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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
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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Jammie Wearing Fools, Commentary Magazine, americanthinker.com and GOP 12
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 …
SYS-CON MEDIA:
THE RACE IS ON; Obama's Lead Increases, Warren and Brown in Dead Heat
THE RACE IS ON; Obama's Lead Increases, Warren and Brown in Dead Heat
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Ballot Box and The Fix
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Democratic Convention Highlights: Clinton Outshines Obama
Democratic Convention Highlights: Clinton Outshines Obama
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CNN, Washington Examiner, The Fix, Poynter and Election 2012
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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Questions and Observations, Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit
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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Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
Do 15% of Ohio Republicans think Romney killed bin Laden? Probably not.
Do 15% of Ohio Republicans think Romney killed bin Laden? Probably not.
Dominic Di-Natale / Associated Press:
EXCLUSIVE: Jailed doc who helped nail Bin Laden warns Pakistan sees U.S. as ‘worst enemy’
EXCLUSIVE: Jailed doc who helped nail Bin Laden warns Pakistan sees U.S. as ‘worst enemy’
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The Jawa Report
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Both campaigns eschew politics on 9/11 anniversary — WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday could be the only day before Nov. 6 without explicit partisan rancor. — Both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney plan to take down their negative ads in honor of the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Connecting.the.Dots
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Niall Ferguson / The Daily Beast:
Niall Ferguson: Why Obama Is Winning
Niall Ferguson: Why Obama Is Winning
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The Daily Beast, Hot Air, americanthinker.com, The Daily Caller and Weekly Standard
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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ABCNEWS, Via Meadia, Jared Bernstein and CBS Chicago
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Chicago Tribune:
Chicago teachers strike updates: 'It's a national embarrassment' — Continual coverage of the Chicago teachers strike. — 3:10 p.m. 'It's a national embarrassment' — About a dozen religious leaders on the South and West sides urged CPS and teachers to come up with a contract by the end of the day.
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The Glittering Eye, Politico, Rush Limbaugh, Doug Ross, Truthdig and The Fix
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
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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, Washington Monthly, Riehl World News, The Moderate Voice, The Daily Beast and PoliticusUSA
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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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
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.
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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Booman Tribune, Bark Bark Woof Woof, The Maddow Blog, Jared Bernstein and Daily Kos
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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, Ballot Box, Riehl World News and Jammie Wearing Fools
BuzzFeed:
The Most Anti-Gay Piece Of Political Mail This Year — There is still time, but a mailer first reported by Politico and prepared in the name of “The Committee To Save The Erie County Republican Party” in New York was never sent — but has set a mighty low bar.
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Politico, Advocate, New York Magazine, Joe. My. God., Gawker, Towleroad News #gay and The Impolitic
Associated Press:
Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen killed in airstrike — Associated Press/SITE Intelligence Group, File - FILE - In this undated frame grab from video posted on a militant-leaning Web site, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group, shows Saeed al-Shihri, deputy ...more
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Nick R. Martin / Talking Points Memo:
Arizona's Birtherpalooza Canceled Over Low Ticket Sales — Not even the promise of crooner Pat Boone singing oldies from a spinning stage could save what was intended to be the premier birther event of the year later this month in Arizona. — Organizers of the gala, which would have …
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Daily Kos and The Political Carnival