memeorandum: A Nation of Sandra Flukes (Mark Steyn/National Review)

4:50 PM ET, September 8, 2012

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Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:

Joe Walsh To Sandra Fluke: ‘Get A Job’ (VIDEO) — Add freshman tea party Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) to the list of Republicans attacking Sandra Fluke after her appearance at the Democratic National Convention. — At a campaign stop Saturday in Addison, IL, Walsh, who faces a tough reelection battle …

Discussion: The Raw Story, Mediaite and The Hinterland Gazette

Mark Steyn / National Review:

A Nation of Sandra Flukes — According to Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke, invited to address the Democratic convention and the nation, America faces a stark choice this November. “During this campaign, we've heard about two profoundly different futures that could await women in this country …

Discussion: Babalú Blog, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Blue Crab Boulevard and Macsmind

Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:

The GOP convention negative bounce: a final look — Soon, post-DNC state polls will begin to arrive. So here is the best glimpse we are going to get of the negative post-GOP-convention bounce. Basically, their convention appears to have helped...Obama. It's the part in red at the end.

Discussion: The Impolitic, The Daily Dish and Booman Tribune

Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:

Defying Canon and Civil Laws, Church Failed to Stop a Priest — On the surface, the Rev. Shawn Ratigan was just the kind of dynamic new priest that any Roman Catholic bishop would have been happy to put in a parish. He rode a motorcycle, organized summer mission trips to Guatemala …

Discussion: Hullabaloo, rightwingwatch.org and Outside the Beltway

Carolyn Kaster / ABCNEWS:

Joe Biden Challenges Press to ‘Fact Check Me’ — ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Vice President Joe Biden extended an invitation to the media to check the veracity of his claims on Medicare, telling the press to “fact check me.” — “What they're proposing, and this is a fact.

Discussion: The Rightnewz and Washington Post

Jeremy Herb / The Hill:

Romney: ‘I will not take God out of our platform’ — Mitt Romney weighed in for the first time on the Democratic platform initially removing the word “God,” saying that was something he would never do. — Romney began a campaign appearance in Virginia Beach, Va. on Saturday by reciting …

Discussion: CNN

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Sept. 7: Polls Find Hints of Obama Convention Bounce — The three national tracking polls that were published on Friday all moved toward President Obama, probably reflecting momentum from the Democratic convention. — In the Gallup national tracking poll, Mr. Obama moved into a three-point lead …

Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots, Newsy and Prairie Weather

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Surprise! HHS pilot program to send 2 million poor seniors from Medicare into ... voucher programs — I know that every campaign promise Barack Obama makes has an expiration date ... but this is ridiculous. The confetti is barely off the floor at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte …

Discussion: NationalJournal.com and Wake up America

The Huffington Post:

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Jeffb / Nielsen Wire:
Closing Night of Democratic National Convention Draws 35.7 million Viewers

Discussion: Hot Air, The Hill, TVbytheNumbers, USA Today, Politico and The Daily Beast

Stanley Kurtz / National Review:

Are Republicans Fooling Themselves? — Overall, the Democrats put on an effective show. With the possible exception of the McGovern convention, this was the most left-leaning Democratic gathering in memory. Some of that may have been counterproductive, particularly on social issues.

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Erik Wasson / The Hill:

Obama jokes Bill Clinton should be named ‘secretary of explaining stuff’ — President Obama on Saturday hammed it up over former President Clinton's popular convention speech, joking that it overshadowed his own acceptance speech. — At a St. Petersburg, Fla. rally, Obama noted that Clinton “made the case as only he can.”

CNN:

Obama reelection message hits Florida — Seminole, Florida (CNN) - President Barack Obama took his “ready to go forward” message to Florida voters in his first stop Saturday on a bus tour through the swing state. — The president was introduced by former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist …

Discussion: Politico