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James Rosen / Fox News:
Romney campaign to ‘carpet bomb’ airwaves after Obama nomination speech — CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Senior Romney-Ryan campaign officials tell Fox News the campaign will launch an enormous media offensive on Friday, the day after President Obama accepts the Democratic Party's nomination for a second term.
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Daniel Larison / The American Conservative:
The Clinton Speech and the “Campaign of Ideas” — Scott Galupo identifies the main strength of Bill Clinton's convention speech: … It was, and it was all the more devastating because Romney and Ryan made no concerted effort to make the case for their ticket and their agenda last week.
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The Daily Dish, The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, The Mahablog, ThinkProgress, News Desk, Hit & Run and Outside the Beltway
Brooks Jackson / FactCheck.org:
Our Clinton Nightmare — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former President Bill Clinton's stem-winding nomination speech was a fact-checker's nightmare: lots of effort required to run down his many statistics and factual claims, producing little for us to write about. — Republicans will find plenty of Clinton's scorching opinions objectionable.
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Bill Clinton / CNN:
On Facebook, Clinton's speech more popular than NFL kickoff game
On Facebook, Clinton's speech more popular than NFL kickoff game
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The Caucus, Twitter Room and Politico
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact checking Bill Clinton's speech and other Democrats at the convention in Charlotte
Fact checking Bill Clinton's speech and other Democrats at the convention in Charlotte
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Firedoglake, GayPatriot, New York Times, Brad DeLong, National Review, Sister Toldjah, Wake up America and LifeNews.com
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Obama Campaign Won't Join Clinton In Hailing Recovery
Obama Campaign Won't Join Clinton In Hailing Recovery
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Riehl World News
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Romney, Ryan Double Down On False Welfare Attack Clinton Decried
Romney, Ryan Double Down On False Welfare Attack Clinton Decried
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msnbc.com, The Mahablog and The Stranger …
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Pundits swoon over Bill Clinton's speech
Pundits swoon over Bill Clinton's speech
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CNN, Rush Limbaugh, A plain blog about politics, The Daily Beast, Taking Note, Angry Bear, The Reality-Based Community, Hot Air, Queerty and Grist
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
'Ask Osama bin Laden if he's better off than he was four years ago' — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) will seek to boost President Obama's national security credentials in a primetime speech Thursday night that will depict the president as an unflappable commander …
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Joe Biden / CNN:
Biden to Democrats: 'We're on a mission' — (CNN) - In his remarks to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday evening, Vice President Joe Biden said he had come to “take you inside the White House to see the President as I see him every day.” — His remarks, as prepared for delivery:
Keith Ellison / CNN:
Ellison reacts to Jerusalem reference in party platform — Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) - Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, one of only two Muslim-Americans in Congress, reacted Thursday to the controversy over his party's newly-updated platform that references Jerusalem as being the capital of Israel.
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Weasel Zippers
Pema Levy / Talking Points Memo:
Disillusioned Obama Supporter In Romney Ad Is Actually GOP Staffer — Republicans debuted a new ad Thursday in which a frustrated former Obama supporter expresses her disappointment with the president. The only problem: The woman in the video is actually an RNC staffer.
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The Daily Caller, Firedoglake, msnbc.com, Hullabaloo, Naked Politics and The Stranger …
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ABCNEWS:
Steelworker Featured at DNC Didn't Work for Bain — The Democratic National Convention on Wednesday featured three speakers billed as “former employees of companies controlled by Bain Capital.” — They each told compelling stories about jobs lost, allegedly because of the actions of Bain under Romney's leadership.
