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7:15 PM ET, September 10, 2012

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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Why the Chicago teacher's strike is bad news for President Obama  —  For the first time in nearly three decades, Chicago public school teachers went on strike this morning.  At first glance, you might be tempted to think that what happens in Chicago has little to no effect on the politics of Washington and the presidential race.
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Xian Barrett / Teacher X:
Why I'm striking, JCB  —  CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard …
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Ties Obama To Chicago Teachers' Strike
Associated Press:
Chicago teachers strike for first time in 25 years after contract talks fail
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago teachers strike updates: Mayor urges teachers to keep negotiating
Discussion: CNN and BBC
Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
How teacher strikes hurt student achievement
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sept. 9: Call It as You See It  —  I've been picking up some sentiment from analysts and journalists in my Twitter feed recently, who correctly note that polling around the party conventions can be volatile.  They suggest that we ought to wait for more data before concluding very much about the bounces …
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Talking Points Memo:
Romney Pollster: Everyone Chill Out, We Got This  —  President Obama's standing in the national race ticked up after a successful Democratic convention, but that's no cause for concern, Mitt Romney's pollster Neil Newhouse said in a memo released Monday morning.
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 …
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Panic Attack  —  As Nate Silver noted over the weekend, four major national tracking polls (Gallup, Ipsos, RAND, and—yes—Rasmussen) all showed Obama making significant gains against Mitt Romney during and immediately after the Democratic Convention.  —  Although the “bounce” …
BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Memo: Don't Panic
Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
President Obama to Bob Woodward: ‘Mistake’ to Dress Down Paul Ryan to His Face in Budget Speech  —  President Obama told author Bob Woodward that he didn't know Rep. Paul Ryan was going to attend at a major speech he delivered last year on spending and debt, and says in retrospect that it was …
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Russell Berman / Ballot Box:
Ryan to return to Washington Thursday for spending vote
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Manu Raju / Politico:
Reid mocks Ryan over marathon time misstatement [Updated]
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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
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Obama'08:
Quick Donate  —  Support the campaign with single-click donations …
Discussion: Election 2012
Brian Tashman / rightwingwatch.org:
Pat Robertson: Since 'We Don't Condone Wife-Beating These Days' Husband Should ‘Move to Saudi Arabia’ to Beat Her  —  Mitt Romney this weekend stumped alongside televangelist Pat Robertson, not minding Robertson's legacy of incendiary, insensitive, heartless and apocalyptic rhetoric that has gotten him in trouble in the past.
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BuzzFeed:   Pat Robertson Encourages Man To Move To Saudi Arabia So He Can Beat His Wife
BuzzFeed:
Forget The Economy — Romney Campaigns On God, NASCAR, And Conservative Values
Discussion: Fox News, Daily Kos and GOP 12
Reuters:
Insight: GM's Volt - The ugly math of low sales, high costs  —  (Reuters) - General Motors Co sold a record number of Chevrolet Volt sedans in August — but that probably isn't a good thing for the automaker's bottom line.  —  Nearly two years after the introduction of the path-breaking plug-in hybrid …
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Why is Obama skipping more than half of his daily intelligence meetings?  —  President Obama is touting his foreign policy experience on the campaign trail, but startling new statistics suggest that national security has not necessarily been the personal priority the president makes it out to be.
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.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Matthew Hay Brown / Baltimore Sun:
Democrat drops challenge to Harris after allegations she voted in two states
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator: ‘Bomb Everybody Tomorrow’ Is ‘Typical’ Republican Policy  —  Between calls from leading Republicans to get ready for war with Iran, remain in Afghanistan and Iraq, and intervening militarily in Syria, it's no surprise that some on the left might label the GOP's approach to foreign policy “bomb everyone tomorrow.”
Discussion: Politico, Hit & Run, Applesauce and AEIdeas
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Poll: Bachmann in danger  —  A new survey provided exclusively to Salon shows the Minnesota congresswoman's lead down to just 2 points  —  Despite her national fan base and a massive war chest, Rep. Michele Bachmann may be in more danger than most suspect, with a new poll showing her lead diminished to just two points.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Dem poll: Rep. Bachmann in trouble
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.
Thomas B. Edsall / Campaign Stops:
The Ryan Sinkhole  —  Unlike the Republican platform, which has mostly been ignored outside of the abortion issue, the Paul Ryan budget is the core document of the 2012 campaign.  It is the most explicit expression of the Republican agenda, endorsed by the party's presidential candidate …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
NEWS FLASH  —  ROMNEY DOG-WHISTLES TO TENTHER EXTREMISTS: 'I'M AS CONSERVATIVE AS THE CONSTITUTION' |  During his interview yesterday with Meet the Press, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney made the rather odd statement he is “as conservative as the Constitution” …
Discussion: USA Today
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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Philip Ewing / Reuters:
Defense firms confirm layoff warnings
Discussion: Business Insider and Politico
Dominic Di-Natale / Associated Press:
EXCLUSIVE: Jailed doc who helped nail Bin Laden warns Pakistan sees U.S. as ‘worst enemy’
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
Do 15% of Ohio Republicans think Romney killed bin Laden? Probably not.
Discussion: Taking Note, Politika and The Raw Story
Robert Beckhusen / Wired:
Video: Watch Darpa's Robotic Dog Follow Its Master
Discussion: The Verge and The Raw Story
Charles G. Koch / Wall Street Journal:
Corporate Cronyism Harms America
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Annie Linskey / Baltimore Sun:
Burns backs off bid to silence Ravens player
Mark Halperin / The Page:
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Richard Eden / Telegraph:
Brad Pitt: Why my mother is wrong about Barack Obama and gay marriage