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9:55 AM ET, August 22, 2012

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Jeffrey Smith / Salon:
Eleven reasons Akin didn't quit  —  It's after 6 p.m., and Todd Akin is still on the Missouri ballot.  Why did he remain in the race?  —  Todd Akin declared Tuesday that he would not drop out of the U.S. Senate race in Missouri.  Most East Coast journalists and politicos I've spoken …
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George Stephanopoulos / ABCNEWS:
Todd Akin Opens Door to Possible Exit  —  Here's what Missouri Congressman Todd Akin said when I asked if he was in the race to stay - even if it looked like he would lose and possibly cost Republicans control of the Senate.  —  “Well George, I'm never going to say everything that could possibly happen.
James Hohmann / Politico:
GOP rejects rape exception in platform  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Even as Mitt Romney sought to quash the furor surrounding Todd Akin's “legitimate” rape comments, the Republican platform committee here approved an abortion plank that includes no exemptions for rape, incest or even to save the life of the mother.
New York Times:
What the G.O.P. Platform Represents  —  Over the years, the major parties' election-year platforms have been regarded as Kabuki theater scripts for convention week.  The presidential candidates blithely ignored them or openly dismissed the most extreme planks with a knowing wink as merely …
Manu Raju / Politico:
Todd Akin's looming campaign of isolation  —  Rep. Todd Akin showed he could win a 48-hour standoff with his party.  But that feat pales compared with what's next: Running for a critical Senate seat as a candidate in near total isolation — abandoned by Republicans across the spectrum after his …
BuzzFeed:
Fetus Vanishes From Akin Website
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Rep. Steve King: I've Never Heard Of A Girl Getting Pregnant From Statutory Rape Or Incest
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Akin Clarifies ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comments: Women Make ‘False Claims’ About Being Raped
Meredith Shiner / Roll Call:
Todd Akin Staying Put, as Top Missouri Republicans Tell Him to Exit
Kristen Gosling / Associated Press:
Rep. Todd Akin decision deadline 5 p.m. Tuesday
Discussion: The Raw Story
Mark Murray / First Read:
NBC/WSJ poll: Heading into conventions, Obama has four-point lead  —  After Mitt Romney selected his vice presidential running mate, and just days before the political conventions kick off next week, President Barack Obama maintains his advantage in the race for the White House, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Mark Murray / First Read:
NBC/WSJ poll: Voters split on Ryan  —  According to the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 22 percent of registered voters say Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan to be his running mate makes them more likely to vote for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Wall Street Journal:
In Tight Race, Romney Faces Hurdles
Discussion: Washington Wire and CNN
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama continues to lead in Virginia
Discussion: Ballot Box
Prince Harry / TMZ.com:
Prince Harry — Naked Photos of Las Vegas Rager Leaked  —  During Vegas Rager  —  Prince Harry put the crown jewels on display in Vegas this weekend ... getting BARE ASS NAKED during a game of strip billiards with a room full of friends in his VIP suite.  —  It all went down Friday night during …
BuzzFeed:
Eva Longoria To Speak At Democratic Convention  —  Convention announces all-female line-up, to focus on “war on women.”  —  Image by Rachel Murray / Getty Images  —  TAMPA, Florida — Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria will address at the Democratic National Convention next month …
Discussion: Joe. My. God.
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CNN:
More women: DNC announces new speakers
Discussion: Politico and JSOnline
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.
Jim McElhatton / Washington Times:
Labor Department spends stimulus funds for ads during Olbermann, Maddow shows  —  Contract shows no new jobs were created  —  The Labor Department paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal stimulus funds to a public relations firm to run more than 100 commercials touting …
Chris Chase / USA Today:
Oklahoma kindergartner banned from wearing Michigan shirt  —  An Oklahoma City kindergartner was forced to turn his University of Michigan shirt inside out last week because it violated a city ban on any apparel not supportive of the state's college teams.  —  Cooper Barton, 5, comes from a family of Michigan fans.
Discussion: Hit & Run
Invictus / The Big Picture:
Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Going Viral?  —  I had barely finished reading Niall Ferguson's takedown of President Obama when a flood of takedowns of Mr. Ferguson started hitting the web.  This post, then, will not be about his Newsweek piece, but instead about his recent Bloomberg TV interview with Erik Schatzker and Sara Eisen.
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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
House GOP: FCC ‘twists the facts’ in report to justify regulation  —  A spokeswoman for House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans accused the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday of using an annual report on broadband access to justify more regulation.
CBS News:
Officials arrest Wash. man over Obama threat  —  (CBS/AP) FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Authorities have arrested a Washington state man after he allegedly emailed threats against President Obama.  —  Law enforcement officials identified the suspect as 31-year-old Anton Caluori.
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Jake Tapper Tells Ingraham ‘Media Helped Tip The Scales’ In 2008  —  In an interview on Tuesday with conservative radio host Laura Ingraham, ABC News' White House correspondent Jake Tapper addressed many of the concerns that Republicans have with the media.  Tapper said that he was concerned …
 
 
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Matt Miller / Washington Post:
The rise of the ‘Drawbridge Republicans’
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Obama Is Likely Getting the Monetary Policy He Wants
Associated Press:
Obama shifts to Ryan education plan
Breeanne Howe / RedState:
Radical Islam Joins the DNC
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems prepare to go behind enemy lines at GOP convention in Tampa
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