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11:45 AM ET, August 7, 2012

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Jeb Bush / CNN:
Santorum, Bush, Paul to speak at GOP convention  —  (CNN) - Rick Santorum, who emerged as Mitt Romney's fiercest competitor for the Republican presidential nomination, will speak at the Republican National Convention, a senior GOP official tells CNN.  —  The former Pennsylvania senator …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Romney launches new attack on Obama over welfare  —  WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Mitt Romney's campaign is launching a new offensive on Tuesday accusing President Obama of “unilaterally dismantling” the 1990s bipartisan welfare reform.  —  On the campaign trail beginning Tuesday in Illinois …
CNN:
Romney set to assail Obama for welfare changes  —  (CNN) - Changes to welfare pushed by President Barack Obama's administration are providing his Republican challenger Mitt Romney with material for a new round of attacks, including a television ad released Tuesday.
Mittromney / YouTube:
Right Choice  —  mittromney Subscribe Subscribed Unsubscribe  —  In 1996, President Clinton signed bipartisan legislation to reform welfare by requiring work.  Sixteen years later, President Obama quietly gutted this landmark law.  Mitt Romney will restore the bipartisan reforms to welfare …
2012 Republican National Convention:
RNC Chairman Priebus Announces Additional Republican Convention Headliners
First Read:   Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate, John Brunner, left, Sarah Steelman, center …
CNN:
TRENDING: Obama debuts ‘Romney Hood’
CNN:
Democratic Convention touts first ever mobile app
Discussion: Politico and ABCNEWS
TheBlaze.com:
OBAMA'S COLLEGE CLASSMATE: ‘THE OBAMA SCANDAL IS AT COLUMBIA’  —  I am President Obama's classmate at Columbia University, Class of '83.  I am also one of the most accurate Las Vegas oddsmakers and prognosticators.  Accurate enough that I was awarded my own star on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars.
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Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Harry Reid: Says Mitt Romney did not pay taxes for 10 years.
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Keep Chuckin' Those Facts!
Discussion: Mediaite
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
WH Sidesteps Reid Vs. Romney Tax Return Controversy
Elaine Quijano / CBS News:
Sikh temple gunman Wade Michael Page was a “gentle and kind and loving” child, stepmom says  —  (CBS News) OAK CREEK, Wis. - Investigators are looking into possible white supremacist links to the gunman who killed six people and wounded three at a Sikh temple outside Milwaukee before being killed in a shootout with police.
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Pat Robertson Concludes Sikh Temple Shooting Because ‘Atheists Hate God’
Discussion: rightwingwatch.org and Shakesville
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
When 1,099 felons vote in race won by 312 ballots  —  Popular in Politics  —  In the eyes of the Obama administration, most Democratic lawmakers, and left-leaning editorial pages across the country, voter fraud is a problem that doesn't exist.  Allegations of fraud, they say …
Micah L. Sifry / TechPresident:
How to Spot Romney's Vice President Pick in Advance  —  The Romney campaign wants you to download its mobile app to be among the first to find out who Mitt is going to pick as his running mate, but if past history is any guide, you might want to instead be looking at Wikipedia …
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Emails: Geithner, Treasury drove cutoff of non-union Delphi workers' pensions  —  Emails obtained by The Daily Caller show that the U.S. Treasury Department, led by Timothy Geithner, was the driving force behind terminating the pensions of 20,000 salaried retirees at the Delphi auto parts manufacturing company.
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Former Bain worker slams Mitt  —  The Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action is unveiling perhaps the harshest, most personal ad of the 2012 presidential race, featuring a former worker at a Bain-owned company talking about the death of his wife after their family lost health insurance.
Discussion: CNN and Taylor Marsh
Tiffany Hsu / Los Angeles Times:
Gay activists counter Chick-fil-A with Starbucks appreciation day  —  LGBT activists are planning to swarm Starbucks on Tuesday in a counter-effort to last week's Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day.  (Vino Wong / Atlanta Journal-Constitution )  —  Gay marriage activists are planning to swarm Starbucks …
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Jesse Bering / Slate:   The Prideful, Arrogant President of Chick-fil-A
Fred Krupp / Wall Street Journal:
A New Climate-Change Consensus  —  It's time for conservatives to compete with liberals to devise the best, most cost-effective climate solutions.  —  One scorching summer doesn't confirm that climate change is real any more than a white Christmas proves it's a hoax.
Discussion: Power Line
New York Times:
Hospital Chain Inquiry Cited Unnecessary Cardiac Work  —  In the summer of 2010, a troubling letter reached the chief ethics officer of the hospital giant HCA, written by a former nurse at one of the company's hospitals in Florida.  —  In a follow-up interview, the nurse said a doctor …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Romney should not be afraid to highlight his faith  —  Concerning Mormons and Republicans, history offers a large helping of irony.  In 1843, an Army officer named John C. Fremont led a geographical expedition of 39 men more than 1,700 miles to the shores of the Great Salt Lake.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Eschaton
Diana Reese / Washington Post:
Sarah Palin: Mama grizzlies united  —  CLEVELAND, Mo—Sarah Palin did not disappoint.  —  The crowd cheered and applauded repeatedly during her speech here Friday night, from her opening remarks about “mama grizzlies” on the Missouri state flag to her promise to stop at the local Chick-fil-A for a midnight snack.
Discussion: nation.foxnews.com
Erik Schelzig / Christian Science Monitor:
Gibson Guitar Corporation admits to importing endangered wood  —  Gibson Guitar Corporation acknowledged Monday that its importations of exotic wood, including ebony, violated environmental laws.  Federal prosecutors will drop criminal charges against Gibson Guitar Corporation …
 
 
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Wendy Ruderman / New York Times:
In Police Pat-Downs, Many Women See Sexual Overtones
San Francisco Chronicle:
Fire at Chevron refinery in Richmond
Discussion: L.A. NOW, The Raw Story and U.S. News
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Save Political Debate. Bring Back ‘Crossfire.’
Felix Salmon:
Chart of the day, HFT edition
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Mother Jones
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
EXCLUSIVE: Kimberlin Associate Neal Rauhauser Accuses Brandon Darby of Fake SWAT Calls, ‘Obstruction of Justice’
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Former Republican Governor: Romney Is Afraid To Stand Up To His Right-Wing Base
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Neil Barofsky / The Great Debate:
Tim Geithner's principal hypocrisy
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Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
In Weak Economy, an Opening to Court Votes of Single Women
BuzzFeed:
Teachers Union Accuses Campbell Brown Of “Blood Libel”
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Eduwonk
Matt Hadro / NewsBusters.org blogs:
CNN Smears Political Right, Labels Wisconsin Shooter's Racist Neo-Nazi Band as ‘Far Right’
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Study: One-third of doctors wouldn't take new Medicaid patients last year
 

 
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
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