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12:35 AM ET, September 3, 2012

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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
5 landmines for Democrats in Charlotte  —  The Republican National Convention in Tampa brought fresh reminders that even carefully choreographed political events don't always go according to plan.  —  Hurricane Isaac threatened to cancel the whole affair, Ron Paul supporters stirred up trouble …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, CNN and Althouse
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Obama, a ‘huge’ Clint Eastwood fan, not offended by skit  —  DES MOINES - President Obama wants to make it clear that, in his own words, “I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan.”  —  “He is a great actor, and an even better director,” the president said in an interview with USA TODAY aboard Air Force One …
Thomas Catan / Washington Wire:
Obama Campaign Promises Policy Details
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
White House adviser Plouffe: Romney campaign ‘built on a tripod of lies’
Discussion: Politico and Riehl World News
Leigh Ann Caldwell / CBS News:
Democratic aide: GOP thinks “lying is a virtue”  —  (CBS News) As President Obama and the Democrats gear up for their convention in Charlotte, N.C., this week, Democrats unpacked their thoughts on last week's Republican convention.  Senior campaign aide Stephanie Cutter said she gathered that Republicans “think lying is a virtue.”
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BuzzFeed:
Inside The Democrats' Convention Media Plan  —  Surrogates and handlers, even for Lifetime!  And the biggest surrogate of all: “Obama can't say what Bill Clinton can.”  —  A man walks past an advertisement for the Democratic National Convention at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte …
Edward Klein / New York Post:
How Clinton plans to upstage Obama at the DNC
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Vodkapundit
Daniel J. Wakin / New York Times:
Rev. Sun Myung Moon, 92, Self-Proclaimed Messiah Who Built Religious Movement, Dies  —  The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the Korean evangelist, businessman and self-proclaimed messiah who built a religious movement notable for its mass weddings, fresh-faced proselytizers and links to vast commercial interests …
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Associated Press:
Sun Myung Moon, self-proclaimed messiah who founded Unification Church, dies at age 92  —  GAPYEONG, South Korea — The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the self-proclaimed messiah who turned his Unification Church into a worldwide religious movement and befriended North Korean leaders as well as U.S. presidents …
Cheryl Wetzstein / Washington Times:
Rev. Moon, Times founder, dies at 92
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Dem Gov. O'Malley: Voters not better off than four years ago  —  Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley (Md.) said Sunday that voters were not better off now than four years ago, but said the economic mess left by the former Bush administration was to blame, not President Obama.
Discussion: Politico and Scared Monkeys
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Dave Levinthal / Politico:
Dems continue to dodge 4-years-ago question
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Swampland
Talking Points Memo:
Obama's Response To Clint Eastwood Was The Most RT'd Tweet Of RNC … More than 51,000 people re-tweeted it, as of Sunday.  Obama was presumed to be sitting in the empty chair during Eastwood's prime time speech, which the crowd ate up but which received negative reviews in the press.
David Siders / Capitol Alert:
One California Democrat hospitalized, another causes disturbance after night of drinking  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A California delegate to the Democratic National Convention was hospitalized early this morning, after apparently falling unconscious in a hotel lobby following a night of drinking …
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Bush Chief Political Strategist: Paul Ryan's Speech Was Full Of Lies … On ABC's This Week on Sunday, Matthew Dowd, chief political strategist for former President Bush's 2004 re-election campaign, criticized Ryan's for its many falsehoods, saying, “at some point, the truth should matter”:
Janet Maslin / New York Times:
‘No Easy Day’ by Mark Owen Tells of SEAL Raid on Bin Laden  —  The Navy SEALs who killed Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011, learned from ABC News that they had “gazelle legs, no waist, and a huge upper body configuration,” not to mention calloused hands and gigantic egos.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Obama did not change Washington.  Was there a way around united Republican opposition?  —  View Photo Gallery — Obama on the campaign trail: Washington Post photographer Nikki Kahn has been following President Obama on the campaign trail.  Here are some of the images she has captured.
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Associated Press:
Dems Seek to Exploit Advantage on Foreign Policy
Discussion: CNN
CNN:
Romney camp: We talked war before convention
Discussion: Politico
Gary Dzen / The Boston Globe:
White House releases recipe in beer brouhaha  —  Obama concocts his Pennsylvania Ave. home brew  —  President Obama's fondness for beer has been well documented.  Now the White House has bowed to demand for his recipe for beer that he concocted himself with a little help.
CNN:
U-Haul with equipment for Biden event stolen in Detroit  —  Washington (CNN) - A U-Haul truck loaded with equipment for a Monday event featuring Vice President Joe Biden was stolen in Detroit Sunday, a spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service said.  —  “A U-Haul that we were utilizing was stolen …
Lucia Graves / The Huffington Post:
Gary Johnson Feels ‘So Much Better’ Not Being A Republican Anymore  —  Republican Party , Republican Party , Republican Convention , Budget 2012 , Elections 2012 , Gary Johnson , Off The Bus , Gary Johnson Republicans , Libertarian Party , Off The Bus , Gary Johnson Republican Convention , Gary Johnson Spoiler , Politics News
Discussion: Addicting Info
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Barack Obama Promised A New Kind Of Politics, But Played The Same Old Game … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Barack Obama , GOP, Barack Obama 2012 , Barack Obama 2012 , Republican Party, Video, Obama Politics, Obama Boehner, Obama Congress, Obama John Boehner, Politics News
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Janet Daley / Telegraph:
We should tune in to the Romney and Ryan show
BBC:
Imam held in Pakistan blasphemy case
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
BREITBART.COM:
STEPHANOPOULOS: NO BIAS IN MEDIA
Elise Viebeck / Ballot Box:
Rahm Emanuel: Weak Romney speech put focus on Eastwood
Discussion: Associated Press
Dennis McLellan / Los Angeles Times:
Hal David dies at 91; songwriting partner of Burt Bacharach
 Earlier Items: 
Mesfin Fekadu / ABCNEWS:
Kanye Backs Jay-Z at Festival; Obama in Video
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Huckabee whacks Rove, citing Giffords
Judson Berger / Fox News:
ICE chief of staff resigns after allegations of lewd conduct
Jo Becker / New York Times:
The Other Power in the West Wing
BuzzFeed:
Orange Bowling On The Romney/Ryan Planes
Discussion: Pat Dollard and CNN