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Dylan Byers / Politico:
DNC's Wasserman Schultz, Gaspard cancel interviews amid platform debacle — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democratic National Committee chiefs Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Patrick Gaspard cancelled interviews with local media outlets tonight, amid controversy surrounding the party's decision to reintroduce “God” and “Jerusalem” to the platform.
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Chaos As Democrats Try To Put Jerusalem, God Back In Platform — Three votes and boos as convention chairman LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa pushes through platform amendment after criticism. — Source: youtube.com — The Democratic National Convention dissolved into unexpected procedural …
CNN:
Just in: Democrats update platform with Jerusalem, God reference — (CNN) - Democrats voted to update their party's platform Wednesday evening at their convention to include a reference to Jerusalem being the capital of Israel, as well as the insertion of the word “God,” …
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Obama intervened on God, Jerusalem platform language
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Emily Goodin / The Hill:
After three votes, Dems put Jerusalem, God back into party platform
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
How to Understand the DNC's Jerusalem Imbroglio
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Abe Greenwald / Commentary Magazine:
Re: Democratic Delegates Boo “Jerusalem”
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BuzzFeed:
DNC Chair On Why God/Jerusalem Were Overlooked: The Platform Is Many Pages Long
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Nikki Haley / CNN:
TRENDING: Haley a Nazi? Democrat not backing down from analogy
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: Boos at convention as Dems reinstate language on God and Jerusalem in platform; Update …
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Democrats Cave on Platform, Make Changes on God, Jerusalem
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Bill Clinton's long, long speech about the meanie Republicans — Bill Clinton, don't get me wrong, was the best speaker Wednesday night. But that is largely because the rest of the evening was atrocious. Clinton was hoarse, and he seemed to holler for no reason at all.
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New York Times:
Transcript of Bill Clinton's Speech to the Democratic National Convention — The following is the full text of former President Bill Clinton's speech on Wednesday from the Democratic National Convention. — PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. (Sustained cheers, applause.)
Washington Wire:
Text of Bill Clinton's Address to the Democratic Convention … Here is the text of President Bill Clinton's speech to the Democratic National Convention as prepared for delivery and released by the convention's press office: — We're here to nominate a President, and I've got one in mind.
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Politico:
How Bill Clinton does it — The crowd was roaring, TV commentators were gushing, and Barack Obama himself thanked Bill Clinton for his nominating speech with a big hug as he left the stage here Wednesday night. — Well might Obama be grateful: In 48 minutes, the 42nd president had stated …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Bill Clinton: ‘Of course’ country better off now
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Bill's effective Obama embrace
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Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Secret Service Eyes Romney Tax Return Blackmail Attempt — About 7 p.m. last Thursday, members of the Williamson County Democratic Party returned to their offices in Franklin, Tenn., for a meeting, and found a padded manila envelope that had been dropped through the mail slot.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers On Romney's “Ransomed” Tax Returns: We're Working With The Secret Service
Ken Whitehouse / Nashville City Paper:
Anonymous group allegedly hacked Romney tax records via Franklin firm
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
WJC: Hillary 'says she won't' run again — In another snippet from Bill Clinton's interview with NBC's Brian Williams, he was asked about whether Hillary Clinton will run again in 2016: … Clinton went on to talk about the needs of the nation, ranging from immigration to energy.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Clinton on Obama: 'We haven't been close friends' but he knows I support him
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Monica Lewinsky's Former Rabbi To Deliver Benediction After Bill Clinton Speaks At DNC
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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
Bob Woodward Book: Debt Deal Collapse Led to ‘Pure Fury’ From President Obama — An explosive mix of dysfunction, miscommunication, and misunderstandings inside and outside the White House led to the collapse of a historic spending and debt deal that President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner …
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Miranda Green / The Daily Beast:
Speed Read: Juiciest Bits From Bob Woodward's Book ‘Price of Politics’ — How exactly did the nation's debt crisis play out behind closed doors? From Obama ‘chomping on Nicorette’ to Biden as the GOP ‘whisperer’ and Ryan's anger at the president, the highlights of Bob Woodward's The Price of Politics, out Sept. 11.
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Bryan Bishop / The Verge:
Amazon shows new Kindle Fire and backlit ‘Paperwhite’ Kindle readers in TV ad — We're expecting quite a few things out of tomorrow's Amazon event, and the company just helped heighten expectations a little bit more with a new commercial. The brief spot aired during tonight's Giants and Cowboys game …
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Exclusive: Amazon phone confirmed, could be announced tomorrow
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
FACT CHECK: FIRST LADY'S FALSE FAIRY TALE OF STRUGGLE — First Lady Michelle Obama's pitch to voters last night relied on the premise that she and her husband understand what it is to struggle to make ends meet. She spoke movingly about their early years—about how a young Barack Obama drove a car that was …
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Mark Knoller / CBS News:
Obama: I get “misty” watching Michelle speak
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney campaign tells Obama to ‘rein in his supporters’ on Nazi comments — Mitt Romney's campaign issued a statement Wednesday demanding Democratic officials “cease and desist from comparing those with whom they disagree to Nazis” after the chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party compared …
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Politico:
Verdict is in: Obama levels more personal attacks — A crabby, negative campaign that has been more about misleading and marginal controversies than the major challenges facing the country? Barack Obama and Mitt Romney can both claim parenthood of this ugly child.
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Lobbyists to help nominate Obama for reelection in Charlotte — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Despite President Obama's harsh rhetoric toward K Street, lobbyists will be on the convention floor as delegates in Charlotte Wednesday when he is nominated for a second term.
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Paul Ryan, Mountaineer — UPDATE: Please see official response from the Romney campaign, below. — My mailbox has been blowing up with speculation on why Paul Ryan would have invented such an impressive “personal best” time for the marathon, and whether the invention will matter.
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