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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
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Mission Impossible: Managing Joe Biden — BLACKSBURG, Va. — The most emotionally powerful minute of Joe Biden's two-day swing through rural Virginia almost didn't happen. — After the vice president paid a solemn visit Wednesday to the memorial honoring the victims of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The ugly presidential campaign — The umbrage industry is working overtime this week. — Mitt Romney, the Republicans' presidential standard-bearer, is so outraged by President Obama's attacks that he called the president a hater: “Mr. President, take your campaign of division and anger …
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Washington Post:
Ryan pick presents new challenges for Biden
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Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
President Obama: No Apologies, No Scolding for Joe Biden's Remark
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Ex-Officers Attack Obama Over Leaks on Bin Laden Raid
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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.
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
ANALYSIS: Paul Ryan's First Week — ANALYSIS:If Mitt Romney's decision to announce his vice presidential pick earlier than most other presidential candidates in modern political history was supposed to turn the campaign away from the personal (his record at Bain, his refusal to release …
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 …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Is Today the Day? — Perhaps further fueling speculation that Barack Obama may replace Joe Biden on the Democratic presidential ticket with, say, Hillary Clinton, take a look at part of the president's schedule for today: — 10:15AM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
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Andrew Malcolm / Investor's Business Daily:
Ex-Obama pal decodes Joe Biden's racial-speak for other Americans
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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.”
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Nick R. Martin / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker — Brewer's Immigration Blast At Obama Looks Like A Dud — At first blush, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer seemed to be defying the federal government once again on Wednesday night. — The Republican governor signed an executive order saying Arizona had no plans to give government benefits …
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Gov. Jan Brewer defies W.H. on immigration
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Brewer bars IDs, benefits for DREAMers
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Arizona Governor Tries To Thwart Obama's Immigration Directive With Executive Order
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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 …
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Reuters:
Britain warns Ecuador it could enter embassy to get Assange
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Lizzy Davies / Guardian:
Diplomatic row intensifies as Ecuador grants asylum to Julian Assange
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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!
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