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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Romney spokesperson cites Massachusetts health law — A Mitt Romney spokesperson offered an unusual counterattack Tuesday to an ad in which a laid-off steelworker blames the presumptive GOP nominee for his family losing health care: If that family had lived in Massachusetts …
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Team Obama denies knowing story of man in its TV ad, call — When President Obama's aides said they weren't familiar with former Missouri steelworker Joe Soptic's life story, all they had to do was check their own campaign archives. — Soptic, laid off from Bain Capital-owned GST Steel …
Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Moment All the Doubts About Romney Resurfaced on the Right — Priorities USA was damaging itself and Barack Obama over its mind numbingly insane ad painting Mitt Romney as a killer. — Then the Romney campaign decided to sabotage itself with a mind numbingly bit of spin that may mark the day the Romney campaign died.
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Busted: Team Obama Caught in Blatant Lie About ‘Cancer’ Ad — Step one - The Obama campaign claims no knowledge of Joe Soptic's story while refusing to denounce a shockingly offensive and false political ad produced by their former colleague's pro-Obama SuperPAC: … Step two - The coordinated lie goes down in flames:
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Moe Lane, Business Insider, Politico, National Review and ABCNEWS
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama: Mitt Romney wants to take women back to policies of the '50s — President Obama on Wednesday accused Republicans of wanting to take the nation “back to policies more suited to the 1950s than the 21st century” during a campaign stop aimed at securing support from women.
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CNN, Politico, JOSHUAPUNDIT and The Reaction
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Has the Obama Campaign Finally Gone Too Far?
Has the Obama Campaign Finally Gone Too Far?
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The Gateway Pundit and Ed Driscoll
Gregory Simmons / ABCNEWS:
VP Shortlister Rob Portman Comes Out Swinging in Colorado
VP Shortlister Rob Portman Comes Out Swinging in Colorado
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First Read, Washington Post and ABCNEWS
Pema Levy / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Team Romney Scares Conservatives By Touting ‘Romneycare’
TPM2012 — Team Romney Scares Conservatives By Touting ‘Romneycare’
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New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo and The Maddow Blog
Olivier Knox / ABCNEWS:
Obama campaign: Don't blame us for ad blaming Romney for cancer death
Obama campaign: Don't blame us for ad blaming Romney for cancer death
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Politico, The Page, Balloon Juice and CNN
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Economists to Romney campaign: That's not what our research says — On Tuesday, the Romney campaign responded to the fire it's taking from economic analysts by unleashing some artillery of their own. They released a paper by four decorated economists associated with the campaign …
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The Maddow Blog, The Political Carnival and Taking Note
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Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
The Romney campaign says stimulus doesn't work. Here are the studies they left out.
The Romney campaign says stimulus doesn't work. Here are the studies they left out.
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Joan Biskupic / Reuters:
Exclusive: Justice Ginsburg shrugs off rib injury — (Reuters) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 79, the eldest member of the bench and leader of its liberal wing, said she cracked two ribs in June but met all her work obligations and remains committed to staying on the court at least three more years.
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Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
The Court at the Olympics — Many people are celebrating the achievements of American women at the London Olympics, where women exceed men in the number of athletes on the United States team and have walked away with an impressive number of gold medals. And many have noted the connection between …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Ariz. immigration checks could start
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Report: Rep. Steve King mulling bill to repeal everything Obama has signed — Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), an outspoken critic of just about everything President Obama supports, is considering introducing a bill that would repeal everything Obama has signed into law.
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Bill Shea / Messenger News:
King plans immigration order lawsuit
King plans immigration order lawsuit
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BuzzFeed:
Romney Chased By Jewish Wedding Party On Harrowing Drive Through New Jersey — Reporters are taken for an exciting ride — including 90+ MPH speeds and an Orthodox Jewish wedding. This bride is pissed. — Image by Charles Dharapak / AP — Mitt Romney's motorcade took a harrowing drive through New Jersey this afternoon.
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Politicker, Indecision Forever and JOSHUAPUNDIT
TechPresident:
GAME OVER: WIKIPEDIA LOCKS DOWN POTENTIAL VP PAGES IN RESPONSE TO COLBERT MISCHIEF-MAKING — The act of observing something can sometimes change the thing being observed. Case in point: my observation on Monday that we might be able to get useful clues as to the identity …
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Started Bain Capital With Money From Families Tied To Death Squads … FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Arena Party, El Salvador, Mitt Romney Bain Capital, Roberto D'Aubuisson, Bain Capital, Death Squads, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney Bain Investors …
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Deborah Charles / Reuters:
Obama's lead over Romney grows despite voters' pessimism — (Reuters) - Americans are increasingly pessimistic about the future but voters do not seem to be holding it against Democratic President Barack Obama, who slightly expanded his lead over Republican rival Mitt Romney this month, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll says.
