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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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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Paul Ryan: Eric Holder must go over Fast and Furious
Paul Ryan: Eric Holder must go over Fast and Furious
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The Rightnewz, The Jawa Report, Right Wing News, Maggie's Notebook and The Lonely Conservative
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, Towleroad News #gay and Reuters
NY Daily News:
Lindsay Lohan tussles with congressional staffer in Manhattan hotel room over cellphone photos, tells cops he choked her — California man Christian LaBella initially arrested and charged with assault and harassment in W Hotel Union Square scuffle, but now both of them are facing charges.
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New York Post:
Democratic National Committee predicts Romney will win first debate vs. Obama — It's a further lowering of expectations ahead of the first debate in Denver next week. Democratic National Committee spokesman Brad Woodhouse tells Fox News he thinks Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will win.
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Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
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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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ABCNEWS, CNN, Taylor Marsh, Little Green Footballs and Outside the Beltway
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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Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
White House Hack Attack — Hackers linked to China's government broke into one of the U.S. government's most sensitive computer networks, breaching a system used by the White House Military Office for nuclear commands, according to defense and intelligence officials familiar with the incident.
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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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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
Freddie / L'Hôte:
you're either with us or against us — Liberals are an interesting species. — The time has come again for the liberals to attack those on their left. Such things are cyclical, like the coming of the cicadas. This is interesting timing because the liberals I know and read are very …
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
ROMNEY'S CHALLENGE: HE IS ALREADY THE INCUMBENT — Mitt Romney is about as close to defeating President Barack Obama as any Republican could have hoped to be. The polls—if you believe them—show him slightly or significantly behind, but within striking distance.
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Hot Air, Hit & Run and Say Anything
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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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
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, ThinkProgress, The Raw Story and Riehl World News
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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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.
Helen Murphy / Reuters:
Chavez to Obama: I'd vote for you, and you for me — * Socialist Chavez has kind words for U.S. leader — * Political ties remain strained despite oil trade — With both presidents facing tight re-election fights, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez gave a surprise endorsement to Barack Obama on Sunday …
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nation.foxnews.com and Scared Monkeys
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Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
Venezuela's marathon man looks to run down Chavez
Venezuela's marathon man looks to run down Chavez
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iOwnTheWorld.com, americanthinker.com and Fausta's Blog
David Carr / New York Times:
The Media Equation: Challenging the Claims of Media Bias - the Media Equation — In the last few days, conservatives have become agitated about Mitt Romney's drop-off in the polls. So did they think the stumble was because of the ill-fated “47 percent” slip of the lip …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and ABCNEWS, more at Mediagazer »
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.
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.
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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