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

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:

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.

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 …

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

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.