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Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don't Get Pregnant — This post has been updated. — Rep. Todd Akin, the Republican nominee for Senate in Missouri who is running against Sen. Claire McCaskill, justified his opposition to abortion rights even in case of rape …
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Charles Jaco / FOX2now.com:
The Jaco Report: August 19, 2012 — (KTVI)-The race for the United States Senate in Missouri is one of the most closely watched in the nation. Republican hopes for regaining control of the Senate heavily depend on republican Congressman Todd Akin defeating incumbent Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill.
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Akin On ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment: ‘I Misspoke’ — Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) said late Sunday that he “misspoke” when he claimed that women who are victims of “legitimate rape” have biological defenses that fend off a pregnancy and therefore do not need legal abortion rights.
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Little Green Footballs, The New Civil Rights Movement, First Read and ThinkProgress
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Akin Outburst Will Put Pressure On Romney-Ryan — Missouri Republican Senate nominee Todd Akin's claim that women who are victims of “legitimate rape” have biological defenses to prevent pregnancy — and therefore don't need the legal right to have an abortion — is already shaking up the Senate race in the Show Me State.
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The Maddow Blog and Balloon Juice
Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
Rep. Todd Akin: No pregnancy from ‘legitimate rape’ — Rep. Todd Akin's controversial comments on “legitimate rape” made during an interview with KTVI-TV have sparked a massive backlash. — If there is something everyone can agree on, it would seem that the idea that rape can result …
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David Cohen / Politico:
Todd Akin: ‘Legitimate rape’ victims rarely get pregnant — Todd Akin, Missouri's Republican Senate candidate, sparked controversy with a claim, made in a TV interview posted Sunday, that victims of “legitimate rape” very rarely get pregnant because their bodies prevent them from doing so.
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The New Civil Rights Movement
Aaron Blake / The Fix:
Todd Akin, GOP Senate candidate: ‘Legitimate rape’ rarely causes pregnancy — Last updated at 9:02 p.m. with the Romney campaign's response. — Rep. Todd Akin, the newly-christened GOP Senate nominee in Missouri, said in an interview airing Sunday that “legitimate rape” rarely causes pregnancy.
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Niall Ferguson / The Daily Beast:
Niall Ferguson: Hit the Road, Barack — The president has broken his promises, and Romney-Ryan's path to prosperity is our only hope. — I was a good loser four years ago. “In the grand scheme of history,” I wrote the day after Barack Obama's election as president, “four decades is not an especially long time.
Politico:
Exclusive: GOP scolded after drinking, nudity in Israel — The FBI probed a late-night swim in the Sea of Galilee that involved drinking, numerous GOP freshmen lawmakers, top leadership staff - and one nude member of Congress, according to more than a dozen sources, including eyewitnesses.
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BuzzFeed:
Ohio Republican Stands By Jab At Black Turnout “Machine” — “I said I believe that there's a line of how far that taxpayers should have to go to match a specific political operation, and that's what I mean,” Preisse tells BuzzFeed. Democrats cry suppression. — Source: @dougpreisse
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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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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Supported Economic Stimulus Under Bush: ‘You Have To Spend A Little To Grow A Little’ — GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan spent much of the last week trying to explain why he signed multiple letters seeking $20 million in stimulus funds for an energy company in his district.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite and The Impolitic
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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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Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Giuliani questions whether Biden has the ‘balance’ to be president
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The Hinterland Gazette and New York Magazine
Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Biden not a ‘liability’ despite recent gaffe, says Obama campaign
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Hot Air and Wake up America
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.
Alex Tabarrok / Marginal Revolution:
Racism by Political Party … Here is data asking whites the question Do you Favor Laws Against Interracial Marriage (this is from 2002, the latest year available for this question). — Favor Laws Against Interracial Marriage — Democrat — Ind — Repub — Other — TOTAL — YES
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The Monkey Cage and National Review
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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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Gibbs: Ryan should ‘thank’ Obama for strengthening Medicare
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The Lonely Conservative, Politico, Taylor Marsh and Jammie Wearing Fools
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Romney Adviser Says GOP Would Extend Medicare's Solvency By Raising The Eligibility Age
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