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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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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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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
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 New Civil Rights Movement and Politico
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, Associated Press, Queerty, The Huffington Post and Newsy
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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JOSHUAPUNDIT, GayPatriot, Israel Matzav, American Power, The PJ Tatler, Theo Spark, Babalú Blog and The Gateway Pundit
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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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Washington Examiner, GayPatriot and JOSHUAPUNDIT
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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Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Democrats Retreat on Civil Liberties in 2012 Platform
Democrats Retreat on Civil Liberties in 2012 Platform
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Corrente, The Reaction, The Atlantic Online, Taylor Marsh, Suburban Guerrilla and The Agonist
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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Politico, Israel Matzav, Weekly Standard, Washington Free Beacon, Mondoweiss, The Daily Caller and The Right Scoop
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
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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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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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Firedoglake, Scared Monkeys, GOP 12, Gallup, Rumproast, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and Election 2012
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Live-Blogging Charlotte, Day One
Live-Blogging Charlotte, Day One
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Democracy in America, Gawker, ABCNEWS, Polling Matters 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
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
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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GayPatriot, americanthinker.com, Sky Dancing, Hot Air and “The Lid”
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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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
The night Democrats reclaimed “Obamacare”
The night Democrats reclaimed “Obamacare”
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Washington Examiner, Washington Monthly and The Daily Dish
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
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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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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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
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
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 …
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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