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4:20 PM ET, September 11, 2012

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Washington Post:
Among likely voters, Obama-Romney close  —  Last week's Democratic National Convention helped President Obama improve his standing against Republican Mitt Romney, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, but did little to reduce voter concern about his handling of the economy.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Gets Three-Point Convention Bounce  —  Now leads Romney by six percentage points, 50% to 44%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama got a modest bump in support immediately after last week's Democratic National Convention, with 50% of registered voters now saying they would vote …
Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
Ten takeaways from the new Post/ABC poll
Rasmussen Reports:
Job Creation? 47% Trust Obama, 45% Romney
Evan Vucci / ABCNEWS:
Obama Gains a Convention Boost - But Not Among Likely Voters
tipponline:
Race Tightens As Obama Advantage Narrows To 2 Points
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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Jamie Weinstein / The Daily Caller:
Cheney responds to Obama's reportedly poor intelligence briefings attendance  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney took a shot at President Barack Obama late Monday night after it was reported that the president has attended fewer than half of his daily intelligence briefings.
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Cheney Smears Obama On 9/11, Claims He Took ‘Sole Credit’ For Bin Laden's Death
Discussion: The Maddow Blog
Byron Tau / Politico:
Cheney knocks Obama on bin Laden, intel briefings
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
How Mitt Romney Is Losing The Debate Expectations Game  —  He's practicing hard, his aides say!  Obama's camp pretends to panic.  —  Romney with Senator Rob Portman, who is playing President Barack Obama in debate prep, earlier this month.  —  Image by Brian Snyder / Reuters
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Reuters:
The Kerry-ization of Mitt Romney  —  Mitt Romney is getting the full John Kerry treatment on national security — and some top Republicans are alarmed by what they see as his ham-handed response to it.  —  Romney — whose convention speech didn't include a salute to the troops or a reference to Afghanistan …
Jim VandeHei / Reuters:
GOP to Mitt Romney: You're so vague  —  Leading conservatives are offering blunt advice to Mitt Romney: Quit ducking details, start engaging in a real and specific war of ideas with President Barack Obama — or lose.  —  Here's just a sampling of the past 24 hours:
Discussion: The Next Web and Daily Kos
Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Romney's Osama bin Laden problem
ABCNEWS:
Paul Ryan on Chicago Teachers' Strike: ‘We Stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel’  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — Paul Ryan crossed party lines and voiced support for one of President Obama's biggest backers today, saying, “We stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel” in his fight with Chicago's teachers …
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Kara Spak / Chicago Sun Times:
Poll: 47% of Chicago registered voters support teachers in strike  —  Just under half of Chicago's registered voters support the Chicago Public Teachers strike in a 500 person poll taken Monday, and nearly three-quarters of those polled say Mayor Rahm Emanuel is doing an average, below average or poor job in handing the labor dispute.
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
In Standoff, Latest Sign of Unions Under Siege
Chicago Tribune:
Another day in the park as Chicago teachers strike enters 2nd day
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Students are victims in Chicago fight over clout
Raphael Ahren / The Times of Israel:
In harsh rebuttal to Clinton, PM says those who don't set red lines for Iran have no right to keep Israel from attacking  —  Two days after secretary rules out Iran deadline, Netanyahu says: ‘The world tells Israel to wait because there is still time.  And I ask: Wait for what?  Until when?’
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Margot Roosevelt / Reuters:
Southern whites troubled by Romney's wealth, religion  —  (Reuters) - Sheryl Harris, a voluble 52-year-old with a Virginia drawl, voted twice for George W. Bush.  Raised Baptist, she is convinced — despite all evidence to the contrary — that President Barack Obama, a practicing Christian, is Muslim.
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Moody's: Congress must reach fiscal deal to avert downgrade  —  Moody's Investors Service warned Tuesday that Congress will need to strike a deal on the “fiscal cliff” to avoid a second downgrade to the nation's credit rating.  —  The rating agency said that budget negotiations in 2013 …
Discussion: CNN and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Economy Watch:
Moody's warns it will cut US bond rating if budget talks fail
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
Chris Brown Tattoos An Image of a Battered Woman On His Neck  —  Chris Brown, having graduated from tossing chairs at windows after interviewers have the temerity to ask him about his battering of then-girlfriend Rihanna, has apparently decided that violence against women will be his new hallmark.
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Parents of SEAL Team Six member say unit endangered by Obama administration statements  —  Identifying the Special Operations Force behind the Usama bin Laden raid amounted to placing a target on the back of the team members as well as their families, according to the parents of Aaron Vaughn …
Jeremy Peters / The Caucus:
A Journalist With Rare Access to Obama Had to Play by Quote Rule  —  Michael Lewis, the best-selling author of “Moneyball” and “The Big Short,” was granted extraordinary access to President Obama for his latest article in Vanity Fair.  —  But with that access came one major condition.
Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
Dolphins-dissing President Obama chats Pitbull, Medicare with ‘Pimp with the Limp’ DJ Laz  —  President Obama continues reaching out to non-traditional media to spread the campaign word, appearing in a pre-recorded interview that aired this morning on 106.7 FM with DJ Laz AKA “the pimp with the limp …
 
 
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Ben Pershing / Washington Post:
Md. Democrats will run write-in candidate to replace Wendy Rosen
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Jane Perlez / New York Times:
China Accuses Japan of Stealing Disputed Islands
Discussion: BBC, Newsy and Via Meadia
Nate Cohn / The New Republic:
Why Romney's Money Advantage is No Game-Changer
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Corporate-Led Education Reform Movement Ignores Solvable Problems to Carry Out Its Agenda
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Biden enjoys colorful barbecue with Shanksville firefighters
Discussion: CNN
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Economic Confidence Surged 11 Points Last Week
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Wall Street Journal:
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Biden recalls own loss while marking ‘bittersweet’ 9/11 anniversary
Mike Konczal / Business Insider:
The Complete Guide To America's Jobs Crisis And The Failure Of Monetary Policy Using Animated Gifs
Discussion: Slate and Unfogged