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7:10 AM ET, September 11, 2012

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Kurt Eichenwald / New York Times:
Op-Ed Contributor: The Bush White House Was Deaf to 9/11 Warnings  —  IT was perhaps the most famous presidential briefing in history.  —  On Aug. 6, 2001, President George W. Bush received a classified review of the threats posed by Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network, Al Qaeda.
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Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
Do 15% of Ohio Republicans think Romney killed bin Laden?  Probably not.  —  Public Policy Polling has a new poll (pdf) out of Ohio showing Obama with his biggest lead since May.  Given how hard it would be for Mitt Romney to win the White House without winning Ohio, that's a big deal.
Dominic Di-Natale / Associated Press:
EXCLUSIVE: Jailed doc who helped nail Bin Laden warns Pakistan sees U.S. as ‘worst enemy’
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
With GOP jittery, Romney faces test of resolve  —  Mitt Romney and his top aides are running an essentially faith-based campaign.  Whatever the polls say at the moment, whatever the pundits say, whatever some nervous Republicans say, Team Romney simply does not believe President Obama can win re-election in today's terrible economy.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
For the Romney campaign, it's forever 1980  —  Romney campaign pollster Neil Newhouse is out with a new memo arguing that despite whatever convention bounce Obama is getting, Mitt Romney is going to win the presidential race.  The crux of his case is that the Obama economy is simply too horrible …
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago teachers strike updates: 'It's a national embarrassment'  —  Continual coverage of the Chicago teachers strike.  —  3:10 p.m. 'It's a national embarrassment'  —  About a dozen religious leaders on the South and West sides urged CPS and teachers to come up with a contract by the end of the day.
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Reuters:
Analysis: Striking Chicago teachers take on national education reform
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Ties Obama To Chicago Teachers' Strike
CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama up six points over Romney  —  (CNN) - A new survey indicates President Barack Obama moved up four points following the Democratic National Convention last week, and now has a six point advantage over his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.  —  According to a CNN/ORC International Poll …
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Washington Post:
Among likely voters, Obama-Romney close
Discussion: GOP 12, ABCNEWS, The Fix and The Hill
Peter Beinart / The Daily Beast:
The Ghost of George W. Bush  —  Why Dubya will decide the winner this fall.  —  The conventions are over, but the individual who will determine the 2012 election didn't attend either of them.  His name is George W. Bush.  —  LM Otero / AP  —  Conventional wisdom holds that elections are about the future.
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Niall Ferguson / The Daily Beast:
Niall Ferguson: Why Obama Is Winning
Politico:
Obama's suds-'n'-sports regular-guy tour
BuzzFeed:
The Most Anti-Gay Piece Of Political Mail This Year  —  There is still time, but a mailer first reported by Politico and prepared in the name of “The Committee To Save The Erie County Republican Party” in New York was never sent — but has set a mighty low bar.
Discussion: Gawker and The Impolitic
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Anti-gay marriage attack piece in New York race
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Fear of a Black President  —  As a candidate, Barack Obama said we needed to reckon with race and with America's original sin, slavery.  But as our first black president, he has avoided mention of race almost entirely.  In having to be “twice as good” and “half as black,” …
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Kevin Cirilli / Reuters:
Scott Van Duzer, the Obama hugger: Shop facing boycott  —  The owner of a Florida pizza shop says people are boycotting his business because he bear-hugged President Barack Obama on Sunday.  —  “People are saying a lot of bad things and boycotting my restaurant,” Scott Van Duzer, 46, told POLITICO.
Manu Raju / Politico:
Todd Akin: 'I'm not getting out'  —  GOP Rep. Todd Akin doesn't sound like someone who's about to end his Senate bid.  —  With a dropout deadline just two weeks away, the Missouri congressman said he's “totally in” the race and will not drop his bid despite calls from top Republicans and conservative pundits that he immediately do so.
Discussion: The Right Scoop
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CNN:   Akin, returning to Capitol, says he's ‘totally in’ Missouri race
Nick R. Martin / Talking Points Memo:
Arizona's Birtherpalooza Canceled Over Low Ticket Sales  —  Not even the promise of crooner Pat Boone singing oldies from a spinning stage could save what was intended to be the premier birther event of the year later this month in Arizona.  —  Organizers of the gala, which would have …
Russ Fischer / /Film:
First Footage From Steven Spielberg's ‘Lincoln’ Features a Bit of the President's Most Famous Speech  —  Here's your first look at footage from Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, which comes in the form of a trailer for the trailer.  The real trailer will hit on September 13, after the previously …
Discussion: Gawker and Hot Air
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Appears To Copy Text From Obama Website  —  You didn't write that!  Donation instructions for Romney's new “Victory Wallet” taken from Obama's “Quick Donate” feature.  The Obama version went up in March.  —  Source: donate.barackobama.com  —  Source: mittromney.com
Ian Johnson / New York Times:
Communist Leader's Absence Sets Off Rumor Mills in China  —  BEIJING — The strange disappearance from public view of China's presumptive new leader is turning a year that was supposed to showcase the Communist Party's stability into something of an annus horribilis.
tipponline:
Race Tightens As Obama Advantage Narrows To 2 Points … President Obama's lead over Governor Romney shrinks from 7 points in August to 2 points in September, according to the latest Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP Poll.  Romney gains support from men, southern, rural, and Hispanic voters this month.
Discussion: The Fix and GOP 12
Manu Raju / Politico:
Reid mocks Ryan over marathon time misstatement [Updated]  —  Harry Reid wasted little time Monday picking up where he left off before the Senate's summer recess: With partisan attacks on the Republican presidential ticket.  —  Moments after opening the Senate for its brief pre-election season …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Russell Berman / Ballot Box:
Ryan to return to Washington Thursday for spending vote
Discussion: Politico, CNN and The Hill
Geoffrey Manne / Truth on the Market:
Josh Wright to be nominated to be next FTC Commissioner  —  Truth on the Market and the International Center for Law & Economics are delighted (if a bit saddened) to announce that President Obama intends to nominate Joshua Wright, Research Director and Member of the Board of Directors of ICLE …
Ben Pershing / Washington Post:
Maryland Democrat quits congressional race amid vote fraud allegations  —  A Maryland Democratic candidate quit her congressional race Monday after her own party told state officials that she had committed fraud by voting in both Maryland and Florida in recent elections.
 
 
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NEWS FLASH  —  ROMNEY DOG-WHISTLES TO TENTHER EXTREMISTS …
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator: ‘Bomb Everybody Tomorrow’ Is ‘Typical’ Republican Policy
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