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3:10 PM ET, July 17, 2012

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Manu Raju / Politico:
McCain: Palin was ‘better candidate’ than Romney  —  Mitt Romney's tax returns had nothing to do with Sen. John McCain's decision to choose Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008, according to the Arizona Republican, saying he chose the former Alaska governor because she was a “better candidate.”
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Romney on Tax Returns: 'I'm Simply Not Enthusiastic about Giving Them Hundreds or Thousands of More Pages to Pick Through, Distort, and Lie About'  —  Earlier today, Mitt Romney spoke with National Review Online about life on the trail, his meeting with Dick Cheney,and his upcoming trip to Europe.
Mj Lee / Politico:
Ron Paul to Mitt Romney: Release tax returns  —  Texas Rep. Ron Paul said Tuesday that Mitt Romney should release more of his tax returns, adding to the pressure on the GOP nominee to share personal financial information with the public.  —  “Politically, I think that would help him,” …
Joshua Green / Business Week:
What's Romney Hiding in His Tax Returns?  —  As George Will and many others have noted, there must be something truly damaging in Romney's pre-2010 tax returns for him to willingly endure the criticism and scrutiny that has accompanied his refusal to release them — a refusal he reiterated on Friday …
Callum Borchers / Boston Globe:
John Kerry's office blasts Mitt Romney over inaccurate claims about tax returns  —  Senator John Kerry has been working on his Mitt Romney impersonation since being cast as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee in mock debates with President Obama, but lately it has been Romney likening himself …
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
DNC uses conservatives to hit Romney on tax returns
Discussion: CNN
Dylan Byers / Politico:
CNN's Burnett: Release tax returns, Romney
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
BuzzFeed:
Why George Romney Released His Tax Returns
msnbc.com:
Romney surrogate Sununu: ‘I wish this president would learn how to be an American’  —  By NBC's Garrett Haake and Michael O'Brien  —  Follow @GarrettNBCNews Follow @mpoindc  —  The Romney campaign ratcheted up its language on Tuesday in a conference call on which former New Hampshire governor …
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BuzzFeed:
Romney Backer Wishes Obama “Would Learn How To Be An American”  —  Sununu grabs the third rail.  The Romney campaign lets the dogs out.  —  Source: youtube.com  —  In a brutal campaign conference call Tuesday organized by Mitt Romney's campaign, several of the candidate's surrogates went …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and BuzzFeed
Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Sununu Unleashed: Obama Needs To ‘Learn How To Be An American’
Discussion: The Maddow Blog and Mediaite
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney surrogate: Obama should ‘learn how to be an American’
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Romney surrogate: Obama spent youth ‘in Hawaii smoking something’
Discussion: Politico and Indecision Forever
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Romney Campaign: Obama Can't Create Jobs ‘Because He Spent His Early Years In Hawaii Smoking Something’
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Daily Kos
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads in Iowa  —  PPP continues to find Barack Obama as the favorite in Iowa, although the race in the state is a good deal closer than it was in both 2008 and on our last poll in early May.  Obama leads by 5 points, 48-43, after previously holding a 10 point advantage at 51-41.
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Raising Taxes on Rich Seen as Good for Economy, Fairness  —  OVERVIEW  —  By two-to-one (44% to 22%), the public says that raising taxes on incomes above $250,00o would help the economy rather than hurt it, while 24% say this would not make a difference.  Moreover, an identical percentage …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama switches off his teleprompter  —  President Obama is weaning himself off his teleprompter.  —  At recent campaign events in Pennsylvania, Virginia and again Monday in Ohio, Obama spoke to crowds in high school gymnasiums and at crowded outdoor events without his teleprompter, instead using written notes.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Welcome to ‘Panthers Stadium’  —  National Democrats have repeatedly touted their stand against taking corporate money for their convention in September, and so it was striking to see two emails from the DNC host committee referring to the Charlotte venue where President Obama will speak as “Panthers Stadium.”
