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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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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
White House says Obama will stick with Biden as running mate — President Obama has no intention of getting rid of Vice President Biden as his running mate, the White House said Thursday. — Republicans are being “ridiculous” and are trying to “distract attention” with their focus …
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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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Axelrod Won't Rule Out Biden Being Dropped, Tells Joke Instead — President Barack Obama's closest political adviser, David Axelrod, would not rule out dropping Vice President Joe Biden from this year's presidential ticket when asked about the rumors this morning on MSNBC. — “All right.
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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 …
Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
Joe Biden comes across as a ball and chain in 2012 election, but President Obama won't dump …
Joe Biden comes across as a ball and chain in 2012 election, but President Obama won't dump …
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National Review and Weekly Standard
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Mission Impossible: Managing Joe Biden
Mission Impossible: Managing Joe Biden
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BuzzFeed:
Romney: I've Never Paid Less Than 13% In Taxes — Calls a reporter's questions about his tax returns “small-minded.” — From the press pool, here's what Romney said when asked about his tax returns:
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BuzzFeed:
Reid Dismisses Romney Tax Claim — “We'll believe it when we see it,” says spokesman in response to Romney's assertion Thursday that he's paid at least 13% of his income in taxes every year for the last decade. — Image by J. Scott Applewhite / AP — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office …
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Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney Says He Never Paid Less Than 13 Percent In Taxes
Mitt Romney Says He Never Paid Less Than 13 Percent In Taxes
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Mitt Romney seeks to shift the tax return debate
Mitt Romney seeks to shift the tax return debate
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney: ‘I Never Paid Less Than 13 Percent’ In Taxes
Mitt Romney: ‘I Never Paid Less Than 13 Percent’ In Taxes
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Romney Says 'I've Paid at Least 13%' in Taxes in Past Decade
Romney Says 'I've Paid at Least 13%' in Taxes in Past Decade
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Booman Tribune, New York Times, Capital New York, White House Dossier and The Political Carnival
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Romney says he paid at least 13 percent in federal taxes every year
Romney says he paid at least 13 percent in federal taxes every year
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Politico and ThinkProgress
Paul Ryan / CNN:
CNN Electoral Map: Wisconsin moves to true “toss up” — (CNN) - CNN Thursday turned the important battleground state of Wisconsin from “lean Obama” to true “toss up” on its electoral map, in the wake of Mitt Romney's naming of House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, a seven term congressman from the Badger state, as his running mate.
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Ginger Gibson / Politico:
Mitt Romney tries to explain Medicare stance
Mitt Romney tries to explain Medicare stance
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
ANALYSIS: Paul Ryan's First Week
ANALYSIS: Paul Ryan's First Week
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Firedoglake, CNN, Politico and ABCNEWS
Mark Potok / Hatewatch:
SPLC: Family Research Council License-to-Kill Claim ‘Outrageous’ — Editor's Note: The following statement may be attributed to Mark Potok, Senior Fellow of the Southern Poverty Law Center and editor of its Intelligence Report and Hatewatch blog. — Yesterday's attack on the Family Research Council …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Perkins: Groups Gave Shooter “License” To Attack Family Research Council — “Corkins was given a license to shoot an unarmed man by organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center that have been reckless in labeling organizations ‘hate groups’ because they disagree with them on public policy …
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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Brian C. Mooney / The Boston Globe:
Obama's costly investment not yielding new voters
Obama's costly investment not yielding new voters
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Politico, The PJ Tatler and Firedoglake
Artur Davis / National Review:
Obama's Hidden-Hand Politics
Obama's Hidden-Hand Politics
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Redanddead / Red & Dead:
Letter from the Editor in Chief — I, Polina Marinova, have resigned as the editor-in-chief from The Red & Black, the student newspaper covering the University of Georgia. The Red & Black's top editors, design staff, photo staff and reporters walked out of the newspaper building this afternoon.
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Karah-Leigh / Athens Daily News:
Red & Black student staffers walk out
Red & Black student staffers walk out
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BuzzFeed:
Ryan On Medicare Cuts: “We Would Never Have Done It In The First Place” — He explains why he included in his budget cuts to planned spending that he's now running against. — Ryan spoke briefly about Medicare over lunch at The Original Hot Dog Shoppe in Warren, Ohio. — Via: Pool
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Takes Questions from People Mag, Entertainment Tonight, Disses White House Press Corps — President Obama hasn't formally taken questions from the White House press corps in more than two months, while on the campaign trail in Iowa yesterday he made time for reporters from People Magazine and Entertainment Tonight.
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Louis Woodhill / Forbes:
General Motors Is Headed For Bankruptcy — Again — President Obama is proud of his bailout of General Motors. That's good, because, if he wins a second term, he is probably going to have to bail GM out again. The company is once again losing market share, and it seems unable to develop products …
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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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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.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN's O'Brien, Sununu wring fun from Medicare — Upon the selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney's running mate, Washington's chattering class predicted a turn toward substance, toward discussions of budget numbers and the tough choices faced by the country. They were right.
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