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8:15 PM ET, August 18, 2012

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Juana Summers / Politico:
Ryan's mom is new face in Medicare wars  —  THE VILLAGES, Fla. — Meet Paul Ryan's mom.  —  Betty Ryan Douglas, 78, is the newest face of the Medicare wars that have abruptly taken center stage in the 2012 contest, joining her son here Saturday in the town square of a sprawling retirement community …
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Mandy / Deep Fried Manatees:
Paul Ryan draws a crowd at The Villages  —  Lee Greenwood warms up the crowd for Paul Ryan  —  I got up at 4 a.m. this morning to drive to The Villages to see Paul Ryan.  I stood for three hours in unbelievable heat waiting for Ryan to arrive and I can tell you that it was absolutely worth it.
Discussion: Power Line
CNN:
Ryan stands by $716 billion Medicare criticism  —  (CNN) - In an interview on Saturday, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said his Medicare proposal had “evolved” - with, among other influences, input from Democrats.  —  “As we got into looking at this issue, talking with Democrats …
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
GOP advice on Medicare: Attack  —  Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan say that they welcome a debate about the federal budget and their plans to reform Medicare.  —  But Republican strategists believe that there is really only one way to win the Medicare message wars: mount a bruising offense …
Mitt Romney for President of the United States …:
AUDIO REMARKS ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CUTS TO MEDICARE  —  This November, America will make a choice about the direction we want to go as a country - and nowhere is that choice clearer than on the issue of Medicare.  —  President Obama's healthcare law raided $716 billion from the Medicare trust fund.
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Ryan saves boldest plan for Medicaid  —  Medicare is not the only entitlement Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has big plans to reform.  —  Its sister program, Medicaid, would lose about three-quarters of its federal funding by 2050 under proposals from the Republican vice presidential candidate, according to federal budget auditors.
Mike Lillis / Ballot Box:
Obama: Paul Ryan plan would cut Romney's tax rate to 1 percent  —  Stumping in the swing state of New Hampshire on Saturday, President Obama hit Mitt Romney on a topic that's haunted the GOP presidential contender all summer: taxes.  —  The president hammered the Democrats' long-running charge …
Discussion: Politico
Rasmussen Reports:
Better Qualified To Serve As President? 42% Say Ryan, 40% Biden
Discussion: Ballot Box, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
Alicia Mundy / Washington Wire:
Paul Ryan Discloses $1 Million to $5 Million Family Trust
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
With a Full Quiver, Senator Schumer Is Quick to Release Cupid's Arrows  —  Even by the standards of Capitol Hill, where ambitious and awkward young people are thrust together in cramped workplaces and crowded bars, the nuptial output of Senator Charles E. Schumer's office stands out.
BuzzFeed:
How Management Killed “The Village Voice”  —  Mike Lacey figured out sex ads on the Internet, but little else.  The paper edges toward collapse.  —  Alt-weeklies are always dying.  But the news Friday that four editorial staffers were laid off or had their hours cut to part-time at The Village Voice …
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Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:
Layoffs Hit Editorial Staff at The Village Voice
MS Bellows Jr / Guardian:
Mitt Romney's tax returns: the ‘voter fraud’ theory  —  There has been much speculation about why Romney refuses to disclose earlier tax returns.  Could it be as simple as an address?  —  Friday's exchange of letters between the election campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney …
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
‘The Tonight Show’ Lays Off 20 Staffers And Host Jay Leno Takes Pay Cut To Save Jobs  —  SATURDAY UPDATE: Jay Leno's spokesman has now issued this statement: “Jay's foremost concern is for the wonderful people who work for The Tonight Show.  He did what was necessary to ensure their well-being.”
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Why doom has not materialized  —  Sometimes the news is that something was not newsworthy.  The United Nations' Rio+20 conference — 50,000 participants from 188 nations — occurred in June without consequences.  A generation has passed since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, which begat other conferences and protocols (e.g., Kyoto).
Discussion: AEIdeas and Cold Fury
 
 
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Paul Ryan On Foreign Policy Credentials: ‘I Voted To Send People To War’
Discussion: Hit & Run
Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
Ryan Has Ear of Washington's Conservative Establishment
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Emily S. Rueb / New York Times:
Summer Nights: Drinking on Stoops Is Illegal in New York, But Popular
Discussion: Gothamist
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Claims He Didn't Know He Signed Letters Asking For Stimulus Funds
Kristin J. Bender / insideBayArea:
Oakland: Six arrested as protest at Obama campaign headquarters ends peacefully
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Report: Garrett Ventry, who will join NBC News' Election Night coverage as a Republican pundit on election day, registered as an agent of Qatar in September

 
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