Headline Roundup • August 13th, 2012
Romney/Ryan
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Politico
A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground poll released today finds that President Obama and Mitt Romney are tied in a dead heat for the White House. The poll, which was conducted a few days before Romney announced Paul Ryan as his running mate, finds that despite the unprecedented amount of money being poured into the contest and the non-stop attacks from each side, the top line numbers are essentially unchanged from a previous Battleground poll in early May.
Fox News Digital
Though Democrats are hammering Paul Ryan as the bringer of Medicare's doom, the Republican vice presidential candidate is far more popular among seniors than he's given credit for.
Same goes for women. And independents.
Surveys conducted shortly before Mitt Romney's VP roll-out show Ryan actually polls fairly well among all three of these groups. And while Democrats claim to be ecstatic at Romney's choice -- they say he's an easy target, and they've already gone to town portraying him as "extreme" -- the bookish lawmaker from Janesville, Wis., could end...
CNN Digital
Ask Sarah Palin. It happens every campaign cycle. And now, the race to define Rep. Paul Ryan has begun.
At two separate events in North Carolina Sunday, Mitt Romney sought to portray his new running mate as a reluctant budget warrior who went to Washington to change the status quo.
"His career ambition was not to go to Washington. That is not what he wanted to do," Romney said about Ryan at a rally in Mooresville.
"He went there to change minds," the presumptive GOP nominee added about his running...
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