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11:00 AM ET, August 17, 2012

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Matt Rhoades / Barack Obama:
Letter from Jim Messina to Matt Rhoades  —  Dear Matt:  —  I am writing to ask again that the Governor release multiple years of tax returns, but also to make an offer that should address his concerns about the additional disclosures.  Governor Romney apparently fears that the more he offers …
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Carol E. Lee / Washington Wire:
Obama Campaign Asks Romney for 5 Years of Tax Returns  —  The Obama campaign, determined to renew the focus of the presidential race on questions about Mitt Romney's taxes, is trying to pressure the Republican candidate to release five years of his returns.  —  Obama campaign manager Jim Messina sent …
Discussion: GOP 12
Alexander Burns / Politico:   Messina writes Rhoades on Romney taxes
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Romney's present, Ryan's future  —  Vice-presidential picks are always judged by their effect on the coming election.  They rarely have any.  —  They haven't had a decisive influence since Lyndon Johnson carried Texas for John Kennedy in 1960.  (That and Illinois put Kennedy over the top.)
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Politico:
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan pursue united front strategy  —  Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan plan to campaign together again sooner than aides had originally planned, likely twice next week, as part of a new offensive to take on the touchy issue of Medicare, campaign officials tell POLITICO.
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Romney raises $10M in week since Ryan selected as VP
Discussion: GOP 12
Carl Hulse / The Caucus:
And Playing the Role of Paul Ryan ...
Lean Forward / msnbc.com:   Sandra Fluke: Paul Ryan on women's issues — so bad it's unbelievable ... but true
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
For my birthday, Paul Ryan gave me a chili dog, I gave him a Medicare question
Discussion: BuzzFeed and The New Republic
Gregory J. Krieg / ABCNEWS:
Presented With Letters, Ryan Admits Requesting Stimulus Cash  —  After repeated denials, Paul Ryan has admitted he requested stimulus cash even after sharply criticizing the program.  —  Ryan had denied doing so as recently as Wednesday, when he spoke to ABC's Cincinnati affiliate, WCPO, in Ohio.
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Trip Gabriel / The Caucus:
Ryan Says Requesting Stimulus Funds Was a Mistake
Stevesaleeba / CBS Boston:
Paul Ryan In 2010 Dan Rea Interview: ‘I Did Not Request Any Stimulus Money’
David Simon:
Mitt Romney paid taxes at a rate of at least 13 percent.  And he's proud to say so.  —  Can we stand back and pause a short minute to take in the spectacle of a man who wants to be President of The United States, who wants us to seriously regard him as a paragon of the American civic ideal …
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Jonathan Lemire / NY Daily News:
Mitt Romney insists that he's always paid his taxes and never less than 13 percent
Discussion: Boston Globe and USA Today
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Romney Says He Paid at Least 13% in Income Taxes
Discussion: The Caucus
CBS News:
Russian female punk band Pussy Riot found guilty of hooliganism over Putin protest at church site  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  (CBS/AP) MOSCOW - A judge found three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism on Friday, in a case that has drawn widespread international condemnation …
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BBC:
Pussy Riot members jailed for two years for hooliganism  —  Judge Marina Syrova: “These three plus others... plotted together to undermine civil order, motivated by religious hatred”  —  Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been jailed for two years after staging an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral.
Shiv Malik / Guardian:
Pussy Riot found guilty - live blog
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
MSNBC's Touré: Romney Engaging In The ‘Niggerization’ Of Obama  —  On Thursday's edition of MSNBC's The Cycle the group discussed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's assertion that President Obama should “take [his] campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago.”
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Hot Air
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Obama's betrayal  —  In the innocent, bygone days of February, President Obama told NBC News that the campaign would get negative against him, but provided this assurance: “I think that you will be able to see how we conduct ourselves in the campaign.  I think it will be consistent …
Mark Potok / Hatewatch:
SPLC: Family Research Council License-to-Kill Claim ‘Outrageous’  —  Editor's Note: The following statement may be attributed to Mark Potok, Senior Fellow of the Southern Poverty Law Center and editor of its Intelligence Report and Hatewatch blog.  —  Yesterday's attack on the Family Research Council …
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Matthew Mosk / ABCNEWS:
Secret ‘Menu’ Details Perks for Big Democratic Donors  —  Those seeking invites to the most lavish receptions at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, “gold ticket” access to “dialogues,” and private breakfast briefings with party luminaries, can expect a hefty price of admission.
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Exclusive: White House studying potential oil reserve release  —  (Reuters) - The White House is “dusting off old plans” for a potential release of oil reserves to dampen prices and prevent high energy costs from undermining sanctions against Iran, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday.
Christopher Bedford / The Daily Caller:
Biden's ‘good friend,’ donor receives $20M federal loan to open foreign luxury car dealership in Ukraine  —  In late July, John Hynansky — a longtime friend of Vice President Joe Biden, and a major donor to Biden's campaigns as well as President Barack Obama's — was awarded a $20 million taxpayer loan …
Dinesh D'Souza / Fox News:
How I became George Obama's ‘brother’  —  A few days ago I received a call from a man I recently met named George.  He was a bit flustered, and soon informed me that his young son was sick with a chest condition.  He pleaded with me to send him $1,000 to cover the medical bills.
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
New rules expose bigger funding gaps for public pensions  —  Already-strapped state and local governments are coming under increasing pressure to reduce pension benefits or increase taxpayer contributions that help pay for them because of new rules that would require them to report those obligations more honestly, advocates say.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
 
 
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Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:
Time and CNN Reinstate Journalist After Review
Jen Chung / Gothamist:
Islamophobic Billboard At Metro-North Station Encourages Hatred, Says Local Pol
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Patrick Gavin / Politico:
Fit for office: Candidates in best shape ever
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
The Obama Campaign's Forlorn Hope: Just Get Unlikely Voters to Turn Out
BBC:
Moscow bans gay pride for century
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Finland prepares for break-up of eurozone
Discussion: Guardian and National Review
Gallup:
In U.S., Majority Overweight or Obese in All 50 States
Discussion: CBS Boston and ThinkProgress
Stephanie Gaskell / Reuters:
Army reports grim milestone in troop suicides
Discussion: New York Magazine
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
New York Democrats Skipping Convention for, Well, You Name It
John Fund / National Review:
Serial Fraud Kept Congressman in Office
Discussion: Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
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For Europe's Economy, a Lost Decade Looms
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