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New York Times:
When Did Romney Step Back From Bain? It's Complicated — When Mitt Romney was running for governor of Massachusetts a decade ago, Democrats went before a state commission to demand that he be struck from the ballot. Their argument: After taking over the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City …
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ABCNEWS, Washington Post, Marbury, The Caucus, Guardian, American Power, The Page and CNN
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Policy and the Personal — A lot of people inside the Beltway are tut-tutting about the recent campaign focus on Mitt Romney's personal history — his record of profiting even as workers suffered, his mysterious was-he-or-wasn't-he role at Bain Capital after 1999, his equally mysterious refusal …
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Newshoggers.com, Prairie Weather and Paul Krugman
Bloomberg:
Romney's Bain Yielded Private Gains, Socialized Losses — By Anthony Luzzatto Gardner 2012-07-15T22:30:01Z — Mitt Romney touts his business acumen and job-creation record as a key qualification for being the next U.S. president. — What's clear from a review of the public record during …
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Firedoglake, Talking Points Memo, The Mahablog, Balloon Juice and msnbc.com
John Cassidy / News Desk:
Why Won't Romney Release More Tax Returns?
Why Won't Romney Release More Tax Returns?
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The Moderate Voice, The Maddow Blog, Bloomberg, ABCNEWS, The Hinterland Gazette, Balloon Juice and Taegan Goddard's …
CNN:
Facts don't support Obama's charges against Romney
Facts don't support Obama's charges against Romney
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Balloon Juice, Fortune and The Huffington Post
Brian Knowlton / The Caucus:
Romney Faces Mounting Attacks on Bain and Taxes
Romney Faces Mounting Attacks on Bain and Taxes
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Ricochet Conversations Feed and The Page
WAVY-TV:
One-on-one with President Obama
One-on-one with President Obama
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The Gateway Pundit, Ballot Box, Weasel Zippers, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, CNN, Riehl World View and ABCNEWS
Scott Thuman / WJLA-TV:
President Barack Obama talks Romney, campaign, chili, doodling, shooting pool
President Barack Obama talks Romney, campaign, chili, doodling, shooting pool
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ABCNEWS, Weasel Zippers and The Hill
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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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Mitt Romney rips Obama camp's ‘dishonesty’ — Mitt Romney on Monday accused President Barack Obama of running a “campaign based on falsehood and dishonesty,” while brushing aside suggestions from anxious conservatives to alter his campaign strategy. — “A campaign based on falsehood …
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Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Examiner
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Romney tries to regain momentum with new focus on Obama's ‘political payoffs’ — Trying to shift the presidential campaign narrative away from his personal finances and tenure at Bain Capital, Republican Mitt Romney will launch a fresh assault this week accusing President Obama of political cronyism …
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The Moderate Voice, No More Mister Nice Blog, Bloomberg, New York Magazine, Right Wing News and Politico
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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americanthinker.com, Outside the Beltway, Instapundit, Jammie Wearing Fools and New York Magazine
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Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
Bachmann sends Hamas Congressman Hakim Muhammad (aka Keith Ellison) response to Muslim Brotherhood propaganda
Bachmann sends Hamas Congressman Hakim Muhammad (aka Keith Ellison) response to Muslim Brotherhood propaganda
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I'm a Man! and Israpundit
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.
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Adam Skaggs / Politico:
Mitch McConnell dead wrong on DISCLOSE Act
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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Sister Toldjah, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, UrbanGrounds and americanthinker.com
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, Poynter, New York Magazine, TechCrunch, Guardian and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
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Steven Musil / CNET:
Microsoft and NBC officially call it quits
Microsoft and NBC officially call it quits
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Informed Comment and Scared Monkeys
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Treasury probe cites officials for soliciting prostitutes, accepting industry gifts, FOIA docs reveal — Treasury Department officials have been cited for soliciting prostitutes, breaking conflict-of-interest rules and accepting gifts from corporate executives, according to the findings of official government investigations.
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Pawlenty Looked at as Romney Running Mate — EAGAN, Minn. — It was four years ago this summer, when Tim Pawlenty ranked high on the list of John McCain's potential running mates, and Mr. Pawlenty and his wife, Mary, were plowing through a voluminous questionnaire probing deep into their finances …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Latest Word on the Trail? I Take It Back — The quotations come back redacted, stripped of colorful metaphors, colloquial language and anything even mildly provocative. — They are sent by e-mail from the Obama headquarters in Chicago to reporters who have interviewed campaign officials under …
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New York Magazine, Michelle Malkin, Jammie Wearing Fools and Nick Turse, more at Mediagazer »
Peter J. Boyer / The Daily Beast:
Romney's Palin Problem: Where's Her Convention Invite? — Mitt still hasn't invited Sarah to the GOP's nomination assembly in Tampa, and the Tea Party is livid. Peter J. Boyer on how the snub could sabotage Romney's tenuous ties to the grassroots—and why Palin is keeping the week open, just in case.
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Politico, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Balloon Juice and Conservatives4Palin
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
John Thune rising: GOP senator on Romney's veepstakes and his future — Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has reemerged as a viable vice presidential candidate who would check many of the boxes Mitt Romney is looking for in a running mate. — He's an experienced legislator who has earned respect …
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CNN, Washington Post, Guardian, New York Magazine, Weekly Standard and Influence Alley