Top Items:
Mark Murray / First Read:
Polls: Obama holds the edge in Florida, Ohio and Virginia — President Barack Obama has opened up a five-point lead in the Sunshine State and the “right track” number is now more than 40 percent. NBC's Chuck Todd reports. — After two political conventions and heading into the post-Labor Day sprint …
Discussion:
Politico, The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, KDVR.com, Daily Kos, Middle Earth Journal and Pressing Issues
RELATED:
Esquire:
Exclusive: Obama Up by 4 Points Among Likely Voters (58% of Americans Say He'd Take Romney in a Fight) — With fifty-four days to go, voter opinions are coming into focus, and Esquire and Yahoo! News have joined forces to examine how voters view the presidential candidates and how President Obama …
Discussion:
CNN, Politico, New York Magazine and The Daily Pulp
Marist Poll:
9/13: Obama Leads Romney by 7 Points in Ohio
Discussion:
The Fix, Battleground Watch and Hotline On Call
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Poll: Voters think Obama would beat Romney in a fistfight
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, Ballot Box, CNN, Jammie Wearing Fools and AEIdeas
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama up 7, Klobuchar 19 in Minnesota
Discussion:
KDVR.com and The Political Carnival
Kim Sengupta / The Independent:
Revealed: inside story of US envoy's assassination — Exclusive: America ‘was warned of embassy attack but did nothing’ — NOTE: WE DO NOT STORE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) BUT YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL BE LOGGED TO PREVENT ABUSE OF THIS FEATURE. PLEASE READ OUR LEGAL TERMS & POLICIES
RELATED:
Mike Allen / Politico:
U.S. denies premeditation report in Libya attack — The Obama administration is flatly denying a blaring British newspaper report that the U.S. diplomats in Libya were killed as a result of a “continuing security breach,” and that “credible information” about possible attacks had been ignored.
Discussion:
Power Line, Minneapolis Star Tribune and Jammie Wearing Fools
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
White House clarifies Obama's statement that Egypt is not an ‘ally’ — President Barack Obama didn't intend to signal any change in the U.S.-Egypt relationship last night when he said Egypt is not an “ally,” the White House told The Cable today. — In an interview with Telemundo Wednesday night …
Discussion:
bigstory.ap.org, Hot Air, tv.broadwayworld.com, Mediaite, Politico, RedState, ABCNEWS, The Caucus, New York Times, Doug Ross, CNN, PJ Media, Guardian, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, Wizbang, National Review, The Atlantic Online, Power Line, Weekly Standard, Washington Examiner, Election 2012, The PJ Tatler and The Spectacle Blog
RELATED:
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Obama alone: This president does not need intel briefers — How long had it been since President Obama attended his daily intelligence meeting in the lead-up to the Sept. 11 attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Egypt and Libya? After all, our adversaries are known to use the anniversary of 9/11 to target the United States.
Discussion:
FOX5 Vegas - KVVU, The PJ Tatler, Crooks and Liars, The Maddow Blog, AEIdeas and Atlas Shrugs
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: NBC chief foreign correspondent blasts Obama's “Egypt not an ally” statement
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway, National Review and The Daily Dish
Associated Press:
Feds ID California man's role in anti-Islam film — Associated Press/Hani Mohammed - A Yemeni protestor, left, holds a white flag with Islamic inscription in Arabic that reads, “No God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet,” in front of the U.S. embassy during ...more
Discussion:
The Hinterland Gazette, Washington Monthly, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, Deadline.com and Riehl World News
RELATED:
CNN:
Arrest made in Libya attack
Discussion:
Newsy, Hot Air, Slate, Atlas Shrugs, The New Republic, Weasel Zippers, Poynter and Jihad Watch
Anthea Butler / USA Today:
Opposing view: Why Sam Bacile deserves arrest
Discussion:
OpenMarket.org, protein wisdom, Overlawyered, Jihad Watch, Weasel Zippers, Michael J. Totten's blog and Outside the Beltway
AJE - Al Jazeera English:
Angry protests spread over anti-Islam film
Discussion:
Guardian, The Moderate Voice, The PJ Tatler, Newsy and Taylor Marsh
New York Times:
Turmoil Spreads to U.S. Embassy in Yemen
Discussion:
Reuters, New Yorker, WTOP.com, The Caucus, IHT Rendezvous, ABCNEWS, Washington Post, This Just In, First Read, New York Post, Boing Boing, Close Read, The Other McCain, BuzzMachine, Lawfare, FP Passport, The Stranger …, Tablet Magazine, The Lede, Right Wing News, The Atlantic Online, Althouse, Questions and Observations, The Heritage Foundation, Mashable!, Via Meadia, JustOneMinute, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, NO QUARTER, Newsy, Firedoglake, Gothamist, The PJ Tatler, Gawker, Jammie Wearing Fools, Outside the Beltway, CNN, New York Magazine, Scared Monkeys, Wall Street Journal and Towleroad News #gay
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release — Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August suggests that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months. Growth in employment has been slow, and the unemployment rate remains elevated.