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Ballot Box, theGrio, Business Insider and The Moderate Voice
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Perry Chiaramonte / Fox News:
White House told authorities not to crack down on ‘Occupy’ protesters, documents show — The Obama administration told law enforcement authorities to go easy on Occupy Wall Street protesters, even though they were violating local laws, according to documents obtained by watchdog group Judicial Watch.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Over 100 Million Now Receiving Federal Welfare — A new chart set to be released later today by the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee details a startling statistic: “Over 100 Million People in U.S. Now Receiving Some Form Of Federal Welfare.” — “The federal government …
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The Lonely Conservative and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Incentive to Slow Climate Change Drives Output of Harmful Gases — RANJIT NAGAR, India — When the United Nations wanted to help slow climate change, it established what seemed a sensible system. — Industrial gases were rated based on their power to warm the atmosphere.
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Mother Jones and Althouse
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Obama's welfare debacle — Mitt Romney is hammering President Obama on welfare reform, and for good reason. The 1996 welfare reform legislation was overwhelmingly popular, was a great bipartisan achievement, stands as a policy success and comports with Americans' deepest values about personal responsibility and the work ethic.
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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Let's Have a Maximum Income — Rich people across the Western world are anxiously watching France, where president Francois Hollande is vowing to raise the top tax rate—on earnings over $1.2 million a year—to 75 percent. Tres bien, Mr. Hollande. The problem with this otherwise fine idea …
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Obama Is an Avid Reader, and Critic, of the News — WASHINGTON — A few months after President Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus package passed, he began to notice news reports, but not about the jobs the bill might create or how much of the country's infrastructure it would repair.
New York Post:
Jewish gal shows up IOC with a gold salute to Munich 11 — It wasn't a gloved-fist salute from the medal stand, but Jewish-American gymnast Aly Raisman made quite a statement yesterday by winning a gold medal and invoking the memory of the Israeli athletes killed 40 years ago in Munich.
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JOSHUAPUNDIT, Swampland, Taylor Marsh and Althouse
Miriam Elder / Guardian:
Pussy Riot trial hears closing statement — Punk band's members claim they are freer than those carrying out their prosecution as judge sets 17 August for verdict — Three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot said Vladimir Putin's Russia was the one on trial as they delivered closing arguments …
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Steve Erickson / American Prospect:
The GOP's Kamikaze Candidate — I spent most of July in the upper Midwest and was reminded that not everyone in America passes the summer fixated on politics. They go to the beach, catch fish, grill burgers, eat ice cream, try to stay cool, see The Dark Knight Rises without recognizing …
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TBogg and Booman Tribune
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
One night in Rob Portman's haunted hotel — LEBANON, Ohio—The sun is setting on this small town in southwest Ohio, and when darkness reigns, strange things happen at the Golden Lamb Inn. Or so I'm told. — The Inn, owned by the family of Ohio Sen. Rob Portman for the better part of the last century …
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Crooks and Liars, FishbowlDC, Mediaite and The Other McCain
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Elizabeth Warren daughter secretly behind effort by Mass to register 500k welfare recipients (Update - Court docs added) — The news broke today that Massachusetts has taken extraordinary efforts in response to a lawsuit by a former ACORN affiliated, Soros-funded group to register 500,000 welfare recipients …
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ThinkProgress, Boston Herald and Jammie Wearing Fools
Alexandra Zawia / Hollywood Reporter:
Harry Belafonte on Capitalism, Media Moguls and His Disappointment With Jay-Z and Beyonce (Q&A) — At the Locarno Film Festival to pick up the Golden Leopard Honor Award, the singer and actor also talks about his fears of a Fourth Reich and why Mitt Romney shouldn't be president.
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theGrio, Mediaite, Associated Press and The Hinterland Gazette
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Morning Jay: The Race Is Romney's to Win — The conventional wisdom in the presidential race is that President Obama is a clear favorite. We hear this from the pundits in the press, we see it in the InTrade odds, and various predictive models built around the polling averages tell us this.
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