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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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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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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.
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Paul Ryan / CNN:
Romney, Ryan to campaign together Friday
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Signs of divine intervention for Republicans? — Has God forsaken the Republican Party? — Well, sit in judgment of what's happened in the past few days: — A report comes out that a couple dozen House Republicans engaged in an alcohol-induced frolic, in one case nude, in the Sea of Galilee …
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Jeffrey Smith / Salon:
Eleven reasons Akin didn't quit
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Todd Akin's looming campaign of isolation
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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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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
AP-GfK poll shows White House race still tight
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Mark Murray / First Read:
NBC/WSJ poll: Voters split on Ryan
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama continues to lead in Virginia
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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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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.
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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 …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Ledbetter, Baldwin, Longoria to address Dem convention — The Democratic National Convention Committee unveiled a list of prominent women Wednesday to speak at party's upcoming convention in Charlotte, including Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards and Lilly Ledbetter …
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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.
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.
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
We Need a ‘Conservative’ Party — There has been lots of talk that Paul Ryan's nomination ensures that we'll now have a “real” debate about the role of government. That's actually funny. The bar for this campaign is so low that we celebrate the fact that it might include a serious debate …
Matt Miller / Washington Post:
The rise of the ‘Drawbridge Republicans’ — As Republicans head toward next week's convention something extraordinary has come into view now that their ticket is complete. — Mitt Romney came from wealth and went on to build his own quarter-of-a-billion dollar fortune.
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Christian Adams / The PJ Tatler:
Holder Justice Department Recruits Dwarfs, Schizophrenics, and the ‘Intellectually Disabled’ — The PJ Tatler has obtained documents from the Justice Department detailing efforts to recruit attorneys and staff who are dwarfs or who have “psychiatric disabilities — ” or “severe intellectual disabilities.
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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 …
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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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Tapper: Media Failing Country
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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 …
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James Hohmann / Politico:
GOP rejects rape exception in platform
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CNN:
As Isaac churns up reminder of Gustav, GOP planners say they're ready — (CNN) - Four years ago Hurricane Gustav brought the first night of the Republican National Convention in land-locked St. Paul, Minnesota to a halt. — Today, RNC-goers are bracing for déjà vu all over again.
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Reuters:
Consider keeping Bernanke, top Romney adviser says — (Reuters) - Ben Bernanke received an unlikely defense of his work at the U.S. Federal Reserve by a top Mitt Romney adviser, who said on Tuesday that he should be considered for a third term as chairman. — Glenn Hubbard …
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Obama Is Likely Getting the Monetary Policy He Wants
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