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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.)
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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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Democratic National Convention Night 2: Winners and Losers — CHARLOTTE — The second night of the Democratic National Convention was decidedly slower than its first — with the obvious exception of the speech by former President Bill Clinton. … But, the Fix persevered through this slowness …
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Bill Clinton: wonk-in-chief — “People ask me all the time how we delivered four surplus budgets,” former President Bill Clinton said on Wednesday night. “What new ideas did we bring? I always give a one-word answer: arithmetic.” — That's also the one-word answer to what Clinton brought to his convention speech.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Obama senior adviser: Don't expect big bounce in polls from convention — White House senior adviser David Plouffe doesn't think President Obama's reelection campaign will receive a polling bounce after the Democratic National Convention. — Speaking on ABC's “Good Morning America” …
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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.
New York Times:
Check Point: Democrats Stretch the Truth in Talk and Text - Check Point — Speakers at the Democratic National Convention used an out-of-context quote on Wednesday night to give the misleading impression that Mitt Romney enjoys firing people, and some referred imprecisely to his tax proposals.
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CNN:
PHOTO: Hillary Clinton watches husband deliver convention speech
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Clinton's effective Obama embrace
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Bill Clinton: ‘Of course’ country better off now
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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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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz calls Jerusalem omission from platform ‘technical error’
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Obama intervened on God, Jerusalem platform language
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Pushed by Obama, Democrats Alter Platform Over Jerusalem
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Abe Greenwald / Commentary Magazine:
Re: Democratic Delegates Boo “Jerusalem”
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
How to Understand the DNC's Jerusalem Imbroglio
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BuzzFeed:
DNC Chair On Why God/Jerusalem Were Overlooked: The Platform Is Many Pages Long
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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’
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Steve Gutterman / Reuters:
Russia's Putin defiant on Syria, says Romney “mistaken” — * Says Obama is honest, Romney could widen missile rift — President Vladimir Putin signalled in an interview aired on Thursday that Russia was not ready to shift its stance on Syria, and suggested Western nations were relying …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Putin: Romney ‘without a doubt mistaken’ on Russia
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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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hrw.org:
Delivered Into Enemy Hands — US-Led Abuse and Rendition of Opponents to Gaddafi's Libya — This report is based on interviews conducted in Libya with 14 former detainees, most of whom belonged to an armed Islamist group that had worked to overthrow Gaddafi for 20 years.
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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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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Tom Brokaw Rushed to Charlotte Hospital — NBC News special correspondent Tom Brokaw was taken by ambulance to a Charlotte hospital this morning after an appearance on MSNBC's “Morning Joe.” — Brokaw, 72, who stepped down as anchor of “Nightly News” after the 2004 election …
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CNN:
TRENDING: Kim Kardashian says she's headed to party with Dems at convention — (CNN) - If contemporary politics didn't already resemble a bad reality show, it will come a lot closer Thursday. — Kim Kardashian - reality show star, sex tape entrepreneur, and girlfriend of Kanye West …
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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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Nikki Haley / CNN:
TRENDING: Haley a Nazi? Democrat not backing down from analogy
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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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