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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan To Fox News: 'I Don't Have The Time' To Explain How We Will Pay For Our Tax Plan — For much of the general election, the Romney campaign has avoided any discussion of specifics, especially when it comes to the tax plan that he and Paul Ryan have put forward.
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Sky Dancing, MyDD, Washington Monthly, The Hinterland Gazette, The Reaction, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Gothamist and Balloon Juice
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Dave Jamieson / The Huffington Post:
Paul Ryan: ‘It Would Take Me Too Long’ To Explain Mitt Romney's Tax Plan (VIDEO)
Paul Ryan: ‘It Would Take Me Too Long’ To Explain Mitt Romney's Tax Plan (VIDEO)
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New York Magazine and Reuters
Jedd Rosche / Politico:
Christie: Debate will turn presidential race ‘upside down’ — If Mitt Romney campaign's is worried about measuring debate expectations for Wednesday night, Chris Christie hasn't gotten the message. — “This whole race is going to be turned upside down come Thursday morning,” …
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CNN, Taylor Marsh, Little Green Footballs and Outside the Beltway
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Associated Press:
US AND AFGHAN FORCES CLASH, LEAVING 5 DEAD — KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A firefight broke out between U.S. forces and their Afghan army allies in eastern Afghanistan Sunday, killing two Americans and three Afghan soldiers and pushing the number of U.S. troops killed in the long-running war 2,000.
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Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Maggie's Notebook
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Associated Press:
Afghan inside attack kills 2 Americans, 2 Afghans, marking 2,000 US troop deaths
Afghan inside attack kills 2 Americans, 2 Afghans, marking 2,000 US troop deaths
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Jihad Watch
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
5 Dead After Clash Between U.S. and Afghan Troops
5 Dead After Clash Between U.S. and Afghan Troops
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The PJ Tatler and Doug Ross
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
McCain calls Obama ‘inept’ and ‘ignorant’ in reaction to Libya attack — Republicans continued this weekend to hammer the Obama administration over its response to the recent Libya attacks, with Sen. John McCain calling the president “inept” and “ignorant” in his handling of the episode.
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CNN and Scared Monkeys
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Plouffe Defends U.N. Ambassador, Axelrod Doesn't
Plouffe Defends U.N. Ambassador, Axelrod Doesn't
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Doug Ross, The PJ Tatler, The Fix and American Power
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
McCain Suggests Harry Reid 'Doesn't Care' About The Death Of US Ambassador
Elizabeth Titus / Politico:
Harry Reid defends Susan Rice, White House on Libya
Harry Reid defends Susan Rice, White House on Libya
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Taylor Marsh, The Raw Story and Riehl World News
CBS News:
Arnold married same-sex couples while Calif. gov. — (CBS News) Arnold Schwarzenegger tells Lesley Stahl he performed two same-sex marriage ceremonies while he was the Republican governor of California. He also says top Republican political adviser Karl Rove once dismissed his idea to run …
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AMERICAblog, Towleroad News #gay and The Raw Story
Josh White / Washington Post:
Lee Boyd Malvo, 10 years after D.C. area sniper shootings: ‘I was a monster’ — Video: In October 2002, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo began a shooting spree in the Washington region that left 10 dead and three wounded. The duo paralyzed the region for more than three weeks …
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New York Magazine
Patrick McGreevy / Los Angeles Times:
Riverside County GOP registration surge raises questions of fraud — At least 133 residents of a state Senate district there have filed formal complaints with the state, saying they were added to GOP rolls without their knowledge. — Assemblyman Richard Pan, pictured with his family in 2010 …
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Booman Tribune and New York Times
Sen. Harry Reid / Las Vegas Sun News:
Romney's offensive comments raise doubts — We learn the most about someone's character not from what he does when he knows others are watching but from what he does when he thinks they aren't. — We've learned an awful lot of troubling things about Mitt Romney recently.
Craig Sailor / blog.thenewstribune.com:
Crazed fan takes a bite out of Danny Bonaduce — File this under News of the Weird. — Former child TV star and current KZOK DJ Danny Bonaduce was bitten by a woman during a fan meet-and-greet at a Washington casino Friday night. — “She said, 'I loved you on “The Partridge Family.
Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Dispatch Poll: Obama widens lead as balloting starts — Poll echoes four others that show Romney behind by at least 5 points in Ohio — From Day One, Mitt Romney's bid for the presidency has rested on the belief that his ability to turn around faltering businesses would translate into turning around the country.
Associated Press:
Justices attend annual Red Mass — An American archbishop has reminded a congregation that included six Supreme Court justices Sunday to be open to the spirit of God, beg for his blessings and “strive to be instruments of a new evangelization.” — The Archdiocese of Washington said Justices John Roberts …
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CNN
Wyatt Buchanan / San Francisco Chronicle:
State bans gay-repair therapy for minors — Photo: Rich Pedroncelli, Associated Press / SF — Sacramento — California has become the first state in the country to ban controversial therapy practices that attempt to change the sexual orientation of minors after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to outlaw them Saturday.
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JOSHUAPUNDIT, Guardian, BuzzFeed, The Raw Story and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Boston Globe:
Elizabeth Warren appears to inch ahead of Scott Brown in new Globe poll, 43 - 38 — But 18% of voters said they're still undecided — You are reading this article for FREE courtesy of BostonGlobe.com. Get unlimited access. — With Elizabeth Warren and Senator Scott Brown preparing …
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The Reaction, Hotline On Call, Politico and Blue Mass Group
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
NEWS FLASH — ROMNEY AS GOVERNOR: 'WE'D BE A LOT BETTER OFF IN THIS COUNTRY IF WE HAD EUROPEAN GAS PRICES' | Republicans have criticized President Obama for rising gas prices during his administration, but as governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney once remarked that “we'd be a lot better off …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
The Agenda: Romney Energy Agenda Shifted
The Agenda: Romney Energy Agenda Shifted
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland