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At Republican National Convention, Romney's Digital Director Hints ...

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EQUESTRIAN | DRESSAGE; Behind a Gifted Horse, A Powerful Part-Owner

LONDON -- More than 10,000 athletes are descending on London this week for the Summer Olympics, including global names like Usain Bolt, Oscar Pistorius and Michael Phelps. But the one athlete that is seemingly under stricter guard than any other -- sequestered outside London for training, with the public and news media not allowed to lay eyes on - Rafalca, a 15-year-old mare, will make her Olympic debut in dressage, a sport sometimes referred to as horse ballet; she is co-owned by Ann Romney, wife of presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Photos (M)6 - By MARY PILON

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WASHINGTON -- Forget hope and change. After months of planning, President Obamas media team has prepared an aggressive strategy to portray Mitt Romney as insensitive to the plight of working people and beholden to powerful interests. They have researched possible lines of attack and drafted language that can be dropped into an advertisement at a - President Obamas media team has prepared an aggressive strategy to portray likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney as insensitive to the plight of working people and beholden to powerful interests; campaign advisers say they are willing to commit a large chunk of their ad budget to the strategy. Photo (M) - By JEREMY W. PETERS

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Scarborough said Romney is a good manager but someone on the Romney team erred by letting Eastwood do improv with an empty chair. Mika Brzezinski of “Morning Joe” said Eastwood's act “totally botched” what the Romney team was tying to do. “Clint Eastwood and Marco Rubio talking about Marco Rubio muddled Mitt's message,” she said. But Al Hunt and Brokaw said that Rubio was effective. What do you think? On CNN, humorist Joel Stein of Time magazine ...

On and Off Bus, Tryouts for No. 2 on Ticket

NEWARK, Ohio -- One of the most secretive rituals of the presidential race unfolded in plain sight over the weekend as Mitt Romney stood a few paces behind, watching and smiling, while a procession of prospective running mates delivered their best arguments against President Obamas re-election. He said everything is fine. Do you think its - Mitt Romney has used a string of recent campaign stops as an informal audition for prospective running mates; prominent contenders include Sen Rob Portman of Ohio and Rep Paul D Ryan Jr of Wisconsin. Photos (M) - By JEFF ZELENY and ASHLEY PARKER

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The Candidate Next Door

SAN DIEGO ON Dunemere Drive, it seems as if just about everyone has a gripe against the owners of No. 311. The elderly woman next door complains that her car is constantly boxed into her driveway. A few houses over, a gay couple grumbles that their beloved ocean views are in jeopardy. And down the street, a widow grouses that her childrens - Residents of a wealthy coastal neighborhood of La Jolla, Calif, are rankled by both the politics and renovation plans of their neighbor Mitt Romney, who is seeking to quadruple the size of his waterfront home. Photos (M) - By MICHAEL BARBARO; Roxana Popescue contributed reporting from San Diego.

Romney Vows to Deliver Country From Economic Travails

TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday by making a direct appeal to Americans who were captivated by President Obama’s hopeful promises of change, pledging that he could deliver what the president did not and move the country from its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression . In - By JEFF ZELENY

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The Game Is Called Chicken

Almost immediately after the so-called grand bargain between President Obama and the Republican speaker of the house, John Boehner, unraveled last July, the two sides quickly settled into dueling, self-serving narratives of what transpired behind closed doors. In the months that followed, some of Washingtons most connected Democrats and - Matt Bai article provides a full accounting of how the negotiations over historic deal between Pres Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner to address Americas debt ended in failure. Drawings (L) - By MATT BAI

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At Romneys Side, a Determined Running Mate

WASHINGTON -- Years before Mitt Romney ever ran in his first political race, his wife, Ann, beat him to public office. In 1977, Mrs. Romney, at 27, campaigned for town meeting representative in Belmont, Mass., where the young couple lived. She studied up on local issues and went around town talking to residents. She even printed placards -- - Ann Romney has become much more visible on the stump in support of her husband, Mitt Romney, now that he has clinched the Republican presidential nomination; Romneys campaign has begun making her available for news media interviews and has surrounded her with minders to help her withstand the increasing scrutiny Photos (M)0 - By ASHLEY PARKER; Michael Barbaro contributed reporting from New York.

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Am I Going To Be Miserable If I Win?

When Bob Kerrey left the Senate after two terms in 2001 -- mainly, he says now, so he could remarry and start a new family away from politics -- he was considered a statesmanlike and contemplative presence in a city that still valued both qualities. Kerrey had been a serious presidential candidate, a respected voice on health care and intelligence - Matt Bai article examines the reasons behind Bob Kerreys desire to win back the Nebraska Senate seat he left nearly a decade earlier, and the degree to which his brand of centrism will be accepted in an extremely partisan climate. Photos (L)7 - By MATT BAI

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This past March, standing outside a Shell station in Mellen, Wis., in the states far north, Mike Wiggins Jr. told me about a series of dark and premonitory dreams he had two years earlier. One of them was a very vivid trip around the North Woods and seeing forests bleeding and sludge from a creek emptying into the Bad River, Wiggins said. I - Dan Kaufman article explores the ways in which the politically divisive battles in Wisconsin over a number of issues, which have culminated in a recall election for Gov Scott Walker, have largely been proxy battles in larger national debates. Photos (L)s - By DAN KAUFMAN

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