Discussion:
New York Times, Washington Post, Slate, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, Felix Salmon, Business Insider, Via Meadia, Washington Monthly, The Moderate Voice, Guardian, The Daily Beast, Outside the Beltway, The Huffington Post, The Week, New York Magazine, Mother Jones, Firedoglake, Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh, Economist's View, National Review, The Big Picture, Hullabaloo, The Demos Blog and The Maddow Blog
RELATED:
Megan Ruyle / The Hill:
Republicans question whether Fed carrying water for Obama
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice, Wall Street Journal, PoliticusUSA and The Maddow Blog
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Pentagon Denies Reports of No Live Ammo for Marines — A Marine spokesperson at the Pentagon denied reports that U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition in a statement to Fox News Thursday.
RELATED:
Michael J. Totten / Michael J. Totten's blog:
Enough Appeasement Already — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton just announced that she finds the anti-Muslim movie trailer that sparked violent and even murderous attacks on American embassies across the Middle East to be “disgusting and reprehensible” and that the United States government had nothing to do with it.
Discussion:
The Hill, Politico and Tablet Magazine
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Media and Obama out to lunch — Romney had it right
Discussion:
First Read, FishbowlDC, National Review and Slate
Hillary Rodham Clinton / US Department of State:
Statement on the Deaths of Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty in Benghazi, Libya — Press Statement — Washington, DC — The attack on our diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya on Tuesday claimed the lives of four Americans. Yesterday, I spoke about two: Ambassador Chris Stevens and Information Management Officer Sean Smith.
Discussion:
Fox News, Taylor Marsh and The Jawa Report
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Top Romney adviser: ‘Apology’ statement fit our narrative, so we ran with it — In a post that's generating some attention today, Josh Marshall pointed out that last night's New York Times story detailing the Romney camp's step-by-step thinking on the Embassy attacks was replaced with another version that was missing key reporting.
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Limbaugh: Al-Qaida “gave up Osama” — He says the terrorist group wanted to “mak[e] Obama look good” so he would remain in the White House — Polite and serious pundits were shocked when Mitt Romney suggested, and RNC Chairman Reince Priebus outright declared, that President Obama …
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Ryan gets hero's welcome from House GOP upon return to DC — Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan got a hero's welcome from his colleagues on Thursday as he returned to the Capitol for the first time since being named by Mitt Romney to the GOP ticket.
Discussion:
Politico, Ballot Box and The Hill
RELATED:
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Whoa!... Democrat Kirstin Powers UNLOADS on Obama and Media After Mideast Embassy Attacks (Video) — Whoa! Democrat Kirstin Powers blasted this week's media jihad against Mitt Romney today on America Live with Megyn Kelly. Powers also slammed the Obama Administration for their weak response …
Discussion:
Riehl World News
Mike Baker / Associated Press:
Three Ron Paul-Supporting Electors May Not Support Republican Ticket … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Paul Ryan, Ron Paul, Video, Electoral College, Electors, Mitt Romney 2012, Paul Ryan 2012, Politics News — At least three Republican electors say they may not support …
Discussion:
Liberal Values, Hit & Run, Firedoglake, A plain blog about politics and Politico
BuzzFeed:
Romney's Team Turns On The Press — A frustrating week in Boston. “The polls are close, and so the media starts cheering on their guy,” says one adviser. — DULLES, Va. — As Mitt Romney finishes his second week of dismal news coverage — with slipping polls and a combustible international crisis driving …
David Shepardson / detroitnews.com:
Teamsters leader compares GOP to Cambodian dictator — Washington — Teamsters President James Hoffa on Thursday compared the recent Republican Party convention's downplaying of the Bush administration to Cambodian leader Pol Pot, who infamously wiped from history books anything that happened before he rose to power.
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers and Jammie Wearing Fools
BuzzFeed:
Todd Akin: Obama Doesn't Like America — The pariah Senate candidate strikes again, this time commenting on the tragedy in Libya. — Zeke Miller — an hour ago — 34 responses
Discussion:
The Hinterland Gazette
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Terrifying: Increases in Real Per Capita Federal Spending Over The Past 35 Years — The above chart put together by my frequent collaborator Veronique de Rugy is, simply put, terrifying. — It shows the growth in inflation-adjusted federal outlays per capita.
Discussion:
small dead animals
Ginger Gibson / Politico:
Mitt Romney tones down embassy critique in Va. — FAIRFAX, Va. — Mitt Romney didn't repeat his strong criticism of President Barack Obama over the response to protests at the U.S. embassies in Egypt and Libya at a campaign rally here Thursday. — He did note the death of four Americans …
Discussion:
Reuters, FP Passport, CNN, The Hinterland Gazette, Little Green Footballs, No More Mister Nice Blog and ABCNEWS
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
