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5:55 PM ET, September 9, 2012

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sept. 8: Conventions May Put Obama in Front-Runner's Position  —  On Friday, we began to see reasonably clear signs that President Obama would receive some kind of bounce in the polls from the Democratic convention.  —  Mr. Obama had another strong day in the polls on Saturday …
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Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Ryan: I Didn't Vote For The Defense Cuts I Voted For  —  Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan has gotten in hot water before for criticizing President Obama for the very same defense cuts that he voted for in 2011.  When confronted with this incongruity today on Face The Nation …
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Ryan defends vote for sequestration deal
Discussion: CNN
CNN:
Medicare takes center stage for Obama campaign in Florida
Discussion: Politico, The Reaction and Ballot Box
ABCNEWS:
On ‘This Week’: GOP Vice Presidential Nominee Paul Ryan
John McCain / CNN:
McCain calls out Obama over Syria, again
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Hill
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Romney Says His Plan To Cut Taxes On The Rich Doesn't Actually Cut Taxes On The Rich  —  On Meet The Press this morning, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney claimed that his tax plan — which provides a 20 percent tax cut for all Americans — would not “reduce the tax burden” …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Romney, Ryan Refuse To Identify Tax Loopholes They'd Close  —  In separate interviews Sunday, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan refused to identify which tax loopholes they would close in order to pay for their large tax cuts.  —  On NBC's “Meet The Press,” Romney dodged multiple questions …
Jeff Spross / ThinkProgress:
Flabbergasted Rand Paul Learns Public Employment Decreased Under Obama  —  One of the least appreciated but easily-confirmed facts about the current state of the American economy is that the number of Americans employed by the government has gone down under President Obama.
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Paul Krugman:
Government Employment  —  During today's round table on ABC, Rand Paul seemed shocked at my claim that government employment is down under Obama.  Of course, it is.  But maybe he's thinking of the fact that since govt employment rose under Bush, we're still at higher absolute levels than we were a decade ago.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
The Right Scoop:
Biker chick sits on Biden's lap while Obama lifted in the air by restaurant owner  —  Boy, what these guys will do for votes.  Consider this your open thread for Sunday. UPDATE: OK Biden, this is a little much:
Discussion: The Jawa Report and protein wisdom
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Biden gets friendly with female biker  —  Vice President Joe Biden got caught in a stunning photo with a female biker sitting on his lap.  —  The Associated Press snapped the shot at Cruisers Diner in Seaman, Ohio on Sunday.  —  A White House pool report says the bikers may be part of a group called the Shaddowmen.
Discussion: Babalú Blog and Weasel Zippers
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Gov. Brown renews fitness test challenge against Christie  —  California Gov. Jerry Brown still wants New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to take him up on a three-part fitness challenge.  —  Brown renewed his call Sunday to battle Christie in a 3-mile race, chin-up and push-up contest during an interview on CNN's “State of the Union.”
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Ann Romney: Mitt unfairly ‘demonized’  —  GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's wife Ann said that her husband has been unfairly ‘demonized,’ during a joint appearance on NBC's Meet the Press aired on Sunday.  —  Ann Romney said she took to the GOP convention stage to convey that her family …
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Obama gets lift in Florida  —  A pizza shop owner lifted President Obama about a foot off the ground in a giant bearhug.  —  Obama arrived at the Big Apple Pizza & Pasta Restaurant in Fort Pierce, Fla. at 2:55 p.m. There were only 10 customers at the time, but the owner, Scott Van Duzer, made up for the relative empty shop.
Discussion: CNN
Dylan Byers / Associated Press:
Smoke and mirrors at CBS's Face The Nation  —  Today's listing for CBS's Face The Nation.  —  Viewers flipping through their cable listings this morning may have noticed that while NBC's ‘Meet The Press’ had an exclusive interview with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney — a big get …
Discussion: TVNewser
 
 
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Legal Insurrection 2016  —  I finally saw 2016: Obama's America in Ithaca Saturday night.
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Washington Post:
Christian girl accused of blasphemy in Pakistan is released on bail
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Barry M. Horstman / Cincinnati.com:
Absentee ballot plan eases voting but increases risk of voter mistake
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Michael Hastings / BuzzFeed:
Obama Campaign Debuts “Rocky IV” Movie Poster
Carmine Gallo / Forbes:
Jeff Bezos And The End of PowerPoint As We Know It
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Andrew Martin / New York Times:
Degrees of Debt: Once a Student, Now Dogged by Collection Agencies
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A Terrifying Way to Discipline Children
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Christina D. Romer / New York Times:
Cutting the Deficit, With Compassion
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Mass Arab Attack on Jewish Village
 

 
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