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Angelakdka / CBS Pittsburgh:
In Exclusive Interview, Paul Ryan Distances Self From Todd Akin — CARNEGIE (KDKA) — In Congressman Paul Ryan's first interview in Pennsylvania, Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick reacted strongly to Congressman Todd Akin's comment than women who are raped rarely get pregnant.
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Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Rick Santorum: Here Are the Reasons That Romney Might Lose — The former senator is heading to Tampa to speak on behalf of his former rival. He tells Howard Kurtz what Romney must avoid if he is to beat Obama. — Rick Santorum has a simple formulation for how the 2012 election will turn out.
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Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
The Tax Returns are Hurting Romney, Badly — I didn't mention this in my previous post, but in addition to the aforementioned questions, NBC News and the Wall Street Journal asked respondents about the recent controversies over Bain Capital and Mitt Romney's tax returns to gage whether they affected support for the Republican nominee.
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Advice Regarding Akin — My advice, for what it's worth, to conservatives and Republicans desperate to see Todd Akin off the ballot in Missouri: You've made your point. You've bewailed and denounced and threatened. Now it's time to hearken to the words of Lincoln, in his great Temperance Address …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Ryan Refuses To Say Abortions Should Be Available To Women Who Are Raped … This morning, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) revealed that GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan urged him to drop out of his U.S. Senate race after Akin's “legitimate rape” comments made him a liability to Republicans nationally.
Josh Richman / Mercury News:
Boxer: Akin is the symptom, but Ryan and Romney are the disease
Boxer: Akin is the symptom, but Ryan and Romney are the disease
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan stands by his anti-abortion record while running away from it
Paul Ryan stands by his anti-abortion record while running away from it
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Ryan Refuses to Explain “Forcible” Rape as Dems Attempt More Akin-izing of the GOP Ticket
Ryan Refuses to Explain “Forcible” Rape as Dems Attempt More Akin-izing of the GOP Ticket
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ThinkProgress:
CHART: Akin's Views On Women's Health Are In Line With GOP
CHART: Akin's Views On Women's Health Are In Line With GOP
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Michael Steele: GOP plank not ‘mainstream’
Michael Steele: GOP plank not ‘mainstream’
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
David Catanese, Politico Reporter, Apologizes For Todd Akin Tweets
David Catanese, Politico Reporter, Apologizes For Todd Akin Tweets
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Just Think No — There's something trying about an unforgiving man suddenly in need of forgiveness. — Yet Todd Akin is right. He shouldn't have to get out of the United States Senate race in Missouri simply for saying what he believes. He reflects a severe stance on abortion …
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George Bennett / Post on Politics:
Marco Rubio on how he learned he wasn't Romney's VP pick; kind words for Nelson, harsh ones for Akin — Republican Sen. Marco Rubio told a Forum Club of the Palm Beaches luncheon crowd today about the phone conversation he had with Mitt Romney the day before Romney announced Paul Ryan as his running mate.
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Jillian Duchnowski / Elmhurst, IL Patch:
Illinois Republicans Discuss Akin, Party Response
Illinois Republicans Discuss Akin, Party Response
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
GOP Votes To Toughen Penalties On Rule-Breaking States — Watch out Florida! — The Tampa Bay Times Forum, where the Republican National Convention begins next week. — Image by Tim Boyles / Getty Images — TAMPA, Florida — The Republican National Committee's Rules Committee unanimously voted …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Texas Judge Suggests He Will Join ‘Civil Unrest, Civil Disobedience, Civil War Maybe’ If Obama Is Reelected — Judge Tom Head, a county judge in Lubbock, Texas, announced on a local television station that he would personally join the resistance against a United Nations' takeover of American sovereignty …
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Nick R. Martin / Talking Points Memo:
Texas Judge Warns Of ‘Civil War, Maybe’ If Obama Wins
Texas Judge Warns Of ‘Civil War, Maybe’ If Obama Wins
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Like a Boss — When it comes to being a rich guy, Mitt Romney should own it — What do women want? The conventional biological wisdom is that men select mates for fertility, while women select for status — thus the commonness of younger women's pairing with well-established older men but the rarity of the converse.
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
CBO warns of deep recession if Congress fails to avert ‘fiscal cliff’ — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Wednesday warned the economy will enter a recession next year if the country goes over the so-called fiscal cliff. — In its most dire warning yet about the fiscal cliff …
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Dr. Jeff Masters / Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog:
Isaac lashing the Lesser Antilles; TD 10 forms — Tropical Storm Isaac is lashing the entire Lesser Antilles chain of islands with heavy rains this morning, and the winds will be on the increase this afternoon as the storm heads west at 19 mph. Isaac is still a weak and disorganized tropical storm, but that is changing.
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Washington Post:
Could Hurricane Isaac derail the GOP convention?
Could Hurricane Isaac derail the GOP convention?
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Signs of divine intervention for Republicans?
Signs of divine intervention for Republicans?
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Networks may miss Ann Romney speech — Ann Romney may not make primetime during next week's Republican National Convention. — The three major television networks — NBC, ABC, and CBS — are not airing primetime coverage of the RNC on Monday, the opening night of the convention and the night …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Limited Convention Coverage Will Leave Ann Romney Off Air
Limited Convention Coverage Will Leave Ann Romney Off Air
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Costs Seen in Romney's Medicare Savings Plan — WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney's promise to restore $716 billion that he says President Obama “robbed” from Medicare has some health care experts puzzled, and not just because his running mate, Representative Paul D. Ryan, included the same savings in his House budgets.
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Get Lost — So, as you might have heard, Michael Mann of Climategate infamy is threatening to sue us. — Mann is upset — very, very upset — with this Mark Steyn Corner post, which had the temerity to call Mann's hockey stick “fraudulent.” The Steyn post was mild compared with other things …
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David Skeel / Wall Street Journal:
A Nation Adrift From the Rule of Law — We are losing sight of the basic principles that made us great in the 20th century. — No one doubts that the coming election will be the most important referendum on the size and nature of government in a generation.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Team Romney calls out Obama for misspelling ‘Ohio’ at campaign stop — President Obama needed a do-over to spell “Ohio” correctly on the campus of Ohio State University this week. — Although Obama and several students at a campaign stop Tuesday morning at Sloopy's Diner on the campus …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Video: Obama Says He's “Pro-Choice” on Third-Trimester Abortions — The Washington Post reports that President Obama is running his reelection campaign as a “culture warrior,” trying to cast his opponents as extremists on such issues as abortion in the case of rape and requiring religious institutions to pay for contraception.
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Penny Starr / CNSNews:
Michelle Obama ‘Guest Editor’ for Website Featuring Sex Tips—Including from Prostitutes — Michelle Obama is identified as a “Guest Editor” on all of the website's pages, including several titled “Love & Sex.” Video clips of iVillage interviews with Mrs. Obama appear on some of those …
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Aaron Blake / The Fix:
Seniors — Grandma isn't scared of Paul Ryan. — A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows 41 percent of Americans view the new GOP vice presidential nominee favorably, while 37 percent rate him unfavorably — slightly improved from last week's polling. — Among seniors, though …
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