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Kurt Eichenwald / New York Times:
Op-Ed Contributor: The Bush White House Was Deaf to 9/11 Warnings — IT was perhaps the most famous presidential briefing in history. — On Aug. 6, 2001, President George W. Bush received a classified review of the threats posed by Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network, Al Qaeda.
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Washington Post:
Among likely voters, Obama-Romney close — Last week's Democratic National Convention helped President Obama improve his standing against Republican Mitt Romney, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, but did little to reduce voter concern about his handling of the economy.
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Gregory J. Krieg / ABCNEWS:
Poll: Americans Pick President Obama Over Mitt Romney for Dinner Date — Image credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo — The American public may be divided on “Obamacare,” but when faced with choosing a candidate to care for them if illness struck, President Obama is their man.
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Politico, Mediaite, Mother Jones and Jammie Wearing Fools
SYS-CON MEDIA:
THE RACE IS ON; Obama's Lead Increases, Warren and Brown in Dead Heat — In the days following the Democratic Convention President Obama has extended his lead over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to 16 points (56 percent to 40 percent with 9% undecided) according …
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Ballot Box and The Fix
tipponline:
Race Tightens As Obama Advantage Narrows To 2 Points … President Obama's lead over Governor Romney shrinks from 7 points in August to 2 points in September, according to the latest Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP Poll. Romney gains support from men, southern, rural, and Hispanic voters this month.
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Commentary Magazine, americanthinker.com and GOP 12
Dean Chambers / Examiner:
Mitt Romney would lead eight in unskewed data from newest CNN/ORC poll
Mitt Romney would lead eight in unskewed data from newest CNN/ORC poll
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Jammie Wearing Fools, Questions and Observations, Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
In Standoff, Latest Sign of Unions Under Siege — The high-stakes strike by 26,000 public school teachers in Chicago is only the latest episode in which the nation's teachers' unions have been thrown on the defensive in the face of demands for far-reaching changes.
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Paul Ryan on Chicago Teachers' Strike: ‘We Stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel’ — PORTLAND, Ore. — Paul Ryan crossed party lines and voiced support for one of President Obama's biggest backers today, saying, “We stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel” in his fight with Chicago's teachers …
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Firedoglake, Progressive Change … and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Rick Perlstein / Salon:
Stand against Rahm! — First Wisconsin. Then Occupy. Now Chicago. The teachers' strike is the next chapter in the fight against plutocracy — CHICAGO — I was awoken by honking car horns yesterday morning, and couldn't have been happier for the fact.
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Reuters:
The Kerry-ization of Mitt Romney — Mitt Romney is getting the full John Kerry treatment on national security — and some top Republicans are alarmed by what they see as his ham-handed response to it. — Romney — whose convention speech didn't include a salute to the troops or a reference to Afghanistan …
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BuzzFeed:
Obama's Plan To Use National Security As A Cudgel — Obama's decision to play offense on foreign policy marks a “real, significant shift” in our politics, says an Obama advisor. Just another “shiny object,” a Romneyite fires back. — One of the most aggressive parts …
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Wonkette and Taylor Marsh
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Both campaigns eschew politics on 9/11 anniversary
Both campaigns eschew politics on 9/11 anniversary
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Connecting.the.Dots
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Parents of SEAL Team Six member say unit endangered by Obama administration statements — Identifying the Special Operations Force behind the Usama bin Laden raid amounted to placing a target on the back of the team members as well as their families, according to the parents of Aaron Vaughn …
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The Right Scoop and The Gateway Pundit
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Former Israeli Defense Forces Head: 'I Don't Believe In Red Lines' On Iran's Nuclear Program — Former Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff and Air Force Lieutenant General Dan Halutz extended his previous criticisms of hawkishness on Iran on Monday afternoon, worrying that setting “red lines” …
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Israel Matzav
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Joel Greenberg / Washington Post:
Israel, U.S. at odds over ‘red line’ for Iran
Israel, U.S. at odds over ‘red line’ for Iran
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AEIdeas and American Spectator
Niall Ferguson / The Daily Beast:
Niall Ferguson: Why Obama Is Winning — The economy's in the tank, yet Romney can't seem to gain an edge. One thing's for sure: this election is about personal likability. It's not the economy, stupid. — It's a paradox. The economy is in the doldrums. Yet the incumbent is ahead in the polls.
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Peter Beinart / The Daily Beast:
The Ghost of George W. Bush
The Ghost of George W. Bush
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Outside the Beltway, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air, The Daily Beast and The Daily Dish
Robert Mankoff / From the Desk of Bob Mankoff:
Nipplegate — The New Yorker has a Facebook page for our cartoons, which a lot of you like, or maybe it's just one person with a lot of time on their hands, liking the page over and over again. But in any case, it's a whole lotta like. We like that. — What we don't like is that we …
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Media Decoder, Gawker, New York Magazine and Betabeat, more at Mediagazer »
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
With GOP jittery, Romney faces test of resolve — Mitt Romney and his top aides are running an essentially faith-based campaign. Whatever the polls say at the moment, whatever the pundits say, whatever some nervous Republicans say, Team Romney simply does not believe President Obama can win re-election in today's terrible economy.
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Washington Post, Weekly Standard and Balloon Juice
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
For the Romney campaign, it's forever 1980
For the Romney campaign, it's forever 1980
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The Maddow Blog, Politico, The Mahablog, Riehl World News, Washington Monthly, The Moderate Voice and The Daily Beast
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Fear of a Black President — As a candidate, Barack Obama said we needed to reckon with race and with America's original sin, slavery. But as our first black president, he has avoided mention of race almost entirely. In having to be “twice as good” and “half as black,” …
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Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
'He says he's got a 53-point plan or whatever' — Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) spoke at the Republican National Convention a couple of weeks ago, and like most speakers, didn't have much to say about the man his party was nominating for president. In his 1,300-word speech, Kasich said …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Liberal group targets Ann Romney in new ads
Liberal group targets Ann Romney in new ads
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Betsy's Page, Riehl World News, Ballot Box and Jammie Wearing Fools
Kevin Cirilli / Reuters:
Scott Van Duzer, the Obama hugger: Shop facing boycott — The owner of a Florida pizza shop says people are boycotting his business because he bear-hugged President Barack Obama on Sunday. — “People are saying a lot of bad things and boycotting my restaurant,” Scott Van Duzer, 46, told POLITICO.
Investor's Business Daily:
Obama's Hayes Of History — History: As President Obama fumbled with an iPhone, the blogosphere recalled he had earlier falsely bad-mouthed President Rutherford B. Hayes as a technological troglodyte. It's not his error that annoys but his arrogance. — For a man who would have Americans believe …
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National Review