memeorandum: Sept. 4: The Simple Case for Why Obama Is the Favorite (Nate Silver/FiveThirtyEight)

2:35 PM ET, September 5, 2012

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CNN:

TRENDING: First on CNN: DNC secretly scheduled guests: Actresses Johansson, Portman, Washington — Charlotte (CNN) - Clint Eastwood meet Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Kerry Washington. — The three actresses, firmly anchored in Hollywood's royalty, have been secretly scheduled …

Discussion: Reuters, Deadline.com, Politico, Riehl World News and Jammie Wearing Fools

Byron Tau / Politico:

Obama speech moved indoors — Democratic officials confirm to POLITICO that President Obama's prime time address will be moved indoors to the Time Warner Center. — The Thursday address was scheduled to be at Bank of America stadium — an outdoor venue with more than 70,000 seats.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Weekly Standard and Taylor Marsh

CNN:

BREAKING: Obama's speech to move indoors — Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) - After days of bad weather, President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and Democratic National Convention organizers have decided to change the venue of the president's acceptance speech Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Discussion: Politico, Washington Monthly, Grist, Pirate's Cove, The Other McCain, The Caucus and Towleroad News #gay

Kevin Robillard / Politico: DNC 2012: Obama's crowd downsized by 50K

Donovan Slack / Politico:
POTUS will do conference call with out-of-luck ticket-holders

Discussion: Michelle Malkin

CNN:
For Democrats, 2016 jockeying begins over breakfast

Discussion: Politico

Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Dems move Obama speech from football field to smaller venue

Discussion: The Hill

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 …

Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:

‘Best weather of the entire week’: Local meteorologist puzzled by Obama speech move — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The chief meteorologist at a Charlotte television station is questioning the decision by Democrats to move President Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention to a smaller venue because of the weather.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Joe. My. God. and Washington Post

BuzzFeed:
“Government Is The Only Thing We All Belong To”

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.

Discussion: Associated Press, Outside the Beltway, Wake up America, Politico, Riehl World News and Jammie Wearing Fools

Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
The Truth Behind The GOP Claim That Obama Hasn't Created A Single Net Job

Discussion: The Mahablog, The Maddow Blog and Newsy

Investor's Business Daily:
Better Off? Let's Count the Ways We're Not

Discussion: Hot Air, AEIdeas, Connecting.the.Dots and ThinkProgress

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.

Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Riehl World News

Jamelle Bouie / Washington Post:
The GOP's absurd effort to drive wedge between Clinton and Obama

Discussion: Election 2012, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, First Read, The Maddow Blog and Daily Kos

Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Morning Jay: The Importance of Bill Clinton

Discussion: Betsy's Page, Washington Free Beacon and Washington Post

Paul West / Los Angeles Times:
Bill Clinton's convention appearance could influence two elections

Discussion: Salon, Online NewsHour and neo-neocon

Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Bill Clinton Speech At Democratic Convention: GOP ‘Built’ National Debt

Discussion: thenation.com/blogs/163253, The BRAD BLOG, Suburban Guerrilla, CANNONFIRE and Crooks and Liars

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Sept. 4: The Simple Case for Why Obama Is the Favorite — I've been tiptoeing around this point, because I don't think that our forecast model ought to represent the totality of our analysis about the election. — But if you look at the right-hand column of this page …

Discussion: Guardian, Prairie Weather and The Daily Dish

Wall Street Journal:
Caddell and Schoen: A Campaign in Need of a Clintonian Pivot

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Daily Kos and Washington Monthly

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Hot Air, Weekly Standard, The Hill, Washington Free Beacon, The PJ Tatler, NewsBusters.org, Mediaite, Election 2012, The Lonely Conservative, American Spectator, Power Line, Israel Matzav, The Gateway Pundit, GayPatriot and JOSHUAPUNDIT

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Will Debbie Be Dumped?

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Nice Deb, GayPatriot, JOSHUAPUNDIT and Commentary Magazine

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

RNC Highlights: Romney Shares Top Billing With Eastwood — Fewer Watch Convention Coverage than in 2008 — OVERVIEW — The public paid far less attention to this year's Republican convention than it did to the GOP convention four years ago. Just 37% say they watched …

Discussion: Ross Douthat, The Fix, Deadline.com, Politico, Outside the Beltway, The Hill, Political Capital, Washington Examiner, GOP 12, Daily Kos and FiveThirtyEight

Bloomberg:

ECB Plan Said To Pledge Unlimited, Sterilized Bond-Buying — European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's bond-buying proposal involves unlimited purchases of government debt that will be sterilized to assuage concerns about printing money, two central bank officials briefed on the plan said.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Business Insider, Hit & Run, Calculated Risk, naked capitalism and FT Alphaville

Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
The European Central Bank's Ongoing Power Grab

Discussion: Business Insider and Firedoglake

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,” …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Felix Salmon, Weasel Zippers, Business Insider, ABCNEWS and USA Today

Haim Saban / New York Times:

The Truth About Obama and Israel — AS an Israeli-American who cares deeply about the survival of Israel and the future of the Jewish people, I will be voting for President Obama in November. Here's why. — Even though he could have done a better job highlighting his friendship for Israel …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Mondoweiss and Washington Free Beacon

Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
Iran: Zionists spread homosexuality to control world

Discussion: Atlas Shrugs, Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav

Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:

Michelle Obama's DNC Speech Written at 7 Grade Levels Above Ann Romney's — The First Lady's speech Tuesday was written at a 12th grade level - the highest in history among the wives of presidential nominees and far above Ann Romney's lowest mark of a 5th grade level

Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

S.C. Dem. Chair Compares GOP Gov. to Hitler's Mistress — South Carolina Democratic chairman Dick Harpootlian compared his state's Republican female governor, Nikki Haley, to Hitler's mistress, Eva Braun this morning at a breakfast in Charlotte, North Carolina. — South Carolina's the State reports:

Discussion: Politico, The PJ Tatler, Weasel Zippers, Washington Free Beacon, The Right Sphere, Sister Toldjah, Election 2012 and Wichita Eagle

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 …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, ThinkProgress, Booman Tribune and Taylor Marsh