memeorandum: Dem platform calls for gun reforms, but advocates pan language as timid (Mike Lillis/The Hill)

10:20 AM ET, September 3, 2012

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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: The Moderate Voice, 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: Naked Politics and Politico

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

NC enters convention tied up — PPP's pre-Democratic convention North Carolina poll finds the Presidential race in the state all tied up: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are each at 48%. — Just as we found in Florida, the Republican convention doesn't seem to be giving Romney much of a bounce.

Discussion: The Rightnewz and National Review

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

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, The Maddow Blog, 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

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 …

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

RNC to counter Dem convention with focus on Obama economy — Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus said Monday that the GOP would launch an aggressive effort to counter the message from the Democratic convention in Charlotte this week.

Discussion: CNN

Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Dem Gov. O'Malley: Voters not better off than four years ago

Discussion: CNN, Politico and Scared Monkeys

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

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, Business Insider and FT Alphaville

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

Daniel J. Wakin / New York Times:

Rev. Sun Myung Moon, 92, Self-Proclaimed Messiah Who Built Religious Movement, Dies — The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the Korean evangelist, businessman and self-proclaimed messiah who built a religious movement notable for its mass weddings, fresh-faced proselytizers and links to vast commercial interests …

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