Tonight - Obama is in D.C.; Romney is in Iowa

David Petraeus - Don't Believe the Hype - http://abcn.ws/S1hIMQ

We Expect Results from the Tea Party Mashup in Missouri - http://abcn.ws/MqdvQf

'Romney Hood' vs. 'Obamaloney'-I'm rubber, you're glue. Welcome to the 2012 presidential campaign, according to the candidates, 'Romney Hood' vs. 'Obamaloney' - http://abcn.ws/NzmM8F

My Mandates Are Better Than Your Mandates - Republicans have spent much of the last two years lambasting President Obama and Democrats for passing a law that requires healthy Americans to buy health insurance. Now they're arguing that the Obama administration shouldn't be allowed to give states more flexibility on welfare reform.

Democrats, likewise, have tried to justify the mandate that requires healthy young people to buy health insurance. But the Obama administration wants to give states more flexibility where it comes to overseeing "welfare to work" programs.

Democrats want more control over how states control Medicaid funds.

Republicans want to require states to allow people to carry handguns. And so on.

Totally '90s - Is Obama Gutting Welfare Reform? - Speaking just outside Chicago, Romney said President Obama has tried to "take the work requirement out of welfare. That is wrong. If I'm president, I'll put work back in welfare."

The White House bit back, with Obama press secretary Jay Carney calling the new line of attacks "categorically false and blatantly dishonest."

Here are the facts - http://abcn.ws/OLMcof (Good)

And here is the story - http://abcn.ws/QdDvzb (Krieg)

And the response - http://abcn.ws/Qd3u9V (Bruce and Compton)

Harshest Ad of the Cycle? - Group Suggests Romney and Bain Complicit in Woman's Cancer Death - A pro-Obama super PAC, Priorities USA Action, unleashed what may be the most vicious and personal attack ad of the 2012 election cycle to date, effectively blaming Mitt Romney for the death of a laid-off steelworker's wife from cancer. The Romney campaign hit back hard, calling the charge "dishonest" and "contemptible." - http://abcn.ws/NhUy4E (Y!'s O. Knox)

Americans For Prosperity To Announce $25 Million Anti-Obama Ad Buy-The Koch Brothers-funded conservative group, Americans For Prosperity, plans to officially unveil its largest ad buy of the 2012 election cycle on Tuesday. http://abcn.ws/QB5e0X (Michael Falcone)

Mom the New Face of Marijuana Legalization - Forget Bob Marley - Washington mom Kate Pippinger is the new face of the movement to legalize marijuana. She doesn't like to smoke pot. She's just interested in tax revenue. http://abcn.ws/MtUHFI (Kyle Blaine)

Massachusetts Senate Race as Clue, The Colonel vs. The Professor - In the Library with the candlestick - http://abcn.ws/N0hLMc (Hartfield)

To be Read in the Voice of Howard Cosell - Battle St. Louis: Political Scions Face Off in Redistricting Matchup - Today, St. Louis is a reelection Thunderdome for two political scions. Two men enter, one man leaves. http://abcn.ws/Qa3HdZ (Chris Good)

Veepstakes Hive Mind - Traders on the Ireland-based Intrade political betting market have placed $17.8 million worth of bets on whom Romney will pick. But of the 58 possible picks being traded on the market, Portman and Pawlenty are the only two Veepstakes short-listers who have even hit double-digits. http://abcn.ws/PDL4P5 (Bingham)

RNC Speakers Off Veep List? Romney Says No-The Republican National Committee is slowly releasing a list of names of high profile Republicans, such as Condoleezza Rice and Rick Santorum, who will headline the GOP convention in Tampa later this month, but just because someone's name appears on this rundown doesn't mean they can be ruled out as candidates for Vice President. http://abcn.ws/S1ddBP (Arlette Saenz)

Romney Says America Is Not Like a Kibbutz- Last week Mitt Romney compared the success of Israelis relative to Palestinians to the success the American economy has over its neighbors. Today he pointed to one element of Israeli society - the Kibbutz - as the antithesis of American individualism. http://abcn.ws/PDGNvd

Can We Get One of Those? - Romney's Dad Had a Free McDonald's For Life Card - http://abcn.ws/S1b0pZ (Amy Walter and Emily Friedman)

Spanish Language Ad Blasts Obama As 'Deporter-in-Chief' - A Spanish-language TV ad from a Nevada conservative group is taking direct aim at a top source of Hispanic angst about President Obama: his first-term record of unprecedented immigrant deportations. http://abcn.ws/NmcDwS (Devin Dwyer)

'Obama Classic' Basketball Fundraiser to Star Michael Jordan, NBA Guests - President Obama, Michael Jordan and a group of past and present NBA stars will appear together on a New York City basketball court Aug. 22 for the "Obama Classic," a fundraiser and grassroots sweepstakes for the president's re-election campaign. http://abcn.ws/ONeOuA (Devin Dwyer)

No Job? Blame Your Pants- The local government of Hinds County, Mississippi, may force residents to pull their pants up in the hope of pulling the region up by its bootstraps.

In a hearing yesterday, county officials brought new legislation regarding sagging pants to the table in an effort to weed out what the ban's supporters say is an "indecent" wardrobe choice that's keeping the Jackson area youth out of work. http://abcn.ws/O2Xjr0 (Meghan Kiesel)

Obama Steals 'Romney Hood' Line from Super PAC - President Obama has his super PAC to thank for a colorful and succinct new attack on Mitt Romney as the reverse of Robin Hood. http://abcn.ws/QcJy72 (Devin Dwyer)

Veep Beat: The Veeps on the Bus- : Mitt Romney embarks on a swing state bus tour Saturday, bringing a number of VP potentials on board to tag along. Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia is set to campaign with Romney in that state for the entire day Saturday, but it's unclear whether any VP contender will meet him in North Carolina Sunday.http://abcn.ws/P3aqLH (Arlette Saenz)