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10:25 AM ET, August 24, 2012

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Lance Armstrong:
Lance Armstong's Statement of August 23, 2012  —  There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say, “Enough is enough.”  For me, that time is now.  I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.
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Juliet Macur / New York Times:
Armstrong Drops Fight Against Doping Charges  —  After more than a decade of outrunning accusations that he had doped during his celebrated cycling career, Lance Armstrong, one of the best-known and accomplished athletes in recent history, surrendered on Thursday, etching a dark mark on his legacy …
Neal Karlinsky / ABCNEWS:
Lance Armstrong Ends His Fight Against Doping Claims
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Mitt Romney / Wall Street Journal:
What I Learned at Bain Capital  —  My business experience taught me how to help companies grow—and what to do when trouble arises.  When you see a problem, run toward it before the problem gets worse.  —  The back-to-school season is here, and as parents take their children to shop for school supplies …
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Wall Street Journal:   Romney Prepares for His Hard Sell
John Cook / Gawker:
The Bain Files: Inside Mitt Romney's Tax-Dodging Cayman Schemes
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Romney May Be Nominated Early  —  TAMPA, Fla. - Mitt Romney's quest to formally win the Republican Party's presidential nomination may come two days earlier.  —  Plans are underway for Mr. Romney to be nominated on Monday - not Wednesday as previously thought - because of a potential threat …
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James Hohmann / Politico:
No Ron Paul revolution at convention  —  TAMPA, Fla. — The Republican establishment has quelled the Ron Paul Revolution, at least for 2012.  —  Using a mix of charm and procedural hardball, Mitt Romney's campaign and his allies who control the Republican National Committee have ensured …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Ann Romney speech may move to Tuesday  —  The Mitt Romney campaign is considering moving Ann Romney's convention speech to Tuesday night in order to ensure that the candidate's wife gets full primetime television coverage, sources familiar with the move tell POLITICO.
Discussion: Mediaite
Lucy Madison / CBS News:   In convention speech, a test for Chris Christie
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Cardinal sin: Bam blew off DNC blessing  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama turned down a chance to have Timothy Cardinal Dolan deliver a prayer at the Democratic National Convention after Dolan told Democrats he would be “grateful” to deliver a blessing in Charlotte.
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Foxx, Rybak, Malloy to speak in Charlotte
Discussion: CNN
David Gibson / Washington Post:   Cardinal Timothy Dolan's GOP convention blessing prompts debate
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Galt, Gold and God  —  So far, most of the discussion of Paul Ryan, the presumptive Republican nominee for vice president, has focused on his budget proposals.  But Mr. Ryan is a man of many ideas, which would ordinarily be a good thing.  —  In his case, however, most of those ideas appear …
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Obama Still Wins on Likability; Romney, on the Economy  —  Obama gains on healthcare and taxes since July  —  PRINCETON, NJ — As the two-week period of back-to-back presidential nominating conventions gets underway next Monday, an Aug. 20-22 USA Today/Gallup poll underscores the strengths …
Discussion: GOP 12, Politico and Saint Petersblog
New York Post:
Trash-talking veep's Tampa tantrum  —  In an electoral season of appalling gutter politics, the Obama campaign is about to test a new bottom.  Contrary to tradition — which dictates that Democrats and Republicans respectfully lie low during their rivals' presidential nominating conventions …
Discussion: Instapundit and Riehl World News
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Huckabee digs in behind Akin  —  Todd Akin hasn't had many high-profile supporters with him in the trenches this week, but Mike Huckabee became an important and emphatic exception Thursday afternoon, sending a message to his own supporters accusing Republican elites of trying to drum a good man out of a winnable Senate race.
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Todd Akin for U.S. Senate 2012:
Akin Campaign Response to Rasmussen Poll
Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
George W. Bush doesn't miss ‘the swamp’ of politics  —  DALLAS — George W. Bush has spent much of the month with relatives at the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, where he played golf, rode bicycles and dined with friends.  Back in Dallas, the former president will mostly play golf, ride bicycles and dine with friends.
