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12:45 AM ET, September 11, 2012

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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.
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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 …
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 …
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Panic Attack  —  As Nate Silver noted over the weekend …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Why the Chicago teachers 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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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
U.S. Department of Education: 79% of Chicago 8th Graders Not Proficient in Reading  —  (CNSNews.com) - Seventy-nine percent of the 8th graders in the Chicago Public Schools are not grade-level proficient in reading, according to the U.S. Department of Education, and 80 percent are not grade-level proficient in math.
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Ties Obama To Chicago Teachers' Strike
Reuters:
Analysis: Striking Chicago teachers take on national education reform
Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
How teacher strikes hurt student achievement
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.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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’
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, Joe. My. God. and The Impolitic
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Anti-gay marriage attack piece in New York race
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
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.
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
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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Politico:
Obama's suds-'n'-sports regular-guy tour
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 …
CNN:
Akin, returning to Capitol, says he's ‘totally in’ Missouri race  —  Washington (CNN) - U.S. Rep. Todd Akin returned to Capitol Hill Monday for the first time since his comments about “legitimate rape” caused widespread condemnation from fellow Republicans, some of whom called on Akin to drop his bid for Missouri's U.S. Senate seat.
Discussion: The Rightnewz
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Todd Akin: 'I'm not getting out'
Discussion: The Right Scoop
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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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
President Obama to Bob Woodward: ‘Mistake’ to Dress Down Paul Ryan to His Face in Budget Speech
Russell Berman / Ballot Box:
Ryan to return to Washington Thursday for spending vote
Discussion: Politico, CNN and The Hill
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 …
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Bill McMorris / Washington Free Beacon:   The Great Green Car Fleet
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.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Liberal group targets Ann Romney in new ads  —  A liberal political group is criticizing Ann Romney's comment that she and her husband “have not had a financial struggle in our lives.”  —  The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is launching online ads, first set to run in Ohio …
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BuzzFeed:   Pat Robertson Encourages Man To Move To Saudi Arabia So He Can Beat His Wife
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.
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
 
 
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Randy Kreider / ABCNEWS:
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Russ Fischer / /Film:
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New York Times:
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Young Immigrants Pause on ‘Deferred Action’ Offer
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The Ryan Sinkhole  —  Unlike the Republican platform …