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Sheldon Alberts / The Hill:
Hill Poll: Voters say second term undeserved, country is worse off — A majority of voters believe the country is worse off today than it was four years ago and that President Obama does not deserve reelection, according to a new poll for The Hill. — Fifty-two percent of likely voters …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Democrats Say U.S. Is Better Off Than Four Years Ago — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A day after fumbling a predictable and straightforward question posed by Mitt Romney last week — are Americans better off than they were four years ago — the Obama campaign provided a response on Monday …
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FiveThirtyEight, CBS News, Outside the Beltway, Obama Isn't Working and The Caucus
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
President says Romney camp running against ‘fictional’ Obama — President Obama accused Republicans of distorting his record, claiming that Mitt Romney was running against a “fictional Barack Obama.” — Republicans “have spent a lot of time creating a fictional Barack Obama who is supposedly taking …
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CNN and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
CEPR:
“Are Americans Better Off Today Than They Were Four Years Ago?” The Question That Exposes Incompetent Reporters — While the source is not clear, someone developed a simple way to identify incompetent news reporters. If you hear a reporter ask people in President Obama's administration …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Interview: Obama says GOP drawing ‘a fictional Barack Obama’
Interview: Obama says GOP drawing ‘a fictional Barack Obama’
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CNN, Online NewsHour and Associated Press
David Maraniss / Washington Post:
Obama finds key asset in Bill Clinton's support
Obama finds key asset in Bill Clinton's support
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Washington Wire, ABCNEWS, Wall Street Journal, ABCNEWS, Taylor Marsh, The Daily Beast, BuzzFeed, Daily Kos, New York Times, New York Magazine and New Yorker
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Asking voters to look ahead, not backward, is a tough sell for Obama
Asking voters to look ahead, not backward, is a tough sell for Obama
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Madeleine Albright: 'I Can't Understand Why Any Woman Would Want To Vote For Mitt Romney' … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Ann Romney, DNC Convention, Madeleine Albright, RNC Convention, Romney Campaign, Secretary Albright, Women's Voices, Albright, Mitt Romney 2012, Romney Gender Gap …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Source: Mitt camp claims $100M Aug. — Mitt Romney raised $100 million in August, his campaign told bundlers last week in Tampa. — Romney campaign finance director Spencer Zwick revealed the tally during an event with top fundraisers on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention, according to a source who was present.
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
First Lady's Focus Is Drawing Contrast With Romney — Michelle Obama rarely mentions Mitt Romney by name. But everything she says during this presidential campaign is meant to draw a contrast between her husband and his Republican challenger. — She implies that Romney …
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Politico and New York Times
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Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Michelle Obama tops 5 things to watch at the DNC
Michelle Obama tops 5 things to watch at the DNC
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Reporters scolded by Democratic garbage police
Reporters scolded by Democratic garbage police
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Ed Driscoll
KKTV-TV:
11 News Anchor Dianne Derby Interviews President Obama — 11 News Interview President Obama & Romney Sr. Campaign Advisor — It's President Obama's second trip to Colorado within a week and I had a chance to ask him a few questions before he took the stage at CU-Boulder.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama gives himself ‘incomplete’ grade on economic policy
Obama gives himself ‘incomplete’ grade on economic policy
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The PJ Tatler and Jammie Wearing Fools
Boston Herald:
Indian delegates seek sit-down with Elizabeth Warren — Tribal activist:'Shame on her' — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Elizabeth Warren can't escape her Cherokee heritage controversy even at this gathering of loyal Democrats, as a contingent of skeptical American Indian delegates …
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The Gateway Pundit and Jammie Wearing Fools
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Video: Unaccountable - Elizabeth Warren and the Cherokee — Wednesday night Elizabeth Warren will introduce Bill Clinton, the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention. — Warren has claimed internet fame for her famous “no one got rich on his own” speech which was the foundation for Obama's …
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Paul Ryan: Janesville story was about 'Obama's broken promises' — Paul Ryan continued to defend his Republican National Committee speech that critics said falsely accused President Obama of promising to keep a General Motors plant in Janesville, Wisconsin, Ryan's home district, from closing.
Daniel J. Mitchell / Townhall.com:
Johnny Depp Flees France Over Tax Hikes — I'm a bad person. I know it's not nice to take joy in the misery of others, but I can't help but smile when I see a story about bad news in France. — In my defense, this is not because of hostility to French people, who have always been friendly to me.
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Riehl World News
Directorblue / Doug Ross:
That Roar You Hear in the Distance May Be a Tidal Wave Building — I truly believe that the American people — all races, all creeds, all colors, all religions, all income levels — are marshaling together to try to save this Republic in November — first and foremost, by rejecting the Cloward-Piven Democrat Party.
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The Mahablog, The Gateway Pundit, Nice Deb, Israel Matzav and Bookworm Room
Associated Press:
Dems bring in crowds by the busload to fill stadium for Obama speech — Sept. 2, 2012: A man walks near a sand sculpture created in the likeness of President Obama in downtown Charlotte, N.C.AP — CHARLOTTE, N.C. - College students from across North Carolina will arrive in Charlotte by the busload.
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Unions dig in for Obama despite disappointment with his record
Unions dig in for Obama despite disappointment with his record
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The Raw Story
Elizabeth Hartfield / ABCNEWS:
Democrats Keynote Speaker Is San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro — The Democrats will open their convention tonight with a keynote speaker who is young, Hispanic and little known outside of his home city of San Antonio, Texas. — For Mayor Julian Castro, 37, tonight could be a spring board to national prominence.
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Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
DNC Keynoter Castro Follows Mother's Tougher Path
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Florida GOP goes up against Crist — The 2014 governor's race is more than two years away, but the Republican Party of Florida is already spending real money to run negative ads against Charlie Crist. — The RPOF released an ad this morning featuring clips of Crist branding himself a …
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Taegan Goddard's …
Tim Mak / Politico:
Report: Hillary Clinton aide voting Romney — Top Clinton confidant Douglas Band has said that he will vote for Republican Mitt Romney, according to a report in The New Yorker, apparently a move to strengthen Hillary Clinton's position in the Democratic Party.
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National Review, Betsy's Page, The Daily Caller, No More Mister Nice Blog, Riehl World News and Weasel Zippers
Henry J. Gomez / Plain Dealer:
AFSCME President (and Cleveland native) Lee Saunders goes Eastwooding with Ohio Democrats — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It was a relatively quiet Labor Day breakfast here for Ohio's delegates to the Democratic National Convention — scrambled eggs, oatmeal and boilerplate rallying cries from union leaders.
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The Gateway Pundit and protein wisdom
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Politico:
Right rallies for ‘Empty Chair Day’
Right rallies for ‘Empty Chair Day’
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