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11:30 AM ET, August 1, 2012

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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Five Things Everyone Should Know About GOP Senate Candidate Ted Cruz  —  Ted Cruz will protect this golf course from the United Nations and George Soros  —  Today, Texas Republican primary voters selected Ted Cruz as their candidate to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX).
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz wins Republican runoff for Texas Senate seat  —  (Pat Sullivan - AP) Former state solicitor general Ted Cruz, a tea party-aligned conservative once regarded as a long-shot candidate, has won the Republican runoff in Texas, where he will be the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate in the November election.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Tonight's second biggest loser  —  David Dewhurst is obviously the biggest loser in the Texas Senate election tonight.  When we first polled a hypothetical runoff match up between him and Ted Cruz the week before the primary, he led 59-34.  In just over two months he managed to turn that into a pretty substantial defeat.
Kate Alexander / Austin American-Statesman:
Cruz wins big in GOP upset
Discussion: protein wisdom
Craig Schneider / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   Tea Party notches a big win in T-SPLOST loss
David Catanese / Politico:
Move over, Marco Rubio: Ted Cruz's star rises
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz wins Texas Senate primary in a victory for tea party
Discussion: Althouse
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Tea Party favorite wins Texas Senate runoff
Discussion: Politico, CNN and The Raw Story
Quinnipiac University:
Obama Hits 50% In Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times Swing State Poll Finds  —  Word format Crosstabs by State  —  Watch Video: Assistant Director Tim Malloy discusses poll results  —  Clip Information and Download:  —  FLV File - Download For Website (1920x1080 / 125MB)
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New York Times:
Polls Give Obama Edge in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida  —  President Obama is struggling to persuade voters that he deserves to win re-election based on his handling of the economy, but his empathy and personal appeal give him an edge over Mitt Romney in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania …
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Obama leads Romney in three key swing states  —  (CBS News) President Obama leads Mitt Romney among likely voters in Ohio and Florida - and has a double-digit lead in Pennsylvania - according to a Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times poll released this morning.
CNN:
Poll: Obama over 50% in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania
Charles McGrath / New York Times:
Prolific, Elegant, Acerbic Writer  —  Gore Vidal, the elegant, acerbic all-around man of letters who presided with a certain relish over what he declared to be the end of American civilization, died on Tuesday at his home in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles, where he moved in 2003, after years of living in Ravello, Italy.
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Video of the Day: Gore Vidal vs. William F. Buckley in 1968  —  Next time someone complains about the lack of civility in today's politics, play this clip of the two late authors nearly coming to blows.  —  Gore Vidal, who died Tuesday at 86, is being eulogized almost entirely as a “man of letters.”
Discussion: Mediaite
Associated Press:
Gore Vidal, Celebrated Author, Playwright, Dies
Discussion: Politico
USA Today:
Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies at 86
Discussion: Firedoglake
Michael Dirda / Washington Post:
Gore Vidal dies; imperious gadfly and prolific, graceful writer was 86
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid: Bain Investor Told Me That Mitt Romney 'Didn't Pay Any Taxes For 10 Years' … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Elections 2012, Harry Reid , Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Mitt Romney Taxes, Harry Reid Mitt Romney, Harry Reid Romney Taxes, Mitt Romney 2012, Reid Romney …
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Dan Primack / Fortune:
Calling BS on Reid's Bain tax claims
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Harry Reid: Mitt Romney didn't pay taxes for 10 years
Discussion: Althouse, Politico and USA Today
Mitt Romney / National Review:
Culture Does Matter  —  During my recent trip to Israel, I had suggested that the choices a society makes about its culture play a role in creating prosperity, and that the significant disparity between Israeli and Palestinian living standards was powerfully influenced by it.
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Sarah Palin: It's a ‘shame’ about Dick Cheney  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Tuesday that it's a “shame” former Vice President Dick Cheney considers her vice presidential selection a misfire, but she might be joining Cheney in skipping the Republican National Convention.
Discussion: CNN
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
An Angry Sarah Palin Responds To Dick Cheney: He Is Buying Into ‘Lamestream Media’ Spin
Discussion: The Raw Story
Nanette Byrnes / Tax Break:
Olympic medals: gold to the IRS too?  —  When the lucky (and good) Americans who medal at the London Games bow their head to receive the gold, silver or bronze, one can only hope the tax man is the last person on their mind.  —  They'd be unwise to forget him altogether, however.
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Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog:
The Churchill Bust & Charles Krauthammer  —  Yesterday following his column, I sent the following email to Charles Krauthammer.  Charles asked that I make the email public and I have agreed.
ITV:
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Boris stuck on zip wire  —  Boris Johnson was left hanging today when he got stuck halfway down a zip wire at an event in Victoria Park.  —  The Mayor of London had to be pulled the rest of the way by teams on the ground at around 13:30 this afternoon.
Tax Policy Center home:
On the Distributional Effects of Base-Broadening Income Tax Reform  —  This paper examines the tradeoffs among three competing goals that are inherent in a revenue-neutral income tax reform—maintaining tax revenues, ensuring a progressive tax system, and lowering marginal tax rates …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Why Not in Vegas?  —  I'll make this quick.  I have one question and one observation about Mitt Romney's visit to Israel.  The question is this: Since the whole trip was not about learning anything but about how to satisfy the political whims of the right-wing, super pro-Bibi Netanyahu …
Discussion: Elder of Ziyon and Israel Matzav
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Obama Supporters Barraged With Pleas for Cash  —  Each plea for money from President Obama and his allies has become more urgent and desperate than the last.  —  His campaign's chief operating officer said on Monday that “we've gotten our behinds handed to us.”
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Richard Esposito / ABCNEWS:
Flight Diverted Over Unclaimed Camera
Discussion: New York Magazine
Michelle Malkin:
Nanny State job-killers: The feds' war on...Buckyballs!
Stanley Kurtz / National Review:
Burn Down the Suburbs?  —  President Obama is not a fan of America's suburbs.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Merrill Knox / TVNewser:
July 2012 Ratings: CNN Continues to Struggle
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
New York City Sells Police's Spent Gun Shell Casings to Georgia Ammunition Dealer
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and New York Magazine
Michael S. Malone / Wall Street Journal:
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In 2013 Races, New York Prepares for ‘Super PAC’ Effect
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
GOP leaders yank one-year farm bill
Discussion: Politico
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Adam C. Smith / The Buzz Florida Politics Feed:
Mitt Romney campaign welcomes Barack Obama to Orlando
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Hill
Sam Stanton / Sacramento Bee:
UC Davis confirms officer at center of pepper spraying controversy no longer on the force
Discussion: The Raw Story
Chuck Stokes / WXYZ-TV:
EXCLUSIVE POLL: Obama back in front, Hoekstra holds big lead on Durant
Discussion: Hotline On Call
Troy Petenbrink / Elsewhere:
Amtrak promotes gay family travel with groundbreaking ads
Ryan Jones / Israel Today:
Obama, Palestinians irked by Romney remarks on Jerusalem
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Report cites killings blamed on non-deported illegals