memeorandum: Why the GOP is winning the battle over Paul Ryan (Aaron Blake/The Fix)

3:20 PM ET, August 29, 2012

Top Items:

CNN:

Two people removed from RNC after taunting black camera operator — Tampa, Florida (CNN) - Two people were removed from the Republican National Convention Tuesday after they threw nuts at an African-American CNN camera operator and said, “This is how we feed animals.”

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, The Moderate Voice, Advocate, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, Taylor Marsh, The Hinterland Gazette, Mediaite, Media Decoder, New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, theGrio, The Mahablog, The Daily Dish and Business Insider, more at Mediagazer »

Jack Hitt / Harper's:

A Troubling Chant on the Convention Floor — An unscripted moment happened late this afternoon that caused the assembled mainstream media to turn away in the hope that it would disappear. As I was standing in line for a sandwich next to an Italian and a Puerto Rican correspondent, a controversy was unfolding on the floor.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Hit & Run, Stinque, The Raw Story, NBC Latino, 24Ahead, Ricochet Conversations Feed, The Camp Of The Saints, Daily Kos, The New Republic, Addicting Info, Balloon Juice, Hullabaloo, Pirate's Cove and BuzzFeed

Kyle Leighton / Talking Points Memo:

RNC Attendee Allegedly Threw Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman, Said ‘This Is How We Feed Animals’ — An attendee at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Tuesday allegedly threw nuts at a black camerawoman working for CNN and said “This is how we feed animals” before being removed from the convention …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Hullabaloo, Politico, Saint Petersblog, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, Poynter, Bark Bark Woof Woof, Wonkette, Jesus' General, Firedoglake, Crooks and Liars, The Raw Story, Guardian, Towleroad News #gay, New York Magazine, Gawker and Balloon Juice

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

CNN's Exquisitely Awkward Spot — You've probably seen that last night a convention attendee was ejected from the hall for pelting a black CNN camerawomen with nuts and saying the words “this is how we feed animals.” Follow up reports this morning say actually two people were ejected.

Discussion: USA Today, more at Mediagazer »

Justin Sink / The Hill: Two RNC attendees removed for taunting black camerawoman

David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Two RNC Attendees Removed After Throwing Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Joe. My. God. and Truthdig

Athenae / First Draft:
Making You Inferior With Your Explicit Consent

Discussion: Washington Post

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Yahoo News fires David Chalian — TAMPA, Fla. — Yahoo News has fired Washington bureau chief David Chalian after he was caught on a hot-mic during an online video broadcast today saying that Mitt Romney and his wife Ann had no problem with African Americans suffering as a result of Hurricane Isaac …

Discussion: Mediaite, Hot Air, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Business Insider, Poynter and iOwnTheWorld.com, more at Mediagazer »

Matthew Sheffield / NewsBusters.org:

In ABC Webcast, Yahoo! News's Chalian Says Romneys ‘Happy to Have a Party When Black People Drown’ — During live coverage of the Republican National Convention here in Tampa, Yahoo News Washington bureau chief David Chalian provided the perfect example of the pervasive anti-Republican bias Mitt Romney faces …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Fix, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Pat Dollard, The Right Scoop, National Review, Atlas Shrugs, Washington Free Beacon, Poynter and The Lonely Conservative

BREITBART.COM:

Send a Tip — ***UPDATE: ABC News reached out Breitbart News to name the man heard mocking the Romneys during this ABC News livecast: David Chalian (pictured) of Yahoo! News. Chalian is a former political director with ABC News, but according to ABC News has no association with the network now.

Discussion: protein wisdom, Roger L. Simon, Mediaite, Pat Dollard, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Lonely Conservative, more at Mediagazer »

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard: Reporter: Romneys ‘Happy to Have a Party With Black People Drowning’

Associated Press:
Republican Convention Is in Full-Throated Roar

Discussion: Politico, PennLive.com and Associated Press

Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:

MSNBC abandons GOP convention during every speech by a minority — One of the left's favorite attacks on the Republican Party is that it is the party of old white people, devoid of diversity and probably racist. — If you were watching MSNBC's coverage of the Republican National Convention …

Discussion: NBC Politics, Washington Wire, Hot Air, Wake up America, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, neo-neocon, Jammie Wearing Fools, Clash Daily, Scared Monkeys, The Lonely Conservative, The Gateway Pundit, protein wisdom, The Right Scoop, small dead animals, GayPatriot, National Review and Wizbang

Francesca Chambers / Red Alert Politics:

MSNBC cuts every speech made by a minority from RNC speech coverage — MSNBC wants you to think the Republican Party hates minorities. So much so that the liberal news network cut minority speeches from it's convention coverage. — When popular Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz …

Discussion: Townhall.com, TheBlaze.com, Mediaite, Right Wing News, Michelle Malkin, National Review and Say Anything

David Horsey / Los Angeles Times:
Republican National Convention puts a brown face on a white party

