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Obama's Campaign of Lies Reaches Despicable Low — Politics: Unable to run on his record, President Hope-and-Change has built a campaign based entirely on scurrilous lies about Mitt Romney. But the latest reaches a historic, despicable low. — That ad features a man claiming …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
OMG!... Joe Soptic, the Anti-Romney Cancer Ad Steelworker, Admits Bain Capital Offered Him a Buyout (Video) — On Tuesday the pro-Barack Obama super PAC Priorities USA unleashed an awful ad that put blame on presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney for the death of a steel worker's wife.
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Wall Street Journal, Scared Monkeys, The Jawa Report, American Power, The Virginian and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Super-PAC founder defends controversial Romney attack ad — The founder of the pro-Obama super-PAC Priorities USA Action defended the group's controversial ad that links Mitt Romney to the death of woman who couldn't afford cancer treatments. — “The point of this ad is that — you know …
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Jammie Wearing Fools
Olivier Knox / Yahoo! News:
Obama camp denies knowledge of cancer tale it told in May
Obama camp denies knowledge of cancer tale it told in May
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New York Magazine and CNN
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Wait a Minute: Joe Soptic's Wife Wasn't Even Diagnosed With Cancer Until 2006?
Wait a Minute: Joe Soptic's Wife Wasn't Even Diagnosed With Cancer Until 2006?
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The Gateway Pundit and Ed Driscoll
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Has the Obama Campaign Finally Gone Too Far?
Has the Obama Campaign Finally Gone Too Far?
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Taylor Marsh and Hot Air
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Busted: Team Obama Caught in Blatant Lie About ‘Cancer’ Ad
Busted: Team Obama Caught in Blatant Lie About ‘Cancer’ Ad
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Moe Lane, National Review and Washington Examiner
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, CNN, Balloon Juice and The Page
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.
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Jason Linkins / The Huffington Post:
Andrea Saul, Romney Spox, Gets Pilloried For Mentioning Candidate's Most Important Achievement
Andrea Saul, Romney Spox, Gets Pilloried For Mentioning Candidate's Most Important Achievement
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Crooks and Liars
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Romney moves to embrace ‘Romneycare’
Romney moves to embrace ‘Romneycare’
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Los Angeles Times, Business Insider, The New Republic, First Read, Daily Kos and The Daily Beast
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Romney spokesperson cites Massachusetts health law
Romney spokesperson cites Massachusetts health law
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Josh Tyrangiel / Business Week:
Exclusive Romney Interview: On Humility and Tax Returns — Much of the case you make to voters is that you're a successful entrepreneur and a successful executive, and thus you'll make a successful president. Why were you so successful as a businessman? — Well, I had the privilege …
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New York Magazine
Wall Street Journal:
Why Not Paul Ryan? — Romney can win a big election over big issues. He'll lose a small one. — The whispering over Mitt Romney's choice of a running mate is getting louder, and along with it we are being treated to the sotto voce angst of the GOP establishment: Whatever else Mitt does …
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First Read, CNN, ABCNEWS, Politico, USA Today, ABCNEWS, Capital New York, No More Mister Nice Blog, GOP 12, JSOnline, Hot Air and Washington Post
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Women, white people: Is that what campaign 2012 is coming down to? — President Obama appeals to women by pushing the issue of access to contraceptives, while Mitt Romney accuses him of watering down welfare reform — an issue that tends to stir up feelings about race among whites.
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The Agonist
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The White House:
Remarks by the President at Campaign Event — Denver, CO
Remarks by the President at Campaign Event — Denver, CO
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The Caucus, The Maddow Blog, Mediaite and U.S. News
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama: Mitt Romney wants to take women back to policies of the '50s
Obama: Mitt Romney wants to take women back to policies of the '50s
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Reuters, CNN, Politico, JOSHUAPUNDIT and The Reaction
Daily Mail:
Man who claimed he was beaten for being gay admits he made it all up after police receive video of him hitting HIS OWN head after back-flipping off a curb — A young man who told police he was beaten up in a would-be hate crime appeared in court today admitting that he made the entire incident up.
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The Virginian
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Romney Campaign Carefully Chooses Speakers for Convention — TAMPA, Fla. — Newt Gingrich hoped to get a coveted speaking slot at the Republican National Convention. Instead the Romney campaign will have him teach a series of workshops they have nicknamed Newt University.
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Media Decoder, Booman Tribune, CNN, Politico, GOP 12 and New York Magazine
KING-TV:
Susan G. Komen for the Cure announces change in leadership — The Susan G. Komen for the Cure shook up its top leadership Wednesday by announcing the resignation of its president and shifting role for its CEO and founder. Two members of its Board of Directors also announced their resignations.
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Daily Kos, U.S. News and Balloon Juice
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Melanie Grayce West / Wall Street Journal:
Breast-Cancer Group Shakes Up Ranks
Breast-Cancer Group Shakes Up Ranks
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Associated Press, Taylor Marsh, New York Magazine and LifeNews.com
New York Times:
Chilling Effect: Incentive to Slow Climate Change Drives Output of Harmful Gases — A view of a coolant-producing factory in Jiangsu Province, China. Some manufacturers of gases used in air-conditioning and refrigeration have earned millions by accumulating emissions credits from the destruction …
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Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, Mother Jones, Moe Lane, Hit & Run and Althouse
Jonathan Martin / WSMV-TV:
Vanderbilt employee accused of tossing LGBT newspapers — A longtime Vanderbilt University employee is in trouble after cameras caught her taking dozens of newspapers and tossing them straight into the trash. — The papers were editions of Out & About, a monthly publication geared toward Nashville's gay and lesbian community.
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PinkNews.co.uk, Joe. My. God. and ThinkProgress
Susan Saulny / New York Times:
Young in G.O.P. Erase the Lines on Social Issues — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Matt Hoagland, the county leader of a group of young North Carolina Republicans, is busy trying to ramp up enthusiasm for Mitt Romney at the grass-roots level. So there are a few things he avoids mentioning …
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Washington Wire and Towleroad News #gay
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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americanthinker.com, UrbanGrounds, The Gateway Pundit and The Lonely Conservative
Dawson Bell / Detroit Free Press:
Criminal charges coming Thursday in allegedly fraudulent McCotter petitions — Attorney General Bill Schuette is scheduled to announce criminal charges Thursday arising out of the investigation of allegedly fraudulent petitions submitted in the failed attempt to qualify former U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter for the ballot.
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Politico, Hotline On Call and Influence Alley
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Despite GOP protests, 9th Circuit to go through with costly Hawaii conference — Sens. Sessions, Grassley had complained that the conference could cost $1 million or more at a time of fiscal crisis. — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals told Senate Republicans late last week …
Bloomberg:
Blink! U.S. Debt Just Grew by $11 Trillion — By Laurence Kotlikoff and Scott Burns 2012-08-08T22:30:26Z — Republicans and Democrats spent last summer battling how best to save $2.1 trillion over the next decade. They are spending this summer battling how best to not save $2.1 trillion over the next decade.
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Hot Air
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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Politico and New York Magazine
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Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
The Court at the Olympics