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3:50 PM ET, August 13, 2012

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Catalina Camia / USA Today:
USAT/Gallup Poll: Paul Ryan gets low marks for VP  —  Americans don't believe Mitt Romney hit a home run with his choice of Paul Ryan as a running mate, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, with more of the public giving him lower marks than high ones.  —  Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman …
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Paul Krugman:
The Ryan Role  —  Mark Kleiman points us to a lamentable but revealing column by William Saletan, which illustrates perfectly how the essentially ludicrous Paul Ryan has gotten so far - namely, by playing to the gullibility of self-proclaimed centrists, who want to show their “balance” by finding a conservative to praise.
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
POLITICO-GW Battleground Poll: Tied up  —  The race for the White House remained in a dead heat just before Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his running mate, a new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground poll finds.  —  The poll, conducted in the days leading up to the Ryan announcement …
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Paul Ryan Used His Office To Profit From the Financial Crisis  —  Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, left, wipes away tears as he and presidential candidate Mitt Romney greet supporters during a campaign event on Sunday in Waukesha, Wis.  —  Let's put this in the “the real scandal is what's legal” file:
Matt Miller / Washington Post:
Understanding the Ryan plan  —  The striking thing about Paul Ryan's ascent is the gulf between his proposals and the way the media have characterized them.  Since Mitt Romney named Ryan to the ticket on Saturday, the news has been filled with talk of the “ fiscal conservative ” (NPR) " …
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan - and their Wives!  - Open Up to PEOPLE  —  However tough and tight the race against President Obama gets this fall, Janna Ryan predicts that her husband Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney can count on one thing: fun.  —  PEOPLE was first to sit down with the freshly minted …
Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
What Paul Ryan's budget actually cuts — and by how much  —  Both campaigns seem to agree that Mitt Romney's pick of Paul Ryan for the veep spot sets up a big, clear policy choice for the election.  President Obama's vision for the federal budget is very different from Paul Ryan's.
Eric Platt / Business Insider:
Paul Ryan's Bank Transactions Were Not Insider Trading  —  Republican Vice Presidential Pick Paul Ryan sold shares in a number of financial companies including Citigroup, General Electric, Wachovia, and JP Morgan Chase on the same day as then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and OpenSecrets.org
Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION — YOU SEE IT FIRST RIGHT HERE
Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
Inside the Ryan budget pushback
Jim Geraghty / National Review:   The Very Predictable Playbook Against Paul Ryan
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Everything you need to know about Paul Ryan
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Near-Even Split on Ryan - But With Positive Movement
The Richmonder:
Paul Ryan traded on insider information to avoid 2008 crash
Discussion: Brad DeLong
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Paul Ryan: The Next President of the United States?
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
Positive views of Ryan jump higher after pick
Amy Walter / ABCNEWS:
An Ideological Battle That Voters Don't Want
Orlando Sentinel:
Romney campaign cancels Monday visit to Orlando  —  Although Mitt Romney was supposed to visit Orlando on Monday, the campaign announced late Sunday that the presumed Republican presidential nominee was too exhausted to make the trip.  —  The news came after Romney spent what one campaign official …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Mitt Romney cancels Florida campaign stop, citing exhaustion  —  Mitt Romney is cancelling a planned campaign stop Monday in Orlando after a whirlwind weekend in which the presumptive Republican nominee introduced Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his running mate.
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Presidential debate moderators announced  —  The Commission on Presidential Debates has decided on the moderators for this year's debates, sources confirm to POLITICO.  —  PBS's Jim Lehrer will host the first presidential debate on October 3 in Denver, Colo. CNN's Candy Crowley will host the second …
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KBTX-TV:
Suspect in Custody, Shooting Near Highland and Fidelity Streets in College Station  —  News 3 crew on the scene has confirmed that more than one law enforcement officer has been shot in an incident near Fidelity Street in College Station.  —  A spokesperson for the College Station Police Department …
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New York Post:
Anthony Wiener and wife move into $3.3M Manhattan apt.  —  Anthony Weiner's wife not only took him back, she took him back in style — moving with the shamed pol into a luxurious, $3.3 million Manhattan pad owned by a deep-pocketed Democratic donor, The Post has learned.
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama camp: 1,000 attended ‘half-full’ fundraiser  —  CHICAGO — Republicans quickly jumped on a report that President Obama's largest fundraiser here Sunday was only “half full,” but the crowd for the event was larger than the Obama campaign had initially anticipated.  —  “At Obama fundraiser in Chicago.
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Michelle Obama: Barack's not a ‘superhero’
David Weigel / Slate:
Paul Ryan's Ayn Rand Reader: Lesson One … - One Thing the 2012 Dream Team Has On the 1992 Dream Team - Yglesias: Is Taco Bell Trying To Turn Itself Into Chipotle?  - From Glenn Beck to Ira Glass: Great Magazine Stories About Talk Radio - You Won't Believe the Nasty Things Guys Say to Women Playing Video Games
Jessica Silver-Greenberg / DealBook:
Problems Riddle Moves to Collect Credit Card Debt  —  The same problems that plagued the foreclosure process — and prompted a multibillion-dollar settlement with big banks — are now emerging in the debt collection practices of credit card companies.  —  As they work through a glut of bad loans …
 
 
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Romney's Three-Year Business Experience Requirement Would Disqualify His Own Running Mate
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Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
One Cal State department refuses to let in out-of-staters over state residents
Discussion: Clayton Cramer's Blog
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama jokes with NASA Curiosity crew: ‘Let me know right away’ if there are Martians
Discussion: Politico, CNN and The Raw Story
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Poll: GOP more engaged in 2012
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Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep. Joe Walsh: Muslims Are ‘Trying To Kill Americans Every Week’
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and The Raw Story
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Erskine Bowles says Ryan budget “sensible ... honest, serious”
Ed Hammond / Financial Times:
Spanish commercial property on the brink
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