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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney undermines his own argument about Bin Laden — Today Mitt Romney was asked whether he would have given the order to launch the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden, as Obama did. — “Of course,” Romney said. “Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order.”
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney on OBL: ‘Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order’ — Mitt Romney, asked if he would have given the order to go after Osama Bin Laden, as President Obama's new video and his campaign aides have suggested he wouldn't have done, per POLITICO's Ginger Gibson: “Of course, even Jimmy Carter would have given that order.”
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — The Five Stages Of GOP Reaction To Osama Bin Laden's Death — And What's Next — As America nears the one-year anniversary of the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, Democrats are running on the tagline, “bin Laden is dead, General Motors is alive,” as Vice President Joe Biden put it this week.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Inside the Mitt Laden Smackdown — As you know, on the eve of the anniversary of the targeted killing of arch-terrorist Osama bin Laden, the Obama reelection campaign launched a frontal attack on Mitt Romney. They not only celebrated Obama's decision but freely suggested that Romney …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Smirks: Again Suggests Romney Wouldn't Have Killed Bin Laden (Updated: Romney Responds)
Obama Smirks: Again Suggests Romney Wouldn't Have Killed Bin Laden (Updated: Romney Responds)
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Ricochet Conversations Feed, Nice Deb and The Gateway Pundit
Olivier Knox / ABCNEWS:
Depressed Bin Laden thought about ‘al-Qaida’ name change, White House says
Depressed Bin Laden thought about ‘al-Qaida’ name change, White House says
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Victor Morton / Washington Times:
New Obama slogan has long ties to Marxism, socialism — The Obama campaign apparently didn't look backwards into history when selecting its new campaign slogan, “Forward” — a word with a long and rich association with European Marxism. — Many Communist and radical publications …
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
COMRADES! OBAMA'S NEW SLOGAN: FORWARD!
COMRADES! OBAMA'S NEW SLOGAN: FORWARD!
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Finally: Team Obama unveils its new slogan; Update: “Was Reply-All taken?”
Finally: Team Obama unveils its new slogan; Update: “Was Reply-All taken?”
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Los Angeles Times, The Moderate Voice, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and Viking Pundit
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Elizabeth Warren campaign, challenged on Native American heritage claims, ‘digging up some sort of evidence to appease you’ — Massachusetts senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren described herself in law-school professional directories as a Native American minority from 1986 to 1995.
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Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Scott Brown calls on Warren camp to ‘come clean’ — Liz listed self as minority in professional directories — Despite claiming she never used her Native American heritage when applying for a job, Elizabeth Warren's campaign admitted last night the Democrat listed her minority status …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Elizabeth Warren camp: It's kind of sexist for Scott Brown to ask if she's lying about being Native American
Elizabeth Warren camp: It's kind of sexist for Scott Brown to ask if she's lying about being Native American
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New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren's Ancestry Irrelevant in Hiring, Law Schools Say
Elizabeth Warren's Ancestry Irrelevant in Hiring, Law Schools Say
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Stephanie Ebbert / Boston Globe:
Directories identified Warren as minority
Directories identified Warren as minority
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Chris Christie / CNN:
Romney might convince me, Christie says — (CNN) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday said Romney “might be able to convince” him to serve as his No. 2 on the Republican presidential ticket. — “He might be able to convince me. He's a convincing guy, but I really love this job.
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ABCNEWS:
Christie Willing to Be Sold on VP Slot
Christie Willing to Be Sold on VP Slot
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Joe / Joe. My. God.:
NORTH CAROLINA: Man Films Himself Firing A Shotgun Into Neighbor's Yard Sign Against Amendment One — How is NOM going to spin THIS? Somebody please mirror this clip immediately onto your own YouTube channel and send me a back-up link. — UPDATE: Thanks folks, we've now got back-up copies of this shameless a**holery.
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Stephen King / The Daily Beast:
Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&'s Sake! — The iconic writer scolds the superrich (including himself—and Mitt Romney) for not giving back, and warns of a Kingsian apocalyptic scenario if inequality is not addressed in America. — Chris Christie may be fat, but he ain't Santa Claus.
Bristol Palin:
Defending the “Palin Pick” — Most of you know I'd rather post photos of my family and write about Alaska than talk about politics. But after reading and watching some recent commentary, I can't help myself. — The chattering class is talking - endlessly - about Mitt Romney's choice of a Vice Presidential running mate.
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Island Packet:
Bluffton Middle School teacher accused of assault, calling student “Jew” — From staff reports — Feeds | | Search the Archive — A Bluffton Middle School teacher is accused of grabbing a student by his shirt collar, forcing him under a desk and telling him …
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Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
TV in real dime — Viewers who stream network TV shows may soon discover the free ride is not so free. — Hulu, which attracted 31 million unique users in March under a free-for-all model, is taking its first steps to change to a model where viewers will have to prove they are a pay-TV customer …
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James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Why the presidential election could be over at 8:30 a.m., October 26 — This may be as good as it gets. Sputter-speed growth of around 2% and a moribund labor market. As the above chart suggests, the recovery is losing momentum. Here's Goldman economist Jan Hatzius:
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Chuck Lindell / Austin American-Statesman:
Judge grants Planned Parenthood injunction — Updated at 1 p.m. to include the judge's order and details on the ruling — A federal judge in Austin ruled today that state officials cannot exclude Planned Parenthood from a health care and contraception program for low-income women.
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ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney Secretly Drops By Grieving Police Station — PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — It's not often that Mitt Romney omits from his remarks that he's running for president, but today the presumptive GOP nominee did just that, secretly dropping by a New Hampshire police station to offer his condolences …
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Fox News:
Top EPA official resigns after ‘crucify’ comment — A top EPA official has resigned after coming under scrutiny for 2010 remarks in which he compared the agency's enforcement strategy to Roman crucifixion. — Al Armendariz, the top environmental official in the oil-rich South and Southwest region …
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Dina Cappiello / Associated Press:
Top EPA official resigns over ‘crucify’ comment
Top EPA official resigns over ‘crucify’ comment
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Indecision Forever, The Scoop, Fuel, FreeEnterprise.com, Mother Jones and The Other McCain
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Restore Our Future cleans its YouTube channel of negative primary spots — Restore Our Future, the pro-Mitt Romney super PAC that played a crucial role in bringing Newt Gingrich's poll numbers back down to earth with a string of negative spots in Iowa, has scrubbed its YouTube channel of all but two of its spots.
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