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Capitalism Debate  —  Let's say you are president in a time of a sustained economic slowdown.  You initiated a series of big policies that you thought were going to turn the economy around, but they didn't work — either because they were insufficient or ineffective.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Is Romney Overreacting to Bain Attacks?  —  Mitt Romney's campaign has begun to push back against the notion that President Obama's critiques on his tenure at Bain Capital have damaged him.  A memo released by Mr. Romney's pollster, Neil Newhouse, suggests that the margin between Mr. Romney …
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Romney appears in final stages of running-mate decision  —  (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appears to be in the final stages of deciding who to pick as his vice presidential running mate, with speculation growing that he has narrowed his choice down to a short-list of three.
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Bachmann defends her witch hunt  —  The Minnesota representative offers “evidence” of Islamic infiltration of the U.S. government in a 16-page letter  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann defended her attempt to root out “deep penetration” by the Muslim Brotherhood into the U.S. government Friday …
Discussion: Rumproast, Jezebel and The Maddow Blog
James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
Paul Ryan rips Obama's comment that 'if you've got a business — you didn't build that.  Somebody else made that happen'  —  It was Rep. Paul Ryan's wife, Janna, who first saw — via Twitter — President Obama's recent comments about American entrepreneurs, that “if you've got a business — you didn't build that.
Patrick Gavin / Politico:
The Elton John-Rush Limbaugh bond  —  To the shock of many (given the gap in their political ideologies), Elton John performed at Rush Limbaugh's wedding in 2010 and, in a new interview with USA Today, the performer opened up about his friendship with the conservative talk show host.
Discussion: USA Today and Towleroad News #gay
Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Could one word take down Obamacare?  —  Section 1401 of the Affordable Care Act is, on the surface, just as exciting as it sounds.  It outlines in excruciating detail the eligibility requirements for an American to receive a tax subsidy to assist in purchasing health insurance.
Patricia Sellers / Fortune:
New Yahoo CEO Mayer is pregnant  —  She told Fortune exclusively that her first child is due in October.  —  FORTUNE —Marissa Mayer, the Google (GOOG) executive who today was named Yahoo's (YHOO) new chief executive, is pregnant.  —  Mayer told Fortune exclusively that her first child is due October 7.
Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
Oprah interviews Obamas  —  Oprah Winfrey didn't just interview Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, last week.  The talk show queen also made a trip to the White House to sit down with President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama.
Democracy Corps:
Serious Attack on Ryan Budget Takes Toll on Mitt Romney  —  The most recent survey and focus groups by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for Democracy Corps reveal deep opposition to the Ryan budget- and its potential to damage Mitt Romney's candidacy if he embraces it in the coming campaign.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Romney and his time machine  —  Mitt Romney is an impressive man, but until now, we didn't know just how impressive.  According to his senior adviser, Ed Gillespie, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is a time traveler.  —  Gillespie made this surprise disclosure to CNN's Candy Crowley …
 
 
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Shibani Mahtani / Wall Street Journal:
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Steve Kolowich / Inside Higher Ed:
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Discussion: New York Times, Guardian and AllThingsD
Patrick Gavin / Politico:
John Rocker is still throwing heat
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay and Outsports
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
How did vaunted Romney Death Star break down?
The Voice:
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama's IRS Snoops Abroad
Discussion: Hit & Run and National Review
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Michael Tomasky on Romney's Veep and Convention-Speaker Trap
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G-A-Y / Good As You:
Chick-fil-A's flippant response to years of LGBT controversy: ‘Guilty as charged’
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
Matt Bai / New York Times:
How Much Has Citizens United Changed the Political Game?
Ariane de Vogue / ABCNEWS:
The Supreme Court: Not Such an Impregnable Fortress Anymore?
Andy Kessler / Wall Street Journal:
The Incredible Bain Jobs Machine
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Wake up America
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The media obsess on Bain while we head to a recession
Discussion: CNBC
BuzzFeed:
Obama Booed When He Won't Kiss On Kiss Cam
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Look Who's Holding the Economy Hostage Now
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