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5:35 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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Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Ties Obama To Chicago Teachers' Strike  —  A labor fight in Chicago could emerge as a top presidential campaign issue as Mitt Romney tries to tie President Obama to a teacher's strike that began Monday.  —  Obama has not taken sides in the standoff between Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel …
Zaid Jilani / Progressive Change Campaign Committee:
Chicago's Teachers Just Went On Strike — Here's Everything You Need To Know About Why  —  During a press conference tonight the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) announced that it will be going on strike, its first action of the sort in 25 years.  —  Why are these 29,000 teachers and school workers …
Xian Barrett / Teacher X:
Why I'm striking, JCB  —  CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard …
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
U.S. Department of Education: 79% of Chicago 8th Graders Not Proficient in Reading
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago teachers strike updates: Mayor urges teachers to keep negotiating
Discussion: CNN and BBC
Rosalind Rossi / Chicago Sun Times:
Chicago teachers strike for first time in 25 years; contingency sites ready, charters remain open
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
BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Memo: Don't Panic
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 on the web, in emails, and via text message.  —  All you need is a barackobama.com account with a securely saved credit card.  —  Donate with SMS  —  After you've saved your credit card and phone number in your BarackObama.com account …
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
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
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 …
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
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.
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
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
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 …
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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CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama up six points over Romney
Robert Beckhusen / Wired:
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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
Marcus G. Strokes / Twitchy:
Left falls for fake Romney quote: ‘I can relate to black people, my ancestors once owned slaves’
Discussion: Moe Lane
Reuters:
Movies suffer worst box-office slump in a decade
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