memeorandum: Romney campaign changes mind, allows press into fund-raiser (CNN)

11:45 AM ET, July 29, 2012

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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:

Dick Cheney: Picking Sarah Palin for VP Was ‘A Mistake’ — Dick Cheney has some advice for Mitt Romney on choosing a running mate: Don't pick another Sarah Palin. — In his first interview since receiving a heart transplant in March, Cheney told ABC News, that John McCain's decision …

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Richard A. Muller / New York Times:

The Conversion of a Climate-Change Skeptic — CALL me a converted skeptic. Three years ago I identified problems in previous climate studies that, in my mind, threw doubt on the very existence of global warming. Last year, following an intensive research effort involving a dozen scientists …

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Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:

Bombshell: Koch-Funded Study Finds ‘Global Warming Is Real’, ‘On The High End’ And ‘Essentially All’ Due To Carbon Pollution … The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Study (BEST) is poised to release its findings next week on the cause of recent global warming.

Discussion: Guardian, The Political Carnival and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Romney bans media from Jerusalem fundraiser, violating pre-established protocol — JERUSALEM — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who touched down here Saturday night for a day of meetings with top Israeli and Palestinian leaders, plans to wrap up his visit to Israel by collecting money …

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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Romney Breaks Agreement with Media: Bans Media From Covering Jerusalem Fundraiser UPDATE: Abruptly Changes Its Mind

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CNN:
Romney campaign changes mind, allows press into fund-raiser

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CNN:
Rubio phones into campaign event after plane makes emergency landing

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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Romney campaign closes Israel fundraiser to press

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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Romney Cuts Off Press Access To Israeli Fundraiser Following London Gaffes (Updated)

Discussion: NationalJournal.com, The Huffington Post, CNN, Prairie Weather and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Fox News:

Romney would back Israeli strike against Iran, senior adviser says — July 29, 2012: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney meet at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem.AP — July 28, 2012: Republican presidential candidate …

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Benjamin Netanyahu / CNN:

Romney would ‘respect’ Israeli strike against Iran, campaign adviser says — Jerusalem (CNN) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney would “respect” a unilateral Israeli strike on Iran unilaterally should the Islamic republic develop nuclear weapons, Romney's foreign policy adviser told reporters Sunday.

Discussion: BuzzFeed and The Hill

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:

Romney's problem? Americans don't like him as much as Obama, polls say. — View Photo Gallery — Romney begins his overseas tour: The Republican presidential candidate made his first stop on the week-long tour in London, praising the U.S.-British relationship and stirring up several minor controversies along the way.

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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:

Political Memo: Obama Campaign Takes Gamble in Going Negative — CHICAGO — As President Obama pushes Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns, a television commercial from his campaign bluntly says, “Makes you wonder if some years he's paid any taxes at all.”

ABCNEWS:

Sunday on ‘This Week’: Robert Gibbs and Kevin Madden — This Sunday, Obama campaign senior adviser Robert Gibbs squares off with Romney campaign senior adviser Kevin Madden in an exclusive “This Week” debate on the latest in the 2012 presidential contest. — As presumptive Republican …

Discussion: CNN and The Political Carnival

Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:

Romney and Wife Go to Jerusalem's Western Wall — JERUSALEM — Mitt and Ann Romney visited one of the holiest sites in the Jewish faith today, arriving at the Western Wall on a sacred day of mourning in Israel. — The Romneys arrived via motorcade at the site of prayer and spent …

Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:

R.I.P. Inkblot — I hate to write this post, but all of you have been part of Inkblot's life for so long that I can hardly not do it. One of our neighbors saw the flyers we posted around the neighborhood and called a few minutes ago to tell us that she had seen the body of a cat nearby.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

New York Times:

Too Few Doctors in Many U.S. Communities — RIVERSIDE, Calif. — In the Inland Empire, an economically depressed region in Southern California, President Obama's health care law is expected to extend insurance coverage to more than 300,000 people by 2014. But coverage will not necessarily translate …

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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:

Obama blamed for failure of international arms-trade treaty — The United Nations indefinitely suspended action on an international arms trade treaty Friday after the United States and several other countries asked for more time. — The decision sparked angry reactions …

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Arms-trade treaty talks collapse, supporters rip Obama