Romney team sharpens attack on Obama's foreign policy  —  Advisers to Mitt Romney on Thursday defended his sharp criticism of President Obama and said that the deadly protests sweeping the Middle East would not have happened if the Republican nominee were president.

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

Kansas Goes Birther: State Board Considers Removing Obama From Ballot  —  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an informal advisor to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said on Thursday he and his fellow members of a state board were considering removing President Barack Obama from the Kansas ballot this November.

Poll: Obama Holds Narrow Edge Over Romney  —  President Obama holds a narrow three-point advantage over Mitt Romney among Americans most likely to vote in November, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.  —  With their back-to-back political conventions behind …

Tunis Protesters Attack US Embassy  —  Protesters descend on the US embassy in Tunis  —  Protesters have entered the US embassy in the Tunisian capital Tunis in the latest violence sparked by an anti-Muslim film.  —  A large fire could be seen burning inside the compound.

'Obama's Middle East Policy Is in Ruins'  —  US embassies in the Muslim world were on high alert Friday following days of violent protests against an anti-Islam film.  Germany, too, closed several embassies in fear of attacks.  Some German commentators argue that the violence shows that Obama's Middle East policies have failed.

The Muslim Protests: Two Myths Down, Three to Go  —  Here is the narrative that pretty much everyone was buying into 36 hours ago: Crude anti-Islam film made by Israeli-American and funded by Jews leads to Muslim protests that boil over, causing four American deaths in Libya.

Samuel's prez ad: Wake the f@#k up!  —  They picked the perfect actor for a political ad loaded with f-bombs.  —  Samuel L. Jackson will film a provocative spot supporting President Obama's re-election bid as early as tomorrow — telling voters to “Wake the f—k up, Vote for Obama.”

EXCLUSIVE - Romney on Debates: Obama Will 'Say Things That Aren't True'  —  With the first Presidential debate less than three weeks away, Mitt Romney is spending lots of time getting ready behind closed doors.  In his first comments on that debate prep, he told me that Sen. Rob Portman …

China commentary slams Romney's “foolish” China-bashing  —  (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's attacks on China and promise to name the country a currency manipulator if elected are foolish and hypocritical, China's official Xinhua news agency said on Friday.

Who Would Win In A Fistfight: Romney Or Obama?  —  Result from a Langer Research Associates poll of more than a thousand Americans.  It's lopsided (image via).  —  copyranter  —  a half hour ago  —  16 responses

Married Voters Are Romney Voters  —  Marital status is strong predictor of voting behavior  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Married registered voters prefer Republican challenger Mitt Romney over Democratic President Barack Obama by 54% to 39%, according to Gallup data collected from June to August.

UC to pay settlement in Davis pepper spray case  —  UC leaders agree to pay settlement to 21 UC Davis students and alumni who sued over campus officers' use of pepper spray during a November 2011 protest.  —  A UC Davis officer pepper-sprays Occupy protesters in November.