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12:05 PM ET, August 26, 2012

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Charlie Crist / Tampa Bay Times:
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 …
Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
A conversation with Jeb Bush, Florida's most respected Republican
Discussion: First Read and Washington Examiner
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Former GOP Gov. Crist endorses Obama
Discussion: Naked Politics
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 …
Discussion: CNN and Weekly Standard
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Politico:
Obama, Romney camps see eye to eye on shape of race  —  The Obama and Romney campaigns spend all day beating the pulp out of each other over policy differences, big and small.  But when it comes to the political landscape and the dynamics of who prevails, the two sides agree on an awful lot.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Which candidate cares more about you?  —  Tampa (CNN) - A new national survey illustrates the challenge Mitt Romney faces at the Republican convention as the GOP presidential challenger gets re-introduced to the American public.  —  While a CNN/ORC International poll indicates …
Brendan Sasso / Blog Summaries:
Romney says Obama gave up on economy, has ‘admitted defeat’
Mitt Romney for President of the United States …:
MITT ROMNEY'S AUDIO REMARKS ON THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
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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ABCNEWS:
On ‘This Week’: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Gov. Bob McDonnell  —  Antonio Villaraigosa and Gov Bob McDonnell on This Week (City of Los Angeles/State of Virginia)  —  Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, chair of the Republican Platform Committee, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa …
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
RNC chairman: Convention will go ‘full steam ahead on Tuesday’
Discussion: CNN
CNN:
BREAKING: GOP delays start of convention until Tuesday
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Jeb Bush: GOP ‘Needs To Change... Reach Out To A Much Broader Audience Than We Do Today’  —  This morning on NBC, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush delivered a pointed critique of the modern Republican party.  Bush acknowledged that that the GOP “needs to change” and “reach out to a much broader audience.”
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 …
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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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Brendan Sasso / Blog Summaries:
Obama: Neil Armstrong ‘among the greatest of American heroes’
Discussion: Associated Press
Cosmic Log:
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
NEWS FLASH  —  ALLEN WEST: OBAMA IS ‘SERVING UP A CRAP SANDWICH WITH A SMILE’ |  During an appearance on Fox News on Saturday morning, Rep. Allen West (R-FL) accused Obama of serving up a “crap sandwich.”  “Let's be very honest and let's put this in military vernacular …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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 …
Los Angeles Times:
Despite working-class image, Ryan comes from family of wealth  —  Paul Ryan was born into one of the most prominent families in Janesville, Wis., and his rise to political power and financial stability was boosted by family money and connections.  —  Paul Ryan, speaking in Ohio …
New York Times:
Romney Adopts Harder Message for Last Stretch  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney is heading into his nominating convention with his advisers convinced he needs a more combative footing against President Obama in order to appeal to white, working-class voters and to persuade them that he is the best answer to their economic frustrations.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Nick Carey / Reuters:
Missouri conservatives rally to Akin, blast Republican “establishment”  —  (Reuters) - Missouri conservatives say they are rallying around U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin despite his controversial comments about rape because they are outraged that “establishment” Republican Party leaders tried to railroad him out of the race.
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Kevin McDermott / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Poll shows Akin's slide in Missouri Senate race
 
 
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Connor Simpson / The Atlantic Wire:
The NYPD Explains Why Their Bullets Wounded Nine People Yesterday
Discussion: CNN, Truthdig and Gothamist
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
That's the message in the skies above today's Romney/Ryan rally in Powell, [Oiho] Ohio.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Ed Driscoll
 Earlier Items: 
John Harwood / New York Times:
Election 2012: Ron Paul Passing Torch to a Libertarian Legion
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Nathan Lane Compares Paul Ryan To Wicked Witch Of The West
Discussion: The Raw Story
Elise Viebeck / Ballot Box:
Romney invokes Massachusetts health law ahead of Republican convention
Discussion: Conservatives4Palin
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
Learning to Like Mitt  —  Andrew Ferguson, reluctant Romneyite