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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
Aaron Blake / The Fix:
Todd Akin, GOP Senate candidate: ‘Legitimate rape’ rarely causes pregnancy
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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.
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.
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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Andrew Malcolm / Investor's Business Daily:
The amazing little story that didn't happen on Obama's big bus trip — President Obama was back in Iowa for several days this past week. He has winning memories there. But the fact that an incumbent president feels it necessary to invest three of only 79 precious remaining days there says how close the presidential race now is.
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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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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Gibbs: Biden remark no more racial than Boehner saying ‘unshackle Wall Street’
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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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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”:
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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
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