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5:25 PM ET, September 9, 2012

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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Romney, Ryan Refuse To Identify Tax Loopholes They'd Close  —  In separate interviews Sunday, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan refused to identify which tax loopholes they would close in order to pay for their large tax cuts.  —  On NBC's “Meet The Press,” Romney dodged multiple questions …
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Romney Says His Plan To Cut Taxes On The Rich Doesn't Actually Cut Taxes On The Rich  —  On Meet The Press this morning, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney claimed that his tax plan — which provides a 20 percent tax cut for all Americans — would not “reduce the tax burden” …
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Ryan: I Didn't Vote For The Defense Cuts I Voted For  —  Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan has gotten in hot water before for criticizing President Obama for the very same defense cuts that he voted for in 2011.  When confronted with this incongruity today on Face The Nation …
Discussion: The Raw Story
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Ryan defends vote for sequestration deal  —  GOP vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Sunday defended his vote for the Budget Control Act (BCA) that set sequestration in motion, even as Mitt Romney called it a “big mistake” for Republican leaders to accept the deal.
Discussion: CNN
ABCNEWS:
On ‘This Week’: GOP Vice Presidential Nominee Paul Ryan
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sept. 8: Conventions May Put Obama in Front-Runner's Position  —  On Friday, we began to see reasonably clear signs that President Obama would receive some kind of bounce in the polls from the Democratic convention.  —  Mr. Obama had another strong day in the polls on Saturday …
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Politico:
State of the race: Advantage, Obama  —  President Barack Obama heads out of the national political conventions with a much clearer path to winning, top advisers to Mitt Romney privately concede.  —  The Romney campaign, while pleasantly surprised by Obama's lackluster prime-time performance …
Jeff Spross / ThinkProgress:
Flabbergasted Rand Paul Learns Public Employment Decreased Under Obama  —  One of the least appreciated but easily-confirmed facts about the current state of the American economy is that the number of Americans employed by the government has gone down under President Obama.
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Paul Krugman:
Government Employment  —  During today's round table on ABC …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Gov. Brown renews fitness test challenge against Christie  —  California Gov. Jerry Brown still wants New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to take him up on a three-part fitness challenge.  —  Brown renewed his call Sunday to battle Christie in a 3-mile race, chin-up and push-up contest during an interview on CNN's “State of the Union.”
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Ann Romney: Mitt unfairly ‘demonized’  —  GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's wife Ann said that her husband has been unfairly ‘demonized,’ during a joint appearance on NBC's Meet the Press aired on Sunday.  —  Ann Romney said she took to the GOP convention stage to convey that her family …
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Mitt Romney: I'll Keep The Good Parts Of ‘Obamacare’  —  Mitt Romney said Sunday that he likes parts of ‘Obamacare’ and will keep key provisions involving pre-existing conditions and young people.  —  “I'm not getting rid of all of health care reform.  Of course there are a number of things …
Carmine Gallo / Forbes:
Jeff Bezos And The End of PowerPoint As We Know It  —  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos addresses a press conference to introduce new Amazon and Kindle products in New York, September 28, 2011.  (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife)  —  The next time you deliver a PowerPoint presentation that matters …
Discussion: Althouse
The Right Scoop:
Biker chick sits on Biden's lap while Obama lifted in the air by restaurant owner  —  Boy, what these guys will do for votes.  Consider this your open thread for Sunday. UPDATE: OK Biden, this is a little much:
Discussion: The Jawa Report and protein wisdom
Dylan Byers / Associated Press:
Smoke and mirrors at CBS's Face The Nation  —  Today's listing for CBS's Face The Nation.  —  Viewers flipping through their cable listings this morning may have noticed that while NBC's ‘Meet The Press’ had an exclusive interview with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney — a big get …
Discussion: TVNewser
CNN:
Medicare takes center stage for Obama campaign in Florida  —  Melbourne, Florida (CNN) - In the senior-heavy coastal city of Melbourne on Sunday, President Barack Obama, armed with a new study, continued to hammer the Republican plan to reform Medicare.  —  He highlighted a Harvard analysis …
Discussion: Politico, The Reaction and Ballot Box
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John McCain / CNN:
McCain calls out Obama over Syria, again
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Hill
 
 
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Washington Post:
Christian girl accused of blasphemy in Pakistan is released on bail
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Barry M. Horstman / Cincinnati.com:
Absentee ballot plan eases voting but increases risk of voter mistake
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Michael Hastings / BuzzFeed:
Obama Campaign Debuts “Rocky IV” Movie Poster
Andrew Martin / New York Times:
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Cutting the Deficit, With Compassion
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Mass Arab Attack on Jewish Village
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