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Joshua Keating / FP Passport:
Romney book: Britain is a tiny island that makes stuff nobody wants — Mitt Romney has already gotten in a spot of trouble in London for suggesting that Britain may not be quite ready to host the Olympic Games. Romney has walked back his comments, but it's not the first time the candidate …
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Owen Gibson / Guardian:
David Cameron hits back at Mitt Romney over London 2012 doubts — Prime minister says Olympics have brought the UK together to put on a ‘friendly Games’ for international visitors — The prime minister has hit back at comments from the US presidential candidate Mitt Romney querying Britain's readiness …
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Guardian:
Mitt Romney's Olympics blunder stuns No 10 and hands gift to Obama — US presidential hopeful backtracks on warning of ‘disconcerting’ signs for Games after light-hearted rebuke by David Cameron — Mitt Romney handed Barack Obama a priceless gift for the US presidential election campaign …
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Alex Spillius / Telegraph:
Commentary: if Mitt Romney doesn't like us, we shouldn't care — Mitt Romney is perhaps the only politician who could start a trip that was supposed to be a charm offensive by being utterly devoid of charm and mildly offensive. — Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney …
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BBC:
Boris Johnson hails ‘Olympomania’ for torch at Hyde Park — Mayor Boris Johnson has said that people coming to London for the Olympic Games will find it to be “the greatest city on earth”. — Mr Johnson was speaking as the Olympic flame was used to light a cauldron in front of thousands of cheering spectators in Hyde Park.
Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
Romney's Remarks on Olympics Cause Stir in London — LONDON — Mitt Romney's carefully choreographed trip to London caused a diplomatic stir when he called the British Olympic preparations “disconcerting” and questioned whether Londoners would turn out to support the Games.
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
“Anglo-Saxon” quote overshadows start of Romney tour — (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney began a foreign tour on Wednesday forced to disavow a report that an adviser had accused President Barack Obama of not understanding the shared “Anglo-Saxon heritage” of Britain and the United States.
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Paul Harris / Guardian:
A good point. … Mitt Romney's charm offensive. … Good morning and welcome to our Thursday live blog politics coverage. Mitt Romney has told London it is not ready to host the Olympics. The statement has drawn catty rebukes from the highest levels, i.e. Prime Minister David Cameron.
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David Blair / Telegraph:
Mitt Romney questions whether Britain is ready for Olympic Games — Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, has questioned Britain's preparedness to host the London 2012 Olympics and asked whether the country is genuinely willing to “celebrate” the Games. — Mitt Romney
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First Read / msnbc.com:
Romney steps onto the world stage
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Chris Good / ABCNEWS:
Made in China: Olympic Pin Shaped Like Mitt Romney's Face
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David Taintor / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Mitt Romney is off to a spectacularly bad start in London …
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James Kirkup / Telegraph:
Olympics: David Cameron rejects Mitt Romney's suggestion Britain is not ready
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
‘D’ Is for Diplomacy — LONDON — Mitt Romney has only been …
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Pema Levy / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Anger Games: Cameron, British Press Pounce On Romney's Olympics Critiques
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Jason Cherkis / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Registered As Lobbyist For Salt Lake City Olympics
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Rahm Emanuel's dangerous free speech attack — Chicago blocks a business from expanding because its president opposes same-sex marriage — Should government officials be able to block businesses from opening or expanding due to disagreement with the political views of the business' executives?
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Fran Spielman / Chicago Sun Times:
Emanuel goes after Chick-fil-A for boss' anti-gay views — The anti-gay views openly espoused by the president of a fast food chain specializing in chicken sandwiches have run afoul of Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a local alderman, who are determined to block Chick-fil-A from expanding in Chicago.
KNSD-TV:
Protest Disrupts Grand Opening of Laguna Hills Chick-fil-A — Protesters are unhappy about comments made by the company's chief executive that oppose gay marriage. — As fans gathered to celebrate the grand opening of a new Chick-fil-A restaurant in Laguna Hills, a planned protest disrupted the event.
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Hal Dardick / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Chick-fil-A owner wants to talk with Emanuel
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unionleader.com:
Romney's taxes: Why do they matter? — Mitt Romney is a rich man. Like everyone, rich or poor, he has done everything legally available to him to minimize the tax bite. There are very few people standing in line waiting for the opportunity to overpay their taxes.
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GOP 12, The Caucus, Daily Kos, The Moderate Voice, ThinkProgress and Taylor Marsh
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
It's not OK to ignore this pro-Romney ad — There are two really effective campaign ads blanketing the airwaves. One from each campaign. But only one of them is perhaps the most dangerous in its potential impact against its target. And Democrats better beware.
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Paul M. Barrett / Business Week:
Karl Rove: He's Back, Big Time — On the evening of June 29, Amedeo Scognamiglio, a jewelry designer on the Isle of Capri, met friends for drinks at the elegant Grand Hotel Quisisana. Around midnight, Scognamiglio says, “I noticed some familiar American faces.” He took to Twitter.
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Lymari Morales / Gallup:
U.S. Business Owners Now Among Least Approving of Obama — Professional workers are the most approving — WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. business owners' approval of President Barack Obama fell in the second quarter of 2012 to 35%, essentially tying farmers and fishers for the lowest approval among major occupational groups.
David Weigel / Slate:
It's a Weekday, So It's Time for Another Misleading Edit of an Obama Quote … - Republican-Sponsored Voter ID Laws Could Actually Disenfranchise a Lot of Republicans - Weigel: Another Misleading Edit of an Obama Quote - Did Darwin Have Smoldering Hepatitis? Should We Dig Him Up To Find Out?
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Dani Dayan / New York Times:
Israel's Settlers Are Here to Stay — WHATEVER word you use to describe Israel's 1967 acquisition of Judea and Samaria — commonly referred to as the West Bank in these pages — will not change the historical facts. Arabs called for Israel's annihilation in 1967, and Israel legitimately seized …
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Amy Bingham / ABCNEWS:
President Obama's Advice For Eagles QB Mike Vick — The commander-in-chief has a two words of advice for the comeback kid of the NFL: “slide more.” — At a campaign stop in Oakland on Monday, Obama asked Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, who introduced the president at the event …
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