memeorandum: Michelle Obama's speech: Both apolitical and politically masterful (E.J. Dionne Jr/Washington Post)

2:05 PM ET, September 5, 2012

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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 …

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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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 …

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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.

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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.

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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:

Lightning threat forces Obama to change convention plans — (CBS News) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democrats are significantly downsizing the final night of their national convention, moving the events — including President Obama's acceptance speech — from Bank of America Stadium to the Time Warner Cable Arena …

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

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

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

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Associated Press:
Some Obama Programs Embellished by Democrats

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

Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
‘Best weather of the entire week’: Local meteorologist puzzled by Obama speech move

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Irin Carmon / Salon:
Michelle Obama: Not just mom-in-chief

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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Rain Will Keep 65,000 Ticketholders From Obama

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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Michelle Obama's speech: Both apolitical and politically masterful

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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Breaking: Obama speech moved indoors due to ... weather; Update: Obama tried downplaying attendance expectations

Tim Mak / Politico:
DNC 2012: Rainy forecast for Obama's speech

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

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

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

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

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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 …

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

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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?

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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 …

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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” … “Don't be looking to the sidelines all sheepish,” Barack Obama yells at Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Lewis in “Obama's Way,” in October's V.F. “You got to get back and play D!”

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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 …

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

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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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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.

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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:

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