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7:40 PM ET, September 5, 2012

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CNN:
Just in: Democrats update platform with Jerusalem, God reference  —  (CNN) - Democrats voted to update their party's platform Wednesday evening at their convention to include a reference to Jerusalem being the capital of Israel, as well as the insertion of the word “God,” …
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CNN:
TRENDING: First on CNN: DNC secretly scheduled guests: Actresses Johansson, Portman, Washington  —  Charlotte (CNN) - Clint Eastwood meet Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Kerry Washington.  —  The three actresses, firmly anchored in Hollywood's royalty, have been secretly scheduled …
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Chaos As Democrats Try To Put Jerusalem, God Back In Platform  —  Three votes and boos as convention chairman LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa pushes through platform amendment after criticism.  —  Source: youtube.com  —  The Democratic National Convention dissolved into unexpected procedural …
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Obama intervened on God, Jerusalem platform language  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - President Obama ordered his staff to have the Democratic Party's platform language changed to include God and affirm Jerusalem as the proper capital of Israel, a campaign source said Wednesday.
Discussion: Power Line and ABCNEWS
Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
RESURRECTION: DNC OVERRULES DELEGATES, RAMS GOD AND JERUSALEM BACK INTO PLATFORM  —  Tonight, the Democratic National Committee suspended the rules of the convention and inserted language regarding God and the State of Israel back to its platform.  They had to vote three times to do it …
Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
5 things to watch tonight
Discussion: ABCNEWS
CNN:
Convention floor chaos: Democrats alter platform, disagree
Discussion: LifeNews.com and The Brody File
Byron Tau / Politico:
Jerusalem change draws boos at DNC
Discussion: Wonkette, ABCNEWS and CNN
CNN:
CNN's GUT CHECK for September 5, 2012
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ABCNEWS
CNN:
TRENDING: No balloons to close Democratic convention
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Politico and ThinkProgress
Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Clinton Lends Sparkle to Obama at DNC
Discussion: ABCNEWS and USA Today
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
‘Best weather of the entire week’: Local meteorologist puzzled by Obama speech move  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The chief meteorologist at a Charlotte television station is questioning the decision by Democrats to move President Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention to a smaller venue because of the weather.
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
DNC 2012: Obama's crowd downsized by 50K  —  The audience for President Barack Obama's convention speech just got a lot smaller - and Republicans think they know why.  —  The Democrats' decision Wednesday to move Obama's acceptance address from the outdoor Bank of America Stadium to the indoor …
Discussion: ABCNEWS
David Hill / Washington Times:
Sununu: Democrats moved convention indoors because of poor attendance
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Kal Penn: President Obama ‘consistent’ on marijuana policy
Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama speech moved indoors
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
GOP Rep. McHenry taunts Obama for moving convention speech to smaller venue
Discussion: The Hill, Hot Air and Politico
BuzzFeed:
PricewaterhouseCoopers On Romney's “Ransomed” Tax Returns: We're Working With The Secret Service  —  The firm from which Anonymous hackers claim to have obtained Romney's tax returns is taking the threat seriously : “[A]t this time there is no evidence that our systems have been compromised.”
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Mashable!:
Hacker Group Claims to Have Romney's Tax Returns … Mitt Romney's tax returns are reportedly in the hands of a team of hackers who plan on releasing them publicly at the end of the month unless a ransom is paid.  —  The group allegedly obtained the files from PricewaterhouseCooper's Tennessee office …
Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
FACT CHECK: FIRST LADY'S FALSE FAIRY TALE OF STRUGGLE  —  First Lady Michelle Obama's pitch to voters last night relied on the premise that she and her husband understand what it is to struggle to make ends meet.  She spoke movingly about their early years—about how a young Barack Obama drove a car that was …
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Michelle Obama's speech: Both apolitical and politically masterful
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Democratic Headliners in Good Favor With Most Americans
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
RNC Highlights: Romney Shares Top Billing With Eastwood  —  Fewer Watch Convention Coverage than in 2008  —  OVERVIEW  —  The public paid far less attention to this year's Republican convention than it did to the GOP convention four years ago.  Just 37% say they watched …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline.com:
RATINGS RAT RACE: Democratic Convention Coverage Drops Double Digits For Networks, 'Hell's Kitchen …
Discussion: NO QUARTER
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sept. 4: The Simple Case for Why Obama Is the Favorite  —  I've been tiptoeing around this point, because I don't think that our forecast model ought to represent the totality of our analysis about the election.  —  But if you look at the right-hand column of this page …
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Wall Street Journal:
Caddell and Schoen: A Campaign in Need of a Clintonian Pivot
Brooks Jackson / FactCheck.org:
Democratic Disinformation from Charlotte  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — We heard a number of dubious or misleading claims on the first night of the Democratic National Convention:  — The keynote speaker and others claimed the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, would raise taxes on the “middle class.”
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CNN:
CNN Fact Check: About those 4.5 million jobs ...
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Monica Lewinsky's Former Rabbi To Deliver Benediction After Bill Clinton Speaks At DNC  —  ABC News' Michael Falcone reports:  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — This could get awkward.  —  Rabbi David Wolpe of Los Angeles' Sinai Temple, where Monica Lewinsky and her family were congregation members …
Vanity Fair:
Barack Obama to Michael Lewis on a Presidential Loss of Freedom: “You Don't Get Used to It—At Least, I Don't”  —  Michael Lewis and Barack Obama.  —  “Don't be looking to the sidelines all sheepish,” Barack Obama yells at Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Lewis in “Obama's Way,” …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Republicans push to pre-empt Bill Clinton
Discussion: Daily Kos
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Tens Of Thousands Of Feminists Call On CNN To Fire Sexist Contributor  —  This afternoon, in just over one hour, 23,000 people signed a petition asking CNN to fire contributor Erick Erickson.  —  His offense?  He referred to the Democrats' packed list of female speakers at their convention in Charlotte …
Lee Fang / thenation.com/blogs/168901:
Exclusive: Paul Ryan Quietly Requested Obamacare Cash  —  Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan is barnstorming the country, promising to repeal every provision of the Affordable Care Act if the Romney-Ryan ticket is elected.  But a letter he wrote to the Obama administration may undermine this message.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Gawker
Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
Michelle Obama's DNC Speech Written at 7 Grade Levels Above Ann Romney's  —  The First Lady's speech Tuesday was written at a 12th grade level - the highest in history among the wives of presidential nominees and far above Ann Romney's lowest mark of a 5th grade level
Discussion: USA Today, BuzzFeed, Daily Kos and Politico
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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