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11:45 AM ET, August 27, 2012

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Washington Post:
Poll: Obama, Romney neck-and-neck ahead of party conventions  —  A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows Romney at 47 percent among registered voters and Obama at 46 percent — barely changed from the deadlocked contest in early July.  —  The findings continue a months-long pattern …
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Romney's play for Michigan  —  It is no surprise that in the run-up to this week's Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan made their first joint campaign appearance in the key battleground state of Ohio.  More interesting is that Romney and Ryan took their pre-convention tour …
Washington Post:
Poll: Obama, Romney neck-and-neck ahead of party conventions
Josh Rojas / Bay News 9:
Deputies: RNC protestor arrested with machete strapped to his leg  —  TAMPA —  A Republican National Convention protestor was arrested while he allegedly carried a machete strapped to his leg, according to deputies.  —  According to Hillsborough County Sheriff's officials, Jason T. Wilson …
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Glen Johnson / Boston Globe:
While Romney campaign talks of forging ahead, Isaac may prompt convention cancellation  —  TAMPA - There is a distinct possibility that the 2012 Republican National Convention will be cancelled.  —  The decision may come not so much because the Tampa-St. Petersburg area will suffer a direct hit from Isaac …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Republican Talking Points  —  Here are the official Republican talking points, being circulated to surrogates speaking on behalf of the party here:  —  Surrogate Message Points:  —  2012 Republican National Convention - A Better Future  —  Top Line Message Points:
Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
U.S. Military Presence at Republican Convention, Code Pink Comes Dressed as Pink Vaginas
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Priebus: Despite shortened convention, GOP message ‘still the same’
Discussion: Politico
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Storm Poses Risks for Republican Convention Planners
www2.tbo.com:
Crist to speak at Democratic National Convention  —  Florida's former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist will be a speaker at the Democratic National Convention.  —  An official with President Barack Obama's campaign said Sunday that Crist will speak at next week's convention in Charlotte, N.C., but the day hasn't been worked out.
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CNN:
First on CNN: Sheldon and Miriam Adelson coming to Republican Convention
Discussion: Politico and Balloon Juice
Charlie Crist / CNN:
Crist readies Democratic convention speech
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Republicans Worry About Keeping Factions Reined In  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney arrives here this week to accept his nomination from the increasingly disparate coalition of factions known as the Republican Party, confronting the challenge of unifying them behind him and — should he win …
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Grassroots Press For Convention Floor Fight Over Romney's “Power Grab”
Discussion: Daily Kos and ABCNEWS
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
In Tampa, The Show Must Go On (The Note)
Discussion: CNN and ABCNEWS
New York Post:
Christie chose NJ over Mitt's VP role due to fears that they'd lose: sources  —  Gov. Chris Christie wasn't willing to give up the New Jersey statehouse to be Mitt Romney's running mate because he doubted they'd win, The Post has learned.  —  Romney's top aides had demanded Christie step …
Pema Levy / Talking Points Memo:
Chris Matthews Calls Out GOP: You Are Playing The ‘Race Card’  —  Political observers have noted for a while that Mitt Romney's claim that President Obama gutted the work requirement in the 1996 welfare reform law is false.  But few in the mainstream media have have gone so far as to accuse Republicans of playing the ‘race card.’
Ruth R. Wisse / Wall Street Journal:
Welcome To Freshman Disorientation  —  Student opinion at elite schools is showing ‘diversity.’ The faculty is another matter.  —  Four years ago at the beginning of Harvard's school term, I was going over an assignment with a freshman when she confessed that she was feeling guilty—because she was working for the Obama campaign.
BuzzFeed:
Ron Paul: If I Was In Charge The People Killed on 9/11 Would Still Be Alive  —  At a speech today in the Sun Dome at the University of South Florida ahead of the Republican convention, the Libertarian former Republican presidential candidate said if he had been in charge 9/11 wouldn't have occurred.
Randy E. Barnett / SSRN:
From Antislavery Lawyer to Chief Justice: The Remarkable But Forgotten Career of Salmon P. Chase  —  Abstract:  —  Salmon P. Chase was as responsible as any single person for the abolition of chattel slavery in the United States.  Yet his name is barely known and his career is largely forgotten.
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
 
 
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Scientists warn on world food supply
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U.S. Arms Sales Make Up Most of Global Market
Jon Huntsman / Wall Street Journal:
A GOP Opportunity on Immigration
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Gov. Jerry Brown lines up unusual allies on his tax hike initiative
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Jeb Bush to Obama: Stop blaming my brother
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