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5:40 PM ET, July 16, 2012

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David Frum / CNN:
Mitt Romney's painfully bad week  —  Editor's note: David Frum is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast and a CNN contributor.  He is the author of seven books, including a new novel, “Patriots.”  —  (CNN) — By any measure, the Mitt Romney for president campaign has had a painfully bad week.
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CNN:
Facts don't support Obama's charges against Romney  —  Editor's note: David Gergen is a senior political analyst for CNN and has been an adviser to four presidents.  A graduate of Harvard Law School, he is a professor of public service and director of the Center for Public Leadership …
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Romney's Account of His Departure From Bain Undercut By...Romney Testimony  —  In a previously unreported remark, Romney indicated he went through a “transition” at Bain after heading to Utah in February 1999.  —  Mitt Romney, his campaign, and Bain Capital, the private equity firm he founded …
Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
Democrats Revive Attack That Romney Misstated Role at Bain  —  Democrats reupped their main point of attack against Mitt Romney today, suggesting once again that the Republican candidate might have committed a felony as the GOP camp refused to play ball.  —  Last week, Romney demanded …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Politifact: Mitt Romney's companies sent jobs overseas
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Bain Quatrain
Rob Portman / CNN:
Portman slams president for ‘personal’ attacks
Discussion: The New Republic and ABCNEWS
Orlando Sentinel:
‘Witness 9’ tells prosecutors Zimmerman molested her for years  —  A woman told authorities that while they were children, murder suspect George Zimmerman sexually molested her for a decade, according to prosecution records released today.  —  The woman, identified only as “witness 9,” …
James Hohmann / Politico:
Bain not going away—Kucinich launching PAC—Bush 43 unveiling book tomorrow—Gillespie says Mitt retired retroactively—Dems hit Mourdock for opposing auto bailout  —  ROMNEY TO HIT OBAMA ON CRONYISM: Boston desperately wants to find a way to put the president on the defensive …
Discussion: Tampa Bay Times
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Cites Campaign Donor as ‘Non-Partisan Economist’
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Campaign Cites Economic Research from Donor
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Republicans Turn Against John Roberts, U.S. Supreme Court  —  Democrats now positive about both  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' opinions of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts are now much more negative than they were seven years ago, with the most recent reading coming soon …
Discussion: Business Insider and The Hill
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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Probe cites officials for soliciting prostitutes, accepting 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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
DealBook:
Google's Marissa Mayer Becomes Yahoo's Chief  —  Marissa Mayer, one of the top executives at Google, will be the next C.E.O. of Yahoo, making her one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley and corporate America.  —  The appointment of Ms. Mayer, who was employee No. 20 at Google …
Tammie Fields / Tampa Bay Fl News:
Lt. Governor speaks out about sex scandal accusations  —  Lt. Governor Carroll made the comments Saturday in Orange Park, at the opening of a campaign office for Mitt Romney.  —  Carletha Cole claims she walked in on a sexual encounter between Carroll and Carroll's travel aide, Beatriz Ramos.
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 …
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Democrats threaten to go over ‘fiscal cliff’ if GOP fails to raise taxes  —  Democrats are making increasingly explicit threats about their willingness to let nearly $600 billion worth of tax hikes and spending cuts take effect in January unless Republicans drop their opposition to higher taxes for the nation's wealthiest households.
Bill McBride / Calculated Risk:
Retail Sales decline 0.5% in June  —  On a monthly basis, retail sales were down 0.5% from May to June (seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 3.8% from June 2011.  From the Census Bureau report: … Ex-autos, retail sales declined 0.4% in June.  —  Click on graph for larger image.
Discussion: FT Alphaville
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Retail sales fall for third straight month in June
James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
JPMorgan just gave a calamitous economic forecast for Obama  —  Just out from JPMorgan: … Basically, this is a forecast for stagnation for the rest of this year and through 2013.  Also note that the forecast sees monthly job growth at just 100,000 a month in the third quarter, with the unemployment rate averaging 8.2%.
Wall Street Journal:
It's True: Corporations Are People  —  What else could they be?  Buildings don't hire people.  Buildings don't design cars that run on electricity or discover drug therapies to defeat cancer.  —  Here's a new party trick.  Want to be accused of being a member of a satanic cult?
Alex Carp / News Desk:
Writing With Antonin Scalia, Grammar Nerd  —  The first time Bryan A. Garner, a lawyer and writer, met Antonin Scalia—over breakfast at the Washington, D.C., Four Seasons, in 2006—the Justice spent the early part of their conversation praising a magazine essay he had recently read on English grammar and usage.
Discussion: Althouse
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Obama misses new budget deadline  —  The Obama administration has missed another annual budget deadline, failing to send Congress a mid-session budget review before July 16.  —  The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirmed Monday that the deadline for the review, due every year on that date, was not met this year.
BuzzFeed:
Senate Dems Plan ‘Midnight Vigil’ For Campaign Finance Bill  —  Democrats hope to paint GOP as beholden to wealthy interests  —  WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 28: Sen. Charkes Schumer (D-NY)(2nd-L), is flanked by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)(R), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)(2nd-R) …
Discussion: Influence Alley
Rush Limbaugh:
Barack Obama Hates This Country  —  RUSH: Roanoke, Virginia.  This is Friday night.  This did not get a lot of coverage at the time.  It did not get a lot of coverage over the weekend.  The Drive-Bys did not focus on this much.  Fox News, at some point, did bring it to people's attention.
Washington Free Beacon:
DWS cites abortion as the reason Jewish voters should support Obama  —  LEE LAZERSON: Has the president done anything wrong with respect to the Jewish vote?  —  DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: No. On the contrary, the president has an incredible record of support and advocacy on the issues …
 
 
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