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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh: Hurricane Center is ‘Obama’ — Rush Limbaugh, while repeatedly insisting he is “not alleging a conspiracy,” suggested Monday that the National Hurricane Center's forecast models for Tropical Storm Isaac were altered to help President Barack Obama and “cast a pall” over the Republican National Convention.
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Rush Limbaugh Suggests Obama Manipulated Hurricane Predictions To Get GOP To Cancel Convention — Even President Obama's biggest fans don't think he can make it rain — but Rush Limbaugh does. — On his radio show this afternoon, Limbaugh suggested that President Obama might …
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Dependable Renegade, Towleroad News #gay and Hullabaloo
Daniel Strauss / Twitter Room:
Samuel L. Jackson asks why GOP ‘spared’ by tropical storm — Samuel L. Jackson on Monday tweeted it was “unfair” that Tropical Storm Isaac had spared the GOP convention in Tampa and appeared to be heading for New Orleans. — Jackson said in a profanity-filled tweet that he was …
Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
RNC's 1st Day Lasts Just Seconds
RNC's 1st Day Lasts Just Seconds
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Politico, Hot Air, Liberal Values and CNN
Glen Johnson / Boston Globe:
While Romney campaign talks of forging ahead, Isaac may prompt convention cancellation
While Romney campaign talks of forging ahead, Isaac may prompt convention cancellation
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CNN:
CNN's GUT CHECK for August 27, 2012
CNN's GUT CHECK for August 27, 2012
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New York Times, The Huffington Post and Politico
Brian Tashman / rightwingwatch.org:
Christian Broadcasting Network Wonders if Prayer Moved Storm Away From Tampa to Protect the RNC
Christian Broadcasting Network Wonders if Prayer Moved Storm Away From Tampa to Protect the RNC
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Keegan Gibson / PoliticsPA:
Smith Makes Abortion Gaffe (Listen to Audio) — Harrisburg — Republican Tom Smith spoke at the Pennsylvania press club luncheon Monday afternoon The defining moment occurred a few moments after the formal program when, asked about abortion amid a group of reporters, Smith seemed to suggest …
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Pennsylvania GOP Senate Candidate: Getting Pregnant From Rape Is ‘Similar’ To Having A Baby Out Of Wedlock — In the aftermath of Rep. Todd Akin's (R-MO) offensive and medically inaccurate comments that “legitimate rape” doesn't often lead to pregnancy, Republicans have been scrambling to distance themselves from Akin.
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Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Pennsylvania Senate Candidate: Daughter's Out-Of-Wedlock Pregnancy ‘Similar’ To Rape
Pennsylvania Senate Candidate: Daughter's Out-Of-Wedlock Pregnancy ‘Similar’ To Rape
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The Hinterland Gazette, Outside the Beltway and The Maddow Blog
Robert J. Vickers / PennLive.com:
GOP Senate candidate says out-of-wedlock pregnancy and rape are ‘similar’
GOP Senate candidate says out-of-wedlock pregnancy and rape are ‘similar’
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ABCNEWS, Gawker, Mediaite and Runnin' Scared
Russ Bynum / Associated Press:
Prosecutor: Ga. murder case uncovers terror plot … LUDOWICI, Ga. (AP) — Four Army soldiers based in southeast Georgia killed a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that stockpiled assault weapons and plotted a range of anti-government attacks, prosecutors told a judge Monday.
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Jay Bookman:
U.S. troops at Ft. Stewart plotted to kill Obama? — Boy, I'd sure like to know more about this, and I suspect that we will in time. But for the moment, this is all we know, via AP: … Sometimes these things get blown out of proportion, but $87,000 in weaponry suggests otherwise.
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Zandar Versus The Stupid
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Priebus on Chris Matthews: ‘He Made the Case for Us.’ — Shortly before our chat, Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus held a brief press “gaggle” in the media center, and briefly talked about his exchange with Chris Matthews on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” this morning.
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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.
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
RNC swag bag has Romney book with unaltered health care section … TAMPA — All credentialed media checking into the Republican National Convention are being given a swag bag featuring brochures and items from various sponsors such as sunglasses and a pocket fan.
