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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/08/another-steny-hoyer-fundraising-breakfast-for-mark-murphy-this-time-chez-ravi-">Steny Hoyer is fundraising for Staten Island Congressional candidate Mark Murphy</a> at the law offices of Ravi Batra.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/mayor-bloomberg-gets-confrontational-with-wpix-reporter-mary-murphy_b65709">Mike Bloomberg got testy </a>with a WPIX reporter who (persistently) asked about selling spent casings to a Georgia gun manufacturer.</p>
<p>Dave Weigel knocks Mike Bloomberg for “<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/08/07/mike_bloomberg_s_gun_control_friedmanism.html">Friedmanism” on gun control</a>--which he says is arguing that “‘neither party is doing anything about this issue’ when one party clearly is”<!--more--></p>
<p>“There is no question that New Yorkers want strong mayors, to the point that they can be spellbound by self-styled saviors,” Clyde Haberman <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/trying-to-imagine-city-hall-after-bloomberg/">declared</a> while musing about the city’s next mayor.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial-page/buffalo-news-editorials/article989618.ece">The Buffalo News knocks Wendy Long </a>for knocking Kirsten Gillibrand’s “War on Women.”</p>
<p>David Storobin <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/08/david-storobin-petition-issues-just-not-my-fault">had his day in court</a> and explained how he ended up witnessing the signature of a dead person. Brooklyn GOP Chair Craig Eaton subsequently criticized Storobin for his explanation of petitioning errors.</p>
<p>Ruben Diaz Sr. <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/08/bp-ruben-diaz-jr-endorses-bronx-pol-naomi-rivera-but-sen-ruben-diaz-sr-to-back">will endorse Mark Gjonaj</a> over the incumbent, Naomi Rivera.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4441036587898&amp;set=a.1234165658129.100875.1348813829&amp;type=1">Tony Avella</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/eric_ulrich/status/232808509014687744">Eric Ulrich</a> were endorsed by the Uniformed Fire Officers Association.</p>
<p><a href="http://capitaltonightny.ynn.com/2012/08/morse-spotlights-breslins-insurance-industry-donations/">Shawn Morse</a> and <a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/144065/breslin-compares-idc-to-four-amigos/">Neil Breslin</a> traded shots at one another.</p>
<p>Avraham Tischler <a href="https://twitter.com/Tischler4Senate/status/232890990963331072">has</a> “A Real Campaign Website.”</p>
<p>The paid sick leave drumbeat <a href="http://www.policyshop.net/home/2012/8/7/enough-to-make-you-ill-15-millions-new-yorkers-still-waiting.html">continues</a>.</p>
<p>Stop-and-frisk <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ed-Lee-drops-stop-frisk-plan-amid-uproar-3768219.php#ixzz22tLmBLZq">will not be coming </a>to San Francisco.</p>
<p>There are <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/07/1117455/-Daily-Kos-Elections-Kansas-Michigan-Missouri-Washington-primary-preview?detail=hide">a number of primary races</a> in other states tonight, including Michigan, Missouri, Kansas and Washington.</p>
<p>The Romney campaign’s hit on welfare was <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/08/07/finally_a_romney_broadside_on_welfare_reform.html">a long time coming. </a></p>
<p>There are <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/07/1117455/-Daily-Kos-Elections-Kansas-Michigan-Missouri-Washington-primary-preview?detail=hide">a number of primary races</a> in other states tonight, including Michigan, Missouri, Kansas and Washington.</p>
<p>Sandra Fluke will introduce <a href="http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2012/08/06/sandra-fluke-introduce-obama-denver/77882/">Barack Obama at a campaign stop in Colorado tomorrow. </a></p>
<p>Obama inched ahead in the <a href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/08/obama-slightly-ahead-in-nc.html">latest polling in North Carolina. </a></p>
<p>A spokesman for CIA Director David Petraeus <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/08/david-petraeus-douses-vp-talk-131368.html?hp=l1">shot down the rumors</a> he could be Mitt Romney’s running mate.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-case-for-paul-ryan-to-be-vice-president/2012/08/07/8437453c-e0a4-11e1-8fc5-a7dcf1fc161d_blog.html?wprss=rss_the-fix">case for Paul Ryan</a> as Romney’s vice presidential pick.</p>
<p>Ohio senator and potential veep Rob Portman once worked as a <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/rob-portman-was-registered-foreign-agent-for-haiti">registered foreign agent</a> for the regime of a Haitian dictator.</p>
<p>Karl Rove says the Romney veep pick could come “<a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79459.html">as early as Friday</a>.”</p>
<p>A pro-Obama super PAC released an ad <a href="http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/08/bain-napalm.html">implicating Bain Capital</a> in a woman’s death.</p>
<p>Romney wants Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to <a href="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-calls-on-reid-to-reveal-his-source?ref=fpb">reveal the source</a> for his claim the Republican candidate hasn’t paid his taxes in a decade.</p>
<p>The man who shot former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and several other people in Tuscon last year <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/07/jared-lee-loughner-pleads-guilty-to-arizona-shooting/">plead guilty</a> as part of a deal that will avoid a trial.</p>
