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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Cheat Sheet - Will Mitt’s Speech Deliver?

The Cheat Sheet

Today: Isaac Claims First U.S. Fatality , The Biggest Lie of All , Court Rejects Texas Voter ID Law
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

August 30, 2012
PRESSURE

Mitt Romney will accept the Republican presidential nomination Thursday night at the GOP National Convention. Can this guarded man deliver the speech of his life? The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz on what Romney needs to do to connect with the television audience. Plus, tune in to The Daily Beast's homepage at 10 p.m. EST to watch Romney and Sen. Marc Rubio speak live, and click here for full convention coverage—including video highlights and commentary from David Frum, Michelle Goldberg, and more.

BATTERED

Isaac claimed its first American life on Thursday after a tow truck driver was killed clearing debris from the storm in Mississippi. Isaac was downgraded to a tropical storm on Thursday, but the slow-moving storm refused to let up on the Louisiana coast as flooding trapped residents in their homes and on levees. Worst affected is Plaquemines Parish, outside New Orleans, where National Guardsmen and residents rescued dozens who were trapped in their homes after a levee overtopped. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal warned there is “much more coming” as the rain and the winds are expected to last through Friday and upwards of 300,000 are still without power in the Southeast.

FACT-CHECKING

Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan pushed politics into new territory with his convention speech, daring Democrats and the media to call him out on his string of falsehoods, writes The Daily Beast’s Michael Tomasky.

DENIED

A federal court in Washington on Thursday struck down a Texas law that made photo identification a requirement to voting. The three-judge panel ruled that the law statute imposes “strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor.” The ruling also noted that the law would disproportionately affect minorities, who are more likely to not possess a driver’s license or passport. The same federal courthouse will decide on a challenge to South Carolina’s new photo-ID law, which went on trial this week and a decision is expected before the November election. A similar law in Pennsylvania was recently upheld. Strict voter-ID laws have become something of a rallying cry of conservatives this election cycle.

NEWS OF THE WORLD

The former legal manager for the now-defunct tabloid the News of the World  was arrested Thursday in the ongoing phone-hacking investigation. Tom Crone, 60, is being held on suspicion of intercepting communications. A source at News International, the British wing of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., said Crone’s arrest followed information that was passed to police from the company Management and Standards Committee. When Murdoch appeared before the Leveson Inquiry last year, he alleged of a cover-up at News International and implicated Crone, although Crone denied the claim.


GRUESOME
Pussy Riot Slogan at Murder Scene
Name written in blood.
GOODBYE GUIDOS
MTV Cancels ‘Jersey Shore’
Final season will premiere Oct. 4.
MIXED BAG
Consumer Spending Increased in July
While unemployment remains steady.
BAD TASTE
Apple Rejects Drone-Strike App
Calls it “objectionable and crude.”
GETTING HELP
LeAnn Rimes Checks Into Rehab
For anxiety, stress.
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