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1:15 PM ET, July 11, 2012

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Romney to NAACP: Obama made it worse for you ‘in almost every way’  —  Mitt Romney will tell the NAACP on Wednesday that President Obama has made it worse for African-Americans “in almost every way.”  —  “If equal opportunity in America were an accomplished fact, then a chronically bad economy …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads by 6 in Wisconsin  —  Barack Obama's considerably weaker in Wisconsin than he was in 2008, but he still looks like the clear favorite to win the state again.  We find him with 50% to 44% for Mitt Romney.  —  Obama actually has under water approval numbers in the state.
BuzzFeed:
Romney Booed At NAACP Convention  —  After saying he would repeal Obamacare, and then for criticizing the president.  —  HOUSTON, Texas — Mitt Romney was repeatedly booed during a speech at the NAACP convention Wednesday, as the Republican stuck to his standard campaign message …
Mj Lee / Politico:
Sarah Palin: Mitt Romney needs to set ‘hair on fire’  —  Sarah Palin warned Tuesday that Mitt Romney must do more to energize conservatives before Election Day, saying the Republican presidential candidate should light the base's “hair on fire.”  —  “Romney, he has said before that he doesn't want to have to light his hair on fire.
Discussion: Indecision Forever
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Pro-Tip, as They Say  —  There's been a lot of chatter over the last few days about whether super-wealthy candidates get a hard rap in US politics or whether Mitt Romney is being held to a higher or harder standard.  Romney is probably the wealthiest man ever to run for President, even in inflation adjusted dollars.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Mitt Romney Booed At NAACP Convention For Saying He Would Eliminate ObamaCare  —  During his Wednesday morning speech before the NAACP Convention in Houston, Texas, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney explained that his plans include reducing government spending by eliminating …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Priorities USA Action:
MEMO: Mitt Romney's Central Qualification Becomes a Significant Liability
CNN:
Poll data shows ad strategy is working, super PAC says
New York Times:
Mr. Romney's Financial Black Hole  —  Paying taxes forthrightly has long been a matter of civic pride for most American politicians, a demonstration of honesty and of a willingness to share in society's burdens.  Since the Watergate era, presidential candidates have released several years of tax returns …
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nbcnewyork.com:
DNA from Sarah Fox Murder Scene Linked to Chain Used in Occupy Wall Street Protest  —  DNA evidence collected from the murder scene of Sarah Fox in 2004 has just been linked to DNA off a chain left behind by Occupy Wall Street protesters at a subway station in March
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New York Times:
DNA Said to Link Occupy Wall St. Protest and 2004 Killing
New York Post:   OWS shock in unsolved '04 Sarah slay
Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino seeks bankruptcy protection  —  San Bernardino, facing the possibility of missing payroll, becomes California's third city in weeks to authorize a bankruptcy filing.  —  San Bernardino is the third California city to seek bankruptcy protection in recent weeks.
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Associated Press:
Southern California city of San Bernardino votes to declare bankruptcy
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
In 2009, Americans paid lowest tax rates in 30 years to federal government  —  Americans paid the lowest tax rates in 30 years to the federal government in 2009, in part because of tax cuts President Obama sought to combat the Great Recession, congressional budget analysts said Tuesday.
Sam Baker / The Hill:
McConnell aiming for repeal vote ‘in the near future’  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday he wants the Senate to vote again “in the near future” on repealing President Obama's healthcare law.  —  McConnell had held off on forcing a repeal vote while he waited …
Discussion: Politico
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Sahil Kapur / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC  —  House GOP Holds 33rd Vote To Stick It To ‘Obamacare’
Discussion: Firedoglake and DownWithTyranny!
Mike Allen / Politico:
Marco Rubio: Obama ‘naive’ about Chavez  —  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) issued a harsh statement on Wednesday condemning comments that President Barack Obama made about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as “alarmingly naïve.”  —  In an interview at the White House on Monday …
Discussion: Naked Politics and Weasel Zippers
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Patricia Mazzei / Naked Politics:
Obama to Miami anchor: Hugo Chávez has not posed ‘serious’ national security threat
BuzzFeed:
The Somewhat Valiant Return Of Robert Gibbs  —  Obama's favorite flak is done with his “cooling off period.”  Bonus: He doesn't have to deal with Michelle Obama or Valerie Jarrett anymore.  —  Image by Jonathan Ernst / Reuters  —  On Monday morning, Robert Gibbs unleashed a verbal barrage …
Associated Press:
High-powered lesbians launch first-of-its-kind super PAC to champion women's, gay rights  —  SAN FRANCISCO — As a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, her politically active family's sole Democrat, and a sister with three brothers, Laura Ricketts is comfortable being the odd woman out.
