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8:35 PM ET, August 24, 2012

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Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Jokes: 'No One's Ever Asked To See My Birth Certificate'  —  At a campaign stop in his home state of Michigan Friday, Mitt Romney made a joke referencing the continued doubts about President Obama's birth certificate raised by Romney supporters like Donald Trump.
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CBS News:
Romney says “birther” joke wasn't a swipe at Obama  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  (CBS News) In an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley on Friday, Mitt Romney played down the remarks he made about President Obama's origins, arguing that they amounted to a joke and not a “swipe” at the president.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's birther joke  —  On the trail just now in Michigan, Mitt Romney made a birther funny:  —  Romney: … The Obama campaign quickly put out a response: … The Romney campaign is trying to shut down the story right now, releasing statements claiming that Romney …
ThinkProgress:
7 Birthers Speaking At The Republican Convention  —  Mitt Romney's invocation of birtherism on Friday took his campaign to a new level of involvement with the bogus idea that President Obama is actually Kenyan-born and therefore ineligible to serve as Commander-in-Chief.
Discussion: Daily Kos
BuzzFeed:
Crowd Loves Mitt Romney's Birther Joke  —  An aide says it wasn't supposed to be a crack about Barack Obama's birth certificate, it just came out that way.  —  COMMERCE, Mich. — In a speech to thousands of supporters at a family orchard outside Detroit Friday afternoon …
David Jackson / USA Today:
Romney makes birth certificate joke  —  During an appearance in his native Michigan today, Mitt Romney said: “No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate — they know that this was the place we were born and raised.”  —  Some of President Obama's most intense critics continue …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Accused Of Going Full Birther After Joke At Campaign Stop
Discussion: Firedoglake and The PJ Tatler
Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
Romney Makes a Birth Certificate Joke While Campaigning in Michigan
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama spokeswoman: Romney joke latest in ‘pattern’ of ‘gutterball politics’
Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Makes Birth Certificate Joke
Discussion: Riehl World News
Donald J. Trump / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump Posted Birther Tweet Same Hour As Romney Speech
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Andrew Rosenthal / Taking Note:
Mitt Romney Plays the Birther Card
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama 49%-Romney 47% among likely voters  —  Washington (CNN) - With three days to go until the start of the Republican convention, President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney remain deadlocked in the race for the White House, according to a new national survey.
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CNN:
Todd Akin gets online fundraising boost
CNN:
TRENDING: Romney goes THERE: ‘Birther’ joke raises conspiracy theory
Discussion: Politico, The Hill, AEIdeas and Shakesville
Ann Romney / CNN:
Romney campaign contemplating bumping Rubio for Ann Romney
Discussion: Election 2012
Kate Nocera / Politico:
Todd Akin: I'm in it through November
Discussion: Conservatives4Palin
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Radically Changes GOP Nominating Process After Ron Paul Takeovers  —  Paul allies freak out.  —  Image by JEWEL SAMAD / Getty Images  —  TAMPA — Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, led by top Romney lawyer Ben Ginsberg, forced through a major change the GOP nominating process …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Fix
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Second day of Republican convention to feature Ron Paul tribute
New York Post:
Gunman kills coworker and bystander at Empire State Building, wounds 7 others before cop shoots him  —  Today at the Empire State Building after four people were shot.  —  A disgruntled worker stalked a colleague down a Midtown street, shot him dead and then turned his weapon …
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New York Times:
Several Shot, One Fatally, Outside Empire State Building
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:   Empire State Building shooting leaves several wounded, two dead, including suspect
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Deconstructing A “Devastating” Interview  —  So Republicans—even the normally clear-eyed David Frum—are gloating today over an Anderson Cooper interview of DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz that supposedly leaves her shivering in embarrassment and exposed as a liar.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Rubio to Be Bumped?  —  The Republican National Committee is making big changes to the lineup of speakers at the convention next week in Tampa to ensure that broadcast networks cover Ann Romney's speech.  Among the changes most seriously under consideration: moving Marco Rubio to Tuesday night …
Discussion: Politico, CNN, Hot Air, Naked Politics and GOP 12
Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Official: N.M. Governor ‘Dishonored’ Gen. Custer By Meeting With American Indians  —  A progressive group called on Republican National Committee leader Pat Rogers to step down on Friday after emails showed him telling New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez's staff that meeting with a group of American Indians …
Discussion: Stinque
PARADE Magazine:
PARADE Exclusive: A Conversation With the Romneys  —  Editor's note: As part of PARADE's 2012 election coverage, the magazine will feature President Obama and the first lady in its Sept. 2 cover story.  —  It's probably the closest the Romneys have come to kicking back during this campaign summer …
Discussion: The Caucus
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Prop 8 Opponents Urge Supreme Court To Pass On Appeal  —  The high-powered lawyers for the gay and lesbian couples challenging California's Proposition 8 say their case is “attractive” for Supreme Court review.  Nonetheless, they say the high court should pass on the case.
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.
BuzzFeed:
The 14 Most Important Sex Ads Of The Republican National Convention  —  “Let's compare PAC's!”  Is Tampa America's sketchiest city?  —  Rosie Gray  —  an hour ago  —  26 responses
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
When Did the GOP Get So White: The Republicans' Loss of Diversity  —  The one-time Party of Lincoln boasted the first African-American, Asian-American, Native-American, Hispanic, and popularly-elected woman senators.  Now polls show Romney-Ryan will get virtually no black votes.
Peter Nickeas / Chicago Tribune:
19 people shot in overnight shootings across Chicago  —  Nineteen people were shot across the South and West sides from Thursday evening through early Friday morning — 13 of them wounded over a 30-minute period, authorities say.  —  The overnight shootings peaked between 9:15 p.m …
 
 
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New York Post:
Romney on the rise  —  Hurricane permitting, the GOP convention …
Politico:
RNC posts platform on website
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