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9:15 PM ET, August 30, 2012

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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 …

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 …

Discussion: Booman Tribune, Washington Monthly, American Prospect and Guardian

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.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Philly.com, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Gallup, Guardian, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, Business Insider, The Hinterland Gazette, The Daily Dish, New York Magazine, Human Events, US Politics, Truthdig, Pass The Doucheys … and Shakesville, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Hit & Run, NewsBusters.org, Rush Limbaugh, Wizbang, small dead animals, Wake up America, National Review, ABCNEWS and JustOneMinute

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Previewing the ‘facts’ in Mitt Romney's acceptance speech

Discussion: ABCNEWS, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Hot Air, Campaign Stops, Riehl World News and The Caucus

Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
The true, the false, and the misleading: grading Paul Ryan's convention speech.

Discussion: New York Magazine, The American Conservative, Paul Krugman, National Review, FishbowlDC, Mediaite, Poynter and Gawker

Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Obama Camp Melts Down Over Ryan's Speech

Discussion: Associated Press, National Review, The Hill, Ballot Box, Fox News, Forbes, Twitchy, Ed Driscoll, neo-neocon, Nice Deb and The Right Scoop

Washington Post:
Mr. Ryan's misleading speech

Discussion: Taking Note, The Boston Globe, The Fix, The Maddow Blog, Lean Forward, Washington Monthly, Balloon Juice, Fox News, The Week, Economist's View, National Review, Politico, Prairie Weather and Patterico's Pontifications

CNN:
CNN Fact Check: Did Ryan get Obama's GM speech right?

Discussion: USA Today, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Mediaite, Washington Post, PolitiFact, GayPatriot, New Orleans Times-Picayune, The Raw Story and The Huffington Post

Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Top 5 Fibs In Paul Ryan's Convention Speech

Washington Examiner:
FACT CHECK: Obama promised and failed to keep Janesville GM plant open

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, NBC Politics, Truthdig, Weasel Zippers, Washington Free Beacon, The Maddow Blog and Red Alert Politics

Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Media Calls Out Paul Ryan Acceptance Speech For Falsehoods

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Election 2012, Addicting Info, Swampland, PennLive.com, Outside the Beltway and Janesville, more at Mediagazer »

Joan Walsh / Salon:
Paul Ryan's brazen lies

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Other McCain, Althouse, Addicting Info, Outside the Beltway, Washington Post, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Guardian, Washington Wire, Informed Comment, Daily Kos, Right Wing News, Riehl World News and Washington Examiner

Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Two Paul Ryans — To hear the conservative chatter this morning …

Discussion: Hit & Run, National Review and The Daily Dish

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact checking the GOP convention's second night

Discussion: Firedoglake, CNN, Politico and The Daily Dish

Steve Holland / Reuters:

Romney takes lead over Obama with convention “bounce”: Reuters/Ipsos poll — (Reuters) - Mitt Romney has moved into a narrow lead over U.S. President Barack Obama in a small bounce for him from the Republican National Convention, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Thursday.

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, Hot Air, Saint Petersblog and Scared Monkeys

Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:

Romney shown closing the gap on Obama in latest Michigan poll — TAMPA - A new Michigan poll shows Mitt Romney apparently closing the gap on President Barack Obama in the state. — Lansing-based EPIC-MRA did an automated survey of 1,200 likely voters on Tuesday and found Obama leading Romney 49%-46% …

Discussion: GOP 12

Dan Amira / New York Magazine: 50 Person Poll: RNC Delegate Edition

Rebecca D. Robbins / The Harvard Crimson:

Harvard Investigates “Unprecedented” Academic Dishonesty Case — Nearly half of more than 250 students in “Introduction to Congress” are under investigation — Harvard College's disciplinary board is investigating nearly half of the 279 students who enrolled in Government 1310 …

Discussion: New York Times, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Bangor Daily News, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, Gawker and The Raw Story

Colleen Curry / ABCNEWS:

Priest Defends Sex Abusers, Then Apologizes — 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. But the comments were removed …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, New York Magazine, Eschaton and Balloon Juice

Victoria Cavaliere / NY Daily News:
Sympathy for ‘this poor guy’ Jerry Sandusky and other pedophiles? …

