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6:20 PM ET, September 10, 2012

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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Why the Chicago teacher's strike is bad news for President Obama  —  For the first time in nearly three decades, Chicago public school teachers went on strike this morning.  At first glance, you might be tempted to think that what happens in Chicago has little to no effect on the politics of Washington and the presidential race.
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Xian Barrett / Teacher X:
Why I'm striking, JCB  —  CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard is on record saying both that CTU leadership is deciding whether or not to strike, and that “everyone knows that a strike would only hurt our kids.”  —  I just wanted to educate my boss a little on the history of Chicago, as he is relatively new to the area.
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Ties Obama To Chicago Teachers' Strike
Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
How teacher strikes hurt student achievement
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
U.S. Department of Education: 79% of Chicago 8th Graders Not Proficient in Reading
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sept. 9: Call It as You See It  —  I've been picking up some sentiment from analysts and journalists in my Twitter feed recently, who correctly note that polling around the party conventions can be volatile.  They suggest that we ought to wait for more data before concluding very much about the bounces …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Panic Attack  —  As Nate Silver noted over the weekend, four major national tracking polls (Gallup, Ipsos, RAND, and—yes—Rasmussen) all showed Obama making significant gains against Mitt Romney during and immediately after the Democratic Convention.  —  Although the “bounce” …
Talking Points Memo:
Romney Pollster: Everyone Chill Out, We Got This  —  President Obama's standing in the national race ticked up after a successful Democratic convention, but that's no cause for concern, Mitt Romney's pollster Neil Newhouse said in a memo released Monday morning.
BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Memo: Don't Panic
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
For the Romney campaign, it's forever 1980
Mitt Romney for President of the United States …:
Memorandum: State of the Race
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Appears To Copy Text From Obama Website  —  You didn't write that!  Donation instructions for Romney's new “Victory Wallet” taken from Obama's “Quick Donate” feature.  The Obama version went up in March.  —  Source: donate.barackobama.com  —  Source: mittromney.com
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Obama'08:
Quick Donate  —  Support the campaign with single-click donations …
Discussion: Election 2012
Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
President Obama to Bob Woodward: ‘Mistake’ to Dress Down Paul Ryan to His Face in Budget Speech  —  President Obama told author Bob Woodward that he didn't know Rep. Paul Ryan was going to attend at a major speech he delivered last year on spending and debt, and says in retrospect that it was …
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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
Bob Woodward: ‘Gaps’ in President Obama's Leadership Contributed to Debt Deal Collapse  —  “Gaps” in President Obama's leadership contributed to the collapse of a “grand bargain” on spending and debt last year, with the president failing to cultivate congressional relationships that may have helped …
BuzzFeed:
Pat Robertson Encourages Man To Move To Saudi Arabia So He Can Beat His Wife  —  Romney ally is joking.  But, “something's got to be done,” he tells a man whose wife won't submit.  —  Televangelist Pat Robertson, who campaigned with Mitt Romney this past weekend in Virginia …
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BuzzFeed:
Forget The Economy — Romney Campaigns On God, NASCAR, And Conservative Values
Discussion: Fox News, Daily Kos and GOP 12
Reuters:
Insight: GM's Volt - The ugly math of low sales, high costs  —  (Reuters) - General Motors Co sold a record number of Chevrolet Volt sedans in August — but that probably isn't a good thing for the automaker's bottom line.  —  Nearly two years after the introduction of the path-breaking plug-in hybrid …
Ben Pershing / Washington Post:
Maryland Democrat quits congressional race amid vote fraud allegations  —  A Maryland Democratic candidate quit her congressional race Monday after her own party told state officials that she had committed fraud by voting in both Maryland and Florida in recent elections.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Matthew Hay Brown / Baltimore Sun:
Democrat drops challenge to Harris after allegations she voted in two states
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Why is Obama skipping more than half of his daily intelligence meetings?  —  President Obama is touting his foreign policy experience on the campaign trail, but startling new statistics suggest that national security has not necessarily been the personal priority the president makes it out to be.
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator: ‘Bomb Everybody Tomorrow’ Is ‘Typical’ Republican Policy  —  Between calls from leading Republicans to get ready for war with Iran, remain in Afghanistan and Iraq, and intervening militarily in Syria, it's no surprise that some on the left might label the GOP's approach to foreign policy “bomb everyone tomorrow.”
Discussion: Politico, Applesauce and AEIdeas
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Poll: Bachmann in danger  —  A new survey provided exclusively to Salon shows the Minnesota congresswoman's lead down to just 2 points  —  Despite her national fan base and a massive war chest, Rep. Michele Bachmann may be in more danger than most suspect, with a new poll showing her lead diminished to just two points.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Dem poll: Rep. Bachmann in trouble
CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama up six points over Romney  —  (CNN) - A new survey indicates President Barack Obama moved up four points following the Democratic National Convention last week, and now has a six point advantage over his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.  —  According to a CNN/ORC International Poll …
Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
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Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools and The Hill
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Cops: Woman pointed gun at Rep. Trey Gowdy
Discussion: Mediaite and The Raw Story
Thomas B. Edsall / Campaign Stops:
The Ryan Sinkhole  —  Unlike the Republican platform, which has mostly been ignored outside of the abortion issue, the Paul Ryan budget is the core document of the 2012 campaign.  It is the most explicit expression of the Republican agenda, endorsed by the party's presidential candidate …
Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
Do 15% of Ohio Republicans think Romney killed bin Laden?  Probably not.  —  Public Policy Polling has a new poll (pdf) out of Ohio showing Obama with his biggest lead since May.  Given how hard it would be for Mitt Romney to win the White House without winning Ohio, that's a big deal.
Discussion: Taking Note, Politika and The Raw Story
Red Tape:
EXCLUSIVE: The real source of Apple device IDs leaked by Anonymous last week  —  BlueToad.com's CEO, Paul DeHart talks with NBC's Kerry Sanders about a security breach at the company.  —  NBC's Kerry Sanders  —  A small Florida publishing company says the million-record database …
Mark Halperin / The Page:
The Troubles  —  The danger for the Romney campaign right now is the congealing conventional wisdom that the Republican emerged from Tampa and Charlotte meaningfully behind and is now facing some tough Electoral College reality.  —  This CW is driven by the post-convention polls showing …
 
 
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Philip Ewing / Reuters:
Defense firms confirm layoff warnings
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Reid mocks Ryan over marathon time misstatement [Updated]
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Dominic Di-Natale / Associated Press:
EXCLUSIVE: Jailed doc who helped nail Bin Laden warns Pakistan sees U.S. as ‘worst enemy’
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Anti-gay marriage attack piece in New York race
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Robert Beckhusen / Wired:
Video: Watch Darpa's Robotic Dog Follow Its Master
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Charles G. Koch / Wall Street Journal:
Corporate Cronyism Harms America
Annie Linskey / Baltimore Sun:
Burns backs off bid to silence Ravens player
Richard Eden / Telegraph:
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Within Hours, Mitt Romney Takes Back Everything He Said About Preexisting Conditions