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10:30 AM ET, August 23, 2012

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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Team Obama breaks precedent to try to spoil Romney's convention  —  Bucking protocol, President Obama and the Democrats are planning a full-scale assault on Republicans next week during their convention.  —  Bucking protocol, President Obama and the Democrats are planning a full-scale assault …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Are the Democrats Delusional On Abortion?  —  The Democrats apparently think they have hit the jackpot with Todd Akin's moment of stupidity, but I'm not so sure.  How, exactly, are they going to take advantage of Akin's blunder?  By talking ceaselessly about abortion.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and New York Times
Katie Glueck / Politico:
RNC: We have plan for Isaac  —  The Republican National Committee has “contingency plans” should tropical storm Isaac impact the GOP convention in Tampa next week but a spokesman on Thursday wasn't revealing details.  —  “We do have contingency plans to deal with weather-related …
CNN:
Agencies warn of possible anarchist activity at conventions
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
GOP takes tough platform approach
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Dem Convention becomes anti-Akin affair
Sharon Otterman / New York Times:   New York Archbishop Will Give Closing Prayer at G.O.P. Meeting
New York Times:
Polls Say Medicare Is Key Issue in 3 Swing States  —  The Romney-Ryan proposal to reshape Medicare by giving future beneficiaries fixed amounts of money to buy health coverage is deeply unpopular in Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin, according to new polls that found that more likely voters …
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Quinnipiac University:
Ryan Micro-Bump In Florida, Wisconsin, But Not Ohio, Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times Swing State Poll Finds  —  FLORIDA: Obama 49 - Romney 46, compared to Obama 51 - 45 percent August 1  —  OHIO: Obama 50 - Romney 44, unchanged from August 1  —  WISCONSIN: Obama 49 - Romney 47, compared to Obama 51 - 45 August 8
Jammie Wearing Fools:
Battleground States Poll: Curiously, So-Called War on Women Not an Issue
Discussion: CBS News, GOP 12 and Hot Air
myFOXlubbock.com:
Lubbock Co. Judge warns of potential danger if Obama is re-elected  —  Lubbock County Judge Tom Head and Commissioner Mark Heinrich went into great detail Monday night on FOX 34 News @ Nine about why it is necessary to raise the tax rate by 1.7 cents the next fiscal year.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Texas Judge Suggests He Will Join ‘Civil Unrest, Civil Disobedience, Civil War Maybe’ If Obama Is Reelected
Nick R. Martin / Talking Points Memo:
Texas Judge Warns Of ‘Civil War, Maybe’ If Obama Wins
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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Ryan O'Connor / bedford-nh.patch.com:
Szabo Compares Abortions to Slavery, Condones Use of Deadly Force
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Obama: Team Romney coming on strong, playing dirty, time to ‘put them away’  —  President Obama joined a group of former NBA stars at a fundraiser at New York's Lincoln Center Wednesday night.  With Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Walt Frazier, Bill Bradley and other basketball legends sitting nearby …
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Mitt Romney for President of the United States …:
MITT ROMNEY SETS GOAL OF NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE BY 2020  —  A crucial component of Mitt Romney's Plan for a Stronger Middle Class is a comprehensive energy strategy to achieve North American energy independence by 2020 and establish America as an energy superpower in the 21st century.
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Washington Post:
Mitt Romney says plan will achieve North American energy independence by 2020
Discussion: New York Times and Election 2012
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Michelle Obama: ‘Get to the Polls on November the 2’  —  Michelle Obama, speaking yesterday at a campaign event in Florida: … The presidential election this year is November 6.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Pew Social & Demographic Trends:
The Lost Decade of the Middle Class  —  Fewer, Poorer, Gloomier  —  CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW  —  As the 2012 presidential candidates prepare their closing arguments to America's middle class, they are courting a group that has endured a lost decade for economic well-being.
Matt Higgins / CBS St. Louis:
Cops: Lesbian Fakes Attack In Which She Carved Anti-Gay Slurs Into Skin  —  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A former University of Nebraska women's basketball star faked an attack in which she allegedly carved anti-gay slurs into her skin because she felt it would spark change, police said Tuesday.
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY
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Christina Ng / ABCNEWS:
Police Accuse Nebraska Woman of Faking Anti-Gay Hate Crime
Stephen Braun / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Energy loan watchdog an Obama donor  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran Wall Street executive who performed an independent review that exonerated the Obama administration's program of loans to energy companies contributed $52,500 to re-elect President Barack Obama in the months since completing …
Discussion: protein wisdom and Hot Air
Mark Oppenheimer / New York Times:
Dan Savage and Brian Brown Debate Gay Marriage Over the Dinner Table  —  THE ancient Greek symposium, which combined drinking with elevated discussion, was often held in a private house; at Parisian salons, conversation frequently took place in the bedroom.  Once upon a time …
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Fear of a Black President  —  As a candidate, Barack Obama said we needed to reckon with race and with America's original sin, slavery.  But as our first black president, he has avoided mention of race almost entirely.  In having to be “twice as good” and “half as black,” …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Ties to Obama Aided in Access for Big Utility  —  WASHINGTON — Early in the Obama administration, a lobbyist for the Illinois-based energy producer Exelon Corporation proudly called it “the president's utility.”  And it was not just because it delivers power to Barack Obama's Hyde Park neighborhood in Chicago.
Christopher Maloney / Twitchy:
‘O-I-H-O’: Barack Obama's Dan Quayle moment  —  President Barack Obama finally found the 57th state, and it's spelled O-I-H-O.  —  To be fair, Obama and his pals finally got it right here: … Some can't believe the President would be so stupid: … Great point!  Except, not really:
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Rachel Weiner / Twitchy:
Bias: WaPo ‘real reporters’ falsely claim Obama ‘O-I-H-O’ pic was photoshopped
Bill Clinton / CNN:
TRENDING: Clinton stars in new Obama ad  —  (CNN) - Former President Bill Clinton takes center stage in a new ad released by President Barack Obama's re-election campaign on Thursday.  —  The former president, who's been a top surrogate for Obama this year, largely praises Obama in the spot …
Swampland:
Mitt's Moment: TIME Talks to Romney About Business, Budgets and Beliefs  —  Managing Editor Rick Stengel and Senior Correspondent Michael Crowley spoke with the Republican presidential candidate on Tuesday for the latest issue of TIME, now available online to subscribers.  A lightly edited transcript follows.
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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Shauna Prewitt / CNN:
Raped, pregnant and ordeal not over
James Hamilton / Econbrowser:
Federal receipts and expenditures
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Comforting Little Lie That Seniors All Tell Themselves
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Obama's Epic Deficit Failure
Shankar Vedantam / NPR:
Are Independents Just Partisans In Disguise?
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers rip ATF double dip
Benedict Carey / New York Times:
Father's Age Is Linked to Risk of Autism and Schizophrenia
Discussion: Nature, Vox Popoli, Newsy and Guardian
 Earlier Items: 
Kathleen Gray / Detroit Free Press:
While a teacher, 11th District candidate Bentivolio's behavior was a problem, records show
Discussion: Daily Kos, Roll Call and Politico
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
David Skeel / Wall Street Journal:
A Nation Adrift From the Rule of Law
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Like a Boss  —  When it comes to being a rich guy, Mitt Romney should own it
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours
 
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