Discussion: dotCommonweal, Mediaite, JIMROMENESKO.COM and Gothamist

Matt C. Abbott / RenewAmerica:
Father Benedict Groeschel's disturbing comments

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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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Mediaite, The Raw Story, Wonkette, Hullabaloo, Wake up America and Crooks and Liars

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 …

Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Monthly, Riehl World News, Salt Lake Tribune and The Daily Caller

BuzzFeed:
Major Republican Speakers Avoid Two Words: “Tea Party”

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Outside the Beltway and Hot Air

CNN:
TRENDING: Solved: Eastwood is RNC ‘mystery guest’

Discussion: Politico, The Daily Beast, Washington Wire, Outside the Beltway and neo-neocon

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.

Discussion: Associated Press, Washington Monthly, Off the Kuff, Firedoglake, BOR, Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway, Taylor Marsh, emptywheel and Mother Jones

Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo: Judges Question Whether South Carolina's Voter ID Law Is Ready For Primetime

Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Court Blocks Texas Voter ID Law, Citing Racial Impact

Discussion: Washington Post, DownWithTyranny!, ACS Blog and Philly.com

The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education:

CNN Camerawoman “Not Surprised” by Peanut-Throwing — “People Think We've Gone Further Than We Have” — Yahoo's D.C. Bureau Chief Fired After Romney Remark — Hurricane Isaac Destroys Melissa Harris-Perry Home — Disconnect Between GOP and Latino Journalists

Discussion: USA Today

Fleur Delacour / Witches' Brew:
Brew Interview: CNN Camerawoman Speaks Out!

Discussion: TVNewser, Talking Points Memo and The Hinterland Gazette, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: Firedoglake, ABCNEWS, CNN, Corey Robin, Hot Air, Hullabaloo, Politico, The Hill, The PJ Tatler, National Review and Viking Pundit

Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:

Romney: Obama's Reelection Means The Future Will Not Be Better Than The Past — TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney's campaign released excerpts of his big address to the Republican National Convention ahead of his address Thursday night. — The excerpts in full:

Discussion: Bark Bark Woof Woof

Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Romney To Defend Bain Capital Record In Acceptance Speech

Discussion: Daily Kos

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 …

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Agonist and Outside the Beltway

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Still a toss up in Missouri

Discussion: Politico, Hot Air, Washington Wire, Ballot Box and The Daily Dish

Charles Mahtesian / Politico:

What would Ron Paul do? — The angst among Ron Paul delegates, some of whom walked out of the convention Wednesday night in protest of recent party rules changes, hasn't abated in Tampa. There's talk of another protest Thursday night, prompting an open letter from Arizona alternate delegate …

Discussion: Peace . Gold . Liberty, Taylor Marsh and LewRockwell.com Blog

Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Epic Fail: The GOP's Pitiful Attempt At A ‘Tribute’ To Ron Paul

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Daily Mail:

Revealed: Paul Ryan's cheerleader ‘college sweetheart’ who made him the victim of ‘racist views’ from his supposed friends — Deneeta Pope, 40, dated Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan after they met at college — Pope, now a Barack Obama supporter …

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, Riehl World News and Weasel Zippers

Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:

David Koch breaks from GOP on gay marriage, taxes, defense cuts — TAMPA, Fla. - Billionaire industrialist David Koch, who is helping steer millions of dollars to elect Mitt Romney and congressional Republicans, on Thursday told POLITICO he disagrees with the GOP's stance on gay marriage …

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay and Prairie Weather

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Exclusive: Marco Rubio's Republican Convention Address — Here are the remarks Marco Rubio plans to deliver this evening at the Republican convention in Tampa, Florida: — In 1980, I watched my first Republican Convention with my grandfather. — He was born to a farming family in rural Cuba.

Discussion: Hot Air

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 …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, News Desk, Fox News, AEIdeas, Outside the Beltway, Wake up America, The Atlantic Online and Election 2012

Democracy Now:

Daughter of Billionaire GOP Donor Sheldon Adelson Pushes Democracy Now! Staff, Seizes Camera at RNC … When Democracy Now! senior producer Mike Burke attempted to interview billionaire casino magnate and Republican donor Sheldon Adelson inside the Republican National Convention …

Discussion: The Caucus and Politico