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5:35 PM ET, August 29, 2012

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CNN:
Two people removed from RNC after taunting black camera operator  —  Tampa, Florida (CNN) - Two people were removed from the Republican National Convention Tuesday after they threw nuts at an African-American CNN camera operator and said, “This is how we feed animals.”
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Jack Hitt / Harper's:
A Troubling Chant on the Convention Floor  —  An unscripted moment happened late this afternoon that caused the assembled mainstream media to turn away in the hope that it would disappear.  As I was standing in line for a sandwich next to an Italian and a Puerto Rican correspondent, a controversy was unfolding on the floor.
Kyle Leighton / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Attendee Allegedly Threw Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman, Said ‘This Is How We Feed Animals’  —  An attendee at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Tuesday allegedly threw nuts at a black camerawoman working for CNN and said “This is how we feed animals” before being removed from the convention …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
CNN's Exquisitely Awkward Spot  —  You've probably seen that last night a convention attendee was ejected from the hall for pelting a black CNN camerawomen with nuts and saying the words “this is how we feed animals.”  Follow up reports this morning say actually two people were ejected.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
CNN should reveal details of nut-throwing incident  —  As you've surely heard by now, two GOP convention attendees were ejected from the festivities last night after throwing nuts at a black CNN camera-woman.  The words “this is how we feed animals” were uttered.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Two RNC Attendees Removed After Throwing Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman
Justin Sink / The Hill:   Two RNC attendees removed for taunting black camerawoman
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Yahoo News fires David Chalian  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Yahoo News has fired Washington bureau chief David Chalian after he was caught on a hot-mic during an online video broadcast today saying that Mitt Romney and his wife Ann had no problem with African Americans suffering as a result of Hurricane Isaac …
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Matthew Sheffield / NewsBusters.org:
In ABC Webcast, Yahoo! News's Chalian Says Romneys ‘Happy to Have a Party When Black People Drown’  —  During live coverage of the Republican National Convention here in Tampa, Yahoo News Washington bureau chief David Chalian provided the perfect example of the pervasive anti-Republican bias Mitt Romney faces …
BREITBART.COM:
Send a Tip  —  ***UPDATE: ABC News reached out Breitbart News to name the man heard mocking the Romneys during this ABC News livecast: David Chalian (pictured) of Yahoo! News.  Chalian is a former political director with ABC News, but according to ABC News has no association with the network now.
Corey Boles / Wall Street Journal:
Ryan Readies His Message for Voters
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:   Reporter: Romneys ‘Happy to Have a Party With Black People Drowning’
Matthew Mosk / ABCNEWS:
Romney Party Yacht Flies Cayman Islands Flag  —  The yacht where the elite donors of the Romney Victory Council are partying in Tampa bears the flag of the Cayman Islands.  Romney's use of offshore accounts for his investments has come under fire during the campaign.
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Rolling Stone:
Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital  —  How the GOP presidential candidate and his private equity firm staged an epic wealth grab, destroyed jobs - and stuck others with the bill  —  The great criticism of Mitt Romney, from both sides of the aisle, has always been that he doesn't stand for anything.
First Read:
First Thoughts: Mixed messages  —  Mixed messages: Both Ann Romney and Chris Christie gave fine speeches, but they created a disjointed message... Christie raises the bar for Romney... Last night showcased the GOP's governors and its diverse candidates/officials... Isaac slams into Louisiana …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and CNN
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Bloomberg:
Romney and Christie's Hard Truth Problem
Discussion: CNN, Hit & Run and PennLive.com
Elizabeth Flock / US News:
Ann Coulter Upset Chris Christie Did Not Attack Obama
Discussion: Hot Air and Riehl World News
Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
Federal Judge Will Permanently Remove Florida Voter Registration Restrictions  —  A federal judge said Wednesday he would permanently remove harsh restrictions on third-party voter registration groups that have handicapped registration efforts in Florida this year.
Discussion: The Raw Story and The Maddow Blog
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Erik Opsal / Brennan Center for Justice:
Florida Victory: Federal Court Removes New Restrictions on Voter Registration Groups
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Election Law Blog
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
MSNBC abandons GOP convention during every speech by a minority  —  One of the left's favorite attacks on the Republican Party is that it is the party of old white people, devoid of diversity and probably racist.  —  If you were watching MSNBC's coverage of the Republican National Convention …
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Joseph Weber / Fox News:
Speculation swirls around GOP convention mystery guest  —  Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012: Mitt Romney hugs wife Ann after she delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention on n Tampa, Fla.AP  —  TAMPA, FLA. - Will Clint Eastwood make the Republicans' day?  —  Or maybe Sarah Palin?
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama has small lead in Nevada  —  PPP's newest Nevada poll finds Barack Obama holding on to a small lead in the state over Mitt Romney, 50-47.  Obama's advantage has been declining over the course of the year.  In late March we found him up 8 points, in early June it was down to 6 points, and now the advantage is at 3.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The Myth of an Affirmative-Action President
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Mitt camp: Williams ‘wrong, unfair’  —  Mitt Romney's campaign charged Wednesday that Fox News analyst Juan Williams's comments labeling Ann Romney a “corporate wife” after her convention speech were “unfair” and “deeply disappointing.”  —  “We respect our colleagues in media and appreciate …
Discussion: Hot Air, BuzzFeed and The Daily Caller
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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Ann Romney Woos Hispanic Voters, Urging They Get Past ‘Their Biases’
Discussion: Daily Kos
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Rice heckled at convention event  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was twice interrupted on Wednesday by hecklers who were protesting her role in the Bush administration that began the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  —  The interruptions, which came hours …
Marcus Baram / The Huffington Post:
‘No Easy Day,’ Bin Laden Raid Book: Osama Was Unarmed … FOLLOW:  —  Osama bin Laden, Video, Bin Laden Dead, Bin Laden Operation, Bin Laden Raid, Bin Laden Raid Book, Bin Laden Unarmed, Mark Owen, No Easy Day, World News  —  NEW YORK — The much-anticipated firsthand account …
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
In modern GOP, the old South returns  —  The Republican ticket may hail from Massachusetts and Wisconsin, but Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan head the most Southernized major U.S. political party since Jefferson Davis's day.  In its hostility toward minorities, exploitation of racism …
Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
The 10 oddest items in the GOP platform  —  Any party platform is necessarily a compromise between a number of different interest groups.  Inevitably, there are always some odd or puzzling policy planks that make it in.  Here are 10 of the more unexpected items from this year's Republican platform:
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Erin Burnett Moved to Tears by Romney Appearance  —  Your ‘liberal media’ hard at work: … Scintillating analysis, don't you think?  —  Next on CNN: how taking away social safety nets and reproductive rights are totally awesome for American women, and then we'll go to the Chris Christie 2016 rally already taking place!
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Mediaite
 
 
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