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11:40 AM ET, August 15, 2012

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Emily Goodin / The Hill:

Romney slams Obama in tough new speech — Mitt Romney used a tough new campaign speech to personally blast the Obama campaign on Tuesday, saying comments earlier in the day from Vice President Biden are “what an angry and desperate Presidency looks like.” — “Mr. President …

BuzzFeed:

Why The Presidential Campaign Got So Mean Tuesday — Mirror image campaigns run away from policy. Phasers set on kill. — Glenda Abicht holds a sign questioning Romney's money policies during a Mitt Romney campaign stop in Miami this week. — Image by J Pat Carter / AP

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …

Alexander Burns / Politico:

Romney: Obama running a ‘campaign of ... hate’ — Mitt Romney leveled his harshest criticism of President Obama's reelection campaign to date in Ohio Tuesday, declaring that Obama should “take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago.” — Addressing a crowd of several thousand …

Discussion: Business Insider, Daily Kos, p m carpenter's commentary, The Maddow Blog, americanthinker.com and Towleroad News #gay

Paul Steinhauser / CNN:

Romney counterpunches on Medicare — Washington (CNN) — The fight to define Paul Ryan is getting more heated by the day. But days after defending against an offensive against his running mate, Mitt Romney's campaign appears to be mounting a counteroffensive. — Opinion: Does Ryan Medicare plan make sense?

Discussion: YouTube, p m carpenter's commentary and iWatch News Latest Stories

Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:

Sarah Palin: Boot Joe Biden off the ticket — Sarah Palin said Tuesday that Vice President Joe Biden's remark that Republicans “are going to put y'all back in chains” was “disgusting” — and added that it should make the Obama campaign seriously consider kicking him off the Democratic ticket.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, The Hinterland Gazette, CNN, Veracity Stew and The Hill

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 …

Discussion: Wake up America

Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Biden clarifies, digs in on ‘chains’

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, ABCNEWS, Power Line, The Fix, The Hinterland Gazette, Shot in the Dark, ABCNEWS, CNN, JOSHUAPUNDIT and Univision News Tumblr

Virginia / CNN:
Former Obama campaign co-chair to stump for Romney

Discussion: GOP 12, Politico and The Hinterland Gazette

Journalism.org:
HOW THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES USE THE WEB AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Discussion: Politico, The Daily Beast, Poynter and Taegan Goddard's …

Washington Post:
Romney calls Obama ‘angry and desperate’ as campaign turns uglier

Discussion: American Prospect, Washington Wire, New York Times, Politico, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com, National Review, Weekly Standard, USA Today, Ballot Box and Prairie Weather

Tomer Ovadia / Politico:

Dems want debate question barred — Some Democratic lawmakers want to make sure that one question does not get asked at the upcoming first presidential debate - about Simpson-Bowles. — Three Democratic House members objected Tuesday to a request by four senators that President Barack Obama …

Discussion: Hot Air, AEIdeas, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, UrbanGrounds, Michelle Malkin and Eschaton

New York Times:
Ryan Travels to Las Vegas to Meet G.O.P. Donor Adelson

Discussion: The Caucus, First Read and DownWithTyranny!

Politico:
How Paul Ryan spurned deficit commission

Discussion: ABCNEWS, AEIdeas, CNN and Bloomberg

Rebecca Kaplan / CBS News:
Ryan to meet with Sheldon Adelson in Las Vegas

Discussion: Algemeiner.com, Townhall.com and Business Insider

Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
The Natural — Ever since Mitt Romney announced he had selected …

Discussion: Power Line, Ricochet Conversations Feed, Washington Free Beacon, NewsBusters.org blogs and CNN

Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Janna Ryan, Paul Ryan's Wife, Lobbied For Cigar, Nuclear, Pharmaceutical Industries

Discussion: Business Insider

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Ex-Wrestling Executive Wins G.O.P. Primary — Linda E. McMahon, a former wrestling executive, easily captured Connecticut's Republican Senate primary on Tuesday night, clinching a second chance to run for an office she failed to win two years ago. — In defeating Christopher Shays …

Discussion: Hartford Courant, Politico, americanthinker.com, Roll Call, New York Magazine, CNN, Influence Alley and Joe. My. God.

Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Tommy Thompson wins Wis. Senate primary, will face Rep. Baldwin in fall

Discussion: Politico and CNN

Washington Post:
Tommy Thompson wins Wisconsin's Republican Senate primary

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Incumbents hit hard in Florida primary

Discussion: CNN

Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Florida Rep. Stearns trailing local vet in Republican primary

Discussion: Politico, The Buzz Florida Politics Feed, Mother Jones and Hotline On Call

Fox News:

Fact Check: Ryan budget plan doesn't actually slash the budget — Here are a few little-known facts about Paul Ryan's supposedly slash-and-burn budget plan. — Government spending increases almost every year over the next decade. — Tax and other revenue rises year after year.

Discussion: EconomicPolicyJournal.com

Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Paul Ryan Will Talk About Tax Policy ‘In The Light Of Day’ — After The Election

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Suburban Guerrilla, TakeMyCountryBack.com, Sky Dancing, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and The Moderate Voice

Sam Baker / Ballot Box:
Paul Ryan's abortion stance could widen gender gap in swing states

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Prairie Weather

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 …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Hill, ABCNEWS, americanthinker.com, New York Magazine, Weasel Zippers and The Agonist

Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:

Romney's right: Obamacare cuts Medicare by $716 billion. Here's how. — The Romney campaign has gone on the offense on Medicare, charging that the Affordable Care Act “cuts $716 billion” from the entitlement program. — That $716 billion figure is one you'll probably be hearing a lot about during this election cycle.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, protein wisdom, Wall Street Journal, Booman Tribune, Applesauce, Questions and Observations, Political News and Opinion …, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Scared Monkeys, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, The Fix, Politico, Mediaite, The Daily Dish, Business Insider and Taylor Marsh

Fortune:

Mitt Romney: Rich taxpayers will pay their share — In a Fortune interview, the Republican presidential candidate lays out his plan for America now and another four years down the road. — FORTUNE — On Monday August 2, Mitt Romney spoke by phone to Fortune's Andy Serwer in New York and David Whitford in Boston.

Discussion: Politico and Business Insider

Justin Sink / The Hill:

Palin: ‘Chains’ comment should be ‘nail in the coffin’ for Biden — Former Republican vice presidential contender Sarah Palin said Tuesday night that Vice President Biden's suggestion that Republican policies would “put y'all back in chains” should force President Obama to drop Biden from the ticket.

Discussion: Politico

Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Team Obama confident Biden can take on Ryan despite new gaffe

Discussion: National Review, UrbanGrounds and Hot Air

Susan Page / USA Today:

Why 90 million Americans won't vote in November — They could turn a too-close-to-call race into a landslide for President Obama— but by definition they probably won't. — Call them the unlikely voters. — A nationwide USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll of people who are eligible to vote …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and The Agonist

USCIS:

Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Process — Over the past three years, this Administration has undertaken an unprecedented effort to transform the immigration enforcement system into one that focuses on public safety, border security and the integrity of the immigration system.

Discussion: Firedoglake, CNN, NewsTaco, The Daily Beast, Althouse and New York Times

Austin Wright / Politico:

DOD planning new presidential aircraft ... Dempsey dings Congress over cybersecurity bill ... Rep. Duncan Hunter: Medal of Honor nominations derailed by ‘bureaucratic influence’ — With Hadas Gold, Stephanie Gaskell and Philip Ewing — PANETTA: THERE'S A WAR GOING ON …

Discussion: Weekly Standard and Reuters

Marc Levy / Associated Press:

Pennsylvania Voter ID Decision: Judge Refuses To Grant Injunction To Halt Law … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Elections 2012, Video, PA Voter ID, Pa Voter Id Decision, Pa Voter Id Law, Pennsylvania Voter ID Law, Pennsylvania Voter Id, Pennsylvania Voter Id Decision, Voter ID, Voting Rights, Politics News

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ThinkProgress, Slate, Washington Monthly, The Maddow Blog and Weasel Zippers