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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:
“Vetting” Genie Out of the Bottle — I don't want to over-react to John Sunnunu's bizarre outburst yesterday, or put too much weight on McKay Coppins' report today that it represented a Romney campaign decision to “take the gloves off” and go nuclear on the president.
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog:
DEAD ANDY BREITBART IS NOW ROMNEY'S TOP CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST — This, as reported by BuzzFeed's McKay Coppins, seems crazy: … OK, a few thoughts. — First of all, I don't believe for a minute that Romney — who, as the story notes, used to concede that Obama is a “nice guy” …
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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:
Another day on the trail: Dancing horses, cronyism
Another day on the trail: Dancing horses, cronyism
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CNN:
Americans view Romney's campaign more unfavorably than Obama's
Americans view Romney's campaign more unfavorably than Obama's
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Alexander Burnsand Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Conservative elites club Mitt Romney
Conservative elites club Mitt Romney
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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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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Bachmann: Letter on Clinton aide was ‘distorted’ — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said a letter she and colleagues sent about an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is “being distorted.” — She issued the statement shortly after Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) took to the Senate floor …
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 …
The scene at the airport — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
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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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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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
White House: Obama's plate too full for Jobs Council — President Barack Obama has not met for six months with the CEOs and others on his Jobs Council in part because he's simply been too busy, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday. — “There's no specific reason …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Awkward: Obama jobs panel MIA
Awkward: Obama jobs panel MIA
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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
Romney targets Obama, loan for electric vehicle startup in new ad
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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
A Brief Reminder: Suicide Bombing is Not a Hopeful Sign
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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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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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Hubble Smith / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Amonix closes North Las Vegas solar plant after 14 months, heavy federal subsidies — The Amonix solar manufacturing plant in North Las Vegas, heavily financed under an Obama administration energy initiative, has closed its 214,000-square-foot facility 14 months after it opened.
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Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
O'KEEFE RISES: UNION BOSSES OKAY DIGGING UP-THEN FILLING BACK IN-DITCHES ON TAXPAYERS' DIME — James O'Keefe's new Project Veritas video (see below) is a stunning exposé of union corruption surrounding so-called “shovel ready” jobs. In typically irreverent Project Veritas style …
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James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
The chart that shows just how much reelection trouble Obama is in — A daisy chain of political disaster seems to be forming for President Obama, says political analyst Dan Clifton at Strategas Research. Clifton suggests that “there seems to be a relationship between consumer confidence and whether a president gets reelected.
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Washington Post
Norfolk Constabulary:
Police closes UEA investigation — Norfolk Constabulary has made the decision to formally close its investigation into the hacking of online data from the Climate Research Centre (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich. — The decision follows a comprehensive investigation …
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Callum Borchers / The Boston Globe:
Web campaign targets Romney's ‘extreme anti-LGBT agenda’ — A pair of liberal super PACs are teaming up on a new Web campaign that accuses Mitt Romney of advancing an “extreme anti-LGBT agenda” that would make life worse for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Americans.
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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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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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