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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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Washington Examiner, Hot Air, UrbanGrounds, Weekly Standard and AEIdeas
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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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Politico:
GOP pros fret over Paul Ryan — You've heard them on television and read them on POLITICO — cheerful, defiant statements from Republican political professionals about Mitt Romney's bold masterstroke in tapping Paul Ryan as his running mate, and turning the 2012 presidential race into a serious …
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Ballot Box, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Hey Paul Ryan haters, your congressional insider trader suspect actually is Sheldon Whitehouse — Paul Ryan falsely was accused today by left-wing bloggers, most notably Matthew Yglesias (formerly of Think Progress now of Slate), of insider trading based on confidential information provided …
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The Other McCain
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Paul Ryan Origin Story Is a Heaping Pile — I thought I'd seen the apotheosis of Beltway beat-sweetening in the early 1990's, when we were treated to a soprano chorus of hosannahs to the Staggering Genius Of Newt Gingrich. But, I fear, that may only have been the historical warm …
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New York Times and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
WRAL-TV:
Biden attacks Romney, Ryan positions in Durham visit
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Power Line, Betsy's Page, The Daily Caller, Hot Air and The Lonely Conservative
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden Invokes Paul Ryan's Deceased Father to Question VP Candidate's Values
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Jeff Spross / ThinkProgress:
Ron Wyden Pushes Back Against Being Linked To Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan
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Roll Call, Questions and Observations, The Hill, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Firedoglake and Washington Post
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's constitutional amendment would bar Paul Ryan from the presidency
Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Paul Ryan Insider Trading Rumor Quickly Debunked
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Business Insider, Brad DeLong and Guardian
BuzzFeed:
Romney Won't Say Where He Disagrees With Ryan On Medicare
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Alexandra Sifferlin / CNN:
Paul Ryan's workout: Is P90X for you?
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Paul Ryan Used His Office To Profit From the Financial Crisis
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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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Obama for America, New York Magazine, Angry Bear and Firedoglake
Susan Page / USA Today:
Gov. Chris Christie to deliver keynote at GOP convention — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will deliver the keynote address that launches the Republican National Convention in two weeks, telling USA TODAY he plans to make an “emphatic” argument on behalf of GOP approaches and shared sacrifice to face the nation's biggest challenges.
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Richard Danielson / Tampa Bay Times:
Marco Rubio to introduce Mitt Romney at RNC — Mitt Romney, left, hugs U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio after Rubio introduced him to the crowd during a campaign stop Monday in Miami. Rubio will also do the honors at the convention. — TAMPA — In a showcase role on his party's biggest stage …
Orlando Sentinel:
Romney campaign cancels Monday visit to Orlando
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Candy Crowley / CNN:
CNN Poll: What's most important to voters?
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com:
Boehner's Office Says Obama Avoiding Personal Responsibility For Drought — On its website and in an email Monday, House Speaker John Boehner's office said President Obama needs to take personal responsibility for the drought ravaging the Midwest. — Obama, “continues to blame anyone …
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Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
McCain rebuts Reid on Romney, says “nothing in his tax returns shows he did not pay taxes” — Arizona Sen. John McCain said today that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is wrong about his assertion that Mitt Romney did not pay taxes for 10 years, saying his team that vetted the presumptive GOP nominee in 2008 found no such thing.
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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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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Hecklers in Iowa disrupt Ryan's first solo campaign event
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Politico, CNN and The Other McCain
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 …
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Politico, CNBC and Weasel Zippers
Francisco Alvarado / Riptide 2.0:
Mitt Romney is Stumping In Miami at Eatery Owned By Convicted Coke Smuggler … Today, Mitt Romney is foregoing a Miami political campaign tradition by skipping over Versailles restaurant in Little Havana. Instead, Mittens will be hobnobbing with a convicted cocaine smuggler.
ProPublica:
Two Dark Money Groups Outspending All Super PACs Combined — Two conservative nonprofits, Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity, have poured almost $60 million into TV ads to influence the presidential race so far, outgunning all super PACs put together, new spending estimates show.
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OpenSecrets.org and Daily Kos
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 …
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Gave ‘Single Girl’ a Life in Full (Sex, Sex, Sex) — 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 — and who as the editor of Cosmopolitan magazine spent …
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CNN:
Gunman, constable, bystander killed in Texas shooting — (CNN) — A Texas constable and two others were shot dead Monday in about a half an hour of gunfire near Texas A&M University, police said. — Scott McCollum, assistant chief with the College Station police department …
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