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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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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.
Investor's Business Daily:
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 …
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 / Reuters:
The disappearing undecided voter — President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney would like to win over undecided voters — but there just aren't many of them left. — So in a super-tight election year, the campaigns are focusing more on appealing to their base voters than on winning new converts …
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Politico and First Read
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 and GOP 12
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Has the Obama Campaign Finally Gone Too Far?
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
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Team Obama denies knowing story of man in its TV ad, call
Team Obama denies knowing story of man in its TV ad, call
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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
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, The Page and Balloon Juice
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
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
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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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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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
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, CNN, GOP 12, Politico and New York Magazine
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
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 and Althouse
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 …
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
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Jon Stewart Rips ‘Conservatives And Their Media Division’ (Fox News) For Exaggerating Voter Fraud — Jon Stewart took on the issue of voter fraud tonight, an epidemic he deemed to be “bigger than ringworm and less than Bieber fever.” He noticed how many conservatives have been warning …
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The Raw Story
Melanie Grayce West / Wall Street Journal:
Breast-Cancer Group Shakes Up Ranks — Susan G. Komen for the Cure shook up its top ranks Wednesday, announcing the resignation of its president and creating a new figurehead role for its founder, even as it looked to fill other senior positions in the wake of a controversial decision involving Planned Parenthood.
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KING-TV, Associated Press, Taylor Marsh, New York Magazine and LifeNews.com
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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UrbanGrounds, The Gateway Pundit and The Lonely Conservative
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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Taking Note, The Political Carnival, Ricochet Conversations Feed, AEIdeas and The Maddow Blog
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Editor Fired Following Harassment Accusation — CONWAY, Ark. — The gathering, Marc Smirnoff said, was intended as a morale-boosting retreat for his staff at The Oxford American magazine, a July 4 overnight party at a mountain cabin that would fuel the creative intellect.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Inside Higher Ed
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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Washington Monthly and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Bill Shea / Messenger News:
King plans immigration order lawsuit
King plans immigration order lawsuit
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Politico, Zandar Versus The Stupid, ThinkProgress, The Raw Story and The PJ Tatler