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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:
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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
David Letterman Presents: ‘Ann And Mitt Romney Lies’ — David Letterman isn't exactly “Mitch Romney"'s biggest fan. Last night, the Late Show host introduced a new segment he's calling “Ann and Mitt Romney Lies.” (I feel like that's missing some helpful punctuation, non?)
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The Raw Story
Anne Laurie / Balloon Juice:
Even the Media Village's Most Shameless Suck-Up Can't Warm to Mitt Romney
Even the Media Village's Most Shameless Suck-Up Can't Warm to Mitt Romney
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The Impolitic
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Priorities USA does the disappointment ad
Priorities USA does the disappointment ad
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CNN, Jammie Wearing Fools and Washington Wire
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
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.
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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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Pat Dollard, Taylor Marsh, Hot Air, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Dish and Connecting.the.Dots
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, TheBlaze.com and ABCNEWS
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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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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Mediaite, Little Green Footballs and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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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John Cook / Gawker:
Leader of Army Plot to Assassinate Obama Apparently Attended the 2008 Republican Convention as a Page
Leader of Army Plot to Assassinate Obama Apparently Attended the 2008 Republican Convention as a Page
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The Daily Beast, NationalJournal.com, The Moderate Voice, The Hinterland Gazette, emptywheel, Crooks and Liars, Associated Press, Corrente, CANNONFIRE, The Democratic Daily, Jay Bookman, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Talking Points Memo, www2.tbo.com, Texas on the Potomac, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, Balloon Juice and The Atlantic Wire
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
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Talking Points Memo, FreedomWorks, BuzzFeed, Guardian, Facebook, ABCNEWS, Yahoo! News, The Caucus, Corrente, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, The Right Scoop, protein wisdom, FreedomWorks blogs, Austin American-Statesman, The American Conservative, The Gateway Pundit, Republican Liberty Caucus, Conservatives4Palin and Michelle Malkin
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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Outside the Beltway, Wonkette, Daily Kos, The Mahablog, Prairie Weather and Joe. My. God.
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Coal miners say they were forced to attend Romney event and donate
Coal miners say they were forced to attend Romney event and donate
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Reality-Based Community
CNN:
CNN Poll: Party unity on Romney nomination? — Tampa, Florida (CNN) - As the formal nomination of Mitt Romney gets underway at the Republican convention, a new survey indicates that a minority in the GOP would like to see someone else as their party's presidential nominee.
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Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
L.A. Mayor: GOP 'Can't Just Trot Out A Brown Face' And Expect Votes
L.A. Mayor: GOP 'Can't Just Trot Out A Brown Face' And Expect Votes
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Fox News, The Atlantic Wire and The Hinterland Gazette
Dylan Byers / Politico:
NYT reporter leaked advance copy of Maureen Dowd column to CIA — Newly available CIA records obtained by Judicial Watch, the conservative watchdog group, reveal that New York Times reporter Mark Mazzetti forwarded an advance copy of a Maureen Dowd column to a CIA spokesperson …
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Poynter and JIMROMENESKO.COM, more at Mediagazer »
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama lead declining in Iowa — PPP's newest Iowa poll finds Barack Obama's lead in the state declining all the way to two points. He's at 47% to 45% for Mitt Romney. In July we found Obama ahead 48-43 and in May it was 51-41. — Iowa makes yet another swing state where voters don't really care for either Obama or Romney.
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Business Insider, Hot Air and Taegan Goddard's …
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Akin accuses RNC chair of ‘personal vendetta’ for cutting off campaign funds — Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus has a “personal vendetta” against Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.), according to the embattled lawmaker's senatoial campaign. — The statement issued …
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Tarini Parti / Politico:
James O'Keefe not allowed to fly to Tampa — Conservative filmmaker and activist James O'Keefe won't be in Tampa, but the show he was supposed to headline will go on. — O'Keefe will still speak via Skype on “the role of the citizen journalist” and take audience questions …
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Wonkette and James Madison Institute
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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The Maddow Blog, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Riehl World News
National Review:
PolitiFiction — The website PolitiFact is going to be truth-squadding the Republican convention speakers this week, delivering verdicts on which claims are “mostly true” and which deserve a “pants on fire” rating. Our advice: Pay no attention to those ratings. PolitiFact can't be trusted to get the story right.
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Weekly Standard and Little Green Footballs
Jim Mann / Daily Inter Lake:
Sasquatch stunt takes a tragic turn on highway — Kalispell man, 44, dies — A man dressed in a military-style “Ghillie suit” who was attempting to provoke a Bigfoot sighting was struck by two vehicles and killed on U.S. 93 South of Kalispell Sunday night.
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ABCNEWS and Outside the Beltway
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Republicans call for crackdown on pornography — (Reuters) - The Republican Party is calling for a crackdown on pornography in a move that could pit social conservatives against hotel operators, television providers and other businesses that profit from the sale of sexually explicit material.
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Daily Kos and Outside the Beltway
Carlos Maza / Equality Matters:
EXCLUSIVE: Undercover At NOM's Anti-Gay Student Conference — Every summer for the past four years, the National Organization for Marriage's (NOM) Ruth Institute has invited college students from across the country to participate in its weekend-long “It Takes A Family To Raise A Village” (ITAF) conference in San Diego, CA.
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Advocate, Gay Politics and Joe. My. God.