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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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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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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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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.)
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Why Bill Clinton's Speeches Succeed — Because he treats listeners as if they are smart. — That is the significance of “They want us to think” and “The strongest argument is” and “The arithmetic says one of three things must happen” and even “Now listen to me here, this is important.”
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Boston's response to Clinton as of midnight... (Updated) — ...was nothing. — Bill Clinton wrapped up his roughly 45-minute, meandering, box-checking, fist-pounding, off-script Democratic National Convention speech about 40 minutes ago. So far, Mitt Romney's campaign has not issued an official statement.
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Obama Campaign Won't Join Clinton In Hailing Recovery
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Keith Ellison / CNN:
Ellison reacts to Jerusalem reference in party platform
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Bill Clinton / CNN:
On Facebook, Clinton's speech more popular than NFL kickoff game
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CNN:
PHOTO: Hillary Clinton watches husband deliver convention speech
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Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Romney, Ryan Double Down On False Welfare Attack Clinton Decried
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Associated Press ‘Fact Checks’ Clinton's Speech By Bringing Up Monica Lewinsky
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Pundits swoon over Bill Clinton's speech
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How Bill Clinton does it
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact checking Bill Clinton's speech and other Democrats at the convention in Charlotte
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Associated Press:
Transcript: Bill Clinton's remarks at the DNC
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Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics:
Democrats Day 2 — I already did one item about Bill Clinton's speech …
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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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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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BuzzFeed:
Republican Staffer Breaks Up With Obama — Could they not find anyone else? — Source: youtube.com — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Republicans are out with a new web video today highlighting their messaging push during the Democratic convention that President Barack Obama is a disappointment …
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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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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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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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New York Times:
Central Bank to Snap Up Debt, Saying, ‘Euro Is Irreversible’ — FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank on Thursday announced a sweeping program for buying the bonds of troubled euro zone countries, giving the bank potentially unprecedented power. — While the bank's president, Mario Draghi …
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Nathaniel Popper / New York Times:
S.&P. 500 at 4-Year High as Stocks Jump
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Obama's DNC speech to follow soaring stocks
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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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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 …
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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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Jeremy W. Peters / The Caucus:
Romney Isn't Planning to Watch Obama's Speech
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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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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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S.A. Miller / New York Post:
Dems trotting out H'wood beauties to introduce Obama — CHARLOTTE, NC — Call them Barack's Angels. — Democrats have secretly scheduled an appearance by Hollywood beauties Scarlett Johansson and Kerry Washington tonight at their national convention, in a bid to counter Clint Eastwood's surprise speech …
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Dave Levinthal / Politico:
GSA official scolded for party plans — The General Services Administration's Julia Hudson was ready to party last month, inviting roughly 1,200 federal employees to celebrate the second anniversary of her appointment as the scandal-scarred agency's National Capital Region administrator.
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