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3:50 PM ET, August 7, 2012

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Drudge Report:
OBAMA: ROMNEY WANTS VP PETRAEUS  —  President Obama whispered to a top fundraiser this week that he believes GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney wants to name Gen. David Petraeus to the VP slot!  —  “The president wasn't joking,” the insider explains to the DRUDGE REPORT.
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CNN:
Koch brothers slam ‘guy who makes obscene gestures with a monkey’  —  (CNN) - Actor Zach Galifianakis may be known for his less-than family-friendly sense of humor, but billionaires David and Charles Koch demonstrated Tuesday they don't find him so funny.  —  The comedian is co-starring …
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 …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House: Romney welfare attacks ‘blatantly dishonest’  —  The White House blasted back at the Romney campaign's attacks on the president's welfare policies Tuesday, with White House press secretary Jay Carney dismissing the criticisms as “categorically false” and “blatantly dishonest.”
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama ahead in Colorado
Discussion: The Hill
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Romney's Welfare Gambit
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama slightly ahead in NC
Discussion: Firedoglake
CNN:
Obama debuts ‘Romney Hood’
Patrick O'Connor / Washington Wire:   Romney Attacks Obama on Welfare Mandates
Jacob E. Osterhout / NY Daily News:
Zach Galifianakis talks real politics in connection with his movie ‘The Campaign’
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.
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Woman mentioned in Priorities ad died in '06  —  The pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action lobbed a heavy-duty attack at Mitt Romney this morning, airing an ad that links the closure of a GST Steel plant in Kansas City to the loss of a family's health insurance — and the death of a woman some time later.
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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.
Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama: 'I'm not the president of black America'  —  President Obama addresses the criticism that he hasn't done enough for the black community in an interview with Black Enterprise magazine:
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Derek T. Dingle / Black Enterprise:
Oval Office Interview with President Barack Obama
Discussion: Mediaite
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Four Pinocchios for Harry Reid's claim about Mitt Romney's taxes  —  “The word's out that he [Romney] hasn't paid any taxes for 10 years.”  —  Reid has generated a lot of controversy with his claim that presumptive GOP nominee did not pay any taxes for 10 years.
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Politico:
Harry Reid not releasing his own tax returns
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 …
Bridget Willard / Twitchy:
Left, duped by Onion parody, condemns Michele Bachmann for reaction to shooting … More than a few shocked readers of The Onion today called Rep. Michele Bachmann's callous reaction to the shootings in Oak Creek, Wis., “unbelievable.”  Bachmann's relief that “not a single American died in this event” …
Byron Tau / Politico:
Papa John's: Health law hurts prices  —  Pizza chain Papa John's told shareholders that President Obama's health care law will cost consumers more on their pizza.  —  On a conference call last week, CEO and founder John Schnatter (a Mitt Romney supporter and fundraiser) …
Discussion: Mediaite
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Republicans Blasted Obama Administration For Warning About Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism  —  The gunman in the shooting at a Sikh temple over the weekend has been labeled a potential domestic terrorist — defined as one who incites politically-motivated violence against his or her own country.
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: protein wisdom and Power Line
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.
Wendy Ruderman / New York Times:
In Police Pat-Downs, Many Women See Sexual Overtones  —  Shari Archibald's black handbag sat at her feet on the sidewalk in front of her Bronx home on a recent summer night.  The two male officers crouched over her leather bag and rooted around inside, elbow-deep.
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Save Political Debate.  Bring Back ‘Crossfire.’  —  Cable-television shows about politics are often blamed for polarizing Americans.  To this way of thinking, they are responsible for much of the incivility of today's political culture and have made it harder for us to work together to solve our problems.
Anthony Breznican / Inside Movies:
FIRST LOOK: Daniel Day-Lewis embodies ‘Lincoln’ in Steven Spielberg's historical drama  —  Penny for your thoughts?  —  Long-range paparazzi (and the occasional sneaky fellow diner) grabbed snapshots of Daniel Day-Lewis as he was shooting Steven Spielberg's Lincoln last fall.
Hemant Mehta / Friendly Atheist:
Illinois Family Institute Issues Ridiculous Back-To-School Warnings for Parents  —  Before you go back to school, the Illinois Family Institute wants to remind Christian parents everywhere how they can go after those damn teachers who challenge students' thinking.  —  No joke.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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.
 
 
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
NOM Is Still Protesting General Mills, Now For Supporting Healthy Living
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Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg:
NRA Sought Donations in Days After Colorado Shootings
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court tosses warrantless wiretapping suit
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How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
A difference beyond question
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
No Olympic gold for Romney horse
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Former Republican Governor: Romney Is Afraid To Stand Up To His Right-Wing Base
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CNN Smears Political Right, Labels Wisconsin Shooter's Racist Neo-Nazi Band as ‘Far Right’
 

 
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