Roll Call:
American Crossroads' $70 Million Senate Blitz  —  American Crossroads and its sister organization are poised to inject up to  —  $70 million into the battle for the Senate on behalf of Republicans.  —  The GOP-aligned super PAC and its affiliated issue-advocacy arm, Crossroads GPS …
Judson Berger / Fox News:
Closure of Border Patrol stations across four states triggers alarm  —  The Obama administration is moving to shut down nine Border Patrol stations across four states, triggering a backlash from local law enforcement, members of Congress and Border Patrol agents themselves.
Wall Street Journal:
The U.S. Housing Bust Is Over  —  The housing market has turned—at last.  —  The U.S. finally has moved beyond attention-grabbing predictions from housing “experts” that housing is bottoming.  The numbers are now convincing.  —  Nearly seven years after the housing bubble burst, most indices of house prices are bending up.
Discussion: Calculated Risk
Les Christie / CNNMoney.com:
The other foreclosure crisis: Losing a home for $400 in back taxes  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — People are losing their homes over unpaid tax bills that, in some cases, add up to just a few hundred dollars.  —  Outdated state laws that allow local governments to sell tax liens on delinquent properties …
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
On the heels of The Weekly Standard's report yesterday that DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz — a vocal critic of Mitt Romney's investing practices, had herself dabbled in the foreign markets — we can add Nancy Pelosi to the list of prominent Democrats to profit from overseas investments.
Politico:
Jesse Jackson Jr. mystery deepens  —  The mystery surrounding Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. deepened on Tuesday as speculation swirled around the Illinois Democrat's health and political future.  —  Democratic sources say Jackson — who has not been on Capitol Hill since June 10 …
Politico:
Southern governors secede from Medicaid  —  House Republicans are lining up to repeal the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday, but GOP governors in the South have a real plan to gut the law.  —  Govs. Rick Perry in Texas and Rick Scott in Florida have both said they won't expand Medicaid …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Other McCain
Milos Forman / New York Times:
Obama the Socialist?  Not Even Close  —  WHEN I was asked to direct “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,” my friends warned me not to go anywhere near it.  —  The story is so American, they argued, that I, an immigrant fresh off the boat, could not do it justice.  They were surprised when I explained why I wanted to make the film.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
John Steele Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
Air Conditioning, Blessed Invention  —  Willis Carrier changed the world for the better—though making Washington, D.C. livable in summer doesn't help the cause of limited government.  —  Many people claim to disdain technology, but in last week's deadly heat wave they were probably doing their disdaining in an air-conditioned room.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Bush Speechwriter Gerson Unable to Read Speeches  —  Michael Gerson is a former speechwriter for George W. Bush turned Washington Post columnist, from which perch he has spent the entirety of the Obama administration gleefully predicting a downward spiral into ruin and dysfunction reminiscent of, well, George W. Bush.
Discussion: The Reaction
 
 
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Health care vote will backfire, Democrats say
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Bloomberg:
Big Subsidies Will Push States to Expand Medicaid
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Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah's Mike Lee takes on HBO over ‘Newsroom’ jab
Rachel Quigley / Daily Mail:
Rielle Hunter's book tour about affair with John Edwards comes to an end after just 6,000 copies are sold
Discussion: New York Post
Vivian Yee / City Room:
A Legal Fight Over Sipping Beer on a Stoop
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Sporting News:
President Obama's NASCAR tickets auctioned, but don't bring much at N.H. track
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Eduardo Porter / New York Times:
The Spreading Scourge of Corporate Corruption
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Ann Saphir / Reuters:
Exclusive: Iowa futures broker forged bank records for years - source
Discussion: Firedoglake and naked capitalism
Manu Raju / Politico:
Timothy Geithner, David Axelrod soothe Hill Democrats
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
The Scariest Chart in Europe Just Got Even Scarier
Discussion: Democracy in America
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Palin: Romney won't pick someone like me for Veep
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