memeorandum @ 8:45 AM ET, September 6, 2012

8:45 AM ET, September 6, 2012

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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.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Scared Monkeys, The Fix, American Spectator, The Mental Recession, PolitiFact, NewsBusters.org blogs, Washington Free Beacon, Associated Press, Foreign Policy, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler and The Hinterland Gazette

BuzzFeed:

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 …

Discussion: Politico, Commentary Magazine, Tablet Magazine, Hullabaloo, Riehl World News, Israel Matzav, Washington Wire, Doug Ross, Taylor Marsh, Wake up America, Towleroad News #gay, Blue Crab Boulevard and The Right Scoop

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,” …

Discussion: Politico, Friendly Atheist, Los Angeles Times, The Caucus, Slate, Michelle Malkin, Hit & Run, Blue Crab Boulevard, Wonkette, Weasel Zippers, ABCNEWS, JOSHUAPUNDIT and American Power

Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Obama intervened on God, Jerusalem platform language

Discussion: Mediaite, Scared Monkeys, RealClearPolitics Video Log and Power Line

Justin Sink / The Hill: Romney: DNC a ‘celebration of failure’

Emily Goodin / The Hill:
After three votes, Dems put Jerusalem, God back into party platform

Discussion: New York Times, JustOneMinute and The Daily Dish

Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
How to Understand the DNC's Jerusalem Imbroglio

Discussion: The Daily Dish and The Daily Beast

Abe Greenwald / Commentary Magazine:
Re: Democratic Delegates Boo “Jerusalem”

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Israel Matzav, The Atlantic Online and Power Line

BuzzFeed:
DNC Chair On Why God/Jerusalem Were Overlooked: The Platform Is Many Pages Long

Discussion: Hot Air

Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Division over platform at DNC

Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, americanthinker.com, Naked Politics, BREITBART.COM, Outside the Beltway, Power Line and Washington Free Beacon

Nikki Haley / CNN:
TRENDING: Haley a Nazi? Democrat not backing down from analogy

Discussion: Belmont Club, Talking Points Memo and Weekly Standard

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: Boos at convention as Dems reinstate language on God and Jerusalem in platform; Update …

Discussion: UrbanGrounds, Mediaite, American Spectator, Babalú Blog, “The Lid”, The New Civil Rights Movement and Betsy's Page

David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Democrats Cave on Platform, Make Changes on God, Jerusalem

Discussion: American Power and ThinkProgress

David Brody / The Brody File:
DNC Almighty Nightmare In Charlotte: Now Dems Put God And Jerusalem Language Back Into The Platform

Discussion: Power Line

Associated Press:
Democrats change platform to add God, Jerusalem

Discussion: CNN, BizzyBlog, The Gateway Pundit, NewsBusters.org blogs, Macsmind and Vox Popoli

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.

Discussion: Pirate's Cove, Blue Crab Boulevard and Balloon Juice

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.)

Discussion: Hit & Run, Slate, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Sky Dancing, Talking Points Memo, The Moderate Voice, Taylor Marsh, Washington Examiner, The Atlantic Online, The New Republic, News Desk, Mother Jones and CNN

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.

Discussion: ABCNEWS, No More Mister Nice Blog, Liberal Values, Grist, JOSHUAPUNDIT, The Reaction, Gallup, The Hinterland Gazette, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and CNN

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post

Alexander Burns / Politico:
Bill Clinton: ‘Of course’ country better off now

Discussion: CNN, New York Times, ABCNEWS, Weasel Zippers, Connecting.the.Dots and Sky Dancing

Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Bill's effective Obama embrace

Discussion: The Fix, The Hill, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, ABCNEWS and Newsy

Justin Sink / The Hill:
Republicans push to pre-empt Bill Clinton

Discussion: CNN, Politico, ABCNEWS and Daily Kos

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.

Discussion: Tennessean.com, CANNONFIRE, Washington Wire, Newsy and New York Magazine

BuzzFeed:
PricewaterhouseCoopers On Romney's “Ransomed” Tax Returns: We're Working With The Secret Service

Discussion: VentureBeat, Daily Dot, No More Mister Nice Blog, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Raw Story and Business Insider

Ken Whitehouse / Nashville City Paper:
Anonymous group allegedly hacked Romney tax records via Franklin firm

Discussion: Washington Wire, Wonkette and Gawker

Mashable!:
Hacker Group Claims to Have Romney's Tax Returns

Discussion: Politico, DownWithTyranny!, ABCNEWS, Towleroad News #gay and Booman Tribune

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Discussion: Business Insider and VentureBeat

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.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Justin Sink / The Hill:
Clinton on Obama: 'We haven't been close friends' but he knows I support him

Discussion: New Orleans Times-Picayune, Politico and The Moderate Voice

Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Hilllary Clinton ‘Anxious’ to See Husband's Speech

Discussion: CNN

Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Monica Lewinsky's Former Rabbi To Deliver Benediction After Bill Clinton Speaks At DNC

Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Daily Caller, Politico, Mediaite, Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers and Washington Examiner

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 …

Discussion: Politico

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.

Discussion: Washington Post and Politico

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 …

Discussion: Gizmodo and AllThingsD

Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Exclusive: Amazon phone confirmed, could be announced tomorrow

Discussion: TechCrunch, Mashable! and Gizmodo

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 …

Discussion: Betsy's Page, The Democratic Daily, his vorpal sword, Sister Toldjah, TBogg, Just Another Blog …, Wizbang, The Right Scoop, Babalú Blog, Macsmind, Nice Deb and The Gateway Pundit

Mark Knoller / CBS News:
Obama: I get “misty” watching Michelle speak

Discussion: Washington Examiner and Colorlines

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 …

Discussion: Politico and Jammie Wearing Fools

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.

Discussion: Betsy's Page

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.

Discussion: CNN, The Huffington Post, Jesus' General, Gawker, Dependable Renegade and Lawyers, Guns & Money