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12:50 PM ET, September 11, 2012

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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.
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.
Evan Vucci / ABCNEWS:
Obama Gains a Convention Boost - But Not Among Likely Voters
Discussion: Mother Jones
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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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 To Beat Romney  —  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
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Both campaigns eschew politics on 9/11 anniversary
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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
Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
Poll Shows Obama Getting Lowest Jewish Support Since Carter  —  President Obama may be enjoying a slight, if likely temporary, bounce in the polls this week.  But one of the surveys showing him with a lead in a tight race over Mitt Romney also provides a breakdown of the data that confirms predictions …
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tipponline:
Race Tightens As Obama Advantage Narrows To 2 Points
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Biden recalls own loss while marking ‘bittersweet’ 9/11 anniversary  —  Vice President Joe Biden drew on the sorrow of his own personal losses as he addressed the memorial marking 11 years since United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field.  —  “It is a bittersweet moment …
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 …
Barak Ravid / Associated Press:
Netanyahu: Those that refuse to set red lines for Iran can't give Israel red light  —  Netanyahu launches unprecedented attack on U.S. government; diplomats tell AP that IAEA has new intelligence that Iran advanced its work on nuclear warhead.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Photo by Olivier Fitoussi
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Mondoweiss
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Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Former Israeli Defense Forces Head: 'I Don't Believe In Red Lines' On Iran's Nuclear Program
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Joel Greenberg / Washington Post:
Israel, U.S. at odds over ‘red line’ for Iran
Discussion: AEIdeas and American Spectator
Robert Mankoff / From the Desk of Bob Mankoff:
Nipplegate  —  The New Yorker has a Facebook page, 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 got temporarily banned …
Mike Konczal / Business Insider:
The Complete Guide To America's Jobs Crisis And The Failure Of Monetary Policy Using Animated Gifs  —  The following guest post is a complete description of America's jobs crisis and the failure of monetary policy policy to address it.  —  Author Mike Konczal helpfully uses animated .gifs …
Discussion: Slate and Unfogged
Rasmussen Reports:
Job Creation?  47% Trust Obama, 45% Romney  —  Following another dismal jobs report, voters overwhelmingly rate job creation as important to their vote but are almost evenly divided when it comes to which presidential candidate they trust more on the issue.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Althouse
Jamie Weinstein / The Daily Caller:
Cheney responds to Obama's reportedly poor intelligence briefings attendance  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney took a shot at President Barack Obama late Monday night after it was reported that the president has attended fewer than half of his daily intelligence briefings.
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
 
 
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Pete Souza / Boston Globe:
President Obama's polling and focus-group chief offers rare public perspective on state of race
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Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
Bloomberg, Cuomo Announce Deal Over Ground Zero Museum
Associated Press:
Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen killed in airstrike
Discussion: americanthinker.com
ABCNEWS:
President Marks 11th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
Discussion: CNN
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Fear of a Black President
Discussion: Bill Maher
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Geoffrey Manne / Truth on the Market:
Josh Wright to be nominated to be next FTC Commissioner
Russ Fischer / /Film:
First Footage From Steven Spielberg's ‘Lincoln’ Features a Bit of the President's Most Famous Speech
Discussion: Gawker and Hot Air
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
With GOP jittery, Romney faces test of resolve
Nick R. Martin / Talking Points Memo:
Arizona's Birtherpalooza Canceled Over Low Ticket Sales
Kevin Cirilli / Reuters:
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