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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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Dean Chambers / Examiner:
Mitt Romney would lead eight in unskewed data from newest CNN/ORC poll  —  Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands with a NASCAR fan during a rain delay before the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway on September 8, 2012.
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.
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 …
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and GOP 12
Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
Poll Shows Obama Getting Lowest Jewish Support Since Carter
Washington Post:
Obama, Romney run close among likely voters after conventions
Discussion: AEIdeas, GOP 12, The Fix and The Daily Dish
CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama up six points over Romney
ABCNEWS:
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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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.
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.
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 …
Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Romney's Osama bin Laden problem
Discussion: Reuters
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Both campaigns eschew politics on 9/11 anniversary
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots
Thomas Sowell / Townhall.com:
An Economic ‘Plan’?  —  Former president Bill Clinton told the Democratic National Convention that Barack Obama has a plan to rescue the economy, and only the fact that the Republicans stood in his way has stopped him from getting the economy out of the doldrums.
Discussion: protein wisdom
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Niall Ferguson / The Daily Beast:
Niall Ferguson: Why Obama Is Winning
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” …
Discussion: Israel Matzav
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Barak Ravid / Associated Press:
Netanyahu: Those that refuse to set red lines for Iran can't give Israel red light
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Mondoweiss
Joel Greenberg / Washington Post:
Israel, U.S. at odds over ‘red line’ for Iran
Discussion: AEIdeas and American Spectator
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 …
Pete Souza / Boston Globe:
President Obama's polling and focus-group chief offers rare public perspective on state of race  —  As head of polling and focus group research for President Obama, David Simas of Taunton says he's “like a human nerve-ending” because of the dizzying array of numbers and videotape he constantly scans.
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 …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Bloomberg: Federal government should support 9/11 memorial  —  New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday that he hoped the federal government would provide financial assistance to the construction of a September 11 memorial museum, just hours after the resolution of a dispute that had halted construction for months.
Discussion: Politico
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Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
Bloomberg, Cuomo Announce Deal Over Ground Zero Museum
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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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
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 …
Discussion: National Review
ABCNEWS:
President Marks 11th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks  —  President Barack Obama will spend Tuesday marking the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.  —  He and first lady Michelle Obama will gather with White House staff on the South Lawn to observe a moment of silence.
Discussion: CNN
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CNN:
On the Trail: September 11, 2012  —  (CNN) - President Barack Obama …
Discussion: ABCNEWS
 
 
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