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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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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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ThinkProgress, The Agonist, Ballot Box, New York Times, Firedoglake, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, The Raw Story, Wake up America, Booman Tribune, Daily Kos, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Taylor Marsh, TODAY on the Trail, The Maddow Blog, Hullabaloo, New York Magazine, First Read, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Little Green Footballs, CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, Towleroad News #gay, rightwingwatch.org, Balloon Juice, The Caucus, The Moderate Voice, Gothamist and GOP 12
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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ABCNEWS, Reuters, New York Magazine, The Hill, Washington Post and Philly.com
Ann Coulter / Official:
MISSOURI: THE ‘SHOW ME ANOTHER G.O.P. CANDIDATE’ STATE — Relying on Todd Akin's sense of decency has not worked. Within hours of his idiotic comments about “legitimate rape,” Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS pulled out millions of dollars in funding for the Missouri Senate race. Akin didn't get the hint.
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Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Barack Obama
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan stands by his anti-abortion record while running away from it — “It's very tough for people like me who are pro-choice Republicans. It's admittedly not a large caucus. But when I have to see a story like Todd Akin, and then turn to my wife and my daughters, who are looking at me and saying, 'Really?
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First Read
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Dem Convention becomes anti-Akin affair
Dem Convention becomes anti-Akin affair
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Power Line, Ballot Box, ABCNEWS, The Lonely Conservative, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler and Instapundit
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Ryan Refuses To Say Abortions Should Be Available To Women Who Are Raped
Ryan Refuses To Say Abortions Should Be Available To Women Who Are Raped
Bloomberg:
Ryan's Record Of Abortion Opposition Consistent With Akin's
Ryan's Record Of Abortion Opposition Consistent With Akin's
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mother Jones, The Atlantic Online, Daily Kos and Truthdig
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Ryan says he is ‘proud of my pro-life record,’ defends bill sponsored with Akin
Ryan says he is ‘proud of my pro-life record,’ defends bill sponsored with Akin
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Politico and The Rightnewz
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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Washington Examiner, Politico, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
Joel McDurmon / American Vision:
Legitimate political gang rape
Legitimate political gang rape
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Angry Black Lady Chronicles, Mother Jones, Mediaite, Wonkette and Washington Wire
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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ABCNEWS, Daily Kos, The PJ Tatler, The Hill and The Raw Story
Jillian Duchnowski / Elmhurst, IL Patch:
Illinois Republicans Discuss Akin, Party Response
Illinois Republicans Discuss Akin, Party Response
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The Hill, CNN, Wonkette, Mediaite, Politico, Daily Kos, The Huffington Post, Associated Press and The Raw Story
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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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Maddow Blog, Applesauce and nation.foxnews.com
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Nick R. Martin / Talking Points Memo:
Texas Judge Warns Of ‘Civil War, Maybe’ If Obama Wins — Texas Judge Tom Head is worried about what might happen if President Obama wins reelection in November. There could be riots, unrest or a “civil war, maybe,” he told a local television station this week.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite, Balloon Juice, Stinque, Wonkette, Booman Tribune and Zandar Versus The Stupid
First Read:
First Thoughts: Not your ordinary August poll — This isn't your ordinary August poll; it looks more like October... The poll's three macro-conclusions: 1) Obama has the advantage heading into the conventions, 2) he's still below 50%, 3) Romney has work to do repairing his image …
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BuzzFeed, Daily Kos, Politico, Outside the Beltway, The Maddow Blog, The Moderate Voice and Guardian
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Domenico Montanaro / First Read:
Obama leads big with Latinos, but enthusiasm still lags
Obama leads big with Latinos, but enthusiasm still lags
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Ballot Box, The Moderate Voice, The Buzz Florida Politics Feed, Business Insider and theGrio
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
