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10:15 PM ET, August 29, 2012

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Politico:
Chris Christie's flop at the GOP convention  —  TAMPA, Fla. — There is no mistaking what a successful keynote speech for Chris Christie would have looked and sounded like.  There would have been an electric reaction from the crowd in the convention hall.  It would have been followed by waves …
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Juan Williams / Fox News:
Ann Romney, me and her convention speech  —  Last night on Fox's special coverage of the Republican Convention, I said that Ann Romney reminded me of a corporate wife during her speech.  In the hours since I made that comment, I have gotten a lot of static and a flurry of negative feedback through Twitter and Facebook.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Mediaite
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Romney gets bump from first full day at Republican convention  —  After a day of action at the Republican convention in Tampa, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is looking better to voters.  —  Romney's image has received a five-point bump after the convention's first day …
Discussion: Reuters
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Ann Romney, Chris Christie draw 22.3M TV viewers  —  TAMPA — Ann Romney and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie proved to be an attractive TV draw at the Republican National Convention.  —  An estimated 22.3 million people tuned in to watch the first full night of the GOP convention last night, according to Nielsen, the ratings company.
Discussion: GOP 12
Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Ann Romney Woos Hispanic Voters, Urging They Get Past ‘Their Biases’  —  Tampa, Fla. -Ann Romney's convention speech was directly aimed at wooing female voters, but at a lunch event Wednesday she changed her focus and pitched her husband to Hispanic voters, a voting bloc that is especially important …
Ross Douthat / Campaign Stops:
The Case for Noblesse Oblige
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Snap poll: Romney's favorable rating rises five points overnight, Christie's speech most popular
Elizabeth Flock / US News:
Ann Coulter Upset Chris Christie Did Not Attack Obama
Discussion: Riehl World News
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Yahoo News fires David Chalian  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Yahoo News has fired Washington bureau chief David Chalian after he was caught on a hot-mic during an online video broadcast today saying that Mitt Romney and his wife Ann had no problem with African Americans suffering as a result of Hurricane Isaac …
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Matthew Sheffield / NewsBusters.org:
In ABC Webcast, Yahoo! News's Chalian Says Romneys ‘Happy to Have a Party When Black People Drown’  —  During live coverage of the Republican National Convention here in Tampa, Yahoo News Washington bureau chief David Chalian provided the perfect example of the pervasive anti-Republican bias Mitt Romney faces …
Politico:
Old foes make peace with Mitt Romney
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Matthew Mosk / ABCNEWS:
Romney Party Yacht Flies Cayman Islands Flag  —  The yacht where the elite donors of the Romney Victory Council are partying in Tampa bears the flag of the Cayman Islands.  Romney's use of offshore accounts for his investments has come under fire during the campaign.
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Rolling Stone:
Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital  —  How the GOP presidential candidate and his private equity firm staged an epic wealth grab, destroyed jobs - and stuck others with the bill  —  The great criticism of Mitt Romney, from both sides of the aisle, has always been that he doesn't stand for anything.
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Romney party yacht ‘Cracker Bay’ flies Cayman Islands flag in Tampa
CNN:
Two people removed from RNC after taunting black camera operator  —  Tampa, Florida (CNN) - Two people were removed from the Republican National Convention Tuesday after they threw nuts at an African-American CNN camera operator and said, “This is how we feed animals.”
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Rice heckled at convention event  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was twice interrupted on Wednesday by hecklers who were protesting her role in the Bush administration that began the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  —  The interruptions, which came hours …
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Condi Rice Can't Name A Specific Obama Foreign Policy Failure
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Maddow Blog
David Frum / The Daily Beast:
Romney: Too Cheap For War
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Obama's Reddit AMA: The Full Questions and Answers  —  The president answered questions on the popular social media site Wednesday afternoon.  Here's what he had to say.  —  The full thread from President Obama's Reddit “Ask Me Anything” thread is here, but if you just want the questions …
Discussion: Guardian
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Sarah Palin / CNN:
TRENDING: Palin canceled on Fox?  —  (CNN) - Sarah Palin posted a cryptic message on Facebook Wednesday night, saying the Fox News Channel had cut her appearances for the evening.  —  “I'm sorry Fox cancelled all my scheduled interviews tonight because I sure wanted to take the opportunity …
Discussion: Politico
Orlando Sentinel:
Appeal court: Lester is out  —  The Fifth District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach today ruled that second-degree murder suspect George Zimmerman deserves a new judge.  —  A three-judge panel voted 2-1 that Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. in Sanford went too far when, among other things, he wrote that Zimmerman is a manipulator.
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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Fla. appeals court orders new judge for Zimmerman trial
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Obama Honored Fallen SEALs By Sending Their Parents a Form Letter Signed By Electric Pen  —  On August 6, 2011, 30 US service members were killed when a CH-47 Chinook helicopter they were being transported in crashed in Wardak province, Afghanistan.  It was the deadliest single loss …
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The Myth of an Affirmative-Action President  —  Why, I wonder, do so many people question how Barack Obama got where he is, while no one asks the same about Mitt Romney?  —  Obama for America  —  El presidente, reporting from Tampa, catches this from Karl Rove:
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama has small lead in Nevada
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Ballot Box and Politico
CBS News:
Secret Service gun inadvertently left in Romney plane lavatory  —  (CBS News) A gun belonging to a member of Mitt Romney's U.S. Secret Service detail was found unattended in the bathroom of the candidate's charter plane Wednesday afternoon.  The Republican nominee was traveling from Tampa …
Discussion: The Hill, The Caucus and Weasel Zippers
Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
The 10 oddest items in the GOP platform  —  Any party platform is necessarily a compromise between a number of different interest groups.  Inevitably, there are always some odd or puzzling policy planks that make it in.  Here are 10 of the more unexpected items from this year's Republican platform:
Jack Hitt / Harper's:
A Troubling Chant on the Convention Floor  —  An unscripted moment happened late this afternoon that caused the assembled mainstream media to turn away in the hope that it would disappear.  As I was standing in line for a sandwich next to an Italian and a Puerto Rican correspondent, a controversy was unfolding on the floor.
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
In Virginia, Obama Attacks Romney's Positions  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — President Obama on Wednesday provided counterprogramming for a second day to the Republican National Convention, mocking its proceedings and contrasting his agenda with what he called the “backward” positions of Mitt Romney.
Discussion: The Caucus
Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
Federal Judge Will Permanently Remove Florida Voter Registration Restrictions  —  A federal judge said Wednesday he would permanently remove harsh restrictions on third-party voter registration groups that have handicapped registration efforts in Florida this year.
Bloomberg:
California Defies Lower-Tax Texas In Creating More Jobs  —  California, which sent a delegation to Austin last year to find out how the Lone Star State had beat it in employment growth, surged ahead of Texas to lead the nation in job creation for the last two consecutive months.
 
 
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Buffalo News:
N.Y. state of mind is absent in Tampa
Discussion: Politico
Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Paul Ryan to Pledge 12 Million New Jobs in Four Years
Discussion: Politico and Ballot Box
Martin Feldstein / Wall Street Journal:
Romney's Tax Plan Can Raise Revenue
Discussion: Politico, Brad DeLong and EconLog
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Hillary Clinton to leave the hemisphere during Democratic convention
Corey Boles / Wall Street Journal:
Ryan to Pledge ‘Responsibility’ in Convention Speech
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