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4:00 PM ET, August 15, 2012

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WJLA-TV:
Family Research Council shooting leaves security guard wounded  —  A security guard at a conservative Christian lobbying group housed in a busy downtown Washington office building was shot and injured late Wednesday morning, police say.  —  The shooting took place either near or at the offices …
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Fox News:
FBI probing shooting of guard at Family Research Council HQ  —  A security guard at the Family Research Council headquarters in Washington, D.C., was shot in the arm by a gunman who sources said expressed disagreement with the conservative group's policy positions.
Washington Post:
Security guard shot at Family Research Council in downtown D.C.  —  A security guard at the Family Research Council was shot and wounded Wednesday morning after a scuffle in the lobby of the group's headquarters in downtown Washington, authorities said.  —  D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier …
Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Guard Shot at Family Research Council Headquarters
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Guard shot at Family Research Council
Discussion: FRC Blog and Wake up America
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Security Guard Shot at Pro-Life Group's DC Headquarters
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Hot Air and NOM Blog
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Boehner holds call to calm House GOP  —  Jolted by concerns over the wave of Medicare-themed Democratic attacks sparked by Paul Ryan's vice presidential nomination, House Speaker John Boehner held a Tuesday evening conference call aimed at soothing jittery Republican members, POLITICO has learned.
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Katherine Boyle / Washington Post:
Ryan and Romney: A contrast in sartorial styles
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The next frontier in the case against Paul Ryan
Ross Douthat / Campaign Stops:
Why Moderates Should Like Paul Ryan
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and TBogg
Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Romney's right: Obamacare cuts Medicare by $716 billion. Here's how.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Biden In 2011: Paul Ryan Is A Decent, Honorable, Smart Guy
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden: 'Folks, Where's it Written We Cannot Lead the World in the 20th Century in Making Automobiles?'  —  In a speech today in Virginia, Vice President Joe Biden seemed to forget we're in the 21st century:  —  'Folks, where's it written we cannot lead the world in the 20th century in making automobiles?," said Biden.
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Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Romney slams Obama in tough new speech  —  Mitt Romney used a tough new campaign speech to personally blast the Obama campaign on Tuesday, saying comments earlier in the day from Vice President Biden are “what an angry and desperate Presidency looks like.”  —  “Mr. President …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A most poisonous campaign  —  No one expected Campaign 2012 to be positive or uplifting.
BuzzFeed:
Why The Presidential Campaign Got So Mean Tuesday
Discussion: Washington Post
CNN:
New day, same battle over Medicare
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
A Romney first: over 40% of youth vote back him … More Photos  —  Popular in Politics  —  For the first time since he began running for president, Republican Mitt Romney has the support of over 40 percent of America's youth vote, a troubling sign for President Obama who built his 2008 victory …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney Sees No Immediate Bounce From Ryan V.P. Pick
Andrew Malcolm / Investor's Business Daily:
See for yourself why Romney picked Paul Ryan
Discussion: Hot Air
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Poll: Media in Obama's pocket
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and NewsBusters.org
Associated Press:
Judge won't halt Pa. voter identification law  —  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge on Wednesday refused to stop a tough new voter identification law from going into effect, which Democrats say will suppress votes among President Barack Obama's supporters.
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:   BREAKING: Judge Upholds Pennsylvania Voter ID Law; Opponents To Appeal
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Special ops group attacks Obama over bin Laden bragging, leaks  —  (Reuters) - A group of former U.S. intelligence and Special Forces operatives is set to launch a media campaign, including TV ads, that scolds President Barack Obama for taking credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden and argues …
Brooke Nevils / Rock Center with Brian Williams:
Ann Romney talks family, finances in exclusive interview: 'There's nothing we're hiding'  —  LLANGYNWD, Wales - About two hundred miles away from the Greenwich, England, arena where her purebred horse Rafalca competed in the London Olympics, Ann Romney stroked the nose of Magic, a Welsh pony.
Lynn Beisner / Guardian:
I wish my mother had aborted me |  Lynn Beisner  —  This is no 'I wish I'd never been born' howl of angst.  I love my mother, and having an abortion would have given her a better life  —  If there is one thing that anti-choice activists do that makes me see red, it is when they parade …
Discussion: LifeNews.com, normblog and Shakesville
Paul Walsh / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Fiery protester outside General Mills dies days later on family errand  —  A Twin Cities man who staged a fiery protest outside General Mills headquarters in Golden Valley last week died several days later while running an errand, his family's minister said Wednesday.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
When Cruelty Is Cute  —  I'd been wondering how long it would take Republicans to realize that Paul Ryan is their guy.  —  He's the cutest package that cruelty ever came in.  He has a winning air of sad cheerfulness.  He's affable, clean-cut and really cut, with the Irish altar-boy widow's peak …
Suffolk University:
Unlikely/Unregistered Voter Poll with USA TODAY  —  Political opinion polls usually confine themselves to seeking out registered, likely voters.  But what about the millions of adult U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote and choose not to?  —  The Suffolk University Political Research Center …
Charles Johnson / The Daily Caller:
In Harvard essay, young Michelle Obama argued for race-based faculty hiring  —  During her third and final year at Harvard Law School, first lady Michelle Obama — then named Michelle Robinson — penned an article for the newsletter of Harvard's Black Law Students Association (BLSA) …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Althouse
 
 
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Betsy Woodruff / National Review:
How Did Harry Reid Get Rich?
Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Revealed: The president brews his own beer, and brings it with him on the road
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Senator Rand Paul Touts False Claim From ‘9/11 Truth’ Conspiracy Site
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Aug. 14: The Fog of Polling — and Ryan's ‘Bounce’ So Far
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