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10:50 AM ET, May 24, 2012

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Alexander Burns / Politico:
'Those of us who've spent time in the real world ...'  —  The Obama campaign has tried in a number of ways to define Mitt Romney as a guy who's out of touch with the reality most Americans experience, and at a campaign event in Denver last night the president trotted out this Mitt-just-doesn't-get-it line:
Discussion: protein wisdom
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney defends Bain record, says Obama ‘attacking capitalism’  —  Mitt Romney accused President Obama of “attacking capitalism” and defended the record of Bain Capital as “solid” in a rebuttal Thursday to the president's critique of his tenure at the private equity firm.
Discussion: CNN and CANNONFIRE
Lanny Davis / The Hill:
Cory Booker got it right  —  The attacks on Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker (D) by the more vitriolic liberal commentators for what he said about Bain Capital on this past Sunday's “Meet the Press” are just as indefensible as the Republican Party's cynical and dishonest attempt to exploit …
Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Attacks on Romney's business past not sticking
Discussion: Hot Air
Mark Halperin / The Page:
Romney Talks  —  In a 36-minute Wednesday Manhattan interview …
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC polls: Obama edges Romney in three key battleground states  —  President Barack Obama holds a narrow advantage over presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney in three of the most pivotal presidential battleground states — Florida, Ohio and Virginia — according to new NBC-Marist polls.
New York Post:
Man implicated himself in Etan Patz disappearance: Commissioner Kelly  —  A man is in custody for the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly confirmed this morning.  —  Kelly issued a release stating that the man made statements to NYPD detectives implicating himself in the boy's disappearance.
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City Room:
Man Claims Role in Disappearance of Etan Patz, Police Say  —  New York authorities are investigating the claims of a man who has told investigators that he had a role in the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz, the 6-year-old boy who vanished in SoHo on his way to school and is believed to have been murdered, officials said on Thursday.
Discussion: New York Magazine, Mediaite and Newsy
David Rogers / Politico:
Democrats stiffen spine on sequester  —  Power in Washington these days is most defined by saying “no,” which helps explain why Speaker John Boehner felt compelled last week — in the middle of May — to bring up a wintry debt ceiling fight more than six months away.
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Ezra Klein and The Hill
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
With his eye on 2013 majority, McConnell lets Boehner lead
Discussion: Politico
Hannah Furness / Telegraph:
Bill Clinton's glamorous fundraiser called “worst party ever” by angry guests  —  An exclusive event hosted by Bill Clinton and attended by a host of celebrity friends has been criticised after guests who paid up to £1,000 for tickets were left queuing outside for hours.
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Air Force Academy Graduates First-Ever Openly Gay Cadets  —  Though there wasn't any particularly visible recognition, the recent commencement ceremony at the Air Force Academy was an important milestone: there were openly gay cadets graduating for the first time.
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ABCNEWS:
Air Force Academy Graduates First Openly Gay Cadets
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt / New York Times:
Paul Fussell, Literary Scholar and Critic, Is Dead at 88  —  Paul Fussell, the wide-ranging, stingingly opinionated literary scholar and cultural critic whose admiration for Samuel Johnson, Kingsley Amis and the Boy Scout Handbook was balanced against his withering scorn for the romanticization of war …
Discussion: National Review and Shakesville
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Paul Fussell, RIP
Discussion: Associated Press and Bookworm Room
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
On Health Care, Romney Goes Retro  —  Editor's Note: After looking at the economic platform of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, this installment of our series on his policy plans examines the details of his health care agenda.  —  The gist: Repeal the Affordable Care Act …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Politico
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Why Tuesday's Democratic Primaries Matter  —  Tuesday night, President Obama continued his streak of poor primary performances in culturally Southern states.  He received 58.4 percent of the vote in the Arkansas Democratic primary against token opposition, and 57.9 percent of the vote …
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
White Resentment, Obama, and Appalachia
New York Times:
Welcome End of a Pseudotheory  —  Many opponents of giving equal rights and protections to gay Americans — at the workplace, in the military, in marrying and forming families — make the claim that homosexuality is a chosen way of life.  They have long seized on the work of a towering figure in psychiatry to justify their position.
Discussion: Good As You
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Indelible Image of Boy's Pat on Obama's Head  —  WASHINGTON — For decades at the White House, photographs of the president at work and at play have hung throughout the West Wing, and each print soon gives way to a more recent shot.  But one picture of President Obama remains after three years.
