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12:25 PM ET, August 28, 2012

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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Real Romney  —  The purpose of the Republican convention is to introduce America to the real Mitt Romney.  Fortunately, I have spent hours researching this subject.  I can provide you with the definitive biography and a unique look into the Byronic soul of the Republican nominee:
Colleen Nelson / Washington Wire:
Who Is Thursday's Mystery Convention Speaker?  —  TAMPA, Fla. - Republican convention planners appear to have a surprise planned for those tuning in Thursday night.  —  Buried deep in the convention schedule released Monday is a vague reference to a mystery speaker scheduled for the event's final evening.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
A Mystery Speaker for Thursday? ...  Could It Be... Her?  —  From the Tuesday edition of the Morning Jolt, now in the hands of the editors, and soon on its way to you...  The more you think about the idea, the more it makes sense - whatever controversy and intense reactions Sarah Palin …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Jennifer A. Dlouhy / Texas on the Potomac:
Republicans reach rules change deal to avert floor fight with Texans, Ron Paul backers  —  2012 Republican National Convention  —  Republican leaders moved Monday to quell an uprising by Texans and Ron Paul supporters that threatened to steal the spotlight from GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney …
Erick Erickson / RedState:
GOP Rules Committee Rapidly Moving to Shut Out Grassroots at 2:00 p.m. Today  —  At 2:00 p.m. today in Tampa, the Republican National Committee, led by Team Romney, is moving to shut down conservative grassroots activists.  I've been on the phone with several individuals involved in the fight …
Scott Stump / TODAY on the Trail:
Chris Christie: I think Romney ‘wishes he could take back’ birther joke  —  Chris Christie believes if Mitt Romney could re-do his recent recent birth certificate joke, he'd take it back.  —  Romney made a reference to the “birther” debate — the movement that questions President Obama's citizenship …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Priorities USA does the disappointment ad  —  Priorities USA Action is releasing a new commercial today spotlighting a woman who says she was “duped by Mitt Romney” - and not because of his work at Bain Capital.  —  Back up a minute.  One of the staples of Republican messaging this cycle …
Lois Romano / Reuters:
Ann Romney's RNC task: Humanize Mitt
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and Election 2012
Dan Gross / Philly.com:
Arlen Specter confirms he is battling cancer, says he ‘intends to win’  —  UPDATE: Arlen Specter's office confirmed Tuesday morning that the former U.S. Senator is once again fighting cancer.  “I am battling cancer, and it's another battle I intend to win,” Specter said in a statement issued by his office.
Discussion: Washington Post
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CNN:
Source: Former Sen. Arlen Specter battling for his life
Dan Gross / Philly.com:
Arlen Specter hospitalized with a serious illness, friends confirm
BuzzFeed:
Romney Camp Bets On Welfare Attack  —  Their most powerful weapon, a top aide says.  “We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers,” says Newhouse.  —  Source: youtube.com  —  Mitt Romney's aides explained with unusual political bluntness today why they are spending heavily …
Discussion: US Politics and Jay Bookman
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Fact checking for thee, but not for me  —  Get this: The Romney campaign's position is now that the Obama camp should pull its ads when fact checkers call them out as false — but that Romney and his advisers should feel no such constraint.  —  This is not an exaggeration.
Quinnipiac University:
McMahon By A Nose In Close Connecticut Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Obama Tops Romney By 7 Points  —  Connecticut likely voters put Republican former wrestling executive Linda McMahon on the right side of a 49 - 46 percent too-close-to-call U.S. Senate race against Democratic U.S …
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Tim Mak / Politico:   Connecticut poll: Linda McMahon's narrow lead
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Chris Matthews defends attack on Priebus: GOP ‘dividing country along racial lines’  —  TAMPA — In an emotional interview with POLITICO tonight, MSNBC host Chris Matthews defended his spirited attack against RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, in which he alleged that the Republican party was guilty …
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New York Times:
Court Rules Israel Wasn't at Fault in U.S. Activist's Death  —  HAIFA, Israel — An Israeli judge ruled on Tuesday that the state bore no responsibility for the death of Rachel Corrie, the young American woman who was run over by a military bulldozer in 2003 as she protested housing demolitions in the Gaza Strip.
