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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.
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.
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tipponline:
Race Tightens As Obama Advantage Narrows To 2 Points
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Gregory J. Krieg / ABCNEWS:
Poll: Americans Pick President Obama Over Mitt Romney for Dinner Date
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Evan Vucci / ABCNEWS:
Obama Gains a Convention Boost - But Not Among Likely Voters
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Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
Poll Shows Obama Getting Lowest Jewish Support Since Carter
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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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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
How Mitt Romney Is Losing The Debate Expectations Game — He's practicing hard, his aides say! Obama's camp pretends to panic. — Romney with Senator Rob Portman, who is playing President Barack Obama in debate prep, earlier this month. — Image by Brian Snyder / Reuters
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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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Jim VandeHei / Reuters:
GOP to Mitt Romney: You're so vague — Leading conservatives are offering blunt advice to Mitt Romney: Quit ducking details, start engaging in a real and specific war of ideas with President Barack Obama — or lose. — Here's just a sampling of the past 24 hours:
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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 …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives: Romney's Policy Secrecy Will Be His Downfall
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Both campaigns eschew politics on 9/11 anniversary
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The Moderate Voice
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.
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Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
In Standoff, Latest Sign of Unions Under Siege
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Students are victims in Chicago fight over clout
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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.
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Byron Tau / Politico:
Cheney knocks Obama on bin Laden, intel briefings
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Little Green Footballs and The Daily Caller
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
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George Jahn / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: New intelligence on Iran nuke work
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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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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 …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Moody's: Congress must reach fiscal deal to avert downgrade — Moody's Investors Service warned Tuesday that Congress will need to strike a deal on the “fiscal cliff” to avoid a second downgrade to the nation's credit rating. — The rating agency said that budget negotiations in 2013 …
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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 …
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 …
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