Chrystia Freeland / Reuters:
Like an Anorexic, U.S. Sees Itself Fat With Taxes  —  NEW YORK — Are your taxes too high?  When Gallup asked that question in April , tax month in the United States, 46 percent said they were.  An additional 47 percent said their taxes were “about right.”  Just 3 percent said their taxes were too low.
Discussion: The Agonist
Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
Wasserman Schultz On Verge of Being Cancelled at Temple Israel  —  The blowback from Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz' political tactics that the Shark Tank first reported on last week has resulted in a unprecedented public outcry and political pressure being brought to bear on the Trustees …
Discussion: Israel Matzav and EBL
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
New York Lawmakers Encounter Comments Sections, Freak Out  —  Ah, the joys of someone with power who just encountered their first bonkers comments section.  Via Wired: … It's easy to make fun of the late Sen. Ted Stevens' for his description of the internet as “a series of tubes,” …
Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Elizabeth Warren pulls even with Scott Brown in new poll  —  Elizabeth Warren, emerging from what many consider the roughest patch yet in her Senate campaign, has pulled into a virtual tie with US Senator Scott Brown, according to a new Suffolk University/7News poll.
Discussion: American Spectator
James Forsyth / Spectator:
Ukip's new deal  —  /article_images/articledir_15729/ 7864578/1_listing.jpg  —  Nigel Farage is relishing the chance to sow discord in Tory ranks  —  Nigel Farage looks round with mild disgust at the antiseptic Westminster restaurant in which we're meant to be having lunch.
Robin Bravender / Politico:
Has recall election made Scott Walker a GOP hero?  —  Democrats leapt at the chance to use Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to send a message to all the budget-cutting, union-busting conservatives across the land: If you mess with Big Labor, there's a heavy price to pay.  —  But if you shoot at the king, you'd better not miss.
David Carr / Media Decoder:
New Orleans Paper Said to Face Deep Cuts and May Cut Back Publication  —  The New Orleans Times-Picayune, which distinguished itself amid great adversity during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, is about to enact large staff cuts and may cut back its daily print publishing schedule …
Wall Street Journal:
Europe Girds for Greek Exit  —  Leaders Plot Contingencies as They Find Little Compromise; Euro at 2-Year Low  —  BRUSSELS—European officials are stepping up contingency planning for a possible Greek exit from the euro zone, even as Europe's leaders struggled to overcome differences …
Emily Ekins / Hit & Run:
Reason-Rupe Poll on Wisconsin Recall: Walker Leads Barrett 50-42, Obama Leads Romney 46-36  —  Gov. Scott Walker leads Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett 50-42 among those likely to vote in Wisconsin's June 5 recall election, according to a new Reason-Rupe poll of 708 Wisconsin adults on cell phones and landlines.
Discussion: National Review and The PJ Tatler
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
‘He Has No F-king Soul’  —  Today there is a massive Memeorandum aggregation about convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin, including one on an article by my filmmaker buddy Ladd Ehlinger Jr.:  —  What Did Barbara Streisand Know ...  And When Did She Know It?
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MaryAnn Spoto / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie's N.J. Supreme Court nominee will not clear Senate Judiciary Committee, sources say
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Political Memo: Bain Strategy Against Romney May Have Pitfalls for Obama
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U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Remarks: A Chance For Every Child
Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
Rocky path for Obama in Colorado
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Michael Leahy / Washington Post:
Rob Portman said to be on short list for Romney vice president
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Wall Street Journal
Bonnie Kavoussi / The Huffington Post:
Youth Unemployment: One In Eight Global Youths Will Be Unemployed This Year, Report Says
Discussion: ThinkProgress
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Too bad, Limbaugh ratings not plunging
Ben Poston / JSOnline:
State, local officials seek audit of MPD crime numbers
Discussion: RedState, National Review and Hot Air
 Earlier Items: 
Suzy Khimm / Ezra Klein:
Dodd-Frank is hard to understand, and that's why it has so many enemies
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and Washington Post
Rich Connell / L.A. NOW:
Ban on plastic bags at L.A. markets is approved
Mhigginscbs / CBS DC:
Groups Concerned Over Arming Of Domestic Drones
Discussion: Maggie's Farm, Hit & Run and Cold Fury
Louisa Peacock / Telegraph:
Welfare to work ‘fraud scandal’
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Romney Calls Education ‘Civil Rights Issue of Our Era’ and Urges Shift
Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Caucus and The Page
Tim Mak / Reuters:
Colin Powell endorses gay marriage
Discussion: Mother Jones, CBS News and msnbc.com
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
MSNBC Primetime Makes Zero Mentions Of Trayvon Martin Case After Pro-Zimmerman Evidence Surfaces