memeorandum: Mitt Romney's constitutional amendment would bar Paul Ryan from the presidency (Ezra Klein/Washington Post)

11:05 PM ET, August 13, 2012

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Catalina Camia / USA Today:

USAT/Gallup Poll: Paul Ryan gets low marks for VP — Americans don't believe Mitt Romney hit a home run with his choice of Paul Ryan as a running mate, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, with more of the public giving him lower marks than high ones. — Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman …

Matthew Yglesias / Slate:

Paul Ryan Used His Office To Profit From the Financial Crisis — Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, left, wipes away tears as he and presidential candidate Mitt Romney greet supporters during a campaign event on Sunday in Waukesha, Wis. — Let's put this in the “the real scandal is what's legal” file:

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Emily Goodin / Ballot Box:

GOP concerned Ryan could cost party House and Senate seats — Republicans strategists are worried that Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) addition to the presidential ticket will cost their party House and Senate seats this fall. — Their concern: Democrats will successfully demonize Ryan's budget plan …

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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Biden Invokes Paul Ryan's Deceased Father to Question VP Candidate's Values — Vice President Joe Biden invoked Paul Ryan's deceased father to question the Republican vice presidential candidate's values: — “My dad used to have another saying, for real,” Biden said.

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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:

Mitt Romney's constitutional amendment would bar Paul Ryan from the presidency — Three years ago, Mitt Romney proposed a constitutional amendment that would say “the president has to spend three years working in business before he becomes president of the United States.

Guy Benson / Townhall.com:

Brutal: CNN Torches DWS on Medicare Falsehoods — Let me say this right up front: Congratulations to Wolf Blitzer for being a relentless, responsible journalist. If you value the truth, this interview is a pleasure to watch. If you have even an ounce of human compassion for the in-over-her-head target …

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Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
What Paul Ryan's budget actually cuts — and by how much

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Eric Platt / Business Insider:
Paul Ryan's Bank Transactions Were Not Insider Trading

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BuzzFeed:
Romney's Three-Year Business Experience Requirement Would Disqualify His Own Running Mate

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Alexandra Sifferlin / CNN:
Paul Ryan's workout: Is P90X for you?

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J. Bradford DeLong / Brad DeLong:
Reflections on Paul Ryan's Transactions in Individual Bank Stocks in 2008

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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Near-Even Split on Ryan - But With Positive Movement

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Josh Glasstetter / rightwingwatch.org:
Paul Ryan Featured Alongside ‘Former Terrorist’

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Jim Geraghty / National Review: The Very Predictable Playbook Against Paul Ryan

Politico:

Paul Ryan's voting record: Big-spending conservatism — Paul Ryan rose to the top of the political ranks on his reputation as a conservative budget hawk. But his voting record shows him to be far from a pure fiscal conservative. — Ryan voted for the $700 billion bank bailout …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Orlando Sentinel:

Romney campaign cancels Monday visit to Orlando — Although Mitt Romney was supposed to visit Orlando on Monday, the campaign announced late Sunday that the presumed Republican presidential nominee was too exhausted to make the trip. — The news came after Romney spent what one campaign official …

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BuzzFeed:

New Senior Romney Advisor Called Ryan Entitlement Reform Plans “Irresponsible...A Bad Idea” — In the Bush years, Ryan wanted to go bigger on Social Security privatization. — Peter Wehner, a former aide to President George W. Bush announced he was joining the Romney campaign …

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Paul Krugman:

Romney/Ryan: The Real Target — So, let me clarify what I believe is really going on in the choice of Paul Ryan as VP nominee. It is not about satisfying the conservative base, which was motivated anyway by Obama-hatred; it is not about refocusing on the issues, because R&R are both determined …

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Matt Miller / Washington Post:
Understanding the Ryan plan

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BuzzFeed:
Romney Won't Say Where He Disagrees With Ryan On Medicare

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Jeff Spross / ThinkProgress:
Ron Wyden Pushes Back Against Being Linked To Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan

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Katie Glueck / Politico:
DNC chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz: I know Priorities is Democratic

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Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan - and their Wives! - Open Up to PEOPLE

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Paul Krugman:
The Ryan Role — Mark Kleiman points us to a lamentable …

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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Romney's presidential pick

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BuzzFeed:

Ryan Heckled At First Solo Event — A talk at the Iowa State Fair turns chaotic. Protester allegedly assaults volunteer. — Heckler at Ryan event in Des Moines, Iowa. — Source: p.twimg.com — DES MOINES, Iowa — Paul Ryan's remarks at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines today turned …

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Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
Paul Ryan's Iowa Speech Opens With Hecklers Getting Dragged Away And They Just Keep Coming

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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Hecklers in Iowa disrupt Ryan's first solo campaign event

Discussion: Politico and The Other McCain

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Presidential debate moderators announced — The Commission on Presidential Debates has decided on the moderators for this year's debates, sources confirm to POLITICO. — PBS's Jim Lehrer will host the first presidential debate on October 3 in Denver, Colo. CNN's Candy Crowley will host the second …

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Candy Crowley / CNN:
CNN Poll: What's most important to voters?

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Commission on Presidential Debates:
Format — The format for the debates, announced on July 25, 2012, will be:

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KBTX-TV:

Suspect in Custody, Shooting Near Highland and Fidelity Streets in College Station — News 3 crew on the scene has confirmed that more than one law enforcement officer has been shot in an incident near Fidelity Street in College Station. — A spokesperson for the College Station Police Department …

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CNN:
Gunman, constable, bystander killed in Texas shooting

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David Shepardson / detroitnews.com:

Treasury: U.S. to lose $25 billion on auto bailout — Washington -The Treasury Department says in a new report the government expects to lose more than $25 billion on the $85 billion auto bailout. That's 15 percent higher than its previous forecast. — In a monthly report sent to Congress on Friday …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Lisa de Moraes / Washington Post:

Archbishop Desmond Tutu protests NBC reality series ‘Stars Earn Stripes’ — Cast of “Stars Earn Stripes” (NBC - CHRIS HASTON/NBC) Nine Nobel Peace Laureates, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, have demanded NBC scrub its new reality series “Stars Earn Stripes” because, “war isn't entertainment.”

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Gawker and Mediaite

Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:

David Gregory, Do Your Freakin' Job! — Sweet Jesus, David Gregory, you have really shown that you are the most useless tool. — This is your show. You get paid enough money to be comfortably ensconced in the 1 percent. Do you think it would be too much effort for you to get off …

David Weigel / Slate:

Paul Ryan's Ayn Rand Reader: Lesson One … - One Thing the 2012 Dream Team Has On the 1992 Dream Team - Yglesias: Is Taco Bell Trying To Turn Itself Into Chipotle? - From Glenn Beck to Ira Glass: Great Magazine Stories About Talk Radio - You Won't Believe the Nasty Things Guys Say to Women Playing Video Games

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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
The Long Run: Family, Faith and Politics Describe Life of Paul Ryan

Discussion: The Atlantic Online and New York Magazine

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

Rick Perry Breaks With The NRA, Suggests States Should Be Allowed To Ban Guns — In an interview concerning the tragic shooting on Texas A&M campus on Monday, Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) took a surprisingly moderate position on gun regulation. Although Perry rejected the suggestion that the shooting …

Margalit Fox / New York Times:

Helen Gurley Brown | 1922 - 2012: Helen Gurley Brown, Who Gave Cosmopolitan Its Purr, Is Dead at 90 — Helen Gurley Brown, who as the author of “Sex and the Single Girl” shocked early-1960s America with the news that unmarried women not only had sex but thoroughly enjoyed it …

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