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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
A Mystery Speaker for Thursday? ... Could It Be... Her? — From the Tuesday edition of the Morning Jolt, now in the hands of the editors, and soon on its way to you... The more you think about the idea, the more it makes sense - whatever controversy and intense reactions Sarah Palin …
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Taylor Marsh, The Other McCain, Balloon Juice and The Daily Dish
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Colleen Nelson / Washington Wire:
Who Is Thursday's Mystery Convention Speaker? — TAMPA, Fla. - Republican convention planners appear to have a surprise planned for those tuning in Thursday night. — Buried deep in the convention schedule released Monday is a vague reference to a mystery speaker scheduled for the event's final evening.
Arlette Saenz / ABCNEWS:
Romney Advisors Claim Ignorance on Mystery RNC Speaker
Romney Advisors Claim Ignorance on Mystery RNC Speaker
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Power Line, ABCNEWS and TheBlaze.com
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Real Romney — The purpose of the Republican convention is to introduce America to the real Mitt Romney. Fortunately, I have spent hours researching this subject. I can provide you with the definitive biography and a unique look into the Byronic soul of the Republican nominee:
Erick Erickson / RedState:
GOP Rules Committee Rapidly Moving to Shut Out Grassroots at 2:00 p.m. Today — At 2:00 p.m. today in Tampa, the Republican National Committee, led by Team Romney, is moving to shut down conservative grassroots activists. I've been on the phone with several individuals involved in the fight …
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FreedomWorks, Conservatives4Palin, The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy and FreedomWorks blogs
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Jennifer A. Dlouhy / Texas on the Potomac:
Republicans reach rules change deal to avert floor fight with Texans, Ron Paul backers
Republicans reach rules change deal to avert floor fight with Texans, Ron Paul backers
BuzzFeed:
Romney Camp Hopes To Avoid Fight On Convention Floor
Romney Camp Hopes To Avoid Fight On Convention Floor
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Outside the Beltway and Hot Air
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Romney Campaign and Activists Reach Compromise on Delegate Rule
Romney Campaign and Activists Reach Compromise on Delegate Rule
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FreedomWorks, Texas on the Potomac, New York Times, Outside the Beltway and Conservatives4Palin
Daniel Strauss / Twitter Room:
Samuel L. Jackson asks why GOP ‘spared’ by tropical storm
Samuel L. Jackson asks why GOP ‘spared’ by tropical storm
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Reuters, Politico, CNN, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler, americanthinker.com, Gawker and Twitchy
Chris Good / ABCNEWS:
Deal Will Likely Prevent Floor Fight at Republican National Convention
Deal Will Likely Prevent Floor Fight at Republican National Convention
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americanthinker.com
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Fact checking for thee, but not for me — Get this: The Romney campaign's position is now that the Obama camp should pull its ads when fact checkers call them out as false — but that Romney and his advisers should feel no such constraint. — This is not an exaggeration.
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Little Green Footballs and Mediaite
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BuzzFeed:
Romney Camp Bets On Welfare Attack — Their most powerful weapon, a top aide says. “We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers,” says Newhouse. — Source: youtube.com — Mitt Romney's aides explained with unusual political bluntness today why they are spending heavily …
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ABCNEWS, The Maddow Blog, Hullabaloo, US Politics, Daily Kos and Jay Bookman
John Cook / Gawker:
Leader of Army Plot to Assassinate Obama Apparently Attended the 2008 Republican Convention as a Page — Isaac Aguigui, the Army private and alleged ringleader of a plot to assassinate Barack Obama and “take over” Ft. Stewart in Georgia, apparently served as a page at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minnesota.
