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8:20 PM ET, September 6, 2012

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Brooks Jackson / FactCheck.org:
Our Clinton Nightmare  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former President Bill Clinton's stem-winding nomination speech was a fact-checker's nightmare: lots of effort required to run down his many statistics and factual claims, producing little for us to write about.  —  Republicans will find plenty of Clinton's scorching opinions objectionable.
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Dashiell Bennett / The Atlantic Wire:
What Bill Clinton Wrote vs. What Bill Clinton Said  —  If you were following any journalists on Twitter last night, one of the most remarked upon aspects of Bill Clinton's nomination speech was how liberally he deviated from the prepared text.  What was handed out to the media was four pages …
Daniel Larison / The American Conservative:
The Clinton Speech and the “Campaign of Ideas”  —  Scott Galupo identifies the main strength of Bill Clinton's convention speech: … It was, and it was all the more devastating because Romney and Ryan made no concerted effort to make the case for their ticket and their agenda last week.
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Why Bill Clinton's Speeches Succeed  —  Because he treats listeners as if they are smart.  —  That is the significance of “They want us to think” and “The strongest argument is” and “The arithmetic says one of three things must happen” and even “Now listen to me here, this is important.”
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Keith Ellison / CNN:
Ellison reacts to Jerusalem reference in party platform  —  Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) - Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, one of only two Muslim-Americans in Congress, reacted Thursday to the controversy over his party's newly-updated platform that references Jerusalem as being the capital of Israel.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Obama Campaign Won't Join Clinton In Hailing Recovery
Discussion: Riehl World News
New York Times:
Transcript of Bill Clinton's Speech to the Democratic National Convention
Bill Clinton / CNN:
On Facebook, Clinton's speech more popular than NFL kickoff game
Discussion: Politico, Twitter Room and The Caucus
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Boston's response to Clinton as of midnight...(Updated)
Discussion: CNN and Daily Kos
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Romney, Ryan Double Down On False Welfare Attack Clinton Decried
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Entitlement Trouble
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Associated Press ‘Fact Checks’ Clinton's Speech By Bringing Up Monica Lewinsky
Pema Levy / Talking Points Memo:
Disillusioned Obama Supporter In Romney Ad Is Actually GOP Staffer  —  Republicans debuted a new ad Thursday in which a frustrated former Obama supporter expresses her disappointment with the president.  The only problem: The woman in the video is actually an RNC staffer.
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ABCNEWS:
Steelworker Featured at DNC Didn't Work for Bain  —  The Democratic National Convention on Wednesday featured three speakers billed as “former employees of companies controlled by Bain Capital.”  —  They each told compelling stories about jobs lost, allegedly because of the actions of Bain under Romney's leadership.
BuzzFeed:
Republican Staffer Breaks Up With Obama  —  Could they not find anyone else?  —  Source: youtube.com  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Republicans are out with a new web video today highlighting their messaging push during the Democratic convention that President Barack Obama is a disappointment …
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:   Romney cedes Ohio TV airwaves to Obama (at least for now)
David Foster / 2012 Democratic National Convention:
David Foster  —  Former employee at a Company controlled by Romney's Bain Capital
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Romney, GOP Groups Pull Ads From Michigan and Pennsylvania  —  Republicans signaled this week that they might have given up hope in two important swing states.  —  TPM Slideshow: Romney Takes The Stage At The RNC  —  The Romney campaign and conservative groups like Crossroads GPS …
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Chad Livengood / detroitnews.com:
Conservatives pull ads from Michigan  —  Pro-Romney groups focus on key states; Obama's campaign off air for weeks  —  Mitt Romney's conservative allies are bypassing Michigan with their advertising while stepping up efforts in other battleground states — suggesting campaign strategists …
James Rosen / Fox News:
Romney campaign to ‘carpet bomb’ airwaves after Obama nomination speech
Discussion: Hot Air, Power Line and Moe Lane
New York Times:
Central Bank to Snap Up Debt, Saying, ‘Euro Is Irreversible’  —  FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank on Thursday announced a sweeping program for buying the bonds of troubled euro zone countries, giving the bank potentially unprecedented power.  —  While the bank's president, Mario Draghi …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
BET head: Republican Party ‘pandering’ to blacks, women  —  ‘Does the RNC really embrace African Americans, really embrace women?’  Debra Lee asks.  Reuters  —  Close  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Republican Party may have featured women like Ann Romney and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice …
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Log Cabin Republicans:
Barney Frank Divides, Distracts & Deceives at DNC
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Intelligence Committee Chair Describes Explosive Confrontation Between Netanyahu and American Ambassador  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro allegedly argued over the Obama's administration's Iran policy.  —  (Reuters)
Discussion: “The Lid” and Israel Matzav
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Ben Pershing / Washington Post:
Bartlett suggests federal student loans are unconstitutional, invokes Holocaust  —  Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) suggested Wednesday federally-issued student loans were unconstitutional.  He also said disregarding the Constitution could lead down a “slippery slope” and cited the Holocaust …
Politico:
Verdict is in: Obama levels more personal attacks  —  A crabby, negative campaign that has been more about misleading and marginal controversies than the major challenges facing the country?  Barack Obama and Mitt Romney can both claim parenthood of this ugly child.
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
'Ask Osama bin Laden if he's better off than he was four years ago'  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) will seek to boost President Obama's national security credentials in a primetime speech Thursday night that will depict the president as an unflappable commander …
Benny Johnson / TheBlaze.com:
DEATH THREAT FROM DNC DELEGATE: ‘MITT ROMNEY... I WOULD LIKE TO KILL HIM!’  —  During the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, TheBlaze took to Time Warner Cable Arena to speak with delegates about the most pressing issues of our time.
 
 
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama gives his regrets to stadium fans
Discussion: Hot Air and Jammie Wearing Fools
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Obama: the real radical
Discussion: Power Line and GayPatriot
Dave Levinthal / Politico:
GSA official scolded for party plans
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
Sara Bibel / TVbytheNumbers:
Note: Due to the live nature of the Democratic National Convention …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Avi Ashkenazi / Al-Monitor:
NYPD Opens Branch in Israel
Associated Press:
Unemployment benefits claims fall 12,000
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Courthouse News Service:
Judge Slammed for Delaying Ballot Appeal
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Talking Points Memo:
Sununu Thinks Obama Camp Lying About Cost Of Michelle Obama's Dress
Tom Blanton / Foreign Policy:
A Classified CIA Mea Culpa on Iraq