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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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9 News sits down with VP candidate Paul Ryan — OXFORD, Ohio - 9 News sat down for a one-on-one interview with vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan during his visit to his alma mater at Miami University. — Ryan talked with 9 News anchor Brendan Keefe about how Miami was a turning point for his career …
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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Paul Ryan Set to Appear With Mom at World's Largest Retirement Community, Defend Medicare Plan — WARREN, Ohio—Paul Ryan is headed to a Florida retirement community with his mother on Saturday to make his argument about the need to change Medicare for future generations. Ryan's mother is in her late 70s.
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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
For my birthday, Paul Ryan gave me a chili dog, I gave him a Medicare question — WARREN, Ohio — I spent my birthday doing my job: traveling with Paul Ryan, who has been on a campaign swing through battleground states since Mitt Romney announced him as his running mate last weekend.
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Lean Forward / msnbc.com:
Sandra Fluke: Paul Ryan on women's issues — so bad it's unbelievable ... but true — Since Rep. Paul Ryan was chosen as Mitt Romney's running mate, I've sent out tweets noting that by picking Ryan, Romney has doubled down on his dangerous stance on women's health.
Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
In 2010, Paul Ryan denied making appeals for stimulus funds
In 2010, Paul Ryan denied making appeals for stimulus funds
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Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney: Paul Ryan Medicare Plan And Mine Are The Same, ‘If Not Identical’
Mitt Romney: Paul Ryan Medicare Plan And Mine Are The Same, ‘If Not Identical’
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Ryan has tough words for China, contradicting 2010 vote
Ryan has tough words for China, contradicting 2010 vote
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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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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 …
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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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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
MSNBC'S TOURÉ: ROMNEY ENGAGED IN ‘NIGGERIZATION’ OF OBAMA — MSNBC's Touré, a supposed racial expert who can spot racism in most inanimate objects, most Yiddish phrases, and all English words, has now declared that Mitt Romney is engaged in the “niggerization” of Barack Obama.
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
MSNBC's Touré: Romney Engaging In The ‘Niggerization’ Of Obama — On Thursday's edition of MSNBC's The Cycle the group discussed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's assertion that President Obama should “take [his] campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago.”
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Dinesh D'Souza / Fox News:
How I became George Obama's ‘brother’ — A few days ago I received a call from a man I recently met named George. He was a bit flustered, and soon informed me that his young son was sick with a chest condition. He pleaded with me to send him $1,000 to cover the medical bills.
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Brian C. Mooney / The Boston Globe:
Obama's costly investment not yielding new voters — REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) — Across Florida on Wednesday, President Obama's campaign scheduled 53 field events to register voters. Last weekend in Virginia, there were at least 78 such events …
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David Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Artur Davis, who backed Obama in 2008, to speak at GOP convention
Artur Davis, who backed Obama in 2008, to speak at GOP convention
Artur Davis / National Review:
Obama's Hidden-Hand Politics
Obama's Hidden-Hand Politics
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John Fund / National Review:
Serial Fraud Kept Congressman in Office — A new Washington Post poll found that 74 percent of Americans support having voters show ID at the polls, and a full 81 percent think voter fraud is a problem. — They have reason to be concerned. This month, four staffers for former Michigan …
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Red and 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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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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