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David Corn / MoJo Articles:
WATCH: Full Secret Video of Private Romney Fundraiser — Mitt Romney wanted the full tape. Here it is. — On Monday and Tuesday Mother Jones published exclusive video that captured Mitt Romney speaking to donors at a May 17 fundraiser, which was held at the home of private equity mogul Mark Leder.
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Michael Barbaro / The Caucus:
A Mood of Gloom Afflicts the Romney Campaign — SALT LAKE CITY - Mitt Romney's traveling press secretary walked to the back of the candidate's plane midflight on Tuesday and teasingly asked a pair of journalists in an exit row if they were “willing and able to assist in case of an emergency.”
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Balloon Juice
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Sen. Brown denounces Romney comments — Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) came out in opposition to Mitt Romney's controversial remarks on the “47 percent.” — Brown, who has been distancing himself from elements of the Republican Party, joins GOP Senate candidate in Connecticut Linda McMahon in coming out against the statements.
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
47 Skidoo — Uh-oh, Romney's lost the election again. — “What is 47?” asks the FAQ page at the website of the 47 Society. Answer: “In short, 47 appears to be the quintessential random number of the universe. In other words, when a number appears randomly, more often than not, that number is 47.”
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Slate, Washington Wire, Scared Monkeys and Althouse
BuzzFeed:
Romney Defends Leaked Comments, Hits Obama For 1998 “Redistribution” Line — On Fox News Tuesday, the Republican presidential nominee hit the president for a recently uncovered clip in which he says he “actually likes redistribution.” Romney also defended his comments about 47% of Americans who he says will vote for Obama.
John Whitesides / Reuters:
Romney struggles to steady campaign after secret videos — (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney struggled on Tuesday to steady his reeling White House campaign after a secretly recorded video showed him dismissing President Barack Obama's supporters as victims who are too dependent on government.
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
A Note on Romney's Arrogant and Stupid Remarks
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CNN:
Eastwood: If they were ‘dumb enough to ask me...’
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Romney Has Support Among Lowest Income Voters
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Politico, New York Magazine, The Hinterland Gazette and AEIdeas
Rush Limbaugh:
A Golden Opportunity for Mitt Romney
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Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Gallup poll: Obama's convention bump gone, lead down to 1 point
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Benny Johnson / TheBlaze.com:
IS THE SECRET VIDEO OF ROMNEY AT FUNDRAISER REALLY UNEDITED? WE MAY HAVE PROOF OTHERWISE
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Michelle Malkin, Associated Press, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Mediaite, ABCNEWS, Washington Wire and Moe Lane
David Frum / The Daily Beast:
The Sinister Message Behind Romney's “Gaffe”
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Mother Jones, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hullabaloo, NationalJournal.com and The Daily Dish
CNN:
Romney sticks by his ‘47%’ remarks, hits back
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The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Examiner and Politico
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Conservatives Agree: Romney's Right
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Dan Primack / Fortune:
Exclusive: Marc Leder, Romney fundraiser, speaks out
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ThinkProgress, Sweetness & Light, Philly.com, The Visible Measures Blog and Daily Kos
Tony Romm / Reuters:
Mitt Romney ‘47 percent’ recording may have been illegal
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Politico, BuzzFeed, The Week and NewsBusters.org blogs, more at Mediagazer »
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Conservatives Agree: Romney's Wrong
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Economix, The Week, Hit & Run, The Huffington Post, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Politico, The New Republic, CNN and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
Damian Paletta / Washington Wire:
The Data Behind Romney's 47% Comments
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Vodkapundit, Speakeasy and JustOneMinute
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Romney advisor predicts ‘victims’ remark will blow over
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Ballot Box, Politico, Hot Air, Washington Post, The Hill, Business Insider and Hullabaloo
Mark Murray / First Read:
NBC/WSJ poll: Obama leads Romney nationally by 5 points — Fueled by increased optimism about the economy and nation's direction, President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney by 5 points among likely voters and now sees his job-approval rating reaching the 50 percent threshold for the first time since March …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Massachusetts Miscellany —PPP's newest Massachusetts poll …
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Politico and Weekly Standard
Washington Post:
Post Poll: Obama up 8 points over Romney in Virginia
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Mark Murray / First Read:
NBC/WSJ poll: Obama's approval on foreign policy drops
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Weasel Zippers and Pat Dollard
James Taranto / Peggy Noonan's Blog:
Time for an Intervention — What should Mitt Romney do now? He should peer deep into the abyss. He should look straight into the heart of darkness where lies a Republican defeat in a year the Republican presidential candidate almost couldn't lose. He should imagine what it will mean for the country …
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alicublog and Brad DeLong
Talking Points Memo:
Mary Matalin: Thanks To Romney, We Can Single Out ‘Parasites’ — Conservative commentator Mary Matalin hailed Mitt Romney's “47 percent” line on CNN as good news for Republicans. — “There are makers and takers, there are producers and there are parasites,” she said.
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The Agonist, Balloon Juice and Hullabaloo
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
FiveThirtyEight Forecast: G.O.P. Senate Hopes Slipping — Democrats are now favored to retain control of the Senate when the new Congress convenes in January, according to the FiveThirtyEight forecast, breaking a summer stalemate during which control of the chamber appeared about equally likely to go either way.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Washington Monthly
Rosalind Rossi / Chicago Sun Times:
Chicago Public Schools teachers' strike over — The Chicago teachers' strike is over. — The Chicago Teachers Union's House of Delegates voted Tuesday to end its strike after seven days, meaning classes will be in session Wednesday for 350,000 Chicago Public Schools students.
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Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh and Joanne Jacobs
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Bryan Caplan / EconLog:
Will False Belief in the SIVH Destroy Romney's Candidacy? — Many people believe that voters' positions are determined by their objective self-interest. I call this the SIVH - the Self-Interested Voter Hypothesis. A massive body of evidence shows that the SIVH is just plain wrong.
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The Volokh Conspiracy and Hit & Run
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama: 'There's More Than Enough Blame to Spread Around' — In a sit down interview with late night host David Letterman that will be aired later this evening, President Barack Obama continued a trend of blaming others for the problems this country faces. — “There's more than enough blame …
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Weasel Zippers
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
NEWSPAPER AD REVENUES COLLAPSE TO 1950 LEVELS — There are three important things to keep in mind when looking at this gorgeous graph: … Sometimes it doesn't feel like we're winning, because the corrupt media still has the power to create its own reality - to create the illusion …
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Power Line and Nice Deb
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner / Energy & Environment:
EPA's four-gallon minimum mandate — The latest mandate handed down from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is so ridiculous, even I was shocked. The EPA has now mandated how much gasoline you must buy at certain gas stations. Say hello to the Obama Administration's four gallon minimum.
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Mother Jones and National Review
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
A Faded Piece of Papyrus Refers to Jesus' Wife — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A historian of early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School has identified a scrap of papyrus that she says was written in Coptic in the fourth century and contains a phrase never seen in any piece of Scripture: “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife ...’”
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