Exclusive: Democrats Drop ‘God’ From Party Platform  —  Guess what?  God's name has been removed from the Democratic National Committee platform.  —  This is the paragraph that was in the 2008 platform:  —  “We need a government that stands up for the hopes, values, and interests of working people …

CNN Poll: Did Romney get a convention bounce?  —  Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) - It's the question everyone's asking: Did Mitt Romney get a bounce out of last week's Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida?  —  According to a new national poll released Tuesday …

Here's how to check if your Apple device UDID has been compromised by the AntiSec leak  —  If you're worried that you might own one of the 1 million Apple devices that have had their UDIDs leaked by AntiSec, reportedly from a breach of an FBI agent's laptop, our rockstar tech team has put together a tool to help you check.

The Crack Hotels of the DNC … I can't speak for the delegates or ther foreign dignitaries, but many of the journalists I have spoken with here are appalled at the accommodations in Charlotte to which they were assigned by the DNC.  National Review was assigned to two Knights Inn properties.

“Government Is The Only Thing We All Belong To”  —  A provocative line in a DNC video.  UPDATE: Obama campaign disclaims.  —  Source: youtube.com  —  The Democratic National Convention has signaled from the start an unapologetic, and at times, confrontational, liberalism …

Paul Ryan claims Obama makes Carter looks like the ‘good old days.’ Not so much.  —  “Simply put, the Jimmy Carter years look like the good old days compared to where we are right now,” Paul Ryan quipped to a crowd at East Carolina University on Sunday night.

Hank Williams Jr. lashes out at ‘Muslim’ Obama and gays at Stockyards Music Festival  —  Hank Williams Jr. performs at the Stockyards Music Festival in Fort Worth on Sunday, September 2, 2012.  (Kelley Chinn/Special Contributor)  —  of  —  FORT WORTH — Hank Williams Jr. prides himself …

Strickland: “Mitt Romney Has So Little Economic Patriotism That Even His Money Needs A Passport”  —  Ohio's Strickland raies the volume.  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland launched into a brutal assault on Mitt Romney Tuesday night on the opening night of the Democratic Convention …

Obama's Popularity Dips Underwater; For Romney, a Faint Favorability Bounce  —  Click HERE for continuous livestreaming coverage of the Democratic National Convention.  —  Barack Obama approaches his nomination for a second term with the lowest pre-convention personal popularity …

Virgil Goode makes presidential ballot in Virginia  —  Former congressman Virgil Goode Jr. has qualified for the presidential ballot in Virginia, the State Board of Elections ruled Tuesday morning, adding a potential obstacle to Republican Mitt Romney's hopes of winning the pivotal state.

If You Think Obama's First Term Was Bad, Imagine a Second  —  Ben Feller of the Associated Press asked President Barack Obama a good question recently.  If Obama wins re-election, Feller said, Republicans are still likely to have a majority in the House.  “How is that any different from what we have now?

Democrats set to move Obama's big speech from 74,000-seater outdoor stadium to 20,000-seater indoor arena  —  Democrats are poised to avoid the danger of President Barack Obama accepting his party's nomination before a partially-empty stadium by shifting his speech to an indoor arena and citing ‘severe weather’.

Exclusive: How Karl Rove's Super PAC Plays the Senate  —  On Thursday, Aug. 30, the final day of the Republican National Convention, Karl Rove gave a breakfast briefing to a group of about 70 of the Republican Party's most influential donors.  As Bloomberg Businessweek reported …

Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Israeli ambassador called GOP “dangerous for Israel” … CHARLOTTE - Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz claimed on Monday that Israel's ambassador to the United States has accused Republicans of being “dangerous” to Israel by criticizing President Obama's record.

Kennedy Tribute Video Takes on Romney  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democrats paid tribute to one of the party's icons, the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, in a video presentation that also took a swipe at Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.  —  On the opening night of their convention …

Why the Obama campaign is cautiously confident in victory  —  The Romney campaign makes a strong case that he may well prevail in November.  As Mark Halperin summarized: “Team Romney remains convinced that voters crave a more concrete form of hope and change, and that the anemic economy …

Naked gal gets deal on a suit: 15G for Times Sq. bust  —  NOW BUY SOME CLOTHES!  Zoe West, busted for stripping down during a body-painting exhibition in Times Square last year has won a settlement in her false-arrest lawsuit.  —  A nude model busted for dropping her drawers during …

Pro-Romney Super PAC Launches Anti-Gay Marriage Ad to Snag Southern Swing State Votes  —  A still from the “New Morning” ad.  (Photo: YouTube)  —  GASTONIA, NC — A super PAC with ties to evangelist leader Gary Bauer is trying frighten would-be Obama supporters in at least one Southern swing state …

The Elevator Speech  —  Why did God put Barack Obama on this earth?  If you had asked that question between his 2004 convention address and his 2008 campaign, the answer could have been summarized in a short elevator speech.  —  Obama was here to heal our politics, to move us beyond …