memeorandum: Is Obama Slipping? (John Hinderaker/Power Line)

12:00 PM ET, August 4, 2012

Top Items:

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.

Discussion: Ballot Box, BuzzFeed, Booman Tribune and Politico

Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:

Jenna Jameson Endorses Mitt Romney: 'When You're Rich, You Want A Republican In Office' … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Jenna Jameson, Mitt Romney Endorsements, Election 2012, Jenna Jameson Mitt Romney, Jenna Jameson Romney …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Hullabaloo, The Democratic Daily, Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, JOSHUAPUNDIT and Mediaite

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

Is Obama Slipping? — The media-formerly-known-as-mainstream are doing their best -as a commentator who is more outspoken than I am put it-to “drag Barack Obama's sorry ass across the finish line.” We see this every day; a particularly egregious example was the press coverage of Mitt Romney's excellent trip overseas.

Discussion: The Other McCain, GayPatriot, Daily Kos and Washington Post

Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Heeding critics, Mitt sharpens pitch for long run

Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Monthly, ABCNEWS and NationalJournal.com

Zombie / The PJ Tatler:

Chick-fil-A Kiss-In, Hollywood: The Pictures — Ringo of Ringo's Pictures is at the Chick-fil-A in Hollywood this evening, documenting the “kiss-in” called for by gay marriage supporters to protest statements by Chick-fil-A's owners. — But you know about that already.

Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ, TMZ.com, Weasel Zippers and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Chick-fil-A ‘Kiss in’ protest small compared to appreciation day

Discussion: Hot Air

Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Romney: Chick-Fil-A, Huma Abedin ‘not ... part of my campaign’

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Bark Bark Woof Woof, Washington Monthly and Towleroad News #gay

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Herman Cain: Gays Protesting Chick-fil-A Are Just Seeking Attention

Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots, The New Civil Rights Movement and Towleroad News #gay

Mike Opelka / TheBlaze.com:
EXCLUSIVE: THEBLAZE INTERVIEWS THE GUY FIRED FOR BERATING A CHICK-FIL-A EMPLOYEE (UPDATED WITH QUOTES)

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Fire Andrea Mitchell!, Joe. My. God., Arizona Daily Star and Little Green Footballs

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 …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and The Hill

CNN:

Cantor accuses Obama, Democrats of supporting a ‘tax hike’ — (CNN) - House Majority Leader Eric Cantor hit President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats on Saturday for supporting a “tax hike” in the ongoing dispute over who should benefit from an extension of Bush-era tax breaks.

Discussion: Politico

Alexis Levinson / The Daily Caller:

Tenn. Democratic Party disavows its own US Senate nominee — The Tennessee Democratic Party disavowed its own U.S. Senate nominee Friday, announcing that he is “associated with a known hate group” — in this case, a conservative advocacy organization. — Mark Clayton won Tuesday's Democratic primary …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Mediaite

Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Dems Nominate Anti-Gay Conspiracy Theorist for Senate

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Tennessean.com, Towleroad News #gay, Ballot Box, Washington Monthly, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Nashville Scene and Wonkette

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.”

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Politico, JOSHUAPUNDIT, The PJ Tatler and White House.gov Blog

Olivier Knox / ABCNEWS:
Republicans deliver 'You Didn't Bake This' Obama cake

Discussion: Mediaite, The Hill and iOwnTheWorld.com

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.

Discussion: Mother Jones

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.

Discussion: Power Line, Washington Monthly, The Huffington Post, The Atlantic Wire, The White House and Washington Post

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.

Discussion: The Lonely Conservative and Doug Ross