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ABCNEWS:
Transcript: Michelle Obama's Democratic Convention Speech — Below is the full transcript, as prepared for delivery, of First Lady Michelle Obama's speech to the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night. — Thank you so much, Elaine...we are so grateful for your family's service and sacrifice …
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CNN:
CNN Fact Check: About those 4.5 million jobs ... San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro touted 4.5 million new jobs created during the Obama administration. Was he right? — (CNN) — Anyone watching the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night heard the number 4.5 million several times.
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Riehl World News and Jammie Wearing Fools
Associated Press:
Some Obama Programs Embellished by Democrats — Speakers at the Democratic National Convention portrayed President Barack Obama's presidency in glowing terms Tuesday evening, but sometimes left out important details or embellished his record. — Others mischaracterized programs backed …
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ABC15 Arizona, CNN and Politico
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Live-blogging Day 1 of the Democratic Convention.
Live-blogging Day 1 of the Democratic Convention.
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PoliPundit.com
Associated Press:
First Lady says husband ‘a man we can trust’
First Lady says husband ‘a man we can trust’
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Politico and The Huffington Post
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Democratic Convention Opens With Pitch to Middle Class
Democratic Convention Opens With Pitch to Middle Class
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ThinkProgress, CNN, Boston Globe, Queerty, USA Today, Washington Post and Newsy
Alicia M. Cohn / Twitter Room:
Obama, with daughters, watches first lady speak to convention
Obama, with daughters, watches first lady speak to convention
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The Hill, The New Civil Rights Movement and Politico
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
DWS attacks Examiner for ‘deliberately’ misquoting her, but here's the audio … CHARLOTTE - Earlier this evening, in an appearance on Fox News, Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz accused the Washington Examiner of “deliberately” misquoting her comments claiming …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Will Debbie Be Dumped? — Are there no consequences for lying? Even on national television? — Earlier today, Philip Klein reported that DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said this: “We know, and I've heard no less than Ambassador Michael Oren say this, that what the Republicans are doing is dangerous for Israel.”
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Nice Deb, Washington Examiner, GayPatriot and JOSHUAPUNDIT
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Bill Clinton's 8 digs at Obama — There's only one president who actually came from Hope. — Former President Bill Clinton — a native of Hope, Ark. — is expected to offer a rousing endorsement of President Barack Obama in his speech Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention.
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Riehl World News
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Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Morning Jay: The Importance of Bill Clinton — Over Labor Day weekend, three different theories of the 2012 presidential race were offered, all from Team Obama. — The first theory comes from David Axelrod, and we might call it, “Our outlook is so bright we gotta wear shades!”
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Washington Post
Paul West / Los Angeles Times:
Bill Clinton's convention appearance could influence two elections
Bill Clinton's convention appearance could influence two elections
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Online NewsHour
David Brody / The Brody File:
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 …
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Joshua Hersh / The Huffington Post:
DNC Israel Platform Reviewed, ‘Loved’ By AIPAC, Sources Say (UPDATE)
DNC Israel Platform Reviewed, ‘Loved’ By AIPAC, Sources Say (UPDATE)
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Theo Spark, Politico, Weekly Standard, Israel Matzav, Washington Free Beacon, Mondoweiss and The Right Scoop
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Democrats Retreat on Civil Liberties in 2012 Platform
Democrats Retreat on Civil Liberties in 2012 Platform
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The Reaction, Corrente, The Atlantic Online, Taylor Marsh, Suburban Guerrilla and The Agonist
Billy Hallowell / TheBlaze.com:
DEMS REMOVE ALL REFERENCES TO ‘GOD’ FROM 2012 PARTY PLATFORM
DEMS REMOVE ALL REFERENCES TO ‘GOD’ FROM 2012 PARTY PLATFORM
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Mediaite, The Raw Story and The Daily Caller
CNN:
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 …
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CNN:
TRENDING: First on CNN: DNC secretly scheduled guests: Actresses Johansson, Portman, Washington
TRENDING: First on CNN: DNC secretly scheduled guests: Actresses Johansson, Portman, Washington
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Jammie Wearing Fools
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Live-Blogging Charlotte, Day One
Live-Blogging Charlotte, Day One
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Democracy in America, Gawker, Polling Matters, ABCNEWS and Joe. My. God.
