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Romney: ‘Pleased With Some Polls, Less So With Others’

ABC News’ Michael Falcone reports:

On the same day that polls in two key battleground states — Ohio and Florida — showed President Obama growing his lead over Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate acknowledged that he is “pleased with some polls, less so with other polls.”

“Frankly at this early stage, polls go up, polls go down,” Romney said in an interview on Wednesday with ABC’s David Muir on the campaign [...]

Dems Dump Opposition Research on Top VP Contenders

ABC News’ Jonathan Karl, Michael Falcone, Gregory Simmons and Arlette Saenz report:

Mitt Romney and his team in Boston aren’t the only ones feverishly vetting potential running mates.

In a non-descript Washington, DC office building within sight of the United States Capitol, a team of more than a dozen Democratic researchers have spent the last few months examining every nook and cranny of the records of several GOP vice presidential contenders.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/exclusive-democrats-dump-opposition-research-on-top-vice-presidential-contenders/

CHICAGOLAND 2012: TRUMP EYES 3RD PARTY RUN… TRICKED YOU: I’M NOT REPUBLICAN!

ABC News’ Michael Falcone reports:

Donald Trump is officially a man without a party.

The real estate mogul whose flirtation with the 2012 presidential race has never really ended despite announcing seven months ago he would not seek the Republican nomination has been signaling he wants to find other ways onto a presidential ticket.

Trump took another step in that direction on Thursday, switching his party affiliation from Republican to “unaffiliated,” according to [...]

Perry Slams Obama for Leaving Astronauts to ‘Hitchhike Into Space’

ABC News’ Michael Falcone (@michaelpfalcone) reports:

As America bids farewell to the space shuttle era on Thursday, likely presidential candidate Rick Perry appears none too pleased with the Obama administration, accusing the president of “leaving American astronauts with no alternative but to hitchhike into space.”

In a sharply worded statement issued by the governor of Texas — the state is home to the Johnson Space Center — Perry [...]