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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Cheat Sheet - Texas’s Tea Party Revolution

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Today: Obama’s Ahead in Key States , Jonah Lehrer, David Brooks & More Malcolm Gladwell Wannabes (PHOTOS) , Author Gore Vidal Dies
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

August 01, 2012
MESSAGE SENt

The Tea Party unceremoniously rejected the most powerful Republican in Texas. The Daily Beast’s Paul Begala on how Ted Cruz’s Senate victory sends a message to the GOP establishment.

POLL

Voters in Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania are leaning currently toward President Obama because of his personal appeal, according to a new slew of polls from Quinnipiac University, The New York Times, and CBS News. When it comes to the economy, the issue that Mitt Romney has championed in this election, voters surveyed in those same battleground states assess the president and his Republican challenger pretty evenly. The New York Times argues that whoever wins the general election should win at least two of the three key states polled—Obama won all three in 2008. It seems the president's advertising campaign is working in Ohio, at least, where voters said they think Romney's experience is too narrow to be able to create jobs for the country.

JONAH LEHRER

Did the drive to become the next Malcolm Gladwell play a part in Jonah Lehrer’s downfall? From David Brooks to Dan Ariely, The Daily Beast takes a look at 16 Gladwell clones and wannabes who specialize in writing counterintuitive books that explain the world.

OBIT

Author, playwright, and commentator Gore Vidal died on Tuesday from pneumonia, his nephew confirmed. Vidal was 86. The controversial author began his writing career at the age of 19 and wrote 25 novels, including Lincoln, Burr, and Myra Breckinridge, as well as several essays. The winner of the National Book Award in 1993, Vidal was famously rebellious and caused a stir with 1948’s The City and the Pillar, which featured openly gay characters. The New York Times even refused to review Vidal’s next few books. Vidal occasionally popped up in films and twice ran unsuccessfully for office.

MEN’S GYMNASTICS

Japan's Kohei Uchimura, nicknamed "Superman," clinched the gold medal at the men's gymnastics all-around competition Wednesday in London. After struggling early in the day on the pommel horse, the same element that gave him trouble during Monday's team competition, Team U.S.A.'s Danell Levya came from behind to win the bronze medal. Germany's Marcel Nguyen took silver. Though China won the team gold, the country had no individual competitors in the all-around finals.


MEN’S GYMNASTICS
Japan’s ‘Superman’ Wins Gold
U.S.’s Levya clinches silver in all-around.
Defense
Newt Wishes Mitt Would ‘Stick to His Guns’
Stands by comments on Israel, Palestine.
'GROWING CONSEQUENCES'
Chinese, Iraqi Bank Sanctioned
By the United States.
REFUGE
Pattinson Escapes to Witherspoon’s House
The two co-starred in “Water for Elephants.”
OLYMPICS
Obama Congratulates Michael Phelps
Via Twitter, of course.
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