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1:10 PM ET, August 26, 2012

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Charlie Crist / Tampa Bay Times:
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 …
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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 …
Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
A conversation with Jeb Bush, Florida's most respected Republican
Discussion: First Read and Washington Examiner
Alex Leary / The Buzz Florida Politics Feed:
Florida GOP chairman on Crist's Obama endorsement: A ‘repugnant display from a self-centered, career politician’
Discussion: Naked Politics
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:   Former GOP Gov. Crist endorses Obama
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 …
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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.
Brendan Sasso / Blog Summaries:
Romney says Obama gave up on economy, has ‘admitted defeat’
ABCNEWS:
On ‘This Week’: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Gov. Bob McDonnell
Discussion: Politico
Mitt Romney for President of the United States …:
MITT ROMNEY'S AUDIO REMARKS ON THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
RNC chairman: Convention will go ‘full steam ahead on Tuesday’
Discussion: CNN
CNN:
BREAKING: GOP delays start of convention until Tuesday
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Romney Touts Romneycare: I'm The Guy That Got ‘Health Care For All The Women And Men In My State’  —  Just two weeks after a Romney spokesperson faced a barrage of conservative criticism for highlighting the success of the governor's Massachusetts health care law, Romney himself bragged …
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Romney cites Mass. law to defend stance on women's health issues
Discussion: Politico
Elise Viebeck / Ballot Box:
Romney invokes Massachusetts health law ahead of Republican convention
Discussion: Conservatives4Palin
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.”
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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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 …
Discussion: NO QUARTER, CNN and Weekly Standard
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Politico:   Obama, Romney camps see eye to eye on shape of race
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
NEWS FLASH  —  ALLEN WEST: OBAMA IS ‘SERVING UP A CRAP SANDWICH WITH A SMILE’ |  During an appearance on Fox News on Saturday morning, Rep. Allen West (R-FL) accused Obama of serving up a “crap sandwich.”  “Let's be very honest and let's put this in military vernacular …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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 Robillard / Politico:
O'Malley dismisses GOP as a ‘party of exclusion’  —  Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said on Sunday the Republican presidential ticket will be sending “not-so-subtly coded messages” to white voters as the campaign continues.  —  “When you have a party that says coded things …
Discussion: CNN and Weasel Zippers
New York Times:
Romney Adopts Harder Message for Last Stretch  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney is heading into his nominating convention with his advisers convinced he needs a more combative footing against President Obama in order to appeal to white, working-class voters and to persuade them that he is the best answer to their economic frustrations.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Booman Tribune
Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Dispatch Poll results: Tight races put undecided voters in control  —  10 percent up for grabs in presidential race; Senate struggle has 12 percent of wiggle room  —  The closest Dispatch Poll in modern history shows the races for president and U.S. Senate in a dead heat in battleground Ohio.
Brendan Sasso / Blog Summaries:
Obama: Neil Armstrong ‘among the greatest of American heroes’  —  President Obama on Saturday mourned the passing of Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon.  —  Armstrong died on Saturday at the age of 82.  —  Obama praised Armstrong “as among the greatest of American heroes …
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Stuart Kemp / Hollywood Reporter:
Rupert Murdoch Tweets His Support for Prince Harry
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Op-Ed Columnist: Gullibility in Politics and in Film
William Lee / Chicago Tribune:
1 dead, 16 wounded in shootings across the city
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Connor Simpson / The Atlantic Wire:
The NYPD Explains Why Their Bullets Wounded Nine People Yesterday
Discussion: CNN, Truthdig and Gothamist
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
That's the message in the skies above today's Romney/Ryan rally in Powell, [Oiho] Ohio.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Ed Driscoll
 Earlier Items: 
John Harwood / New York Times:
Election 2012: Ron Paul Passing Torch to a Libertarian Legion
Discussion: Taylor Marsh