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Dan / Riehl World News:
LA Times: GOP showed off its colored people for the cameras

Discussion: The Jawa Report and Jammie Wearing Fools

Matthew Mosk / ABCNEWS:

Romney Party Yacht Flies Cayman Islands Flag — The yacht where the elite donors of the Romney Victory Council are partying in Tampa bears the flag of the Cayman Islands. Romney's use of offshore accounts for his investments has come under fire during the campaign.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite, The Raw Story, Stinque, US Politics, New York Magazine, Hullabaloo, National Review, Daily Kos and Mock, Paper, Scissors

First Read:

First Thoughts: Mixed messages — Mixed messages: Both Ann Romney and Chris Christie gave fine speeches, but they created a disjointed message... Christie raises the bar for Romney... Last night showcased the GOP's governors and its diverse candidates/officials... Isaac slams into Louisiana …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, NBC Politics and CNN

Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The big speeches: Why Ann Romney succeeded and Chris Christie didn't

Discussion: Power Line, US News, GayPatriot, No More Mister Nice Blog, Instapundit and Mediaite

Bloomberg:
Romney and Christie's Hard Truth Problem

Discussion: Hit & Run and PennLive.com

Marcus Baram / The Huffington Post:

‘No Easy Day,’ Bin Laden Raid Book: Osama Was Unarmed … FOLLOW: — Osama bin Laden, Video, Bin Laden Dead, Bin Laden Operation, Bin Laden Raid, Bin Laden Raid Book, Bin Laden Unarmed, Mark Owen, No Easy Day, World News — NEW YORK — The much-anticipated firsthand account …

Discussion: McClatchy Washington Bureau, ABCNEWS, AEIdeas, Hot Air, emptywheel, Ricochet Conversations Feed, americanthinker.com, Weasel Zippers and Judicial Watch, more at Mediagazer »

Aaron Blake / The Fix:

Why the GOP is winning the battle over Paul Ryan — TAMPA — Say what you want about Paul Ryan's politics; even Democrats in Congress struggle to find a negative word to say about him. — At least, that's what Republicans have been arguing for the last two weeks.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Gallup, The Monkey Cage, TheBlaze.com and Via Meadia

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Paul Ryan in a Word: ‘Conservative,’ ‘Intelligent’

Discussion: Guardian, TheBlaze.com, Washington Post and GOP 12

Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:

Erin Burnett Moved to Tears by Romney Appearance — Your ‘liberal media’ hard at work: … Scintillating analysis, don't you think? — Next on CNN: how taking away social safety nets and reproductive rights are totally awesome for American women, and then we'll go to the Chris Christie 2016 rally already taking place!

ThinkProgress:
ThinkProgress Live Blogs The Republican National Convention

Discussion: Firedoglake, Prairie Weather, Mediaite, Shakesville, The Huffington Post and Presidential Power

Rebecca Cohen / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

S.C. lawmaker admits positive response to racist email on voter ID bill — WASHINGTON — A South Carolina lawmaker and the author of a voter ID law considered discriminatory by the Justice Department testified in federal court Tuesday that, while crafting the bill, he had responded favorably …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Taegan Goddard's … and The Raw Story

Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Author Of South Carolina Voter ID Law Acknowledges Racist Emails

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Wonkette

Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:

Ahead of Ryan's Tampa speech, Obama video hits VP pick as ‘out of step’ — Democrats unveiled a new Web video on Wednesday hammering Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) ahead of his speech to the Republican National Convention, painting Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick as “out of step.”

Discussion: Politico, CNN, Taylor Marsh and Towleroad News #gay

Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Mitt Romney the GOP placeholder

Discussion: CNN and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

John Fund / National Review:

Akin's Options — One name that is never mentioned from the podium here at the Tampa convention is Congressman Todd Akin, the hyper-controversial GOP Senate nominee from Missouri. But in innumerable side conversations, lots of folks are talking about him.

Geneva Sands / The Hill:
Missouri Sen. Blunt predicts Akin will drop out of race

Discussion: Riehl World News

Joshua Green / Washington Monthly:

Why Aren't Conservatives Funny? — An academic's doomed attempt to explain why there are no good right-wing comedians. — Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Delicious — A Conservative Walks Into a Bar: The Politics of Political Humor — by Alison Dagnes — Palgrave Macmillan, 255 pp.

Discussion: The Daily Dish

Rolling Stone:

Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital — How the GOP presidential candidate and his private equity firm staged an epic wealth grab, destroyed jobs - and stuck others with the bill — The great criticism of Mitt Romney, from both sides of the aisle, has always been that he doesn't stand for anything.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »

Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:

Federal Judge Will Permanently Remove Florida Voter Registration Restrictions — A federal judge said Wednesday he would permanently remove harsh restrictions on third-party voter registration groups that have handicapped registration efforts in Florida this year.

Discussion: Brennan Center for Justice, Taylor Marsh, The Maddow Blog and Election Law Blog