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Kerry Picket / Washington Times:
Obama camp - We are intentionally limiting crowd size at rallies — The presumptive GOP presidential and vice presidential nominees Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan are attracting thousands of supporters to their campaign rallies since Mr. Romney named Mr. Ryan to the bottom of the ticket.
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Power Line, Wake up America, Doug Ross, Jammie Wearing Fools, The Lonely Conservative, RedState and Weasel Zippers
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Gibbs: Biden remark no more racial than Boehner saying ‘unshackle Wall Street’ — Senior Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs on Sunday defended Joe Biden, saying a recent comment that GOP economic policies would put people “back in chains” was not racially motivated and claiming it was no different …
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CNN, Little Green Footballs, The PJ Tatler and The Hinterland Gazette
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Gibbs: Ryan should ‘thank’ Obama for strengthening Medicare — Senior Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs defended the administration's record on Medicare from GOP attacks on Sunday, saying that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) should “thank President Obama” for strengthening the program.
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Politico, Taylor Marsh and Jammie Wearing Fools
Boston Globe:
Biden should apologize for “back in chains” remark — When Vice President Joe Biden warned a Virginia rally of hundreds of African Americans that Republican efforts to loosen bank regulations meant “They're going to put y'all back in chains,” Stephanie Cutter, Team Obama's deputy campaign manager …
Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Biden not a ‘liability’ despite recent gaffe, says Obama campaign
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Politico
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Globe asks Biden for ‘chains’ apology
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Angry Black Lady Chronicles
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Ohio GOP Election Board Member: Our Voting Process Shouldn't Accommodate Black Voters — Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted's recent decision to prohibit early voting on nights and weekends in all districts has many concerned about the effect on voter turnout in the state, particularly among low-income and minority communities.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Dayton, Ohio …
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Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Voting in Ohio | Fight over poll hours isn't just political — One of Deidre Reese's most precious childhood memories is going to the polls with her family. — “It was a hard-fought-for right,” she says. “There was a time that we certainly could not do that.”
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Plunderbund and ThinkProgress
ABCNEWS:
On ‘This Week’: Stephanie Cutter and Kevin Madden — Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter and Romney campaign senior adviser Kevin Madden face off on the latest battles in the 2012 presidential campaign, Sunday on “This Week.” — Mitt Romney and his new running mate Rep. Paul Ryan hit …
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The Political Carnival
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CNN:
Obama team defends People, ET interviews — (CNN) - Interviews with People magazine and Entertainment Tonight are just as important as sit-downs with national news media, President Barack Obama's deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter said Sunday. — “Not more important, but equally important …
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Politico and Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
Truth and Lies About Medicare — Republican attacks on President Obama's plans for Medicare are growing more heated and inaccurate by the day. Both Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan made statements last week implying that the Affordable Care Act would eviscerate Medicare when in fact the law should shore up the program's finances.
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Balloon Juice, Prairie Weather and Connecting.the.Dots
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Romney Adviser Says GOP Would Extend Medicare's Solvency By Raising The Eligibility Age
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Brad DeLong
Ta-Nehisi Coates / New York Times:
Obama's (Perceived) Transformation — EARLIER this month, Ann Coulter took to the airwaves of the Fox News network to denounce the dastardly machinations, large mendacity and mad villainy currently employed by the American president. Barack Obama was “a liar,” Coulter said, a …
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The Hinterland Gazette, Applesauce, Prairie Weather and Balloon Juice
Joe Lawler / Metromix Des Moines:
Hank Williams Jr. brings country hits and political jabs to the fair — Are you ready for some political commentary? — Country legend Hank Williams Jr. played to a crowd of nearly 8,500 at the Iowa State Fair Grandstand Friday night. — You may recall, criticism of President Barack Obama …
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Grover Norquist: George H.W. Bush ‘Lied’ to the American People — Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist dismissed recent criticism of his tax pledge from former President George H.W. Bush, saying the 41st president had “lied” to the American people by raising taxes while in office.
Times of India:
11-year-old girl arrested in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy — ISLAMABAD: An 11-year-old Christian girl has been arrested in Pakistani capital on a charge of blasphemy after she was accused of burning pages of the Quran, police said on Saturday. — Officials of Ramna police station …
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