memeorandum: In the Los Angeles Area, Bans Are Hot (New York Times)

10:00 AM ET, September 3, 2012

Top Items:

Frank Newport / Gallup:

GOP Convention, Romney Speech Evoke Lukewarm Reactions — Speech gets lowest ratings of any Gallup has measured since 1996 — PRINCETON, NJ — Last week's Republican National Convention had a minimal impact on Americans' self-reported voting intentions, with just about as many saying …

Discussion: Ballot Box, Politico, Outside the Beltway, CNN, Daily Kos and Business Insider

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

No bounce for Romney in Florida — PPP's newest Florida poll, conducted completely after the Republican convention, finds no change in the Presidential race there. Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney 48-47, exactly as he did on our last poll of the state five weeks ago.

Discussion: Politico

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
NC enters convention tied up

Discussion: Raleigh News & Observer and The Rightnewz

Frank Newport / Gallup.Com:
No Signs of GOP Convention Bounce Yet

Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and The Reaction

Thomas Catan / Washington Wire:
Obama Campaign Promises Policy Details

Discussion: Algemeiner.com

Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:

LET'S BE FRIENDS … - SPORTS - PHOTO BOOTH - DAILY SHOUTS - PAGE-TURNER - DAILY COMMENT - AMY DAVIDSON - JOHN CASSIDY - ANDY BOROWITZ - RICHARD BRODY

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Weekly Standard, NewsBusters.org blogs, CANNONFIRE, Capital Tonight, The New Republic, The Gateway Pundit and The PJ Tatler

BuzzFeed:

Inside The Democrats' Convention Media Plan — Surrogates and handlers, even for Lifetime! And the biggest surrogate of all: “Obama can't say what Bill Clinton can.” — A man walks past an advertisement for the Democratic National Convention at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

Russell Berman / Ballot Box:
Obama turns to Bill Clinton, the old pro, to help win reelection

Discussion: Politico and Outside the Beltway

Leigh Ann Caldwell / CBS News:
Democratic aide: GOP thinks “lying is a virtue”

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, American Power and Riehl World News

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Rosie Ruiz Republicans — Remember Rosie Ruiz? In 1980 she was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon — except it turned out that she hadn't actually run most of the race, that she sneaked onto the course around a mile from the end.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Balloon Juice, TBogg and Bark Bark Woof Woof

Michelle Malkin:

Monday is National Empty Chair Day; Updated with photos — What better way to commemorate the Labor Day holiday than to send a message to the AWOL campaign-in-chief — and support Clint Eastwood, to boot! — Twitchy has the story of the latest Eastwood-inspired social media phenomenon.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, The Right Scoop and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Michael Patrick Leahy / BREITBART.COM:
‘EASTWOODING’ INSPIRES NATIONAL EMPTY CHAIR DAY ON MONDAY

Discussion: Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Babalú Blog, UrbanGrounds and iOwnTheWorld.com

New York Times:

In the Los Angeles Area, Bans Are Hot — LOS ANGELES — “Whatever it is, I'm against it!” Groucho Marx sang in a 1932 picture filmed on the Paramount lot here. — Today's Southern Californians seem to agree. — Once known for its sunny, freewheeling disposition …

Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:

Labor tries to soften image with ‘hug a union thug’ booth in Charlotte — This Labor Day, unions are trying a mix of celebrity, social media and humor to polish up the labor movement's image in the eyes of everyday people. — In Charlotte, people will be asked to “hug a union thug” …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Mike Lillis / The Hill:

Dem platform calls for gun reforms, but advocates pan language as timid — The Democrats' approach to gun reform is far too timid and needs a boost of courage to be effective, some leading gun-reformers are charging. — The draft language of the Democrats' 2012 platform …

Talking Points Memo:

Obama's Response To Clint Eastwood Was The Most RT'd Tweet Of RNC … More than 51,000 people re-tweeted it, as of Sunday. Obama was presumed to be sitting in the empty chair during Eastwood's prime time speech, which the crowd ate up but which received negative reviews in the press.

Discussion: The Political Carnival, Twitter Room, New York Magazine, The Impolitic and CNN

Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:

U.S. Companies Brace for an Exit From the Euro by Greece — Even as Greece desperately tries to avoid defaulting on its debt, American companies are preparing for what was once unthinkable: that Greece could soon be forced to leave the euro zone. — Bank of America Merrill Lynch has looked …

Discussion: Via Meadia, FT Alphaville and Business Insider

Chris / Chris Lynch's IPTV Blog:

RNC Viewership Down vs. 2008? — It is interesting to note two conflicting reports - Mitt Romney's acceptance speech according to some reports was down by 8.6 million viewers in comparison to the acceptance speech by John McCain four years earlier. Yet there are many reports …

Discussion: Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

ABCNEWS:

New Obama Ad Makes Middle-Class Appeal — President Barack Obama's campaign is running a new television ad claiming Republican Mitt Romney's policies would “hit the middle class harder.” — The ad says Romney wants to extend tax cuts for millionaires at the expense of middle-income earners.

Discussion: CNN and Politico

Cheryl Wetzstein / Washington Times:

Rev. Moon, Times founder, dies at 92 — The Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon, the leader of the Unification Church and founder of The Washington Times, died early Monday morning in South Korea. He was 92. — He passed away just before 2 a.m. local time (12:54 p.m. EDT Sunday) …

Discussion: Online NewsHour, Mediaite and Crooks and Liars, more at Mediagazer »

Daniel J. Wakin / New York Times:
Rev. Sun Myung Moon, 92, Self-Proclaimed Messiah Who Built Religious Movement, Dies

Discussion: Balloon Juice, New York Magazine, Roger Ailes and Scared Monkeys

Associated Press: Sun Myung Moon, self-proclaimed messiah who founded Unification Church, dies at age 92

Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:

Dem Gov. O'Malley: Voters not better off than four years ago — Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley (Md.) said Sunday that voters were not better off now than four years ago, but said the economic mess left by the former Bush administration was to blame, not President Obama.

Discussion: CNN, Politico and Scared Monkeys