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Daily Mail:
SEALs slam Obama for using them as ‘ammunition’ in bid to take credit for bin Laden killing during election campaign — Serving and former US Navy SEALs have slammed President Barack Obama for taking the credit for killing Osama bin Laden and accused him of using Special Forces operators as ‘ammunition’ for his re-election campaign.
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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.”
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money, ThinkProgress, The Political Carnival, 2012 Decoded and NationalJournal.com
CNN:
Obama campaign's latest ad targets Romney's ‘Swiss bank account’ — (CNN) - The latest television ad by the Obama campaign paints Mitt Romney as a man who outsourced jobs, tried to hide a Swiss bank account, and enjoys a common cause with big oil interests.
Discussion:
GOP 12 and The Daily Caller
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — The Five Stages Of GOP Reaction To Osama Bin Laden's Death — And What's Next
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Romney needs to go on offense on national security
Romney needs to go on offense on national security
Discussion:
The Enterprise Blog and Washington Free Beacon
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)
Discussion:
Betsy's Page, NewsBusters.org, Nice Deb, Ricochet Conversations Feed and The Gateway Pundit
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Inside the Mitt Laden Smackdown
Inside the Mitt Laden Smackdown
Discussion:
Booman Tribune, Time, Washington Monthly, Hullabaloo and Hot Air
Chris Christie / CNN:
Romney might convince me, Christie says
Romney might convince me, Christie says
Discussion:
ABCNEWS, Yahoo! News, Politico, HotAirPundit, National Review and The Page
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
Discussion:
New York Magazine and Politico
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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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Obama campaign puts Bo on the trail
Obama campaign puts Bo on the trail
Discussion:
ABCNEWS and Campaign 2012
Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
COMRADES! OBAMA'S NEW SLOGAN: FORWARD!
COMRADES! OBAMA'S NEW SLOGAN: FORWARD!
Discussion:
americanthinker.com and Jammie Wearing Fools
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?”
Discussion:
Right Wing News, BuzzFeed, Washington Post, Fire Andrea Mitchell!, The Moderate Voice, Viking Pundit and Los Angeles Times
Congressman Allen West / Facebook:
On Saturday night I was honored to be invited to the White House Correspondents Association dinner...
On Saturday night I was honored to be invited to the White House Correspondents Association dinner...
Discussion:
Daily Kos, The Hill and Ballot Box
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren's Ancestry Irrelevant in Hiring, Law Schools Say — Elizabeth Warren, the likely Democratic challenger to Senator Scott P. Brown in the closely watched Senate race in Massachusetts, released statements on Monday night from officials at all of the law schools …
Discussion:
The Volokh Conspiracy, Boston Globe, Althouse and American Power
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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.
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, The Harvard Crimson, iOwnTheWorld.com, Unfogged and Betsy's Page
Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Scott Brown calls on Warren camp to ‘come clean’
Scott Brown calls on Warren camp to ‘come clean’
Discussion:
The Daily Caller and Washington Wire
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
Discussion:
Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, RedState and National Review
Stephanie Ebbert / Boston Globe:
Directories identified Warren as minority
Directories identified Warren as minority
Discussion:
NewsBusters.org blogs
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 …
Discussion:
TechCrunch, GigaOM, Mashable, Techdirt, ThinkProgress and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
OVERNIGHT TECH: Consumer groups slam Hulu decision to switch to pay model
OVERNIGHT TECH: Consumer groups slam Hulu decision to switch to pay model
Discussion:
RedState
Megan DeMarco / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie shakes off Jimmy Kimmel's jabs at his weight — TRENTON — Getting called fat isn't so bad when Sofia Vergara is there to make you feel better. — “When you have her next to you to console you, let me tell you, you don't care what the heck Jimmy Kimmel said,” …
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Matt Katz / Philly.com:
Romney could ‘convince’ Christie to run for VP
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 …
Discussion:
The Other McCain
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.
Discussion:
Holy Bullies …, The Impolitic, Gawker and NOM Blog
Ofer Aderet / Haaretz:
Pioneer of global peace studies hints at link between Norway massacre and Mossad — In several anti-Semitic remarks, Norwegian sociologist Johan Galtung also defends ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ and says Jewish influence was one of the factors leading to Auschwitz. — Get Haaretz on iPhone
Discussion:
Via Meadia, Harry's Place and Israel Matzav
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.
Discussion:
GOP 12, Wonkette, Politico and Conservatives4Palin
New York Times:
Ties to Romney '08 Helped Fuel an Equity Firm — About a month after Mitt Romney ended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in February 2008, his eldest son, Tagg, and Spencer Zwick, the campaign's top fund-raiser, met with a beef company executive who had been a major campaign donor …
Discussion:
Prairie Weather and The Page
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:
Discussion:
Hot Air
Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
PEREZ HILTON TAKES A STAND AGAINST DAN SAVAGE'S BULLYING — Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton wrote this evening to condemn the actions of Dan Savage: — UGH .... Savage later called the walk-out “pansy-a**ed” which, from someone who helms an anti-bullying campaign, is obviously a very negative thing to say ....