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12:45 AM ET, September 6, 2012

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
DNC's Wasserman Schultz, Gaspard cancel interviews amid platform debacle  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democratic National Committee chiefs Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Patrick Gaspard cancelled interviews with local media outlets tonight, amid controversy surrounding the party's decision to reintroduce “God” and “Jerusalem” to the platform.
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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 …
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,” …
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.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney: DNC a ‘celebration of failure’  —  Mitt Romney blasted the first day of the Democratic convention on Wednesday, saying that the effort by his political rivals was “so far a celebration of failure.”  —  Romney and his allies have pounced on Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's comments …
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Division over platform at DNC  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two platform planks sparked division at the Democratic National Convention here Wednesday.  —  Things got so bad that President Barack Obama was forced to personally intervene, ordering language mentioning God and naming Jerusalem as the rightful capital of Israel be added.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: Boos at convention as Dems reinstate language on God and Jerusalem in platform; Update …
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
After three votes, Dems put Jerusalem, God back into party platform
David Brody / The Brody File:
DNC Almighty Nightmare In Charlotte: Now Dems Put God And Jerusalem Language Back Into The Platform
Discussion: Power Line
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
How to Understand the DNC's Jerusalem Imbroglio
Discussion: The Daily Beast and The Daily Dish
Nikki Haley / CNN:
TRENDING: Haley a Nazi? Democrat not backing down from analogy
Josh Voorhees / Slate:
With GOP Push, Democrats Find Absent God (in DNC Platform)
CNN:
TRENDING: First on CNN: DNC secretly scheduled guests: Actresses Johansson, Portman, Washington
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Democrats Cave on Platform, Make Changes on God, Jerusalem
Washington Wire:
Text of Bill Clinton's Address to the Democratic Convention … Here is the text of President Bill Clinton's speech to the Democratic National Convention as prepared for delivery and released by the convention's press office:  —  We're here to nominate a President, and I've got one in mind.
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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 …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Republicans push to pre-empt Bill Clinton  —  Republicans are trying to preempt President Clinton's prime time address to the Democratic convention on Wednesday by claiming the former president will speak more about his economic record than President Obama's.
Discussion: Politico, ABCNEWS, CNN and Daily Kos
ABCNEWS:
Transcript: Bill Clinton's Democratic Convention Speech  —  Former President Bill Clinton's remarks to the Democratic National Convention, as prepared for delivery.  Clinton veered from these prepared remarks multiple times throughout his speech.  —  We're here to nominate a President, and I've got one in mind.
Discussion: American Spectator
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Clinton on Obama: 'We haven't been close friends' but he knows I support him
Discussion: Politico and Taylor Marsh
Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
5 things to watch tonight
Discussion: ABCNEWS and CNN
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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Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Secret Service Eyes Romney Tax Return Blackmail Attempt  —  About 7 p.m. last Thursday, members of the Williamson County Democratic Party returned to their offices in Franklin, Tenn., for a meeting, and found a padded manila envelope that had been dropped through the mail slot.
Ken Whitehouse / Nashville City Paper:
Anonymous group allegedly hacked Romney tax records via Franklin firm
Discussion: Washington Wire, Wonkette and Gawker
Fernando Alfonso III / Daily Dot:
Hackers hold Mitt Romney's allegedly stolen tax returns for ransom
Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
Bob Woodward Book: Debt Deal Collapse Led to ‘Pure Fury’ From President Obama  —  An explosive mix of dysfunction, miscommunication, and misunderstandings inside and outside the White House led to the collapse of a historic spending and debt deal that President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner …
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Miranda Green / The Daily Beast:
Speed Read: Juiciest Bits From Bob Woodward's Book ‘Price of Politics’  —  How exactly did the nation's debt crisis play out behind closed doors?  From Obama ‘chomping on Nicorette’ to Biden as the GOP ‘whisperer’ and Ryan's anger at the president, the highlights of Bob Woodward's The Price of Politics, out Sept. 11.
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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David Hill / Washington Times:
Sununu: Democrats moved convention indoors because of poor attendance
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 …
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 …
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.”
Associated Press:
Judge OKs Arizona's show-me-your-papers law  —  Arizona authorities can now enforce the most contentious part of state's immigration law  —  Below:  —  updated 2012-09-05T23:40:26  —  PHOENIX — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Arizona authorities can enforce the most contentious section …
Discussion: The Raw Story
Alexander Bolton / Ballot Box:
Elizabeth Warren casts 2012 as battle against ‘rigged’ economy  —  Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren railed against an enterprise system “rigged” against the middle class and cast Mitt Romney as siding with special interests who have set the rules.
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
At Convention, Democrats Make Anti-Romney Case
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Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
Michelle Obama's DNC Speech Written at 7 Grade Levels Above Ann Romney's
Discussion: USA Today, BuzzFeed, Daily Kos and Politico
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