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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 …
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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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Paul Krugman:
The Ryan Role — Mark Kleiman points us to a lamentable but revealing column by William Saletan, which illustrates perfectly how the essentially ludicrous Paul Ryan has gotten so far - namely, by playing to the gullibility of self-proclaimed centrists, who want to show their “balance” by finding a conservative to praise.
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan - and their Wives! - Open Up to PEOPLE — However tough and tight the race against President Obama gets this fall, Janna Ryan predicts that her husband Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney can count on one thing: fun. — PEOPLE was first to sit down with the freshly minted …
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Matt Miller / Washington Post:
Understanding the Ryan plan — The striking thing about Paul Ryan's ascent is the gulf between his proposals and the way the media have characterized them. Since Mitt Romney named Ryan to the ticket on Saturday, the news has been filled with talk of the “ fiscal conservative ” (NPR) " …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Mitt Romney cancels Florida campaign stop, citing exhaustion — Mitt Romney is cancelling a planned campaign stop Monday in Orlando after a whirlwind weekend in which the presumptive Republican nominee introduced Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his running mate.
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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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Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
What Paul Ryan's budget actually cuts — and by how much — Both campaigns seem to agree that Mitt Romney's pick of Paul Ryan for the veep spot sets up a big, clear policy choice for the election. President Obama's vision for the federal budget is very different from Paul Ryan's.
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Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION — YOU SEE IT FIRST RIGHT HERE
STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION — YOU SEE IT FIRST RIGHT HERE
CNN:
New Romney TV ad second straight to attack Obama on welfare
New Romney TV ad second straight to attack Obama on welfare
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Romney's presidential pick
Romney's presidential pick
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Eric Platt / Business Insider:
Paul Ryan Dumped A Bunch Of Bank Stocks The Same Day As Congressional Leaders Met With Hank Paulson During The Crisis
Paul Ryan Dumped A Bunch Of Bank Stocks The Same Day As Congressional Leaders Met With Hank Paulson During The Crisis
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Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
Inside the Ryan budget pushback
Inside the Ryan budget pushback
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Everything you need to know about Paul Ryan
Wonkbook: Everything you need to know about Paul Ryan
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Sara Murray / Wall Street Journal:
Romney Takes Medicare Message to Florida
Romney Takes Medicare Message to Florida
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Near-Even Split on Ryan - But With Positive Movement
Near-Even Split on Ryan - But With Positive Movement
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Very Predictable Playbook Against Paul Ryan
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Paul Ryan: The Next President of the United States?
Paul Ryan: The Next President of the United States?
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Patrick Gavin / Politico:
Forget the budget: Paul Ryan is hot!
Forget the budget: Paul Ryan is hot!
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Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
Positive views of Ryan jump higher after pick
Positive views of Ryan jump higher after pick
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Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
Game-changing pick for Romney, worst nightmare for Obama
Game-changing pick for Romney, worst nightmare for Obama
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
GOP again turns to Kristol ball
GOP again turns to Kristol ball
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Romney & Ryan: The first interview
Romney & Ryan: The first interview
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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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Commission on Presidential Debates:
Format — The format for the debates, announced on July 25, 2012, will be: — First presidential debate — The debate will focus on domestic policy and be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on topics to be selected by the moderator and announced several weeks before the debate.
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama camp: 1,000 attended ‘half-full’ fundraiser — CHICAGO — Republicans quickly jumped on a report that President Obama's largest fundraiser here Sunday was only “half full,” but the crowd for the event was larger than the Obama campaign had initially anticipated. — “At Obama fundraiser in Chicago.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama: ‘Chicago Is an Example of What Makes This Country Great’
Obama: ‘Chicago Is an Example of What Makes This Country Great’
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Michelle Obama: Barack's not a ‘superhero’
Michelle Obama: Barack's not a ‘superhero’
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The Hinterland Gazette
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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New York Post:
Anthony Wiener and wife move into $3.3M Manhattan apt. — Anthony Weiner's wife not only took him back, she took him back in style — moving with the shamed pol into a luxurious, $3.3 million Manhattan pad owned by a deep-pocketed Democratic donor, The Post has learned.
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Michael Shain / New York Post:
Saving CNN — Suffering its worst ratings in 20 years, CNN is going Hollywood. — In the past few weeks, the No. 3 cable news channel has started seeking out reality-show ideas and big-name stars not afraid to talk politics. They have even begun working on a late-night talk show, The Post has learned.
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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
Jessica Pressler / New York Magazine:
122 Minutes With Jamie Dimon — The JPMorgan Chase CEO is really, really, really sorry. Except when he's not. — E — ven here, on his own turf, they are giving Jamie Dimon a hard time. — “Um, yeah, my question is kind of broad?” begins a gawky guy who identifies himself as a Tufts student interning in Client Solutions.
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