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Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Rep. Steve King: I've Never Heard Of A Girl Getting Pregnant From Statutory Rape Or Incest — Rep. Steve King, one of the most staunchly conservative members of the House, was one of the few Republicans who did not strongly condemn Rep. Todd Akin Monday for his remarks regarding pregnancy and rape.
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Heather Leigh / KMEG-TV:
Rep. Steve King on the Campaign Trail — (LE MARS/SIOUX CENTER, IA) Representative Steve King, who's running for re-election in Iowa's 4th Congressional District, made a few campaign stops today. — We caught up with him in Le Mars and Sioux Center, where he spoke about gun control …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Akin Clarifies ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comments: Women Make ‘False Claims’ About Being Raped — Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) announced that he will continue with his race for the U.S. Senate, during an appearance on the Mike Huckabee radio show Tuesday afternoon, and clarified his claims that women who face “legitimate rape” cannot become pregnant.
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Exclusive: Akin ad asks for ‘forgiveness’ (Updated) — Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin has recorded a television ad asking for “forgiveness” from the voters of his state and acknowledging that he used “the wrong words in the wrong way” when he suggested last weekend that rape rarely leads to pregnancy.
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First on CNN: GOP prepares tough anti-abortion platform — Tampa, Florida (CNN) - The Republican Party is once again set to enshrine into its official platform support for “a human life amendment” to the Constitution that would outlaw abortion without making explicit exemptions for rape or incest …
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Irin Carmon / Salon:
Rape exceptions aren't legitimate — Todd Akin's right about this much: Rape exceptions are wrong. You either believe in bodily autonomy, or you don't — Todd Akin may know nothing about biology, and may have been too honest for his own good about his own contempt for women …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Kirk Cameron defends Todd Akin — TV star-turned-conservative activist Kirk Cameron came to the defense of embattled GOP Senate hopeful Todd Akin Tuesday, saying that the Missouri congressman's controversial comments about “legitimate rape” came in the context of his opposition to abortion.
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Ron Paul / CNN:
Ron Paul delegates set to strike deal with RNC — Tampa, Florida (CNN) - A stand off between Ron Paul supporters and the Republican National Committee over convention delegates appears to be easing, and both sides are close to announcing a deal that could help avoid a potentially embarrassing moment …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Brown against GOP abortion language
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Republican Party Makes No Abortion Exception For Rape, Incest
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum: No, Romney and Ryan don't really want a ‘great debate’
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Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
Romney Endorsed by, Praised Dr. John Willke, Leading Proponent of Idea That Rape Lowers Pregnancy Risk
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Alex Roarty / NationalJournal.com:
Could Akin Damage the Top of the GOP Ticket?
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Dennis Prager / Townhall.com:
The Pro-Life Movement Must Disavow Akin Comment
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Michael Cooper / The Caucus:
G.O.P. Approves Strict Anti-Abortion Language in Party Platform
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Oh I Think He May Be Staying — Snap PPP Poll shows the Missouri Senate race essentially unchanged: Akin over McCaskill 44-43. Little changed from previous poll. — Late Update: Surprised? I can't say I am. And you shouldn't be either. Don't underestimate partisan division and affiliation …
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Tainted poll by Dem outfit offers Akin incentive not to quit — A PPP poll, taken after Todd Akin's infamous comment about rape, puts him in a virtual tie with Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in the Missouri Senate race. According to that poll, Akin leads McCaskill by 44-43.
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Washington Post:
Todd Akin should drop out of Senate race, Romney says — Mitt Romney added firepower Tuesday to Republican demands that embattled Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin withdraw from the race, saying that Akin should accept the counsel of “his fellow Missourians.”
Mark Halperin / The Page:
Missouri GOP Godfathers Act As One to Force Akin Out
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Todd Akin, Superstar
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
NRSC sends out list of conservative pundits calling for Akin to step down
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Akin 44 McCaskill 43 — Missouri voters strongly disagree …
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James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
Huckabee to Akin: ‘Horrible’ rapes created some extraordinary people
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Susan Davis / USA Today:
Romney calls on Akin to withdraw from Senate race
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Todd Akin: I'm Staying In The Race
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New York Times:
Ignoring Calls to Quit, Akin Appeals to Voters in Ad
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Akin tells Huckabee he's staying in the race
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Akin vows to stay in race as GOP amps up pressure on him
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New Michigan Poll has Romney ahead of Obama — WJBK Fox 2 - — Foster McCollum White Baydoun (FMW)B, a national public opinion polling and voter analytics consulting firm based in Michigan and representing the combined resources of Foster McCollum White & Associates (Troy, Michigan) …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney slightly ahead in Wisconsin — PPP's first Wisconsin poll since Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his running mate finds him taking a small lead over Barack Obama in the state, 48-47. That represents a 7 point shift from PPP's last look at the state in early July, which found Obama ahead 50-44.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Ryan: I've more foreign policy experience than Obama had in 2008 — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the Romney campaign's vice-presidential candidate, argued that he has more foreign-policy experience than President Obama did when he ran for president. — “Well, most of the traveling I've done throughout …
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BuzzFeed:
RNC Chair: Bring On Biden — Priebus brings the “brass knuckles.” Secret Service agents overheard discussing Biden's trip on a flight to Tampa. — Image by Steven Mantilla / AP — TAMPA, Florida — Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said the GOP will respond tenfold …
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
In Praise of Fact-Checkers — In the wake of Niall Ferguson's dishonesty, Dylan Byers decided to contact Newsweek to see what controls the magazine had in place to prevent authors from lying to them. As it turns out, none: … More accurately, Newsweek has unwittingly outsourced its fact-checking to the web.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
RNC ad: Obama ‘ignores the truth’ over ‘felon’ comment — The Republican National Committee released a new web ad Tuesday slamming President Obama for his suggestion at a White House press conference on Monday that “nobody accused Mr. Romney of being a felon.”
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Ben Chu / The Independent:
Spending departments braced for further budget cuts after figures reveal Government borrowed £3 billion more than expected last month — Public sector finances suffered from a 20 per cent fall in corporation tax receipts from business while public spending rose by 5 per cent, fuelled by higher benefit payments.
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