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5:45 PM ET, August 30, 2012

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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
The Most Dishonest Convention Speech ... Ever?  —  You're going to read and hear a lot about Paul Ryan's speech on Wednesday night.  And I imagine most of it will be about how Ryan's speech played—with the party loyalists in Tampa, with the television viewers across the country …
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Sally Kohn / Fox News:
Paul Ryan's speech in 3 words  —  Aug. 29, 2012: Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.AP  —  At least a quarter of Americans still don't know who Paul Ryan is, and only about half who know and have an opinion of him view him favorably.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Fact-checking the factcheckers on Ryan's speech  —  Seems like fact checkers need to do some fact checking of their own assumptions.  Paul Ryan's speech last night included a reference to a GM plant in Janesville that closed, which Ryan used to criticize Barack Obama for failing to meet his campaign promises.
Joan Walsh / Salon:
Paul Ryan's brazen lies  —  His Republican National Convention speech was stunning for its dishonesty  —  Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan accepts the nomination as he addresses delegates during the third session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, August 29, 2012.
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Obama Camp Melts Down Over Ryan's Speech  —  The Obama campaign is lashing out at Paul Ryan, claiming that his fantastic convention speech last night was packed with falsehoods and lies.  Here's their hysterical response video:  —  To the surprise of no one, the ad's “rebuttals” are misleading and wrong themselves.
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Top 5 Fibs In Paul Ryan's Convention Speech  —  Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan's headlining speech at the GOP convention in Tampa Wednesday night touched on many of the election's defining issues.  But it was also filled with prevarications — not just recitations of the conventions …
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
A not-very-truthful speech in a not-very-truthful campaign  —  Honestly?  I didn't want us to write this piece.  —  The original pitch was for “the five biggest lies in Paul Ryan's speech.”  I said no. It's not that the speech didn't include some lies.  It's that I wanted us to bend …
Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
The true, the false, and the misleading: grading Paul Ryan's convention speech.  —  Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan / Washington Post  —  It was Paul Ryan's big moment in Tampa tonight, and he sure didn't lack for passion.  But do the claims he made hold up?  Wonkblog went about sorting the true …
CNN:
CNN Fact Check: Did Ryan get Obama's GM speech right?  —  (CNN) — Paul Ryan on Wednesday night told a story about then-presidential candidate Barack Obama telling automotive workers that government can help keep their plant going — an account that Ryan reportedly got wrong previously.
BuzzFeed:
Paul Ryan Sent Out 2008 Press Release On Decision To Close GM Plant  —  The Congressman acknowledge most work would stop in December 2008, but also noted the accelerated closure timeline only applied to the SUVs built at the plant.  —  Andrew Kaczynski  —  a half hour ago  —  respond
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Two Paul Ryans  —  To hear the conservative chatter this morning …
Paul Ryan / PolitiFact:
Did Barack Obama break a promise to keep GM plant open?
James Downie / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan's breathtakingly dishonest speech
Shikha Dalmia / Hit & Run:
Ryan's Fact-Challenged Fact Checkers
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Paul Ryan's Large Lies and One Big Truth
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Barack Obama Thrice Mentioned Janesville GM Plant In 2008
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Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking News: Federal Court Holds Texas Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act [Now Updated with Analysis]  —  You can read the unanimous 56-page opinion by Judge Tatel at this link.  —  The court has put in a scheduling order to address at a later date whether section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Court Blocks Texas Voter ID Law, Citing Racial Impact
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Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Federal court rejects new Texas voter photo ID law
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Washington Post:
Texas voter ID law is blocked
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Fox News:
Texas AG calls voter ID ruling ‘disappointing,’ vows to appeal to Supreme Court
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Okay, That's the Stupidest Thing I Ever Heard  —  I like Chuck Todd.  He's one of the more knowledgable and sensible people in political journalism.  But this has to rank as one of the stupidest things I've ever heard anyone say.  From this morning on Morning Joe, Todd explains that Democrats wish …
Colleen Curry / ABCNEWS:
Prominent Catholic Priest Defends Sex Abusers  —  A well-known Catholic priest who hosts a weekly religious television show said in an interview this week that child sex abusers are often seduced by teenage boys and should not go to jail on a first offense.  —  The Rev. Benedict Groeschel …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Still a toss up in Missouri  —  PPP's newest poll of the Missouri Senate race finds that Todd Akin is weathering the storm and the contest remains a toss up.  Claire McCaskill leads 45-44, just a small change from our poll last week which found Akin ahead by a 44-43 margin.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Aug. 29: So Much Depends Upon Ohio  —  Polls that are published during the party conventions can be anticlimactic, representing old news since they won't fully reflect the effects of the convention bounce.  And none of the surveys that came out on Wednesday were that newsworthy to begin with …
Elizabeth Flock / US News:
Close Friend of Romney: Clint Eastwood Is Thursday's ‘Mystery Speaker’  —  A close friend of Mitt and Ann Romney confirmed to Whispers Wednesday night that Clint Eastwood is indeed Thursday's mystery speaker at the Republican National Convention.  —  “It's him,” said Paul Gilbert …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Mystery speaker's existence, identity still a mystery
Michael Scherer / Swampland:
What He Knows Now: Obama on Popularity, Partisanship and Getting Things Done in Washington  —  White House correspondent Michael Scherer spoke with President Obama aboard Air Force One on Aug. 21 for the new issue of TIME, now available online to subscribers.
Washington Post:
As Republican convention emphasizes diversity, racial incidents intrude  —  TAMPA — From the convention stage here, the Republican Party has tried to highlight its diversity, giving prime speaking slots to Latinos and blacks who have emphasized their party's economic appeal to all Americans.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney touts Bain record on new campaign website  —  In further evidence that Mitt Romney plans to play up his biography on the final day of the convention — and particularly emphasize his business experience — the Romney campaign on Thursday released a new website touting successes from the nominee's time at the helm of Bain Capital.
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Condoleezza Rice Has a Lot of Nerve  —  The former secretary of state presided over a failure.  She has no business lecturing Obama on international politics.  —  To watch Condoleezza Rice, the face of George W. Bush's foreign policy, stand before a convention of cheering Republicans …
 
 
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