memeorandum: Sheldon Adelson gives $5M to Cantor-backed super PAC (Robin Bravender/Politico)

8:10 AM ET, July 16, 2012

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One-on-one with President Obama — Unedited interview and full transcript — RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) - This is a transcript of President Barack Obama's exclusive interview with WAVY.com's Andy Fox: — Q: How Important is Virginia in this election? — President: “If we win Virginia then we will win the election.

Discussion: Ballot Box, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, Riehl World View and ABCNEWS

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Policy and the Personal — A lot of people inside the Beltway are tut-tutting about the recent campaign focus on Mitt Romney's personal history — his record of profiting even as workers suffered, his mysterious was-he-or-wasn't-he role at Bain Capital after 1999, his equally mysterious refusal …

Discussion: Washington Post, Newshoggers.com, Prairie Weather and Paul Krugman

New York Times:

When Did Romney Step Back From Bain? It's Complicated — When Mitt Romney was running for governor of Massachusetts a decade ago, Democrats went before a state commission to demand that he be struck from the ballot. Their argument: After taking over the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City …

Discussion: Marbury, The Caucus and The Page

Brian Knowlton / The Caucus:
Romney Faces Mounting Attacks on Bain and Taxes

Discussion: Ricochet Conversations Feed and The Page

Scott Thuman / WJLA-TV:
President Barack Obama talks Romney, campaign, chili, doodling, shooting pool

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Hill

Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Ed Gillespie: Mitt Romney ‘Retired Retroactively’ From Bain Capital

Discussion: Firedoglake, New York Magazine, American Power and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Sal Gentile / msnbc.com:
Former Bain Capital partner says Romney was ‘legally’ CEO of Bain Capital until 2002

Discussion: Mother Jones, The Huffington Post, Little Green Footballs, Brad DeLong and Hullabaloo

Keith Laing / The Hill:
Gillespie says Romney ‘retired retroactively’ from Bain Capital

Discussion: CNN, Wizbang, CANNONFIRE, Booman Tribune, The Daily Dish, Jammie Wearing Fools, American Power, Politico, Outside the Beltway, The Hinterland Gazette, Mother Jones, Liberal Values, The Reality-Based Community, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, The Reaction, The Moderate Voice and The Raw Story

Keith Laing / The Hill:
Sen. Durbin: Romney running away from Bain ‘like a scalded cat’

Discussion: Politico and Booman Tribune

Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Romney Adviser: Romney Not Responsible For Bain Because He ‘Retired Retroactively’

Discussion: RADAMISTO, The Hill, emptywheel, The Huffington Post, msnbc.com, Balloon Juice, The Mahablog, Crooks and Liars, News Desk, The Raw Story and The Impolitic

Kerry Picket / Washington Times:
(VIDEO) Obama - 'If you've got a business — you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen'

Discussion: Erick's blog, americanthinker.com, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Israel Matzav, NO QUARTER, Power Line and protein wisdom

Agence France Presse:

‘Monica, Monica’ chants taunt Clinton in Egypt — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was taunted by chants of “Monica, Monica” by tomato-throwing demonstrators as she visited the Egyptian port city of Alexandria on Sunday. — The chants, referring to the Monica Lewinsky scandal when her husband …

Discussion: Mediaite, Jezebel and Gretawire

Reuters:

Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes — CAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade on Sunday during her first visit to Egypt since the election of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. — A tomato struck an Egyptian official …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Instapundit, Jammie Wearing Fools and New York Magazine

msnbc.com:
Christians snub Cairo meeting with Clinton, claim US backs Islamists

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch, Associated Press and Atlas Shrugs

Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
Bachmann sends Hamas Congressman Hakim Muhammad (aka Keith Ellison) response to Muslim Brotherhood propaganda

Discussion: I'm a Man! and Israpundit

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Microsoft and NBC Complete Web Divorce — On Sunday night, MSNBC.com did something that successful Web sites almost never do: it renamed itself. — The site became NBCNews.com, signifying the end of a relationship between NBC and Microsoft that dates back to the earliest days of the commercial Web.

Discussion: msnbc.com, TechCrunch, Guardian, New York Magazine and Politico, more at Mediagazer »

Steven Musil / CNET:

Microsoft and NBC officially call it quits — Software giant will reportedly receive $300 million for its stake in MSNBC.com, which will mirror content on the new NBCNews.com for a while. — Follow @stevenmusil — The Internet partnership of Microsoft and NBC is officially over.

Discussion: Informed Comment and Scared Monkeys

Adam Skaggs / Politico:

Mitch McConnell dead wrong on DISCLOSE Act — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has launched a full-throated attack on the DISCLOSE Act, which Democrats are set to bring to the Senate floor on Monday. DISCLOSE supporters say it ensures transparency and accountability in U.S. elections.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

James Warren / The Daily Beast:

Richard Posner Bashes Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling — Richard Posner is the most influential conservative judge outside the Supreme Court. And he thinks its campaign-finance ruling encourages bribery. James Warren on Posner's latest shot—and Scalia's gun love.

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:

July panic for Obama — for good reason — Why has the Obama team been publicly wailing about losing out to Mitt Romney in the money race? Why would the president accuse his opponent of not merely being wrong or unqualified but criminal? After all, the polls are tied, so why so much worry in Obamaland?

Discussion: The Other McCain, The Spectacle Blog, Maggie's Farm and Hot Air

Manu Raju / Politico:
Kristol: ‘Crazy’ not to show taxes

Discussion: ABCNEWS, New York Magazine, Mediaite and Angry Black Lady Chronicles

Bernie Becker / The Hill:

Postal Service rescue bill stalls in Congress as cash woes mount — The House's delay in considering a postal reform bill is sparking concerns that the rescue of the U.S. Postal Service could be delayed until after the November elections — or even until the next Congress.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Robin Bravender / Politico:

Sheldon Adelson gives $5M to Cantor-backed super PAC — GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam poured $5 million into a super PAC backed by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, according to reports released late Sunday. — The cash influx marks a major boost for the YG Action Fund …

Discussion: New York Magazine