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8:35 AM ET, July 18, 2012

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National Review:
Release the Returns  —  Mitt Romney is steadfastly resisting calls to release additional years of his personal tax returns, arguing — not without good reason — that this demand is part of a fishing expedition by the Obama campaign, which hopes to exploit Romney's personal wealth …
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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.”
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.
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Did Mitt Romney pay any federal taxes at all in 2009?  —  On the issue of Mitt Romney's tax returns, my colleague George Will put it simply: “The cost of not releasing the returns are clear.  Therefore, he must have calculated that there are higher costs in releasing them.”
CNN:
McCain: Palin was better VP choice than Romney in 2008
NY Daily News:
Top Romney surrogate John Sununu, the fomer N.H. Gov., apologizes after charging that Obama needs ‘to learn how to be an American’  —  Sununu also said the President doesn't understand the economy because he spent his youth ‘smoking something’  —  Former New Hampshire Gov. John H. Sununu …
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BuzzFeed:
How The Romney Campaign Decided To Take The Gloves Off  —  Surrogates will bring up cocaine, Fast and Furious, and ties to Blagojevich, one aide says.  What Romneyland is thinking.  —  Romney's top aides in Florida in January.  —  Image by Joe Raedle / Getty Images  —  IRWIN, Penn.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and ABCNEWS
Alexander Burnsand Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Conservative elites club Mitt Romney  —  In case you hadn't noticed, there are some on the right who are less than wild about Mitt Romney.  —  The former Massachusetts governor has at times been the subject of withering criticism from conservatives since he started his presidential campaign.
Discussion: CNN
WMUR:
Poll shows race tightening for president
Discussion: GOP 12 and Ballot Box
msnbc.com:
Romney surrogate Sununu: ‘I wish this president would learn how to be an American’
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads in Iowa
Discussion: Ballot Box
Rob Bluey / Hot Air:
Schumer calls for “limits on First Amendment rights” during Senate debate  —  The Senate has gone 1,175 days without passing a budget.  Taxmageddon and sequestration are threatening the economic livelihood of millions of Americans.  And yet the top order of business for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …
Discussion: The Right Scoop and BuzzFeed
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid: Cheney motivated to stop defense cuts because of Halliburton ties
Suzy Khimm / Washington Post:
Harry Reid promises filibuster reform if Dems win the election
Mike Elk / Working In These Times:
Laid Off Steelworker in Anti-Romney Ad Says He Is Not Voting for Obama  —  “We didn't know who the hell Mitt Romney was when all that stuff started,” says former GS Technologies steelworker Donnie Box of Kansas City, Missouri.  “It wasn't until later we found out who Romney was.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Star of Pro-Obama Super PAC Ad Unleashed: ‘Obama Is a Jerk, a Pantywaist, a Lightweight, a Blowhard’  —  The star of a pro-Obama super PAC ad is speaking out against ... President Barack Obama.  —  “I could really care less about Obama,” Donnie Box says of President Obama, according to In These Times.
Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
Wasserman Schultz Has Unreported Second Home in NH, Lives Large on the High Seas  —  DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and President Barack Obama's re-election campaign team have been waging a coordinated effort against Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney by repeatedly casting aspersion …
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Bill Lawrence / BLOG.BILLLAWRENCEONLINE.COM:
DNC Head Gets Heckled At Synagogue Rally
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav
Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Adelson to DCCC: Retract your “Chinese prostitution money” comments or I'll sue  —  In a scathing letter to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Sheldon Adelson's lawyer accused the organization of “maliciously branding Mr. Adelson as a pimp” and demanded the DCCC either retract and apologize or be sued.
Rush Limbaugh:
The Batman Campaign?  —  RUSH: Have you heard this new movie, the Batman movie, what is it, The Dark Knight Lights Up or whatever the name is.  That's right, Dark Knight Rises.  Lights Up, same thing.  Do you know the name of the villain in this movie?  Bane.  The villain in The Dark Knight Rises is named Bane, B-a-n-e.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Romney Knocks It Out of the Park  —  By all accounts, Mitt Romney was sensational today in Pennsylvania.  His theme was Barack Obama's revelatory “you didn't build that” speech.  Over the lunch hour (here in the Midwest), Twitter was burning up with commentary from those who were watching Romney's speech live.
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Ethics Committee launches probe of Dem Rep. Robert Andrews  —  The House Ethics Committee announced on Tuesday it was probing allegations that Rep. Robert Andrews (D-N.J.) violated House ethics rules.  —  The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) referred the case to the secretive ethics panel …
Reuters:
Bernanke offers few hints on further Fed easing  —  (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday offered few new clues on whether the U.S. central bank was moving closer to a fresh round of monetary stimulus, repeating the Fed's pledge to act if needed.
Discussion: Vodkapundit, Bloomberg and Firedoglake
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Obama has investments in companies that ship jobs overseas … More Photos  —  Popular in Politics  —  President Obama has accused Mitt Romney of raking in profits from investing in companies that ship American jobs overseas, but according to his most recent financial disclosure …
Christopher Kolk / People.com:
Anthony Weiner Shares a Family Photo  —  What's next for former New York congressman Anthony Weiner?  Baby's first birthday, of course.  —  “I'm very happy in my present life,” Weiner, 47, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview.  “The only next dramatic steps I'm planning on are Jordan's first …
Discussion: CNN
Patrick Gavin / Politico:
George W. Bush: ‘8 years was awesome’  —  In case there was any doubt, George W. Bush made it abundantly clear in a recent interview that although it was “awesome” being president for eight years, he doesn't miss life in political office.  —  “Eight years was awesome and I was famous and I was powerful …
 
 
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Reuters:
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Gene Healy / Reason:
Obama Descends into Self-Parody
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israel Says Syria Pulls Troops from Golan to Suppress Revolt Elsewhere
Discussion: Algemeiner.com and Israel Matzav
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Propose Letting All Tax Cuts Expire
Discussion: White House.gov Blog
New York Times:
Inside Romney's Search for a Vice President
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Tyler Cowen on me on Medicaid Wars
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William Raspberry dies at 76: Washington Post columnist wrote about social issues including race, poverty
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Mike Huckabee: New welfare changes are ‘trap’
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Andrew Malcolm / Investor's Business Daily:
Orator Obama offers fainting crowd advice on how to stand listening to him
Discussion: protein wisdom and Althouse
Patrick Gavin / Politico:
John Rocker is still throwing heat
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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