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Christine Delargy / CBS News:
“60 Minutes”: Romney, Ryan answer critics of Medicare position — CBS News chief Washington correspondent and anchor of “Face the Nation” Bob Schieffer sat down with Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan on Sunday for their first interview since the Republican presidential nominee announced Ryan as his running mate.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
GOP again turns to Kristol ball — Once again, Bill Kristol gets his way — and once again, watch out. — For two consecutive presidential cycles now, the founding editor of the Weekly Standard has successfully led the conservative media drumbeat for a bold vice presidential pick: In 2008 …
James Downie / Washington Post:
No, Paul Ryan is not ‘courageous’ — Across the political spectrum, even among many liberals who otherwise are rubbing their hands with glee over Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his running mate, pundits and politicians are praising Romney's move as a “courageous” and “bold” pick.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Informed Comment and The New Republic
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Romney finds safety in CBS and Schieffer — Mitt Romney rarely ventures into the network television interview. When he does, he chooses the safest option on the table: Bob Schieffer. — For the second time this cycle, Romney has given an exclusive, in-person interview to the CBS anchor and …
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Romney Picked Ryan Over Advisers' Early Doubts — A high risk pick, driven by the candidate. “Everybody was against” Ryan, says a top Republican. — Image by SAUL LOEB / Getty Images — Mitt Romney appears to have picked Paul Ryan as his running mate over the objections of top political advisors …
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2012 Decoded, Politico, Washington Monthly and Balloon Juice
Joan Walsh / Salon:
Paul Ryan: Randian poseur — Mitt Romney couldn't have chosen a better example of the fakery at the heart of today's GOP — Paul Ryan was born into a well-to-do Janesville, Wisc. family, part of the so-called “Irish mafia” that's run the city's construction industry since the 19th century.
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American Power, Hullabaloo and BuzzFeed
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
A view of Ryan from Florida — Here's the front page of the Miami Herald today, with an unsubtle headline about what Paul Ryan could mean for Mitt Romney in a critical battleground. — It appears as Ryan's appearance in the state alongside Romney, planned for tomorrow, was redirected to Iowa.
CNN:
Emotional homecoming for Ryan — Waukesha, Wisconsin (CNN) - The Republican presidential ticket capped off a whirlwind swing-state tour with an emotional outdoor rally Sunday night in Wisconsin. — Supporters in Rep. Paul Ryan's home state gave their native son a hero's welcome …
Wall Street Journal:
Ryan Pick Jolts Race — Romney's Choice Energizes GOP; Democrats Pounce on Move … Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his new running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, greeted supporters in Mooresville, N.C., on Sunday. — MOORESVILLE, N.C.—Allies of the two presidential candidates moved Sunday …
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Politico, Washington Post, Examiner, The Daily Banter, Oregon Daily Emerald, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and Firedoglake
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Paul Ryan Only Passed 2 Bills Into Law In More Than A Decade
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Los Angeles Times, Power Line, Mediaite and Washington Post
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama Welcomes ‘Ideological Leader’ Paul Ryan to Race
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Questions and Observations, Little Green Footballs, ABCNEWS, CNN and Politico
Ginger Gibson / Politico:
Paul Ryan greeted as hometown hero
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First Read, The Gateway Pundit, CNN and Moe Lane
John Roberts / Fox News:
John McCain, Debbie Wasserman Schultz react to Paul Ryan joining GOP ticket
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Scared Monkeys, Washington Examiner and The Hill
Ginger Gibson / Politico:
Enthusiasm greets ticket in N.C.
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CNN, JSOnline, Marooned In Marin, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, ABCNEWS, Scared Monkeys, New York Times, JOSHUAPUNDIT and New York Magazine
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Republicans Who Criticized Obama As Foreign Policy Novice, Say Romney's Missing Experience Is A Plus
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Hullabaloo and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Newt: No more objections to Ryan plan
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American Spectator, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Hill
Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION — YOU SEE IT FIRST RIGHT HERE — “...Everything I said at the 2008 convention about then-candidate Obama still stands today, and in fact the predictions made about the very unqualified and inexperienced Community Organizer's plans to …
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Michelle Obama: Barack's not a ‘superhero’ — “He's not a superhero; he's a human. So he needs your help,” the First Lady said. AP Photo — Close — First Lady Michelle Obama says her husband isn't a “superhero” and that President Barack Obama will need all the help he can get in order to be reelected.
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama camp: 1,000 attended ‘half-full’ fundraiser
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Emily Schultheis / Politico:
POLITICO-GW Battleground Poll: Tied up — The race for the White House remained in a dead heat just before Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his running mate, a new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground poll finds. — The poll, conducted in the days leading up to the Ryan announcement …
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