romney was ‘legally’ CEO of Bain Capital until 2002
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Mother Jones, The Huffington Post, Little Green Footballs, Brad DeLong and Hullabaloo
Manu Raju / Politico:
Kristol: ‘Crazy’ not to show taxes
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ABCNEWS, New York Magazine, Mediaite and Angry Black Lady Chronicles
Keith Laing / The Hill:
Sen. Durbin: Romney running away from Bain ‘like a scalded cat’
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Politico and Booman Tribune
Agence France Presse:
‘Monica, Monica’ chants taunt Clinton in Egypt — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was taunted by chants of “Monica, Monica” by tomato-throwing demonstrators as she visited the Egyptian port city of Alexandria on Sunday. — The chants, referring to the Monica Lewinsky scandal when her husband …
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Reuters:
Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes — CAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade on Sunday during her first visit to Egypt since the election of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. — A tomato struck an Egyptian official …
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The Gateway Pundit, Outside the Beltway, Instapundit, Jammie Wearing Fools and New York Magazine
msnbc.com:
Christians snub Cairo meeting with Clinton, claim US backs Islamists
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Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch, Associated Press and Atlas Shrugs
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
Bachmann sends Hamas Congressman Hakim Muhammad (aka Keith Ellison) response to Muslim Brotherhood propaganda
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I'm a Man! and Israpundit
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Microsoft and NBC Complete Web Divorce — On Sunday night, MSNBC.com did something that successful Web sites almost never do: it renamed itself. — The site became NBCNews.com, signifying the end of a relationship between NBC and Microsoft that dates back to the earliest days of the commercial Web.
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msnbc.com, FishbowlDC, TechCrunch, Guardian, New York Magazine and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
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Steven Musil / CNET:
Microsoft and NBC officially call it quits — Software giant will reportedly receive $300 million for its stake in MSNBC.com, which will mirror content on the new NBCNews.com for a while. — Follow @stevenmusil — The Internet partnership of Microsoft and NBC is officially over.
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Informed Comment and Scared Monkeys
Adam Skaggs / Politico:
Mitch McConnell dead wrong on DISCLOSE Act — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has launched a full-throated attack on the DISCLOSE Act, which Democrats are set to bring to the Senate floor on Monday. DISCLOSE supporters say it ensures transparency and accountability in U.S. elections.
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James Warren / The Daily Beast:
Richard Posner Bashes Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling — Richard Posner is the most influential conservative judge outside the Supreme Court. And he thinks its campaign-finance ruling encourages bribery. James Warren on Posner's latest shot—and Scalia's gun love.
New York Post:
Obama wedding registry fund-raising strategy not a hit with brides — President Obama's bizarre marriage-theme fund-raising scheme — where he asks couples to request campaign donations from their guests in lieu of wedding gifts — has been a total flop. — The desperate initiative …
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Sheldon Alberts / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Voters say wealth is now an impossible dream — Nearly half (47 percent) of likely voters believe it is impossible for them to become wealthy in the course of their lifetime, according to a new poll for The Hill. — The survey, conducted as the heated political presidential …
BBC:
‘Fierce battles’ in Damascus area — The BBC's Jim Muir says fighting has intensified in many parts of Syria — The Syrian capital Damascus has seen some of the heaviest fighting of the conflict so far, according to reports from activists and residents. — Mortar and small-arms fire …
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Guardian and The Moderate Voice
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Postal Service rescue bill stalls in Congress as cash woes mount — The House's delay in considering a postal reform bill is sparking concerns that the rescue of the U.S. Postal Service could be delayed until after the November elections — or even until the next Congress.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Robin Bravender / Politico:
Sheldon Adelson gives $5M to Cantor-backed super PAC — GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam poured $5 million into a super PAC backed by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, according to reports released late Sunday. — The cash influx marks a major boost for the YG Action Fund …
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