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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Boehner holds call to calm House GOP — Jolted by concerns over the wave of Medicare-themed Democratic attacks sparked by Paul Ryan's vice presidential nomination, House Speaker John Boehner held a Tuesday evening conference call aimed at soothing jittery Republican members, POLITICO has learned.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney Sees No Immediate Bounce From Ryan V.P. Pick — Support at 46% before naming Ryan, 47% after — PRINCETON, NJ — Mitt Romney's standing in the presidential election campaign has not changed materially in the immediate days after his announcement of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
A Romney first: over 40% of youth vote back him … More Photos — Popular in Politics — For the first time since he began running for president, Republican Mitt Romney has the support of over 40 percent of America's youth vote, a troubling sign for President Obama who built his 2008 victory …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
When Cruelty Is Cute — I'd been wondering how long it would take Republicans to realize that Paul Ryan is their guy. — He's the cutest package that cruelty ever came in. He has a winning air of sad cheerfulness. He's affable, clean-cut and really cut, with the Irish altar-boy widow's peak …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The next frontier in the case against Paul Ryan
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Katherine Boyle / Washington Post:
Ryan and Romney: A contrast in sartorial styles
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Ross Douthat / Campaign Stops:
Why Moderates Should Like Paul Ryan
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Waymon Hudson / The Huffington Post:
Paul Ryan: Poster Boy of Today's Extreme GOP
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Andrew Malcolm / Investor's Business Daily:
See for yourself why Romney picked Paul Ryan
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Fox News:
FBI probing shooting of guard at Family Research Council HQ — A security guard at the Family Research Council headquarters in Washington, D.C., was shot in the arm by a gunman who sources said expressed disagreement with the conservative group's policy positions.
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Washington Post:
Security guard shot at Family Research Council in downtown D.C. — A security guard at the Family Research Council was shot and wounded Wednesday morning after a scuffle in the lobby of the group's headquarters in downtown Washington, authorities said. — D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier …
WJLA-TV:
Family Research Council shooting leaves security guard wounded — A suspect in the shooting of a security guard at the headquarters of a downtown D.C. conservative Christian lobbying firm criticized the group's anti-gay stance before opening fire, a source tells ABC7.
Erick Erickson / Twitchy:
Crosshairs: Left calls Family Research Council ‘hate group,’ reacts to shooting; Shooter yelled about FRC's ‘values’
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Guard shot at Family Research Council
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Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Guard Shot at Family Research Council Headquarters
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CNN:
Former Obama campaign co-chair to stump for Romney — (CNN) - A former four-term Democratic congressman from Alabama and one time strong supporter of President Barack Obama will campaign for Mitt Romney Wednesday. — A Romney campaign aide confirms to CNN that Artur Davis will stump …
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Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Romney slams Obama in tough new speech
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A most poisonous campaign — No one expected Campaign 2012 to be positive or uplifting.
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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Revealed: The president brews his own beer, and brings it with him on the road
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden: 'Folks, Where's it Written We Cannot Lead the World in the 20th Century in Making Automobiles?' — In a speech today in Virginia, Vice President Joe Biden seemed to forget we're in the 21st century: — 'Folks, where's it written we cannot lead the world in the 20th century in making automobiles?," said Biden.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Rudy Giuliani on Joe Biden: 'He isn't bright'
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Associated Press:
Judge won't halt Pa. voter identification law — HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge on Wednesday refused to stop a tough new voter identification law from going into effect, which Democrats say will suppress votes among President Barack Obama's supporters.
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Amy Worden / Philly.com:
Judge rejects bid to block Pa. voter ID law
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Brooke Nevils / Rock Center with Brian Williams:
Ann Romney talks family, finances in exclusive interview: 'There's nothing we're hiding' — LLANGYNWD, Wales - About two hundred miles away from the Greenwich, England, arena where her purebred horse Rafalca competed in the London Olympics, Ann Romney stroked the nose of Magic, a Welsh pony.
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Special ops group attacks Obama over bin Laden bragging, leaks — (Reuters) - A group of former U.S. intelligence and Special Forces operatives is set to launch a media campaign, including TV ads, that scolds President Barack Obama for taking credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden and argues …
Suffolk University:
Unlikely/Unregistered Voter Poll with USA TODAY — Political opinion polls usually confine themselves to seeking out registered, likely voters. But what about the millions of adult U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote and choose not to? — The Suffolk University Political Research Center …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Poll: Media in Obama's pocket
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Lynn Beisner / Guardian:
I wish my mother had aborted me | Lynn Beisner — This is no 'I wish I'd never been born' howl of angst. I love my mother, and having an abortion would have given her a better life — If there is one thing that anti-choice activists do that makes me see red, it is when they parade …
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Paul Walsh / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Fiery protester outside General Mills dies days later on family errand — A Twin Cities man who staged a fiery protest outside General Mills headquarters in Golden Valley last week died several days later while running an errand, his family's minister said Wednesday.
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Charles Johnson / The Daily Caller:
In Harvard essay, young Michelle Obama argued for race-based faculty hiring — During her third and final year at Harvard Law School, first lady Michelle Obama — then named Michelle Robinson — penned an article for the newsletter of Harvard's Black Law Students Association (BLSA) …
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