GOP takes tough platform approach — Filled with strict stances, most conservative plan in party history to be unveiled — TAMPA, Fla. — Republicans next week will likely adopt what veteran platform writers said is the most conservative platform in their history after the drafting committee voted …
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ThinkProgress, Campaign Stops, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and New York Times
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Republican Party Changes Rules To Stop The Pauls
Republican Party Changes Rules To Stop The Pauls
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The Fix and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
WMUR:
Sheriff candidate says he wouldn't reject deadly force to stop abortions — Candidate says he believes elective, late-term abortions aren't lawful — Candidate's abortion comments draw criticism — A Republican candidate for Hillsborough County Sheriff said Wednesday …
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CBS Boston, Talking Points Memo and The Raw Story
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Video: Obama Says He's ‘Pro-Choice’ on Third-Trimester Abortions
Video: Obama Says He's ‘Pro-Choice’ on Third-Trimester Abortions
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Doug Ross, LifeNews.com, The Gateway Pundit and BuzzFeed
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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The Maddow Blog, Politico and Mother Jones
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Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Rick Santorum: Here Are the Reasons That Romney Might Lose
Rick Santorum: Here Are the Reasons That Romney Might Lose
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CNN, Politico, The Hill, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Hinterland Gazette
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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The Ulsterman Report and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Christopher Maloney / Twitchy:
‘O-I-H-O’: Barack Obama's Dan Quayle moment
‘O-I-H-O’: Barack Obama's Dan Quayle moment
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Riehl World News and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Erika I. Ritchie / Orange County Register:
Rick Warren cancels Obama-Romney forum at Saddleback Church — LAKE FOREST - Rick Warren, Saddleback Church's pastor, announced Wednesday that a civil forum planned with President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at the church has been canceled …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Religion Dispatches
Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
Steve King: Multicultural Groups Are ‘People That Feel Sorry For Themselves’ — At a recent town hall, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) explained his concern over discovering that Iowa State University has multicultural groups. King characterized minority students as people “who feel sorry for themselves …
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Balloon Juice, Angry Black Lady Chronicles and The Political Carnival
Cindy Cooper / Twitchy:
Zing! Romney on Obama: ‘Bless his heart’; Update: No, it's not racist … Oh, yes, he did. He dropped the most awesome insult ever. … Swoon! Romney's point is, of course, correct and needs repeating. But the “bless his heart” is getting more play as of now; it was the delicious final touch on the pro-freedom message.
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Hot Air, The Lonely Conservative, The Other McCain and Pirate's Cove
Bloomberg:
Economists Risk Labeling as Political Hacks — By Laurence Kotlikoff 2012-08-21T22:30:48Z — Some 500 of my colleagues in economics, almost all academics, have signed a statement applauding former Governor Mitt Romney's economic plan and condemning President Barack Obama's handling of the economy.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Eschaton
CBO's Publications:
An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022 — For fiscal year 2012 (which ends on September 30), the federal budget deficit will total $1.1 trillion, CBO estimates, marking the fourth year in a row with a deficit of more than $1 trillion.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney says fact-checkers biased in criticism of campaign's welfare ads — Mitt Romney said Wednesday that the fact-checkers who have criticized his recent attacks on President Obama's welfare changes were examining the issue “in the way they think is most consistent with their own views” …
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CNN and Des Moines Register
Linda the Dolt / The Daily Dolt:
GOP Announces Convention Theme “We Built This” In Stadium Built With 62% Government Funds — Apparently rejecting a more controversial “You Didn't Really Get Raped, Pregnant Lady” theme for its 2012 convention, the GOP has announced that its Tuesday night session will be themed “We Built This!”
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ThinkProgress, The Atlantic Wire, Fox News, Mediaite, Wonkette, The Raw Story, Lynn Sweet, Gawker and Pirate's Cove
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
John Edwards Stiffed, Not Invited to Dem. Convention — When asked whether John Edwards has been invited to next month's Democratic National Committee's convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, a Democratic convention official had only one word for THE WEEKLY STANDARD: “No.”
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The Daily Caller