memeorandum: Success and Risk as The Times Transforms (Arthur S. Brisbane/New York Times)

9:40 AM ET, August 26, 2012

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Former Gov. Charlie Crist: Here's why I'm backing Barack Obama — I've studied, admired and gotten to know a lot of leaders in my life. Across Florida, in Washington and around the country, I've watched the failure of those who favor extreme rhetoric over sensible compromise …

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Maggie Haberman / Politico:

Crist endorses Obama (Updated) — His hug of President Obama got him in trouble during his senate run as a Republican, and now former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is making the most of it, endorsing the president in a Tampa Bay Times op-ed in which he excoriates his own former party …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

Former GOP Gov. Crist endorses Obama — Former Republican Florida Gov. Charlie Crist on Sunday endorsed President Obama, calling him the “right leader for our times.” — “I applaud and share his vision of a future built by a strong and confident middle class in an economy that gives us …

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Nick Carey / Reuters:
Missouri conservatives rally to Akin, blast Republican “establishment”

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Michael O'Brien / First Read:

Hurricane impending, Republicans cancel first day of convention — Updated 7:10 p.m. - TAMPA, Fla. — Republicans announced Saturday that they had effectively canceled the first day of its convention for safety concerns associated with an impending hurricane.

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CNN:

BREAKING: GOP delays start of convention until Tuesday — Tampa, Florida (CNN) - The Republican National Convention has cancelled the program's first day due to Tropical Storm Isaac, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus announced Saturday. — The convention will convene …

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ABCNEWS: On ‘This Week’: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Gov. Bob McDonnell

Politico:
Sources: Tampa convention start could be delayed

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John Noble Wilford / New York Times:

Neil Armstrong | 1930-2012: Neil Armstrong, First Man on Moon, Dies at 82 — Neil Armstrong, who made the “giant leap for mankind” as the first human to set foot on the moon, died on Saturday. He was 82. — His family said in a statement that the cause was “complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures.”

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Sandra Maler / Reuters:

First man on moon Neil Armstrong dead at 82: NBC — (Reuters) - Former U.S. astronaut, Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at the age of 82, U.S. media reported on Saturday. — Armstrong underwent a heart-bypass surgery earlier this month, just two days after his birthday on August 5 …

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Brendan Sasso / Blog Summaries:

Obama: Neil Armstrong ‘among the greatest of American heroes’ — President Obama on Saturday mourned the passing of Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. — Armstrong died on Saturday at the age of 82. — Obama praised Armstrong “as among the greatest of American heroes …

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Cosmic Log:
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82

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CNN:
Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, dies

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Paul Duggan / Washington Post:
Neil Armstrong, first man to step on the moon, dies at 82

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Associated Press:
Astronaut Neil Armstrong dies at 82

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

NYT's Abramson rebuts Brisbane charge — The executive editor of the New York Times is disputing an accusation of liberal bias made by her very own public editor, Arthur Brisbane. — In his final column for the Times, Brisbane wrote that his fellow staffers “share a kind of political …

Arthur S. Brisbane / New York Times:

Success and Risk as The Times Transforms — “WHY on earth would you want this job?” — Two years ago, I set out to answer this question in my inaugural public editor column — if only because so many people at The New York Times had asked it. Now, as I complete my term and hand the baton …

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Economist:

So, Mitt, what do you really believe? — Too much about the Republican candidate for the presidency is far too mysterious — WHEN Mitt Romney was governor of liberal Massachusetts, he supported abortion, gun control, tackling climate change and a requirement that everyone should buy health insurance …

Discussion: Balloon Juice, The Hinterland Gazette, The Moderate Voice, The Mahablog and Liberal Values

Alexander Burns / Politico:

Romney pulls '08 clip for Medicare pushback — It's the weekend before a political convention in Florida and both presidential campaigns are escalating the air war over — what else? — Medicare. — After the Obama campaign released its second attack ad yesterday accusing Mitt Romney …

Ben Feller / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Obama on Romney's ‘extreme’ views

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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Obama's second, harder Medicare attack

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John Hinderaker / Power Line:

Republican Women For Obama? [UPDATED: Another Fake “Republican” Exposed] — It happens all the time in talk radio: a caller will say that he is a lifelong Republican, and will recall fondly how he voted for Ronald Reagan. Then he says that today's Republicans have gone too far …

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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
“Republican” In Obama Ad Is A Democrat

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Greg Sandoval / CNET:

Exclusive: Apple-Samsung juror speaks out — Manuel Ilagan, one of the nine jurors who ruled in favor of Apple, tells CNET he thought Samsung's internal e-mails about incorporating some of Apple's technology into its devices, and the evasive way Samsung executives answered questions, was damning.

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