<p>Rafalca, the dressage horse co-owned by Ann Romney, <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/rafalca-does-not-advance-in-olympic-dressage/">did not advance</a> to the next round of the Olympics.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/08/another-steny-hoyer-fundraising-breakfast-for-mark-murphy-this-time-chez-ravi-">Steny Hoyer is fundraising for Staten Island Congressional candidate Mark Murphy</a> at the law offices of Ravi Batra.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/mayor-bloomberg-gets-confrontational-with-wpix-reporter-mary-murphy_b65709">Mike Bloomberg got testy </a>with a WPIX reporter who (persistently) asked about selling spent casings to a Georgia gun manufacturer.</p>
<p>Dave Weigel knocks Mike Bloomberg for “<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/08/07/mike_bloomberg_s_gun_control_friedmanism.html">Friedmanism” on gun control</a>--which he says is arguing that “‘neither party is doing anything about this issue’ when one party clearly is”<!--more--></p>
<p>“There is no question that New Yorkers want strong mayors, to the point that they can be spellbound by self-styled saviors,” Clyde Haberman <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/trying-to-imagine-city-hall-after-bloomberg/">declared</a> while musing about the city’s next mayor.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial-page/buffalo-news-editorials/article989618.ece">The Buffalo News knocks Wendy Long </a>for knocking Kirsten Gillibrand’s “War on Women.”</p>
<p>David Storobin <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/08/david-storobin-petition-issues-just-not-my-fault">had his day in court</a> and explained how he ended up witnessing the signature of a dead person. Brooklyn GOP Chair Craig Eaton subsequently criticized Storobin for his explanation of petitioning errors.</p>
<p>Ruben Diaz Sr. <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/08/bp-ruben-diaz-jr-endorses-bronx-pol-naomi-rivera-but-sen-ruben-diaz-sr-to-back">will endorse Mark Gjonaj</a> over the incumbent, Naomi Rivera.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4441036587898&amp;set=a.1234165658129.100875.1348813829&amp;type=1">Tony Avella</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/eric_ulrich/status/232808509014687744">Eric Ulrich</a> were endorsed by the Uniformed Fire Officers Association.</p>
<p><a href="http://capitaltonightny.ynn.com/2012/08/morse-spotlights-breslins-insurance-industry-donations/">Shawn Morse</a> and <a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/144065/breslin-compares-idc-to-four-amigos/">Neil Breslin</a> traded shots at one another.</p>
<p>Avraham Tischler <a href="https://twitter.com/Tischler4Senate/status/232890990963331072">has</a> “A Real Campaign Website.”</p>
<p>The paid sick leave drumbeat <a href="http://www.policyshop.net/home/2012/8/7/enough-to-make-you-ill-15-millions-new-yorkers-still-waiting.html">continues</a>.</p>
<p>Stop-and-frisk <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ed-Lee-drops-stop-frisk-plan-amid-uproar-3768219.php#ixzz22tLmBLZq">will not be coming </a>to San Francisco.</p>
<p>There are <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/07/1117455/-Daily-Kos-Elections-Kansas-Michigan-Missouri-Washington-primary-preview?detail=hide">a number of primary races</a> in other states tonight, including Michigan, Missouri, Kansas and Washington.</p>
<p>The Romney campaign’s hit on welfare was <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/08/07/finally_a_romney_broadside_on_welfare_reform.html">a long time coming. </a></p>
<p>There are <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/07/1117455/-Daily-Kos-Elections-Kansas-Michigan-Missouri-Washington-primary-preview?detail=hide">a number of primary races</a> in other states tonight, including Michigan, Missouri, Kansas and Washington.</p>
<p>Sandra Fluke will introduce <a href="http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2012/08/06/sandra-fluke-introduce-obama-denver/77882/">Barack Obama at a campaign stop in Colorado tomorrow. </a></p>
<p>Obama inched ahead in the <a href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/08/obama-slightly-ahead-in-nc.html">latest polling in North Carolina. </a></p>
<p>A spokesman for CIA Director David Petraeus <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/08/david-petraeus-douses-vp-talk-131368.html?hp=l1">shot down the rumors</a> he could be Mitt Romney’s running mate.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-case-for-paul-ryan-to-be-vice-president/2012/08/07/8437453c-e0a4-11e1-8fc5-a7dcf1fc161d_blog.html?wprss=rss_the-fix">case for Paul Ryan</a> as Romney’s vice presidential pick.</p>
<p>Ohio senator and potential veep Rob Portman once worked as a <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/rob-portman-was-registered-foreign-agent-for-haiti">registered foreign agent</a> for the regime of a Haitian dictator.</p>
<p>Karl Rove says the Romney veep pick could come “<a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79459.html">as early as Friday</a>.”</p>
<p>A pro-Obama super PAC released an ad <a href="http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/08/bain-napalm.html">implicating Bain Capital</a> in a woman’s death.</p>
<p>Romney wants Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to <a href="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-calls-on-reid-to-reveal-his-source?ref=fpb">reveal the source</a> for his claim the Republican candidate hasn’t paid his taxes in a decade.</p>
<p>The man who shot former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and several other people in Tuscon last year <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/07/jared-lee-loughner-pleads-guilty-to-arizona-shooting/">plead guilty</a> as part of a deal that will avoid a trial.</p>
<p>Rafalca, the dressage horse co-owned by Ann Romney, <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/rafalca-does-not-advance-in-olympic-dressage/">did not advance</a> to the next round of the Olympics.</p>
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