Discussion: Political Insider
Max Pizarro / Politicker NJ:
Booker tells chairs he's weighing 2013 gubernatorial run  —  In the lead-up to next month's Democrat National Convention in Charlotte, Newark Mayor Cory Booker and his political consultant Mark Matzen are meeting face-to-face with county chairs and making it known that Booker is weighing a run …
Discussion: Politico and Jammie Wearing Fools
ABCNEWS:
Several People Shot Outside Empire State Building  —  New York City officials say several people have been shot outside the Empire State Building and that the gunman is dead.  —  City police say three or four civilians have been wounded in the Friday morning shooting and that the shooter is dead.
Wall Street Journal:
Noonan: America Meets Mr. Romney  —  Anticipating the highlights of the GOP's Tampa convention.  —  It is good that Joe Biden is going to the Republican National Convention to hold high the flag of his party.  People make fun of his gaffes, of his embarrassing verbal forays …
Oliver Wright / The Independent:
Barack Obama asks eurozone to keep Greece in until after election day  —  US officials are worried that if Greece exits the eurozone, it will damage President's election hopes  —  NOTE: WE DO NOT STORE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) BUT YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL BE LOGGED TO PREVENT ABUSE OF THIS FEATURE.
Politico:
The making of Paul Ryan  —  One good way to understand how 42-year-old Paul Ryan vaulted over a generation of politicians into the top tier of national Republican politics is to dive into some numbers.  —  190 times.  That's how often the Wisconsin lawmaker's name appeared in the opinion pages …
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Household income is below recession levels, report says  —  Household income is down sharply since the recession ended three years ago, according to a report released Thursday, providing another sign of the stubborn weakness of the economic recovery.  —  From June 2009 to June 2012 …
Grady Smith / Inside Movies:
Box office update: Anti-Obama doc '2016: Obama's America' headed for mainstream success  —  A politically charged documentary called 2016: Obama's America turned heads last weekend when it grossed a whopping $1.24 million out of just 169 theaters.  —  The $2.5 million independent film …
Discussion: theGrio and National Review
The Right Scoop:
BRUTAL: Anderson Cooper obliterates DNC Chair over her lies about Romney's stance on abortion  —  This is a MUST WATCH!  And it is brutal.  In his “Keeping them Honest” segment tonight, Anderson Cooper completely exposed Debbie Wasserman Schultz over her lies about Romney's position on abortion.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
New York Times:
News Analysis: Romney Would Give Reins to States on Drilling on Federal Lands  —  By proposing to end a century of federal control over oil and gas drilling and coal mining on government lands, Mitt Romney is making a bid for anti-Washington voters in key Western states while dangling the promise …
Raphael Minder / New York Times:
Botched Restoration of Jesus Fresco Shocks Spain  —  MADRID — A case of suspected vandalism in a church in a northeastern village has turned out to be probably the worst art restoration project seen in Spain.  —  An elderly woman stepped forward this week to claim responsibility for disfiguring …
Discussion: Gawker and Jesus' General
BBC:
Anders Behring Breivik: Norway court rules him sane  —  A Norwegian court has ruled that mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is sane, sentencing him to 21 years in prison.  —  Breivik admitted killing 77 people and wounding more than 240 others when he bombed central Oslo and then opened fire at an island youth camp last year.
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Michelle Malkin:
“Clean Energy” Is Obama-Speak for Crony Government  —  Breaking news: The Fishwrap of Record has finally discovered that the Obama administration gives its Chicago corporate pals special access to power and regulatory favoritism.  On Thursday, The Not-So-New York Times published an A1 story titled …
Discussion: enewspf.com and Chicago Business
Sunlen Miller / ABCNEWS:
Minnesota Lawmaker, Facing Sex Scandal, Ends Reelection Bid, But Some Want Him Expelled Now  —  Disgraced Minnesota Democratic State Rep. Kerry Gauthier decided late Wednesday night that he will not seek reelection after he was caught having sexual contact with a 17-year-old.
Michael Grunwald / Swampland:
The Party of No: New Details on the GOP Plot to Obstruct Obama  —  TIME just published “The Party of No,” an article adapted from my new book, The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era.  It reveals some of my reporting on the Republican plot to obstruct President Obama …
 
 
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
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Austin Considine / New York Times:
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Discussion: USA Today and Althouse
Melinda Henneberger / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi: Todd Akin's views are ‘the doggie doo’ on GOP shoe
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Study: Romney criticism of controversial cancer ad effective with swing voters
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: As conventions open, a more negative view of politics
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Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Romney says his Mormon tithing shouldn't be public