memeorandum: The Clinton Speech and the “Campaign of Ideas” (Daniel Larison/The American Conservative)

10:15 PM ET, September 6, 2012

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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.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Daily Dish, Washington Monthly, The Mahablog, ThinkProgress, News Desk, Hit & Run and Outside the Beltway

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.

Discussion: Power Line and Moe Lane

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.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Bill Clinton / CNN:
On Facebook, Clinton's speech more popular than NFL kickoff game

Discussion: Twitter Room, The Caucus and Politico

Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Boston's response to Clinton as of midnight...(Updated)

Discussion: CNN and Daily Kos

Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Obama Campaign Won't Join Clinton In Hailing Recovery

Discussion: Riehl World News

Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Romney, Ryan Double Down On False Welfare Attack Clinton Decried

Discussion: msnbc.com, The Stranger … and Sky Dancing

Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Pundits swoon over Bill Clinton's speech

Discussion: CNN, Rush Limbaugh, A plain blog about politics, The Daily Beast, Taking Note, Angry Bear, The Reality-Based Community, Hot Air, Queerty and Grist

Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Clinton Totally Kills It

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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.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Firedoglake, msnbc.com, Hullabaloo, Naked Politics and The Stranger …

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

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Politico:
Verdict is in: Obama levels more personal attacks

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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times: Romney cedes Ohio TV airwaves to Obama (at least for now)

David Foster / 2012 Democratic National Convention: David Foster — Former employee at a Company controlled by Romney's Bain Capital

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 …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Brad DeLong, USA Today, American Spectator, Donklephant, PERRspectives, Taylor Marsh, New York Times and Little Green Footballs

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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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Bill Clinton: wonk-in-chief

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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Associated Press ‘Fact Checks’ Clinton's Speech By Bringing Up Monica Lewinsky

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Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: GOP money vs. Dem grass roots?

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Jamison Foser, Hullabaloo, US Politics and Politicker

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 …

Discussion: ABCNEWS

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 …

Discussion: Ballot Box and Hot Air

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:

Alexander Burns / Politico:
Obama: ‘Our problems can be solved’

Discussion: CNN

Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Obama Faces Obstacles in Holding North Carolina

Discussion: Politico

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 …

Discussion: Booman Tribune, The Mahablog, Balloon Juice, GayPatriot and The Stranger …

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 …

Discussion: Sky Dancing, Hot Air, CNBC, Daily Kos, The Daily Dish, Outside the Beltway, GOP 12, USA Today and The Political Carnival

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.

Discussion: LifeNews.com, The Daily Caller, ABCNEWS and The Right Scoop

Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
Secret Service Looks Into DNC Delegate Who Said She'd ‘Like To Kill’ Romney

Discussion: Taking Note and Newsy

Shira Toeplitz / Roll Call:
Roll Call - The Newspaper of Capitol Hill Since 1955 At the Races

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, Hollywood Reporter and Weasel Zippers

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 …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Hinterland Gazette

Log Cabin Republicans:
Barney Frank Divides, Distracts & Deceives at DNC

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Washington Examiner

BuzzFeed:
LGBT Groups Distance Themselves From Barney Frank's “Uncle Tom” Charge

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Box Turtle Bulletin

New York Times:

Europe's Central Bank Moves Aggressively to Ease Euro Crisis — FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank on Thursday took its most ambitious step yet toward easing the euro zone crisis, throwing its unlimited financial clout behind an effort to protect Spain and Italy from financial collapse.

Discussion: Business Insider, New York Magazine, The PJ Tatler, FT Alphaville and Via Meadia

Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Stocks jump on DNC's final day

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Nathaniel Popper / New York Times:
S.&P. 500 at 4-Year High as Stocks Jump

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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.)

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Talking Points Memo and Washington Examiner

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
State Dept. Again Refuses to Name Capital of Israel!

Discussion: The Right Scoop

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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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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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:

Entitlement Trouble — Digby noticed it. I noticed. Maybe you noticed it, too: the one time Bill Clinton didn't get rousing applause from the Democratic Convention audience last night was when he made a favorable reference to the Simpson-Bowles Commission.

Discussion: Hullabaloo, NationalJournal.com and Library Grape

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact checking Bill Clinton's speech and other Democrats at the convention in Charlotte

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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.

Discussion: The Mahablog

George F. Will / Washington Post:

Obama: the real radical — Four years ago, Barack Obama was America's Rorschach test, upon whom voters could project their disparate yearnings. To govern, however, is to choose, and now his choices have clarified him. He is a conviction politician determined to complete the progressive project …

Discussion: Power Line and GayPatriot