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11:40 PM ET, August 24, 2012

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CBS News:
Romney says “birther” joke wasn't a swipe at Obama  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  (CBS News) In an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley on Friday, Mitt Romney played down the remarks he made about President Obama's origins, arguing that they amounted to a joke and not a “swipe” at the president.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Jokes: 'No One's Ever Asked To See My Birth Certificate'  —  At a campaign stop in his home state of Michigan Friday, Mitt Romney made a joke referencing the continued doubts about President Obama's birth certificate raised by Romney supporters like Donald Trump.
ThinkProgress:
7 Birthers Speaking At The Republican Convention  —  Mitt Romney's invocation of birtherism on Friday took his campaign to a new level of involvement with the bogus idea that President Obama is actually Kenyan-born and therefore ineligible to serve as Commander-in-Chief.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's birther joke
BuzzFeed:
Crowd Loves Mitt Romney's Birther Joke
Andrew Rosenthal / Taking Note:   Mitt Romney Plays the Birther Card
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Accused Of Going Full Birther After Joke At Campaign Stop
Discussion: Firedoglake and The PJ Tatler
Ben Howe / aglanon's blog:
Obama Campaign Requested Birther Jokes
Discussion: Slate and The Gateway Pundit
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama spokeswoman: Romney joke latest in ‘pattern’ of ‘gutterball politics’
Donald J. Trump / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump Posted Birther Tweet Same Hour As Romney Speech
Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Makes Birth Certificate Joke
Discussion: Riehl World News
CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama 49%-Romney 47% among likely voters  —  Washington (CNN) - With three days to go until the start of the Republican convention, President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney remain deadlocked in the race for the White House, according to a new national survey.
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CNN:
Todd Akin gets online fundraising boost  —  Tampa, Florida (CNN) - Boosted by a fund-raising appeal from Mike Huckabee, embattled Senate candidate Todd Akin has raised $206,000 online since his “legitimate rape” comment inflamed the political universe last Sunday.
CNN:
TRENDING: Romney goes THERE: ‘Birther’ joke raises conspiracy theory
Discussion: Politico, The Hill, Shakesville and AEIdeas
Ann Romney / CNN:   Romney campaign contemplating bumping Rubio for Ann Romney
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Radically Changes GOP Nominating Process After Ron Paul Takeovers  —  Paul allies freak out.  —  Image by JEWEL SAMAD / Getty Images  —  TAMPA — Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, led by top Romney lawyer Ben Ginsberg, forced through a major change the GOP nominating process …
Discussion: The Fix and Washington Monthly
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Rubio to Be Bumped?  —  The Republican National Committee is making big changes to the lineup of speakers at the convention next week in Tampa to ensure that broadcast networks cover Ann Romney's speech.  Among the changes most seriously under consideration: moving Marco Rubio to Tuesday night …
Discussion: CNN, Politico, Hot Air, Naked Politics and GOP 12
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Second day of Republican convention to feature Ron Paul tribute
New York Post:
Gunman kills coworker and bystander at Empire State Building, wounds 7 others before cop shoots him  —  Today at the Empire State Building after four people were shot.  —  A disgruntled worker stalked a colleague down a Midtown street, shot him dead and then turned his weapon …
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New York Times:
Several Shot, One Fatally, Outside Empire State Building
nbcnewyork.com:   Two Dead, Nine Hurt in Empire State Building Shooting
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:   Empire State Building shooting leaves several wounded, two dead, including suspect
Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Gets Decisive Win in Patent Case  —  SAN JOSE, Calif.—Nine jurors delivered a sweeping victory to Apple Inc. in a high-stakes court battle against Samsung Electronics Co., awarding the Silicon Valley giant $1.05 billion in damages and providing ammunition for more legal attacks on mobile-device rivals.
Discussion: Reuters and Deadline.com
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Brian X. Chen / NYT Bits:
Apple Beats Samsung: First Reactions  —  In the landmark trial between Apple and Samsung Electronics, a jury awarded Apple over $1 billion in damages on Friday after deciding that Samsung was guilty of infringement on most patents at issue.  And in response to Samsung's counter-suit accusing Apple …
Discussion: Wired, Mashable! and Guardian
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Deconstructing A “Devastating” Interview  —  So Republicans—even the normally clear-eyed David Frum—are gloating today over an Anderson Cooper interview of DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz that supposedly leaves her shivering in embarrassment and exposed as a liar.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
When Did the GOP Get So White: The Republicans' Loss of Diversity  —  The one-time Party of Lincoln boasted the first African-American, Asian-American, Native-American, Hispanic, and popularly-elected woman senators.  Now polls show Romney-Ryan will get virtually no black votes.
Daily Mail:
Report abuse  —  If he were a good president, that has done a lot of good for our country, you would think that he need not campaign at all !!!  Seriously !  A great president would just keep his nose to the grindstone and have one simple slogan for his re-election...." America …
Discussion: Hot Air
Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Official: N.M. Governor ‘Dishonored’ Gen. Custer By Meeting With American Indians  —  A progressive group called on Republican National Committee leader Pat Rogers to step down on Friday after emails showed him telling New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez's staff that meeting with a group of American Indians …
Discussion: Stinque
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
Anti-Obama Docu Expands To #3 Friday; Other Newcomers & Holdovers Weak B.O.; Only 'The Expendables 2′ Can Break $10M  —  FRIDAY 7:30 PM UPDATE: As predicted Millenium/Lionsgate's The Expendables 2 will finish in first place Friday and this weekend.  It's followed by Universal's …
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Prop 8 Opponents Urge Supreme Court To Pass On Appeal  —  The high-powered lawyers for the gay and lesbian couples challenging California's Proposition 8 say their case is “attractive” for Supreme Court review.  Nonetheless, they say the high court should pass on the case.
Peter Nickeas / Chicago Tribune:
19 people shot in overnight shootings across Chicago  —  Nineteen people were shot across the South and West sides from Thursday evening through early Friday morning — 13 of them wounded over a 30-minute period, authorities say.  —  The overnight shootings peaked between 9:15 p.m …
Ron Rosenbaum / Slate:
A New Slur  —  Calling people “Holocaust-obsessed” is the new holocaust denial.  —  Is there an algorithm for suffering?  One that calibrates how much empathy we should feel for the victims of genocide?  What degree of concern is “rational”?  What degree is excessive, “obsessed”?
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
 
 
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Romney on the rise  —  Hurricane permitting, the GOP convention …
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Florida election laws threaten the vote in a key swing state
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