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3:05 PM ET, August 22, 2012

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Angelakdka / CBS Pittsburgh:
In Exclusive Interview, Paul Ryan Distances Self From Todd Akin  —  CARNEGIE (KDKA) — In Congressman Paul Ryan's first interview in Pennsylvania, Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick reacted strongly to Congressman Todd Akin's comment than women who are raped rarely get pregnant.
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Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Rick Santorum: Here Are the Reasons That Romney Might Lose  —  The former senator is heading to Tampa to speak on behalf of his former rival.  He tells Howard Kurtz what Romney must avoid if he is to beat Obama.  —  Rick Santorum has a simple formulation for how the 2012 election will turn out.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Ryan Refuses To Say Abortions Should Be Available To Women Who Are Raped … This morning, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) revealed that GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan urged him to drop out of his U.S. Senate race after Akin's “legitimate rape” comments made him a liability to Republicans nationally.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Just Think No  —  There's something trying about an unforgiving man suddenly in need of forgiveness.  —  Yet Todd Akin is right.  He shouldn't have to get out of the United States Senate race in Missouri simply for saying what he believes.  He reflects a severe stance on abortion …
Paul Ryan / CNN:
Ryan builds on Obama comment in Roanoke
Discussion: Politico
Bloomberg:
Ryan's Record Of Abortion Opposition Consistent With Akin's
Discussion: Mother Jones
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Rep. Walsh ‘bothered’ GOP did not ‘stand up for’ Akin
Discussion: Politico, CNN, Mediaite and The Raw Story
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Tampa mayor: Tropical storm Isaac could force cancellation, delay or move  —  As concern grows about Isaac, a tropical storm that could hit Florida during the Republican National Convention in Tampa next week, the host city's mayor on Wednesday sought to reassure those with a stake in the event …
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Washington Post:
Could Hurricane Isaac derail the GOP convention?
Discussion: Firedoglake
David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Tampa Mayor: City ‘Prepared’ To Call Off Convention In Event Of Dangerous Weather
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG
CNN:
As Isaac churns up reminder of Gustav, GOP planners say they're ready
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
CBO warns of deep recession if Congress fails to avert ‘fiscal cliff’  —  The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Wednesday warned the economy will enter a recession next year if the country goes over the so-called fiscal cliff.  —  In its most dire warning yet about the fiscal cliff …
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Like a Boss  —  When it comes to being a rich guy, Mitt Romney should own it  —  What do women want?  The conventional biological wisdom is that men select mates for fertility, while women select for status — thus the commonness of younger women's pairing with well-established older men but the rarity of the converse.
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Costs Seen in Romney's Medicare Savings Plan  —  WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney's promise to restore $716 billion that he says President Obama “robbed” from Medicare has some health care experts puzzled, and not just because his running mate, Representative Paul D. Ryan, included the same savings in his House budgets.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Signs of divine intervention for Republicans?  —  Has God forsaken the Republican Party?  —  Well, sit in judgment of what's happened in the past few days:  —  A report comes out that a couple dozen House Republicans engaged in an alcohol-induced frolic, in one case nude, in the Sea of Galilee …
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Chris Chase / USA Today:
Oklahoma kindergartner banned from wearing Michigan shirt  —  An Oklahoma City kindergartner was forced to turn his University of Michigan shirt inside out last week because it violated a city ban on any apparel not supportive of the state's college teams.  —  Cooper Barton, 5, comes from a family of Michigan fans.
Discussion: Hit & Run
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WXYZ-TV:   Oklahoma City elementary school bans kindergartner from wearing University of Michigan shirt
Prince Harry / TMZ.com:
Prince Harry — Naked Photos of Las Vegas Rager Leaked  —  During Vegas Rager  —  Prince Harry put the crown jewels on display in Vegas this weekend ... getting BARE ASS NAKED during a game of strip billiards with a room full of friends in his VIP suite.  —  It all went down Friday night during …
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Advice Regarding Akin  —  My advice, for what it's worth, to conservatives and Republicans desperate to see Todd Akin off the ballot in Missouri: You've made your point.  You've bewailed and denounced and threatened.  Now it's time to hearken to the words of Lincoln, in his great Temperance Address …
Discussion: Moe Lane
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Networks may miss Ann Romney speech  —  Ann Romney may not make primetime during next week's Republican National Convention.  —  The three major television networks — NBC, ABC, and CBS — are not airing primetime coverage of the RNC on Monday, the opening night of the convention and the night …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Mediaite
BuzzFeed:
Obama Has Trouble Spelling OHIO  —  But gets it right on the second try.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Ledbetter, Baldwin, Longoria to address Dem convention  —  The Democratic National Convention Committee unveiled a list of prominent women Wednesday to speak at party's upcoming convention in Charlotte, including Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards and Lilly Ledbetter …
Jim McElhatton / Washington Times:
Labor Department spends stimulus funds for ads during Olbermann, Maddow shows  —  Contract shows no new jobs were created  —  The Labor Department paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal stimulus funds to a public relations firm to run more than 100 commercials touting …
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Michelle Obama will appear on Letterman during GOP convention  —  First lady Michelle Obama will appear on “The Late Show with David Letterman” on Aug. 29, CBS announced Wednesday.  —  Mitt Romney's running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), is scheduled to deliver his speech to the GOP nominating convention that evening.
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Radical GOP Platform Calls For Constitutional Amendment To Make Tax Increases Virtually Impossible … The Republican Party spent all day Tuesday debating and drafting the party's official platform, and by the end of the day, it approved a draft of the “most conservative platform in modern history.”
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Team Romney calls out Obama for misspelling ‘Ohio’ at campaign stop  —  President Obama needed a do-over to spell “Ohio” correctly on the campus of Ohio State University this week.  —  Although Obama and several students at a campaign stop Tuesday morning at Sloopy's Diner on the campus …
Discussion: The Ulsterman Report
 
 
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Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Box Office Report: Anti-Obama Doc Drawing Big Crowds, Even in New York City
Discussion: The Daily Caller and ABCNEWS
Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
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Jennifer Griffin / Fox News:
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Discussion: Politico, Foreign Policy and USA Today
Alex Fitzpatrick / Mashable!:
Who's Behind That Political Ad? This App Tells You
Discussion: CNN, Election 2012 and Business Insider
MiamiHerald.com:
Campaign vendors say Republican Congressman David Rivera funded Democrat's failed primary bid
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
AP poll narrows Obama lead to one point, 47/46
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Aug. 21: Romney Showing Improved Results in Swing State Polls
Wall Street Journal:
A Coca-Cola Solution to High Gas Prices
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy and EconLog
Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
Iran's supreme leader orders fresh terror attacks on West
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs
Christian Adams / The PJ Tatler:
Holder Justice Department Recruits Dwarfs, Schizophrenics, and the ‘Intellectually Disabled’
Discussion: Mediaite and NewsBusters.org
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
We Need a ‘Conservative’ Party
Discussion: Wonkette
Matt Miller / Washington Post:
The rise of the ‘Drawbridge Republicans’
Discussion: Angry Bear
Mark Murray / First Read:
NBC/WSJ poll: Heading into conventions, Obama has four-point lead
 

 
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