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John Boehner / CNN:
Boehner's biggest disappointment
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Black lawmakers lash out at ex-Rep. Davis ahead of RNC speech
Black lawmakers lash out at ex-Rep. Davis ahead of RNC speech
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TheBlaze.com
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Priorities USA does the disappointment ad — Priorities USA Action is releasing a new commercial today spotlighting a woman who says she was “duped by Mitt Romney” - and not because of his work at Bain Capital. — Back up a minute. One of the staples of Republican messaging this cycle …
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CNN, Jammie Wearing Fools and Washington Wire
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Scott Stump / TODAY on the Trail:
Chris Christie: I think Romney ‘wishes he could take back’ birther joke
Chris Christie: I think Romney ‘wishes he could take back’ birther joke
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First Read, The Agonist, The Maddow Blog and The Hinterland Gazette
Dan Gross / Philly.com:
Arlen Specter hospitalized with a serious illness, friends confirm — Arlen Specter has been hospitalized with a serious illness, confirm friends of the longtime U.S. Senator. One asked that people keep him in thoughts and prayers. — Specter, 82, announced in 2005 that he had Hodgkin's disease for which he underwent chemotherapy.
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The Hill, Scared Monkeys and Outside the Beltway
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CNN:
Source: Former Sen. Arlen Specter battling for his life
Source: Former Sen. Arlen Specter battling for his life
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Morning Call, PennLive.com and Hotline On Call
Dan Gross / Philly.com:
Arlen Specter confirms he is battling cancer, says he ‘intends to win’
Arlen Specter confirms he is battling cancer, says he ‘intends to win’
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Washington Post
James Bennet / The Atlantic Online:
Karl Rove on the Defection of White Democrats — “Bush's brain” offers some casual remarks that reveal just how much this campaign is implicitly about race. — TAMPA — The emerging demographics of this campaign are pretty clear: To win, Barack Obama is trying to assemble a coalition …
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The Daily Dish, The Raw Story and Lean Forward
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Quinnipiac University:
McMahon By A Nose In Close Connecticut Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Obama Tops Romney By 7 Points — Connecticut likely voters put Republican former wrestling executive Linda McMahon on the right side of a 49 - 46 percent too-close-to-call U.S. Senate race against Democratic U.S …
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Firedoglake, Hot Air, Politico, Metropolis, Hotline On Call and Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
Court Rules Israel Is Not at Fault in American Activist's Death — JERUSALEM — An Israeli judge ruled on Tuesday that the state bore no responsibility for the death of Rachel Corrie, the young American woman who was run over by a military bulldozer in 2003 as she protested the demolition of Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip.
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Guardian, The Volokh Conspiracy and Boing Boing
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Yonah Jeremy Bob / Jerusalem Post:
Haifa court rules against Rachel Corrie family
Haifa court rules against Rachel Corrie family
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Blazing Cat Fur and Israel Matzav
Politico:
Who's on the inside track for a Romney Cabinet — Mitt Romney said his Cabinet and White House staff will be stacked with men and women from the business world, but his top advisers sketched out for POLITICO a team compromised of many familiar faces in Washington.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Maddow Blog and Riehl World News
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Chris Matthews defends attack on Priebus: GOP ‘dividing country along racial lines’ — TAMPA — In an emotional interview with POLITICO tonight, MSNBC host Chris Matthews defended his spirited attack against RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, in which he alleged that the Republican party was guilty …
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National Review, Mediaite, Ed Driscoll, Daily Pundit, The Hinterland Gazette, The Other McCain, Hot Air and The Hill
Yereth Rosen / Reuters:
Alaska couple admits to plot to kill federal judge and others — ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Alaska couple pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of conspiring to kill a federal judge in what prosecutors said was a revenge plot over income-tax rulings against them.
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Sarah Palin: Dems addicted to ‘hope-ium’ — Sarah Palin on Monday said Democrats who “still have that addiction to the hope-ium” President Barack Obama peddled four years ago need to “open their eyes” and vote for Mitt Romney this November. — “Some of us had [Obama] pegged four years ago.
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The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers and Connecting.the.Dots
Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
Coal miners lost pay when Mitt Romney visited their mine to promote coal jobs — WASHINGTON, D.C. — When GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited an Ohio coal mine this month to promote jobs in the coal industry, workers who appeared with him at the rally lost pay because their mine was shut down.
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