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Weekly Standard:
Go for the Gold, Mitt! — Mitt Romney will have many opportunities over the next three months to demonstrate to voters that they should choose him over Barack Obama: his acceptance speech at the Republican convention, the three presidential debates, major policy addresses, and more.
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Ballot Box, BuzzFeed, Booman Tribune and Politico
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Dwayne Landry / Fox News:
House lawmakers invite Chick-fil-A to roost in their districts — For all those politicians who were piling on Chick-fil-A last week, there are a bunch more rolling out the red carpet for the chicken chain. — A letter drafted by Mississippi Republican Rep. Alan Nunnelee praises …
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Examiner and The Gateway Pundit
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Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Chick-fil-A ‘Kiss in’ protest small compared to appreciation day — A week of debate over the issue of gay marriage ended Friday with a “Kiss Off” organized by gay rights activists at Chick-fil-A restaurants. — Couples sent in photos of themselves kissing at restaurants around the nation to various gay-rights websites.
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Hot Air
Zombie / The PJ Tatler:
Chick-fil-A Kiss-In, Hollywood: The Pictures
Chick-fil-A Kiss-In, Hollywood: The Pictures
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GayPatriot, Ace of Spades HQ, TMZ.com, Weasel Zippers, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and Washington Examiner
Mike Allen / Politico:
David Plouffe: Dems have momentum going into recess — David Plouffe, White House senior adviser, sent a fiery memo to House and Senate Democrats late Friday urging them to use the August recess to echo President Barack Obama's message to middle-class families that “he is on their side …
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The Hill
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Obama praises Olympic athletes — President Barack Obama morphed into the first fan in his weekly radio address broadcast Saturday, praising the nation's Olympic athletes competing in London. — The flag-waving continues the president's effort to tether himself to popular winning Olympians …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Buying up all the free speech they can find — This story in Mother Jones about the small handful of gazillionares who are trying to buy the election is astonishing. I honestly don't know how anyone can call this democracy anymore. — Click over to read the story, but here are the accompanying charts.
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Questions and Observations
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Kim Chandler / The Birmingham:
Updated: Former Gov. Don Siegelman sentenced to 78 months in prison (slideshow and video) — MONTGOMERY, Alabama — A federal judge this afternoon sentenced former Gov. Don Siegelman to 78 months in prison. — U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller handed down the sentence …
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Politico
Bloomberg:
Does Mitt Romney Have a Problem Being Wealthy? — Having money, on balance, is a net positive in life, but studies of happiness caution that great wealth doesn't necessarily improve well-being. — For Mitt Romney, it may actually be an impediment. In his campaign for president …
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The Atlantic Online
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Cass Sunstein to Leave Top Regulatory Post — WASHINGTON — Cass R. Sunstein, who wielded enormous power as the White House overseer of federal regulation, came to Washington to test his theories of human behavior and economic efficiency in the laboratory of the federal government.
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Power Line, The Huffington Post, Washington Monthly, The Atlantic Wire, The White House and Washington Post
Agence France Presse:
Double amputee Pistorius makes Olympic history — South Africa's Oscar Pistorius made history on Saturday when he became the first double amputee to compete in an athletics event at the Olympics. — The 25-year-old qualified for the semi-finals of the 400 metres by running a season's best of 45.44 seconds in finishing second.
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Althouse
The Looking Spoon Blog:
Liberal Supervillains — A while back I posted some match-ups for conservative women and superheroines (see them here) with the promise to follow up with liberal super villains. The premise is simple (and in this case, easy to make), match up a liberal to a villain in pop culture.
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The Lonely Conservative and Doug Ross
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
RNC sends DNC 'you didn't bake this' Obama birthday cake — The Republican National Committee sent a birthday cake to the Democratic National Committee on Friday. The cake reads, “you didn't bake this” over a picture of President Obama. Icing text reads, “Happy birthday, Mr. President.”
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Olivier Knox / ABCNEWS:
Republicans deliver 'You Didn't Bake This' Obama cake
Republicans deliver 'You Didn't Bake This' Obama cake
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Politico, Mediaite, The Hill and iOwnTheWorld.com