memeorandum: Give 'em hell, Mitt! (Rich Lowry/Politico)

10:45 AM ET, August 16, 2012

Top Items:

Joe Biden / WDBJ-TV:

Radford business owner declines request from Joe Biden's entourage to stop in store — The owner of Crumb and Get It says he doesn't agree with the Obama administration's policies. — Vice President Joe Biden visits Danville, Floyd, Wytheville — Republicans seize on Biden's ‘put you back in chains’ comment

Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Hinterland Gazette, Riehl World View, The Daily Caller and Angry Black Lady Chronicles

Rich Lowry / Politico:

Give 'em hell, Mitt! — On Medicare, the Romney campaign is borrowing the strategic logic of a long-ago military legend. — Taking command of the French 9th army in 1914 as it retreated before the Germans, Marshal Ferdinand Foch uttered his immortals words: “Hard pressed on my right.

Discussion: CNN and Cold Fury

Washington Post:

Ryan pick presents new challenges for Biden — Video: A remark Joe Biden made at a rally on Tuesday has gotten a lot of attention. The vice president told a diverse crowd, including many African Americans, that Mitt Romney would “put you all back in chains” by unshackling Wall Street.

Discussion: Washington Wire, ABCNEWS, Politico, Ballot Box, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, USA Today and The Fix

Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
President Obama: No Apologies, No Scolding for Joe Biden's Remark

Discussion: Politico, First Read, Reuters, Washington Post, Mediaite, The Mahablog, New York Magazine, ABCNEWS, Weasel Zippers, The Hill, ETonline.com and Hot Air

Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Mission Impossible: Managing Joe Biden

Discussion: Guardian, Mediaite and Poynter

Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Fmr. Va. Gov. Douglas Wilder to Biden: ‘Slavery is nothing to joke about’

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Weekly Standard, The PJ Tatler and Power Line

John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Biden gets in mud pit, plays the race card

Discussion: Chicago Boyz

Joe Biden / CNN:
Former Obama campaign co-chair: Biden's remarks ‘racial viciousness’

Discussion: Politico, Scared Monkeys, Piers Morgan, The PJ Tatler, GOP 12, Washington Free Beacon and ThinkProgress

Associated Press:

Cops: LGBT volunteer shoots conservative group's guard — (AP) WASHINGTON - A man suspected of shooting and wounding a security guard in the lobby of a Christian lobbying group had been volunteering at a community center for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

Discussion: RedState, UrbanGrounds, Shakesville, Power Line, The PJ Tatler and Truth Wins Out

Jordy Yager / The Hill:

Shooting spurs heated debate on gay rights, ‘hate group’ label — The shooting of a security guard Wednesday at the Family Research Council (FRC) has spurred a torrent of heated accusations from both sides of the gay rights debate about claims that the conservative organization is a “hate group.”

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, americanthinker.com, American Power, Towleroad News #gay, Twitchy and Little Green Footballs

Katie Glueck / Politico:
Marriage advocate pleads for civility

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay

GLAAD:
LGBT organizations release joint statement regarding the shooting at Family Research Council (FRC)

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Hot Air, Good As You, CNN, U.S. News, BuzzFeed, Jammie Wearing Fools, Power Line, Fox News, Towleroad News #gay, American Power, Truth Wins Out, Guardian and Joe. My. God.

Fox News:
FBI probing shooting of guard at Family Research Council HQ

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, Twitchy, Riehl World View, The Gateway Pundit, Towleroad News #gay, The Daily Caller, The Moderate Voice, Weasel Zippers, Gawker, Christianity Today, American Power, The Huffington Post, Infowars, m.nbcwashington.com, RedState, Associated Press, LifeNews.com, The Spectacle Blog, The PJ Tatler, The Jawa Report, Datechguy's Blog, The Hinterland Gazette, ThinkProgress, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Post, Balloon Juice, Marooned In Marin, Hot Air, Little Green Footballs, Washington Blade, Wonkette, Good As You, National Review, American Spectator, Wall Street Journal, Politico, The Right Scoop, Cold Fury, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Crooks and Liars, Taylor Marsh, Truth Wins Out, The Lonely Conservative, FRC Blog, NOM Blog, protein wisdom, WJLA-TV and Outside the Beltway

Anne Sorock / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
HuffPo attacks Family Research Council just hours after shooting

Discussion: Sadly, No!, The Huffington Post, Atlas Shrugs, NewsBusters.org blogs, Weasel Zippers, American Power and The Gateway Pundit

Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:

Gov. Jan Brewer defies W.H. on immigration — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed an executive order on Wednesday to deny benefits to young illegal immigrants who qualify under the White House's new deferred action policy. — The Republican governor issued the order in response …

Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog and New York Times

Nick R. Martin / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker — Brewer's Immigration Blast At Obama Looks Like A Dud

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Maddow Blog and Business Insider

KNXV:
Brewer bars IDs, benefits for DREAMers

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Political Carnival and protein wisdom

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Arizona Governor Tries To Thwart Obama's Immigration Directive With Executive Order

Discussion: KNXV and Associated Press

Investor's Business Daily:

Look Who the Press Is Blaming for the Ugly Campaign — Media Bias: What a surprise. Mitt Romney finally throws a counterpunch to a series of outrageous Obama campaign lies, and the press accuses Romney of going negative. The media's pro-Obama bias is a wonder to behold.

