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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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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 …

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,” …
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Obama intervened on God, Jerusalem platform language — CHARLOTTE, N.C. - President Obama ordered his staff to have the Democratic Party's platform language changed to include God and affirm Jerusalem as the proper capital of Israel, a campaign source said Wednesday.
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Romney: DNC a ‘celebration of failure’ — Mitt Romney blasted the first day of the Democratic convention on Wednesday, saying that the effort by his political rivals was “so far a celebration of failure.” — Romney and his allies have pounced on Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's comments …

How to Understand the DNC's Jerusalem Imbroglio
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After three votes, Dems put Jerusalem, God back into party platform
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Division over platform at DNC
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Oh my: Boos at convention as Dems reinstate language on God and Jerusalem in platform; Update …
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DNC Almighty Nightmare In Charlotte: Now Dems Put God And Jerusalem Language Back Into The Platform
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Democrats Cave on Platform, Make Changes on God, Jerusalem
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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.
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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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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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Monica Lewinsky's Former Rabbi To Deliver Benediction After Bill Clinton Speaks At DNC — ABC News' Michael Falcone reports: — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — This could get awkward. — Rabbi David Wolpe of Los Angeles' Sinai Temple, where Monica Lewinsky and her family were congregation members …
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Clinton on Obama: 'We haven't been close friends' but he knows I support him
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Bill Clinton: ‘Of course’ country better off now
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PricewaterhouseCoopers On Romney's “Ransomed” Tax Returns: We're Working With The Secret Service — The firm from which Anonymous hackers claim to have obtained Romney's tax returns is taking the threat seriously : “[A]t this time there is no evidence that our systems have been compromised.”
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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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Hacker Group Claims to Have Romney's Tax Returns
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Anonymous group allegedly hacked Romney tax records via Franklin firm
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Hackers hold Mitt Romney's allegedly stolen tax returns for ransom
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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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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.
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Sununu: Democrats moved convention indoors because of poor attendance — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Never one to miss an opportunity to criticize Democrats, former New Hampshire governor and Republican John Sununu theorized Wednesday afternoon that the party is moving the final night …
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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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TRENDING: Haley a Nazi? Democrat not backing down from analogy
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Ann Romney challenges women to ‘wake up’
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Elizabeth Warren casts 2012 as battle against ‘rigged’ economy — Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren railed against an enterprise system “rigged” against the middle class and cast Mitt Romney as siding with special interests who have set the rules.
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Tens Of Thousands Of Feminists Call On CNN To Fire Sexist Contributor — This afternoon, in just over one hour, 23,000 people signed a petition asking CNN to fire contributor Erick Erickson. — His offense? He referred to the Democrats' packed list of female speakers at their convention in Charlotte …
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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 …
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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.
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