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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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David A. Stockman / New York Times:
Paul Ryan's Fairy-Tale Budget Plan — PAUL D. RYAN is the most articulate and intellectually imposing Republican of the moment, but that doesn't alter the fact that this earnest congressman from Wisconsin is preaching the same empty conservative sermon. — Thirty years of Republican apostasy …
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Stockman Savages Ryan — If there's anyone in recent political history who is a definite precursor to Paul Ryan, it has to be David Stockman, another bright young congress-critter who combined conservative ideological totems (in his case, supply-side economics) with green-eyeshade budget credentials …
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
The Republican ticket's big Medicare myth — I've got a modest proposal: You're not allowed to demand a “serious conversation” over Medicare unless you can answer these three questions: — 1) Mitt Romney says that “unlike the current president who has cut Medicare funding by $700 billion.
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan's budget keeps Obama's Medicare cuts. Full stop. — Since the Romney campaign wants to run against President Obama's cuts to Medicare, it's something of a problem for them that Paul Ryan's budget includes those very same cuts to Medicare. And so they've come up with a somewhat confused …
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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Romney Campaign Bars Press From Ryan, Adelson Event — Romney's fundraisers are typically open to pool coverage, but this one is closed. UPDATE: Campaign says meeting is a “finance event.” — Image by Steve Pope / Getty Images — LAKEWOOD, Colorado — Presumptive Republican vice …
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William Galston / The New Republic:
Why Demogoguing Paul Ryan is Bad For Democrats
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Rasmussen Reports:
50% Now View Paul Ryan Favorably; 43% Say He Was Right Choice
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Log Cabin Republicans Defend Romney-Ryan Ticket For Positions Neither Candidate Holds
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BuzzFeed:
The Return Of No-Risk Romney
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Rasmussen Reports:
Ohio: 51% Have Favorable Opinion of Paul Ryan
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Soledad O'Brien Caught Reading Liberal Blog During Heated Debate With Romney Adviser
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Matthews: Ryan Wants To ‘Screw’ The Poor
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Ali A. Akbar / Twitchy:
Soledad O'Brien caught referring to liberal blog during Medicare debate
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Are Liberals Being Unfair to Paul Ryan?
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney camp blasts Biden for ‘chains’ remark, calls it a ‘new low’ — Mitt Romney's campaign issued a scathing statement Tuesday, blasting the Obama campaign for hitting a “new low” after Vice President Biden's suggestion to voters that the Republican ticket's economic policies would “put y'all back in chains.”
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Donovan Slack / Politico:
Romney camp wants Obama to denounce Biden's ‘slanderous’ remark — The Romney campaign is reacting harshly to Vice President Joe Biden's accusation that Mitt Romney and Wall Street will put Americans “back in chains.” — “After weeks of slanderous and baseless accusations leveled against Governor Romney …
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama hits Romney on Seamus — OSKALOOSA, Iowa — President Obama strayed from his prepared remarks here Tuesday to get in a jab at Mitt Romney's famous dog-on-top-of-car moment. — Noting that the Republican candidate has criticized wind energy, saying a windmill can't be put on top of a car to power it, Obama had a zinger.
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Carol E. Lee / Washington Wire:
Obama Teases Romney on Seamus the Dog
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
More questions raised about Fareed Zakaria's work — Columnist and TV host Fareed Zakaria, who acknowledged plagiarizing parts of a magazine article last week, appears to have also published without attribution a passage from a 2005 book. — Zakaria's 2008 book, “The Post-American World …
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Fareed Zakaria Responds to the Charge of Quote-Stealing
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My Sister Paid Progressive Insurance to Defend Her Killer In Court — I've been sending out some impertinent tweets about Progressive Insurance lately, but I haven't explained how they pissed me off. So I will do that here as succinctly as possible. There's a general understanding that says …
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Michael Doyle / Capitol Alert:
Rep. Dennis Cardoza announces resignation — Citing sensitive family needs, Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced, has tendered his immediate resignation from the House of Representatives. The surprisingly timed departure takes effect at midnight Wednesday. — A veteran San Joaquin Valley politician …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Congress Approval Ties All-Time Low at 10% — Americans' approval of Congress has been below 20% since June 2011 — PRINCETON, NJ — Ten percent of Americans in August approve of the job Congress is doing, tying last February's reading as the lowest in Gallup's 38-year history of this measure.
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Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Euro Zone Economy Declines, Putting Pressure on Leaders — FRANKFURT — The economy in the euro zone officially shifted from stagnation to decline in the second quarter of 2012, portending a recession later in the year that will put even more pressure on beleaguered political leaders struggling to keep the common currency intact.
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James Fontanella-Khan / Financial Times:
Eurozone edges back towards recession
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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Tea Party House Candidate Calls For Troops Along Arizona Border To ‘Start Shooting’ — Samuel Wurzlbacher — known to most as Joe the Plumber — made an appearance at a fundraiser for a Republican Arizona State Senator candidate over the weekend, and told the audience that the way to solve …
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Joe the Plumber calls to ‘start shooting’ immigrants at the border
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox's Entire Internship Program Now Under Legal Attack (Exclusive) — Lawyers want to expand the scope of a lawsuit originally brought by interns who had worked on “Black Swan.” — A class-action lawsuit that takes issue with internships at Fox Entertainment is becoming a lot bigger.
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