memeorandum: Obama, Romney camps see eye to eye on shape of race (Politico)

11:40 AM ET, August 26, 2012

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Former Gov. Charlie Crist: Here's why I'm backing Barack Obama — I've studied, admired and gotten to know a lot of leaders in my life. Across Florida, in Washington and around the country, I've watched the failure of those who favor extreme rhetoric over sensible compromise …

Maggie Haberman / Politico:

Crist endorses Obama (Updated) — His hug of President Obama got him in trouble during his senate run as a Republican, and now former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is making the most of it, endorsing the president in a Tampa Bay Times op-ed in which he excoriates his own former party …

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Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
A conversation with Jeb Bush, Florida's most respected Republican

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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Former GOP Gov. Crist endorses Obama

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Michael O'Brien / First Read:

Hurricane impending, Republicans cancel first day of convention — Updated 7:10 p.m. - TAMPA, Fla. — Republicans announced Saturday that they had effectively canceled the first day of its convention for safety concerns associated with an impending hurricane.

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CNN:

CNN Poll: Which candidate cares more about you? — Tampa (CNN) - A new national survey illustrates the challenge Mitt Romney faces at the Republican convention as the GOP presidential challenger gets re-introduced to the American public. — While a CNN/ORC International poll indicates …

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette

Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:

RNC chairman: Convention will go ‘full steam ahead on Tuesday’ — Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus, who announced Saturday night that the GOP would cancel Monday's convention events due to Tropical Storm Isaac, said he wasn't worried that the fallout from the storm might diminish the party's message.

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ABCNEWS:

On ‘This Week’: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Gov. Bob McDonnell — Antonio Villaraigosa and Gov Bob McDonnell on This Week (City of Los Angeles/State of Virginia) — Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, chair of the Republican Platform Committee, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa …

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Brendan Sasso / Blog Summaries:
Romney says Obama gave up on economy, has ‘admitted defeat’

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CNN:
BREAKING: GOP delays start of convention until Tuesday

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Politico:
Sources: Tampa convention start could be delayed

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

NYT's Abramson rebuts Brisbane charge — The executive editor of the New York Times is disputing an accusation of liberal bias made by her very own public editor, Arthur Brisbane. — In his final column for the Times, Brisbane wrote that his fellow staffers “share a kind of political …

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Arthur S. Brisbane / New York Times:

Success and Risk as The Times Transforms — “WHY on earth would you want this job?” — Two years ago, I set out to answer this question in my inaugural public editor column — if only because so many people at The New York Times had asked it. Now, as I complete my term and hand the baton …

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Alexander Burns / Politico:

Romney pulls '08 clip for Medicare pushback — It's the weekend before a political convention in Florida and both presidential campaigns are escalating the air war over — what else? — Medicare. — After the Obama campaign released its second attack ad yesterday accusing Mitt Romney …

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Politico:

Obama, Romney camps see eye to eye on shape of race — The Obama and Romney campaigns spend all day beating the pulp out of each other over policy differences, big and small. But when it comes to the political landscape and the dynamics of who prevails, the two sides agree on an awful lot.

Alexander Burns / Politico:
Obama's second, harder Medicare attack

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Ben Feller / Associated Press: AP Interview: Obama on Romney's ‘extreme’ views

John Noble Wilford / New York Times:

Neil Armstrong | 1930-2012: Neil Armstrong, First Man on Moon, Dies at 82 — Neil Armstrong, who made the “giant leap for mankind” as the first human to set foot on the moon, died on Saturday. He was 82. — His family said in a statement that the cause was “complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures.”

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Brendan Sasso / Blog Summaries:
Obama: Neil Armstrong ‘among the greatest of American heroes’

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Sandra Maler / Reuters:
First man on moon Neil Armstrong dead at 82: NBC

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Cosmic Log:
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82

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CNN:
Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, dies

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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:

Jeb Bush: GOP ‘Needs To Change... Reach Out To A Much Broader Audience Than We Do Today’ — This morning on NBC, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush delivered a pointed critique of the modern Republican party. Bush acknowledged that that the GOP “needs to change” and “reach out to a much broader audience.”

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Economist:

So, Mitt, what do you really believe? — Too much about the Republican candidate for the presidency is far too mysterious — WHEN Mitt Romney was governor of liberal Massachusetts, he supported abortion, gun control, tackling climate change and a requirement that everyone should buy health insurance …

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Los Angeles Times:

Despite working-class image, Ryan comes from family of wealth — Paul Ryan was born into one of the most prominent families in Janesville, Wis., and his rise to political power and financial stability was boosted by family money and connections. — Paul Ryan, speaking in Ohio …

Kevin McDermott / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Poll shows Akin's slide in Missouri Senate race — U.S. Senate challenger Todd Akin's support in Missouri has plummeted since his remarks a week ago about “legitimate rape” and pregnancy, putting him 9 points behind Sen. Claire McCaskill in a race he was previously winning, according to a new Post-Dispatch/News 4 poll.