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Bloomberg:
Republicans Should Stop Talking About Moocher Class  —  As Republicans gather this week in Tampa, Florida, to nominate Mitt Romney for president, they will try to tilt the national mood-o-meter toward limited government, individual liberties and free markets.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and FishbowlDC
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Newt to Chris Matthews: Your thinking can be pretty racist, you know
Discussion: nation.foxnews.com
Politico:
Who's on the inside track for a Romney Cabinet  —  Mitt Romney said his Cabinet and White House staff will be stacked with men and women from the business world, but his top advisers sketched out for POLITICO a team compromised of many familiar faces in Washington.
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Sarah Palin: Dems addicted to ‘hope-ium’  —  Sarah Palin on Monday said Democrats who “still have that addiction to the hope-ium” President Barack Obama peddled four years ago need to “open their eyes” and vote for Mitt Romney this November.  —  “Some of us had [Obama] pegged four years ago.
Reuters:
GOP still fretting over Mitt's image  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney signaled in weekend interviews that he is brushing off advice that he attempt a public image makeover this week to make himself more likable and more connected to voters at the human level.  —  Some of the most experienced …
Discussion: CNN
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James Bennet / The Atlantic Online:
Karl Rove on the Defection of White Democrats
Discussion: Lean Forward and The Raw Story
Russ Bynum / Associated Press:
Prosecutor: Ga. murder case uncovers terror plot … LUDOWICI, Ga. (AP) — Four Army soldiers based in southeast Georgia killed a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that stockpiled assault weapons and plotted a range of anti-government attacks, prosecutors told a judge Monday.
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Security at the RNC: George Orwell Meets a ‘Call of Duty’ Cityscape  —  At a defining civic event, the establishment is insulated by an army of police officers from protesters camping unseen on a far away corner.  —  Reuters  —  Deep inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum …
New York Post:
Dead voters & a dying democracy?  —  Americans will fight and die for democracy, but when it comes to the actual business of elections, stuffed ballot boxes and cemetery voters are the subject of jokes more than outrage — though a democracy in which elections are decided by fraudulent votes created …
 
 
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Romney Campaign and Activists Reach Compromise on Delegate Rule
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Romney steps up effort to close the gender gap
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Isaac bears down, but no mandatory evacuations in New Orleans
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNBC:
US Consumer Confidence Tumbles to 9-Month Low
Discussion: Riehl World News
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Black lawmakers lash out at ex-Rep. Davis ahead of RNC speech
Discussion: TheBlaze.com
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Gov. Jan Brewer: Obama is race-baiting
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
BuzzFeed:
Come To Russia! See Our Nuclear Missiles!
Discussion: Telegraph, AdMe.ru and Joe. My. God.
Angeline Benoit / Bloomberg:
Spanish Recession Deepens As Austerity Damps Outlook: Economy
Discussion: americanthinker.com
 Earlier Items: 
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Romney Seen Pulled 2 Ways Over Economy
lareviewofbooks.org:
The Mormon Chronicles: A Meditation in Four Parts by Judith Freeman
Discussion: Business Insider
Jeri Clausing / Associated Press:
Arizona Voters Pick GOP Nominee for US Senate
Discussion: CNN
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
GOP Casino Baron Sheldon Adelson Pledges $500,000 To Buy A Single House Seat
Discussion: Prairie Weather and BuzzFeed
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Federal judge says Ohio must count disputed votes
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG and Weasel Zippers
Mark Levin / Facebook:
Damn it, defeat this RINO power grab!
Discussion: his vorpal sword and Daily Pundit
Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: SEAL AD TO EXCORIATE OBAMA FOR BOWING TO FOREIGN LEADERS
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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New York Times:
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