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Romney book distributed at GOP convention contains pro-healthcare reform content
Romney book distributed at GOP convention contains pro-healthcare reform content
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Mark Levin / Facebook:
Damn it, defeat this RINO power grab! — Conservatives of all stripes, especially Tea Party activists, this is an attempt to destroy your ability to influence the presidential and vice presidential nomination process in the Republican Party. It is an attempt to eviscerate the input of state parties.
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The Right Scoop and Daily Pundit
Jim Ragsdale / Hot Dish Politics:
Supporters of proposed constitutional amendments win both Supreme Court cases — The Republican-controlled Legislature won a pair of battles over proposed constitutional amendments before the Minnesota Supreme Court on Monday. — In a pair of 4-2 decisions, the court ruled:
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NOM Blog, Power Line and Joe. My. God.
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Paul Ryan / The Daily Beast:
What the *#@% Is Wrong With Republicans?! — It's not just Akin. By pushing some of the most invasive state policies in modern history, the men of the GOP are driving their party off a cliff. — Blame it on the “idea cloud”—that cumulus cartoon bubble that dumps the same idea on diverse populations at once.
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Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: SEAL AD TO EXCORIATE OBAMA FOR BOWING TO FOREIGN LEADERS — The controversial super PAC Special Operations for America, led by former Navy SEALs, is set to release a blistering new ad against President Obama Tuesday at the Republican National Convention.
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The Other McCain, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Doug Ross
Paul Slansky / The Huffington Post:
Paul Ryan Said Something That Should Force Him Off the Ticket, But You Probably Didn't Hear About It … Elections 2012 , Abortion , Elections 2012 , Paul Ryan , Video , Todd Akin , Method Of Conception , Paul Ryan Abortion , Paul Ryan Rape , Rape , Todd Akin Legitimate Rape , Todd Akin Rape , Politics News
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Little Green Footballs and Blogging Blue
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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Weasel Zippers
Michael Tackett / Bloomberg:
Hero Reagan's Compromise Would Collide With Tea Party Certitude — Ronald Reagan remains the modern Republican Party's most durable hero. His memory will be hailed as The Great Uncompromiser by those who insist the GOP must never flag in its support for smaller government, lower taxes and conservative social values.
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Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Happy Now for Tea Party Help, GOP Faces Challenges
Happy Now for Tea Party Help, GOP Faces Challenges
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Bangor Daily News and Politico
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Federal judge says Ohio must count disputed votes — A federal judge ruled Monday that Ohio must count improperly cast ballots this fall if the mistake is caused by an election worker rather than the voter, a small but potentially significant issue in an important presidential battleground state.
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Weasel Zippers
Geoffrey Dickens / NewsBusters.org:
Newt Takes it to Chris Matthews on His ‘Racist Thinking’ — A A — Chris Matthews, on Monday's Hardball, attempted to hit Newt Gingrich with the same old liberal line about the GOP using racial code words whether it's Mitt Romney talking about welfare reform or Gingrich calling Barack Obama the “food stamp president.”
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Michelle Malkin:
Floor fight: Grass-roots activists battle attempt to rig GOP convention delegate rules Updated: Party bosses offer olive branch; “tense,” “dynamic” situation; Palin: “direct attack on the grass-roots” — SCROLL DOWN FOR THE VERY LATEST...GOP leaders offer a “deal,” send details to Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers...
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
We all know the world revolves around The Greatest President in the History of Everything. So it makes sense that all the other celestial bodies were placed in the sky to shine down upon him. — This is not a Photoshop. This was actually posted on Obama's official Tumblr page:
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
More Interest in GOP Platform than Romney's Speech — OVERVIEW — As the Republican convention gets underway, more Americans express interest in learning about what's in the GOP platform than in the speeches by either Mitt Romney or his running mate. About half of the public (52%) …
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Weekly Standard and Politico
Kim Parker / Pew Social & Demographic Trends:
Yes, the Rich Are Different — As Republicans gather for their national convention in Tampa to nominate a presidential candidate known, in part, as a wealthy businessman, a new nationwide Pew Research Center survey finds that many Americans believe the rich are different than other people.
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National Review, Economix, Firedoglake and Politico