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3:30 AM ET, August 20, 2012

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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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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.
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.
CNN:
Romney and Ryan disagree with Akin rape remark, says campaign  —  (CNN) - A spokeswoman for Mitt Romney wrote late Sunday that the presumptive GOP presidential nominee and his running mate, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, did not share Rep. Todd Akin's sentiments on rape.
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Page
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.
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.
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Paul Krugman:
Unethical Commentary, Newsweek Edition
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
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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Jeremy W. Peters / The Caucus:
Obama Opens Up to ‘Moneyball’ Writer for Vanity Fair  —  The White House has granted Michael Lewis, the best-selling author of “Moneyball” and “The Big Short,” extensive access to President Obama for an article in the October issue of Vanity Fair.  —  The magazine confirmed that Mr. Lewis …
Discussion: Politico and New York Magazine
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Spinal Tap Presidency  —  Large and enthusiastic crowds greet Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan wherever they go.  You can get a better sense of this if you check out local media sources rather than the constantly-spun national news.  To take just one example, The Villages Daily Sun in Florida:
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Kathleen Hennessey / Los Angeles Times:
Rep. Paul Ryan fought to bail out GM plant in Wisconsin district  —  Conservatives view Mitt Romney's running mate as a symbol of fiscal austerity and Democrats see him as a radical ideologue.  Neither characterization fits his effort to save the GM plant.  —  The shuttered General Motors plant …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Mother Jones
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Dem.  Senator: Obama Led SEALs Mission to Kill Bin Laden  —  Yesterday, when introducing President Obama at a campaign event in New Hampshire, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, said that the president “led the mission that brought Osama bin Laden to justice”:
Sal Gentile / Up with Chris Hayes:
VIDEO: Paul Ryan defended stimulus in 2002, when George W. Bush wanted it  —  Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy  —  Long before he became one of the right's most vocal critics of the idea that government spending could help boost the flagging economy …
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Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Giuliani questions whether Biden has the ‘balance’ to be president  —  Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Sunday questioned whether Vice President Joe Biden has the “balance” to be president.  —  “Oh, no, I don't think he's nuts.  I'm just saying I wonder if he's got the kind of balance …
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Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Biden not a ‘liability’ despite recent gaffe, says Obama campaign
Discussion: Hot Air
CNN:
Obama team defends People, ET interviews
Discussion: 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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