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8:40 PM ET, August 16, 2012

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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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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
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
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.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and RedState
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 …
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
In Ohio, Ryan zings Biden over latest gaffe
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Jesse Jackson: Joe Biden uproar ‘not helpful’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
Joe Biden comes across as a ball and chain in 2012 election, but President Obama won't dump …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Mission Impossible: Managing Joe Biden
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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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
For my birthday, Paul Ryan gave me a chili dog, I gave him a Medicare question
Discussion: BuzzFeed
First Read:
Ryan has tough words for China, contradicting 2010 vote
Discussion: 2012 Decoded and ThinkProgress
Rich Lowry / Politico:
Give 'em hell, Mitt!
Discussion: ABCNEWS, CNN and Cold Fury
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
ANALYSIS: Paul Ryan's First Week
Discussion: CNN, Politico, Firedoglake and ABCNEWS
Andrew Rafferty / First Read:
Santorum says government forcing Catholics to sin
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 …
Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney Says He Never Paid Less Than 13 Percent In Taxes
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Mitt Romney seeks to shift the tax return debate
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney: ‘I Never Paid Less Than 13 Percent’ In Taxes
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Romney says he paid at least 13 percent in federal taxes every year
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
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
Discussion: Politico, The PJ Tatler and Firedoglake
Artur Davis / National Review:
Obama's Hidden-Hand Politics
Discussion: Reuters, The Spectacle Blog and AEIdeas
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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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Paul Ryan Set to Appear With Mom at World's Largest Retirement Community, Defend Medicare Plan
Discussion: Hot Air and Wall Street Journal
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.
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 …
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.
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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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
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David Jesse / Detroit Free Press:
Shirvell testifies about Armstrong's ‘radical homosexual agenda’ as U-M case goes to jury
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN's O'Brien, Sununu wring fun from Medicare
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