Paul Ryan / CNN:
Ryan muddles origin of Reagan's ‘are you better off’ line
Ryan muddles origin of Reagan's ‘are you better off’ line
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Politico, NewsBusters.org blogs, Connecting.the.Dots, FiveThirtyEight and The Hill
BuzzFeed:
“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 …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Questions and Observations, Doug Ross, Power Line, Michelle Malkin, The Atlantic Online, Betsy's Page, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Twitter Room, Sister Toldjah, Politico, americanthinker.com, ProfessorBainbridge.com, The Jawa Report, Babalú Blog, Blue Crab Boulevard and Riehl World News
Vanity Fair:
Barack Obama to Michael Lewis on a Presidential Loss of Freedom: “You Don't Get Used to It—At Least, I Don't” — Michael Lewis and Barack Obama. — “Don't be looking to the sidelines all sheepish,” Barack Obama yells at Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Lewis in “Obama's Way,” …
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USA Today
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Repealing Obamacare would take health care away from people — Stacey Lihn, the very nervous and emotional mother of a child with a heart defect, at the Dem convention just now: … There's been a good deal of punditry to the effect that Obama and Dems will have to run from the health law this cycle …
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The Maddow Blog
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
The night Democrats reclaimed “Obamacare”
The night Democrats reclaimed “Obamacare”
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Washington Monthly, Washington Examiner and The Daily Dish
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Pinocchio Press — The bizarre rise of “fact checking” propagandists. — In the 19th-century fairy tale “The Adventures of Pinocchio,” the eponymous protagonist is a wooden puppet who dreams of becoming an actual boy. We suppose people who work as fact checkers have long dreamed …
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The Daily Caller, GayPatriot, americanthinker.com, Sky Dancing and Hot Air
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
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 …
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The Hinterland Gazette
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Democrats Whooping It Up — Before beginning the live blog …
Democrats Whooping It Up — Before beginning the live blog …
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The Reality-Based Community
Peter Nicholas / Washington Wire:
Kennedy Tribute Video Takes on Romney
Kennedy Tribute Video Takes on Romney
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Obama Isn't Working, US Politics, The Hinterland Gazette and Election 2012
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Where's Al Gore? — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In 2008, Al Gore strode onto the stage at Denver's Invesco Field to a hero's welcome, throwing his support behind Barack Obama to take on the “global climate crisis.” — When Obama takes the stage this week, Gore will be nowhere in sight.
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Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Democrats Creating 2016 White House Buzz
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Ex-chief Emanuel calls Obama ‘once-in-a-generation’ president — CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel offered a personal testimony to President Obama's leadership during times of crisis, telling the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday that the man he served as White House chief of staff is a …
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Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
Red Carpet for Solyndra Figure at Democratic Convention
Red Carpet for Solyndra Figure at Democratic Convention
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Michelle Malkin, Jammie Wearing Fools, Washington Free Beacon, ABCNEWS and A Chequer-Board of Nights …
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Charlotte speech increases rumors Kerry is up for Hillary Clinton's job — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) will be defending President Obama's record on national security when he speaks to convention delegates on Thursday evening, but political observers will be watching …
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Taylor Marsh and Taegan Goddard's …
Talking Points Memo:
Barney Frank: In Crisis Time, Dems Worked With Bush - But GOP Shunned Obama — Appearing on CNN during the opening night of the Democratic convention, retiring longtime Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) argued that his party was willing to help President Bush weather the 2008 economic crisis …
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Booman Tribune and Balloon Juice
Greg Wilson / Fox News:
US debt tops $16 trillion: So who do we owe most of that money to? … The national debt topped $16 trillion on Tuesday, adding fuel to Republicans' criticisms of President Obama's deficit spending just as the Democrats are kicking off their national convention.
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Red Alert Politics and The Stranger …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Federal debt tops $16 trillion, Treasury Dept. says
Federal debt tops $16 trillion, Treasury Dept. says
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Weekly Standard, Scared Monkeys, Ed Driscoll, The Right Scoop and The Lonely Conservative