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9:40 PM ET, August 22, 2012

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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.
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 …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan stands by his anti-abortion record while running away from it
Discussion: First Read
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Ryan Refuses to Explain “Forcible” Rape as Dems Attempt More Akin-izing of the GOP Ticket
ThinkProgress:
CHART: Akin's Views On Women's Health Are In Line With GOP
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Ryan says he is ‘proud of my pro-life record,’ defends bill sponsored with Akin
Discussion: The Rightnewz
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.
Discussion: The Hill, ABCNEWS and Washington Post
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Tomer Ovadia / Reuters:
Marco Rubio: Romney pick was ‘good news’
Discussion: New York Magazine
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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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Costs Seen in Romney's Medicare Savings Plan
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney says fact-checkers biased in criticism of campaign's welfare ads
Discussion: CNN and Des Moines Register
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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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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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.
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 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.
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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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
CBO warns of significant recession if Congress doesn't act to avoid fiscal cliff
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?
Discussion: Truthdig and Firedoglake
David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Tampa Mayor: City ‘Prepared’ To Call Off Convention In Event Of Dangerous Weather
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The BRAD BLOG
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 …
Discussion: The Ulsterman Report
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Christopher Maloney / Twitchy:
‘O-I-H-O’: Barack Obama's Dan Quayle moment
Discussion: 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 …
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Republican Party Changes Rules To Stop The Pauls  —  Avoiding “distractions” in Tampa.  —  Image by Czarek Sokolowski / AP  —  TAMPA, Florida — The Republican National Committee's Rules Committee voted to require written certification that a presidential candidate has a plurality …
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CNN:
Republicans approve ‘super penalty’ measure to rescue primary calendar
Discussion: Politico
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.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Eschaton
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.
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.
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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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Our Stubborn Politicians, Democratic Party Edition
Discussion: Hot Dish Politics and Doug Ross
Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
Pa. Wants Voter ID Supreme Court Hearing Delayed
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
BuzzFeed:
Joe Biden Has Known Three Presidents Intimately
Discussion: Hot Air
Brittany Anas Camera / Daily Camera:
CU-Boulder: Profs have no right to cancel classes over gun-carrying students
Associated Press:
NY federal judge gives winning hand to poker fans, calling it a game of skill, not chance
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
John Edwards Stiffed, Not Invited to Dem. Convention
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
POLL: Obama, Romney neck and neck
Discussion: BuzzFeed and USA Today
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Box Office Report: Anti-Obama Doc Drawing Big Crowds, Even in New York City
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Networks may miss Ann Romney speech
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
We Need a ‘Conservative’ Party