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Jammie Wearing Fools, The Gateway Pundit, Nice Deb, Weasel Zippers, National Review, GayPatriot and Viking Pundit
BuzzFeed:
Republican Staffer Breaks Up With Obama
Republican Staffer Breaks Up With Obama
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David Foster / 2012 Democratic National Convention:
David Foster — Former employee at a Company controlled by Romney's Bain Capital
David Foster — Former employee at a Company controlled by Romney's Bain Capital
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The Right Sphere
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Romney cedes Ohio TV airwaves to Obama (at least for now)
Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Romney, GOP Groups Pull Ads From Michigan and Pennsylvania — Republicans signaled this week that they might have given up hope in two important swing states. — TPM Slideshow: Romney Takes The Stage At The RNC — The Romney campaign and conservative groups like Crossroads GPS …
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Booman Tribune, The Mahablog, Balloon Juice, GayPatriot and The Stranger …
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Chad Livengood / detroitnews.com:
Conservatives pull ads from Michigan — Pro-Romney groups focus on key states; Obama's campaign off air for weeks — Mitt Romney's conservative allies are bypassing Michigan with their advertising while stepping up efforts in other battleground states — suggesting campaign strategists …
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Sky Dancing, Hot Air, CNBC, Daily Kos, The Daily Dish, Outside the Beltway, GOP 12, USA Today and The Political Carnival
Dashiell Bennett / The Atlantic Wire:
What Bill Clinton Wrote vs. What Bill Clinton Said — If you were following any journalists on Twitter last night, one of the most remarked upon aspects of Bill Clinton's nomination speech was how liberally he deviated from the prepared text. What was handed out to the media was four pages …
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The Huffington Post, Brad DeLong, American Spectator, Donklephant, PERRspectives, Taylor Marsh, USA Today, Slate and Little Green Footballs
Katie Glueck / Politico:
BET head: Republican Party ‘pandering’ to blacks, women — ‘Does the RNC really embrace African Americans, really embrace women?’ Debra Lee asks. Reuters — Close — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Republican Party may have featured women like Ann Romney and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice …
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Weasel Zippers and The Hinterland Gazette
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Intelligence Committee Chair Describes Explosive Confrontation Between Netanyahu and American Ambassador — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro allegedly argued over the Obama's administration's Iran policy. — (Reuters)
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The Daily Caller, The Right Scoop, “The Lid” and Israel Matzav
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Benny Johnson / TheBlaze.com:
DEATH THREAT FROM DNC DELEGATE: ‘MITT ROMNEY... I WOULD LIKE TO KILL HIM!’ — During the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, TheBlaze took to Time Warner Cable Arena to speak with delegates about the most pressing issues of our time.
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LifeNews.com, The Daily Caller, ABCNEWS and The Right Scoop
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Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
Secret Service Looks Into DNC Delegate Who Said She'd ‘Like To Kill’ Romney
Secret Service Looks Into DNC Delegate Who Said She'd ‘Like To Kill’ Romney
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Taking Note and Newsy
Josh Levs / CNN:
Group claiming to have Romney tax records threatens to leak them
Group claiming to have Romney tax records threatens to leak them
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CANNONFIRE, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Outside the Beltway and The PJ Tatler
US Department of State:
MR. VENTRELL: Okay. Jill? — QUESTION: Yes? — MR. VENTRELL: Jill or Jo. — QUESTION: Go ahead, Jill. — QUESTION: Please. — QUESTION: Well, I really did want to find out about the sighting of Vladimir Putin in the skies over the Yamal Peninsula. (Laughter.)
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
State Dept. Again Refuses to Name Capital of Israel!
State Dept. Again Refuses to Name Capital of Israel!
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The Right Scoop
Steve Holland / Reuters:
No sign of convention bounce for Obama: Reuters/Ipsos poll — (Reuters) - So far, U.S. President Barack Obama has not received much of a bounce yet in popular support from the Democratic National Convention, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Thursday. — The latest daily tracking poll found …
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Ballot Box and Hot Air
Ben Pershing / Washington Post:
Bartlett suggests federal student loans are unconstitutional, invokes Holocaust — Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) suggested Wednesday federally-issued student loans were unconstitutional. He also said disregarding the Constitution could lead down a “slippery slope” and cited the Holocaust …
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Jennifer Granholm Brings The House Down Defending Auto Rescue — CHARLOTTE — Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm delivered a spectacularly theatrical, spectacularly loud attack on Mitt Romney for not standing by Detroit to support the auto rescue. — “He loves our cars so much, they have their own elevator,” she said.
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The Mahablog