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Joan Walsh / Salon:
Paul Ryan's brazen lies — His Republican National Convention speech was stunning for its dishonesty — Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan accepts the nomination as he addresses delegates during the third session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, August 29, 2012.
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Top 5 Fibs In Paul Ryan's Convention Speech — Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan's headlining speech at the GOP convention in Tampa Wednesday night touched on many of the election's defining issues. But it was also filled with prevarications — not just recitations of the conventions …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Paul Ryan Is the Newest New Nixon, a Moocher Belied — SPENCER PLATT/GETTY (RYAN, SCOTT WALKER); MARK WILSON/GETTY (PROTESTOR, RICE); WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY (TELEPROMPTER, SKYBOX) — Clockwise from top left: A protestor held a sheet reading VAGINA — CAN'T SAY IT, DON'T LEGISTLATE …
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
The Most Dishonest Convention Speech ... Ever? — You're going to read and hear a lot about Paul Ryan's speech on Wednesday night. And I imagine most of it will be about how Ryan's speech played—with the party loyalists in Tampa, with the television viewers across the country …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Great Moments in CNN Euphemisms — Coming right off Ryan's speech Wolf Blitzer and Erin Burnett seemed unable not to mention that Ryan's speech had well ... contained a lot of pretty huge fibs. So euphemisms to the rescue. The transcript ...
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Paul Ryan / PolitiFact:
Did Barack Obama break a promise to keep GM plant open? — If the hometown of Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan has had an icon during his lifetime, it was a sprawling General Motors auto assembly plant. — For decades, the Janesville, Wis., plant gave thousands of people a comfortable living.
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Sally Kohn / Fox News:
Paul Ryan's speech in 3 words
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Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
The GOP is the Party of Medicare
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Mr. Ryan's misleading speech
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Transcript of Paul Ryan's speech at the RNC
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Paul Ryan Address: Convention Speech Built On Demonstrably Misleading Assertions
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Everything you know about Paul Ryan's budget is (probably) wrong
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John Whitesides / Reuters:
Republican convention helps Romney pull even with Obama — (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney pulled even with President Barack Obama in a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Wednesday, getting a boost from his party's nominating convention in Tampa this week. — In a four-day rolling poll …
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Rusty Weiss / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Chris Matthews and MSNBC Now Claim the Word ‘Chicago’ Is Racist — Chris Matthews was on Hardball tonight covering the Republican National Convention with guests Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post and John Hielemann of New York Magazine. In what is seemingly the natural progression …
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Washington Post:
As Republican convention emphasizes diversity, racial incidents intrude — TAMPA — From the convention stage here, the Republican Party has tried to highlight its diversity, giving prime speaking slots to Latinos and blacks who have emphasized their party's economic appeal to all Americans.
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Associated Press:
Here are some things to watch for at the Republican National Convention Thursday:
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Gallup:
Mitt Romney Brings Strengths and Weaknesses to GOP Stage
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Reuters:
Race incident sees Republican convention expulsions
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Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Ann Romney, Chris Christie draw 22.3M TV viewers
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Washington Post:
RNC 2012: Condoleezza Rice delivers speech to Republican National Convention in Tampa (full text) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice 's remarks Aug. 29 at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., as prepared for delivery: — Good evening. Distinguished delegates, fellow Republicans, fellow Americans.
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Corey Boles / Washington Wire:
Condoleezza Rice Hits Obama Policies … In a clear highlight of the evening, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave a moving address to delegates at the Republican convention, broadly criticizing President Barack Obama's record without ever mentioning him by name.
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Paul Ryan and Condi Rice: A Tale of 2 Speeches
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Fantastic Night For the Cause of Freedom
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Transcript of Condoleezza Rice speech at the RNC
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Condi Rice Can't Name A Specific Obama Foreign Policy Failure
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CNN:
TRENDING: DNC readies ‘contingency plan,’ watches weather for Obama acceptance speech — Tampa, Florida (CNN) - Democratic National Convention officials have been anxiously watching the weather for next week when President Obama will deliver his convention speech from an outdoor stadium in Charlotte …
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Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Tonight May Be More Important Than the Debates — My biggest complaint with many younger political journalists is their lack of appreciation for scale and context. Some seem to think that almost every event is huge and consequential, and will remain so until Election Day.
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Politico:
Susana Martinez RNC speech transcript (text, video) — A transcript of remarks made by Gov. Susana Martinez, as prepared for delivery. — “Thank you and good evening. — On behalf of the great state of New Mexico, let me express my gratitude for being invited to speak tonight.
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Ryan carves up President Obama — TAMPA, Fla. — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday night electrified the Republican Party with a speech that combined lacerating attacks on President Obama with homespun values and a tribute to GOP candidate Mitt Romney. — In a 35-minute address …
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Emi Kolawole / Washington Post:
President Obama's reddit AMA: Top five most awesome questions — This post has been updated. — If you haven't heard, President Obama was on reddit Wednesday doing an AMA, or “Ask Me Anything.” He is the first sitting president to participate in the site's popular feature.
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Peter Baker / The Caucus:
Secret Service Agent Accidentally Leaves Gun on Romney's Plane — A Secret Service agent was pulled off Mitt Romney's campaign plane on Wednesday after accidentally leaving her loaded handgun in the bathroom. — A CBS News producer found the gun in the lavatory as the Republican nominee flew from Tampa …
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Juan Williams / Fox News:
Ann Romney, me and her convention speech — Last night on Fox's special coverage of the Republican Convention, I said that Ann Romney reminded me of a corporate wife during her speech. In the hours since I made that comment, I have gotten a lot of static and a flurry of negative feedback through Twitter and Facebook.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Aug. 29: So Much Depends Upon Ohio — Polls that are published during the party conventions can be anticlimactic, representing old news since they won't fully reflect the effects of the convention bounce. And none of the surveys that came out on Wednesday were that newsworthy to begin with …
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