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Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
The TV Watch: A Revved-Up Ann Romney at Republican Convention-TV-Watch — She may be too good. — Ann Romney is so gifted at politics, she may actually make her husband look a little bad. Their personality gap — her ease, his discomfort — has been evident in most of the many joint interviews they have given television reporters.
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Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Gov. Chris Christie: Romney Will Tell Voters ‘Hard Truths’ — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, famous for rarely mincing words, prescribed a dose of tough medicine tonight in his keynote speech at the Republican National Convention, telling party delegates and the nation that the solutions …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Ann Romney: ‘This Man Will Lift Up America!’ — The Romney campaign released these excerpts of Ann Romney's speech, which she'll deliver tonight at the Republican convention in Tampa: — “Tonight I want to talk to you from my heart about our hearts. — “I want to talk not about what divides us …
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Fox News:
(APPLAUSE) — I want to talk about not what divides us, but what holds us — together as an American family. I want to talk to you tonight — about that one great thing that unites us, that one great thing — that brings us our greatest joy when times are good and the
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Ann Romney at the RNC — The Republican convention finally got underway today. The expectations for Ann Romney were sky high. Could she “humanize” her husband? Could she single-handedly close the gender gap? Time will tell, but she and a former Democratic congressman from Alabama delivered …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Boehner: Romney favorability lagging because he's ‘shy’
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CNN:
Ann Romney: Mitt ‘will lift up America’
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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
David Letterman Presents: ‘Ann And Mitt Romney Lies’
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
GOP House Candidate Mia Love Impresses RNC Crowd With Fiery Speech
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Republican National Convention: The one graph you need to see before watching — On the Republican convention stage tonight, you're going to see a really large clock. But the clock isn't for keeping time. The idea isn't to stop speakers from going over their allotted time, or the convention from running late.
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Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking News: Federal District Court Denies Preclearance of Texas Redistricting Plans [Now updated with analysis] — You can read the opinion here (there was a partial dissent by Judge Griffith, who wrote most of the majority opinion as well). From the introduction:
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Over Loud Boos, Romney Supporters Pass New Rules — Delegates from Minnesota yell for a “no” vote at a point of order at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. — TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney's supporters passed new rules governing future primaries over the loud boos of Ron Paul supporters …
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Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Obtains Stack of ‘Overlooked’ CIA Records Detailing Meetings with bin Laden Filmmakers — Obama Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications: — Obama White House ‘trying to have visibility into the UBL (Usama bin Laden) projects.’
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
NYT reporter leaked advance copy of Maureen Dowd column to CIA
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1011now.com:
Grand Island Preschooler Asked to Change the Sign for His Name in School — Hunter Spanjer says his name with a certain special hand gesture, but at just three and a half years old, he may have to change it. — “He's deaf, and his name sign, they say, is a violation of their weapons policy,” explained Hunter's father, Brian Spanjer.
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NY Daily News, Wizbang, Gawker, The Gateway Pundit and The Agitator
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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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Coal miners say they were forced to attend Romney event and donate
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Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
DNC PROCEEDS WITH 2-HOUR ISLAMIC ‘JUMAH’ PRAYERS (AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHO'S INVITED) — The host committee for the Democratic National Convention is raising a number of eyebrows after choosing to proceed with featuring Islamic “Jumah” prayers for two hours on the Friday of its convention …
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ThinkProgress:
ThinkProgress Live Blogs The Republican National Convention — Welcome to ThinkProgress' primetime Tuesday coverage of the Republican National Convention. We're here all night to fact check and debunk the claims of the GOP's brightest stars. Here is our guide to Tuesday's speakers.
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Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
Isaac Poised To ‘Torment’ New Orleans As Category 1 Hurricane On Anniversary Of Katrina — The good news: Tropical storm Isaac veered away from Tampa. The bad news: It is taking aim at New Orleans and is on a path to deliver that beleaguered city a dangerous deluge and serious storm surge …
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BuzzFeed:
RNC Primetime Speaker Gave Extensive PowerPoint On How To Build Your Business With Government Money — Small business woman Sher Valenzuela, who is running for Lt. Governor in Delaware, is giving a primetime speech tonight at the “We Build It” themed day of the Republican convention.
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US Politics, Talking Points Memo and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Edward Morrissey / The Week:
It's time to cancel all national political conventions — Even before Isaac rained on the parade, the GOP convention was sure to garner only modest interest and make little impact. Why do party leaders even bother? — Republicans canceled the first day of their national convention …
Wall Street Journal:
Barack Obama, Global Has-Been — The president would rather be loved than feared. He is neither. — A few days ago there occurred one of those telling little episodes that captures the essence and folly of the Obama administration's approach to foreign policy.
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