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David Corn / MoJo Articles:
SECRET VIDEO: On Israel, Romney Trashes Two-State Solution — At a private fundraiser, the GOP candidate calls Middle East peace “almost unthinkable” and says he would “kick the ball down the field.” — At the private fundraiser held May 17 where Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney candidly spoke …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Thurston Howell Romney — In 1980, about 30 percent of Americans received some form of government benefits. Today, as Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute has pointed out, about 49 percent do. — In 1960, government transfers to individuals totaled $24 billion.
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
A Note on Romney's Arrogant and Stupid Remarks — So we have in 2012 two presidential candidates who—when they thought they were speaking privately to their fellow 1 percenters—have shown contempt for fellow Americans. — Here's Barack Obama, on April 6, 2008, in San Francisco:
David Corn / MoJo Articles:
SECRET VIDEO: Romney Tells Millionaire Donors What He REALLY Thinks of Obama Voters — When he doesn't know a camera's rolling, the GOP candidate shows his disdain for half of America. — During a private fundraiser earlier this year, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told …
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Michael Walsh / National Review:
Mitt's Gettysburg Moment — Mitt Romney found himself in an unexpected place last night — in the public eye. He ought to make the most of it. — Milk-Carton Mitt's surprise turn upon the stage — did you know he was running for president? — came courtesy of the currently unemployed …
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Washington Monthly and Wake up America
Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
How Jimmy Carter's Grandson Helped Leak the Secret Romney Fund-raiser Video — The damning video of Mitt Romney telling a room of wealthy donors how he really feels about the free-loading 47 percent of Americans “who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing …
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Politico, NY Daily News, The Daily Caller, Guardian, Election 2012 and Riehl World News
Bloomberg:
Today, Mitt Romney Lost the Election — You can mark my prediction now: A secret recording from a closed-door Mitt Romney fundraiser, released today by David Corn at Mother Jones, has killed Mitt Romney's campaign for president. — On the tape, Romney explains that his electoral strategy …
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Romney's theory of the “taker class,” and why it matters — “My job is not to worry about those people,” Mitt Romney said of the 47 percent of Americans who are likely to vote for Barack Obama. “I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”
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Firedoglake, The Maddow Blog, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Sundries Shack, Daily Kos and Brad DeLong
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Romney “47 Percent” Fundraiser Host: Hedge Fund Manager Who Likes Sex Parties — When Mitt Romney at a private fundraiser dismissed all Barack Obama voters as moochers and victims—showing disdain for nearly half of the American electorate—he was speaking at the home of controversial private …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Real Romney Captured on Tape Turns Out to Be a Sneering Plutocrat — Presidential campaigns wallow so tediously in pseudo-events and manufactured outrage that our senses can be numbed to the appearance of something genuinely momentous. Mitt Romney's secretly recorded comments …
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Talking Points Memo and emptywheel
Jerusalem Post:
Video: Republican Mitt Romney lambastes 2-state solution — US Republican presidential candidate filmed at fundraising dinner saying Palestinians “have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace,” adding Iran would use nuclear capability to blackmail US. — US Republican presidential …
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UrbanGrounds, Atlas Shrugs and Instapundit
Reihan Salam / National Review:
Makers, Takers, Taxpayers, Etc. — A great deal of ink has already been spilled over Mitt Romney's remarks at a fundraiser concerning the 47% of Americans who are dependent on government and who do not pay federal income taxes. A few thoughts immediately come to mind:
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Politico, AEIdeas and The Daily Beast
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
The Right Is Wrong to Pin Obama's Edge on Welfare State — A lot of conservatives are puzzled that polls show the presidential election is even close, let alone that most show Barack Obama ahead. So convinced are they that Obama has failed that they think he ought to be out of the running.
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Weekly Standard, Power Line and Spectator
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Mitt: Palestinians Are the 47 Percent
Mitt: Palestinians Are the 47 Percent
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Election 2012 and The Daily Beast
Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney versus the 47 percent
Mitt Romney versus the 47 percent
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney adviser: ‘47 percent’ video a ‘bump in the road’
Romney adviser: ‘47 percent’ video a ‘bump in the road’
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Washington Monthly
NBC's Michael Isikoff / First Read:
How the Romney video leaked: For Carters, it was personal
How the Romney video leaked: For Carters, it was personal
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Election 2012 and Taegan Goddard's …
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
The Long Strange Leak Of Mitt Romney's 47% Video
The Long Strange Leak Of Mitt Romney's 47% Video
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Michael Barbaro / The Caucus:
How the Romney Campaign Scrambled to Respond to Secret Video
How the Romney Campaign Scrambled to Respond to Secret Video
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Daily Kos
Daniel Foster / National Review:
What Romney Said on the ‘47 Percent’ and What He Should Have Said
What Romney Said on the ‘47 Percent’ and What He Should Have Said
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The Daily Beast
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
OMG, you guys, it's all over! … I can see why Democrats are so offended.
Iain Martin / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
The spectacular implosion of Mitt Romney means a no-choice US election
The spectacular implosion of Mitt Romney means a no-choice US election
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The Other McCain
Mark Thoma / Economist's View:
Nontaxpayers are Overwhelmingly the Eldery and Students
Nontaxpayers are Overwhelmingly the Eldery and Students
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Paul Krugman, Washington Post and Informed Comment
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Secret Romney Tape Means We Can Finally Stop Talking About Obama's Failed Foreign & Domestic Policy!
Secret Romney Tape Means We Can Finally Stop Talking About Obama's Failed Foreign & Domestic Policy!
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Washington Times and Instapundit
Annie Lowrey / Economix:
Behind the ‘People Who Pay No Income Tax’
Behind the ‘People Who Pay No Income Tax’
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Hullabaloo and The Atlantic Online
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Where Are the 47% of Americans Who Pay No Income Taxes?
Where Are the 47% of Americans Who Pay No Income Taxes?
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Naked Politics, Business Insider, Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Mother Jones, The New Republic and The Raw Story
Mayhill Fowler / The Huffington Post:
Obama: No Surprise That Hard-Pressed Pennsylvanians Turn Bitter
Obama: No Surprise That Hard-Pressed Pennsylvanians Turn Bitter
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American Prospect, Althouse and The Daily Beast
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Emails reveal Justice Dept. regularly enlists Media Matters to spin press — Internal Department of Justice emails obtained by The Daily Caller show Attorney General Eric Holder's communications staff has collaborated with the left-wing advocacy group Media Matters for America in an attempt …
Sarah Chayes / Los Angeles Times:
‘Innocence of Muslims’ doesn't meet free-speech test — U.S. 1st Amendment rights distinguish between speech that is simply offensive and speech deliberately tailored to put lives and property at immediate risk. — A scene from the 14-minute video trailer for the film “Innocence of Muslims …
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Chris Vanocur / KTVX-TV:
Howell says Hatch too old and may die in office — SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Orrin Hatch's Democratic opponent says the 78 year old U.S. Senator is too old to be reelected. — In a blunt fundraising letter sent out Sunday, Democrat Scott Howell repeatedly attacks the senator's age.
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