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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. — Image by Win McNamee / Getty Images — IRWIN, Penn. — Standing before hundreds of roaring partisans …
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Latino Decisions:
New poll: After SB1070 decision Obama widens lead over Romney among Latinos — Latino Decisions released new national poll of Latino registered voters showing Barack Obama winning 70% of the Latino vote compared to 22% for Mitt Romney. The poll, commissioned by the Center …
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Is Team Romney Becoming Unhinged? — It's beginning to look like John Sununu's Day of Rage yesterday wasn't an outlier for the Romney campaign but a sign of things to come. Here's McKay Coppins' report on where Team Romney seems to be going: … So it's the Obama campaign's “ruthless” …
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Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Romney campaign's attacks on Obama play on ‘birther’ fears — Mitt Romney says the Obama administration resembles foreign governments, and a chief surrogate for the GOP candidate says the president needs to ‘learn how to be an American.’ — IRWIN, Pa. — In remarks that played …
CNN:
Americans view Romney's campaign more unfavorably than Obama's — (CNN) - After weeks of scathing back-and-forth between President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a plurality of the American public views the incumbent Democrat as running a more favorable campaign, according to a poll released Wednesday.
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CNN:
Another day on the trail: Dancing horses, cronyism
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Thomas M. Defrank / NY Daily News:
Medal-winner in Mitt Romney veep stakes won't be known until after Olympic Games
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Alexander Burnsand Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Conservative elites club Mitt Romney
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
When Going Negative Becomes A Positive (The Note)
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Haaretz:
7 reported killed in terror attack against Israelis in Bulgaria — Haaretz brings you minute-by-minute updates on the deadly attack; Israeli rescue services en route to country; Terror attack occurs on 18th anniversary of attack on Jewish community in Buenos Aires.
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Marcus Dysch / thejc.com:
The scene at the airport — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed Iran for the bombing of a bus which killed at least three Israelis in a Bulgarian resort. — He said “all signs point to Iran” and said Israel would “respond with force”. — It is not clear whether the attack …
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Jerusalem Post:
5 dead in suicide bombing on Israeli bus in Bulgaria — At least 20 injured after attack on Israeli tour bus at the Burgas Airport on 18th anniversary of Iran-sponsored bombing of Jewish center in Argentina; Bulgarian FM in touch with Liberman, headed to site.
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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 …
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Anthony Weiner: Not running for office - for now
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Tim Mak / Politico:
Nancy Pelosi: Democrats should skip the convention — House minority leader Nancy Pelosi says that Democratic members should stay home and campaign in their districts rather than go to the party's national convention in North Carolina. — “I'm not encouraging anyone to go to the convention …
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New York Times:
Blast Kills Core Syrian Security Officials — BEIRUT, Lebanon — An explosion that Syria state television called a suicide bomb attack killed at least three top aides to President Bashar al-Assad of Syria on Wednesday including the defense minister and Mr. Assad's powerful brother-in-law.
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
A Brief Reminder: Suicide Bombing is Not a Hopeful Sign
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
4 Pinocchios for an unproven Romney claim of ‘crony capitalism’ — “I am ashamed to say that we're seeing our President hand out money to the businesses of campaign contributors, when he gave money, $500 million in loans to a company called Fisker that makes high end electric cars, and they make the cars now in Finland.
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David Shepardson / detroitnews.com:
Romney targets Obama, loan for electric vehicle startup in new ad
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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.
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Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Taxes For 2010 Not Fully Disclosed … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Politics, Taxes , Video, Mitt Romney Tax Returns, Mitt Romney Taxes, Election 2012, Fbar, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney Taxes 2010, Politics News
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Eric Lach / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker — Tennessee Tea Partiers To GOP Gov: Stop Employing Muslims, Gays, Democrats! — Conservatives and Tea Party activists in Tennessee have recently pushed several Republican Party county organizations to pass resolutions criticizing the state's Republican governor for …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Propose Letting All Tax Cuts Expire — WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats — holding firm against extending tax cuts for the rich — are proposing a novel way to circumvent the Republican pledge not to vote for any tax increase: Allow all the tax cuts to expire Jan. 1 …
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Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Likely Voter Polls: Mitt Romney's Hidden Edge? … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Barack Obama , Barack Obama , Mitt Romney, Barack Obama 2012 , Elections 2012, Video, Mitt Romney Polls, Obama Romney Polls, Likely Voters, Mitt Romney 2012, Polls 2012, Pollster Analysis, Presidential Polls, Politics News
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Awkward: Obama jobs panel MIA — President Barack Obama's Jobs Council hasn't met publicly for six months, even as the issue of job creation dominates the 2012 election. — At this point, the hiatus — which reached the half-year mark Tuesday — might be less awkward than an official meeting …
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Brennan Center for Justice:
The Challenge of Obtaining Voter Identification — PUBLICATIONS — Ten states now have unprecedented restrictive voter ID laws. Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin all require citizens to produce specific types …
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:
CFPB probe into Capital One credit card marketing results in $140 million consumer refund — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced its first public enforcement action with an order requiring Capital One Bank (U.S.A.), N.A. to refund approximately $140 million …
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