Scott Shane / New York Times:
Ex-Officers Attack Obama Over Leaks on Bin Laden Raid

Discussion: The Hill, Connecting.the.Dots, The Caucus, Prairie Weather, Hot Air, BLACKFIVE, The Jawa Report and Business Insider

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
President Obama, Mitt Romney running a most poisonous campaign

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Politico, The Fix, Prairie Weather, Outside the Beltway, The Maddow Blog and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

New York Times:

Ecuador Grants Asylum to Assange, Defying Britain — CARACAS, Venezuela — Ecuador said on Thursday that it had decided to grant political asylum to Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Mr. Assange has been holed up for two months in the Ecuadorean embassy in London …

Discussion: Media Decoder, New York Magazine, News Desk and americanthinker.com, more at Mediagazer »

BBC:
Julian Assange: UK issues ‘threat’ to arrest Wikileaks founder

Discussion: Guardian, Firedoglake, Gawker, The Confluence, NO QUARTER and Hit & Run, more at Mediagazer »

Karah-Leigh / Athens Daily News:

Red & Black student staffers walk out — The student editorial staff of the University of Georgia's The Red & Black newspaper walked out Wednesday evening after a non-student was named editorial director with final say on all editorial content. — The Red & Black's student editor-in-chief …

Discussion: Red & Dead, Poynter, Instapundit and Inside Higher Ed

DealBook:

No Criminal Case Is Likely in Loss at MF Global — A criminal investigation into the collapse of the brokerage firm MF Global and the disappearance of about $1 billion in customer money is now heading into its final stage without charges expected against any top executives.

Discussion: Brad DeLong and Jammie Wearing Fools

Rolling Stone:
Goldman Non-Prosecution: AG Eric Holder Has No Balls

Discussion: Firedoglake and CBS DC

Lydia Saad / Gallup:

Americans Continue to Give Obama Low Marks on the Economy — Low rating on the economy may be more problematic than even lower deficit rating — PRINCETON, NJ — Three months before the election, President Barack Obama gets good marks from Americans for his handling of terrorism …

Discussion: USA Today, Business Insider and Questions and Observations

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Swing state poll: After picking Ryan, Romney now leads in Ohio, Virginia — and Florida — Via Guy Benson, no self-respecting eeyore would leave a headline as rosy as the above unchecked, so here's me checking it right off the bat. According to Gallup's tracker, Romney's gotten almost no bounce from the Ryan pick — yet.

Discussion: Instapundit, Power Line, Business Insider and USA Today

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney Sees No Immediate Bounce From Ryan V.P. Pick

Discussion: Campaign Stops, USA Today, Addicting Info, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, FiveThirtyEight, GOP 12, Sky Dancing, Lynn Sweet, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Beast, Ballot Box, The Hinterland Gazette, CNN and Politico

David Fahrenthold / Washington Post:

Artur Davis, who backed Obama in 2008, to speak at GOP convention — Former congressman Artur Davis, who officially seconded President Obama's nomination at the 2008 Democratic convention, said Wednesday that he will cap a remarkable political metamorphosis by addressing the Republican convention …

Discussion: Hot Air, americanthinker.com and The Fix

Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:

What to Do with Political Lies — Fact-checkers are no longer enough: If lies are going to be repeated, the truth needs to be, too. — Shutterstock — My former Washington Post colleague Alec MacGillis has a thought-provoking piece in The New Republic today about “The Welfare Card …

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Monthly, Guardian, Daily Kos and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »

Kirsten Powers / The Daily Beast:

Paul Ryan's Youth Appeal — WHY MILLENNIALS LOVE RYAN — Boomers don't want to give up their sweet deal, but the rest of us in the screwed generation have reason to embrace Paul Ryan's ‘radical’ plans, writes Kirsten Powers. — Khalil Hamra / AP Photo — OBAMA, STAY OUT OF SYRIA!

Discussion: americanthinker.com

TMZ.com:

Megadeth Singer Dave Mustaine — Barack Obama ‘Staged’ Aurora Shooting Massacre — Obama ‘Staged’ Aurora — Shooting Massacre — Dave Mustaine — the lead singer of Megadeth — believes Barack Obama “staged” the massacre in Aurora, CO in a sick, twisted plot to pass a gun ban.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Reuters, Rolling Stone, Mediaite, SQUATLO RANT, Shakesville, BuzzFeed, New York Magazine and Gawker

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

The next frontier in the case against Paul Ryan — Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have had some success in obscuring the health care debate by pointing out that Ryan's proposal does not change Medicare for people currently over 55 years old. This has allowed Republicans to blunt Dem attacks …