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9:35 PM ET, September 15, 2012

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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
WHY BARACK OBAMA SHOULD RESIGN.  Just for the record, this is what it looked like for a man who made a film that made the Obama Administration uncomfortable:  —  Here's the key bit: “Just after midnight Saturday morning, authorities descended on the Cerritos home of the man believed …
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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
ANTI-ISLAM FILMMAKER DONATED MILLION DOLLARS TO OBAMA CAMPAIGN  —  Blame the movie.  —  Blame the movie.  —  Blame the movie.  —  Even though “the movie” was on YouTube for months prior to the collective indignation of thousands of Middle Eastern Islamists all coming together …
Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
The Video Didn't Do It  —  It was bad enough, two years ago, that Defense Secretary Robert Gates called fringe Florida pastor Terry Jones to ask him not to burn copies of the Koran, or last week, that chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Martin Dempsey took his turn to call Jones to ask …
Kimi Yoshino / L.A. NOW:
Alleged ‘Innocence of Muslims’ filmmaker taken in for interview  —  Just after midnight Saturday morning, authorities descended on the Cerritos home of the man believed to be the filmmaker behind the anti-Muslim movie that has sparked protests and rioting in the Muslim world.
Alex Dobuzinskis / Reuters:
California man linked to anti-Islam film taken in for questioning
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Obama: Slain diplomats represented ‘very best of our country’
BuzzFeed:
Rick Santorum: Conservatives Will Never Have “Smart People On Our Side”  —  Santorum tells values voters to be wary of the media elite.  —  Image by Jason Reed / Reuters  —  WASHINGTON, DC — Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum attacked the media and “smart people” …
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Bachmann: Obama “most dangerous president” ever on foreign policy
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers say Romney campaign needs to change course  —  Republican lawmakers are grumbling about the direction of Mitt Romney's campaign and say he needs to change course.  —  The complaints come as polls show that Romney lost ground on President Obama following the party's respective conventions …
Mike Allen / Politico:
52 days to Nov. 6; 19 days to Debate 1 — TOOBIN BOOK: Roberts switched!  — BOSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM: In NYT-CBS, 53% say Romney would favor rich; 8% say middle class  —  JEFFREY TOOBIN, staff writer for The New Yorker and senior legal analyst for CNN, in “The Oath: The Obama White House …
Discussion: The Raw Story and Pat Dollard
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Dan Froomkin / The Huffington Post:
Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Now In Hands Of State's Partisan High Court
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Chaos at the State Dept?  —  I spoke with a well-placed journalist last night whose sources describe the situation at the State Department in one word: “Chaos.”  The working assumption is that several American embassies may have been penetrated, or are vulnerable to attack …
Discussion: CNN and The Gateway Pundit
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Michael Patrick Leahy / BREITBART.COM:
COLONEL: HILLARY MADE DECISION NOT TO POST MARINES AT BENGHAZI
Discussion: neo-neocon
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
He Said, She Said, and the Truth  —  IN journalism, as in life, balance sounds like an unassailably good thing.  —  But while balance may be necessary to mediating a dispute between teenage siblings, a different kind of balance — some call it “false equivalency” — has come under increasing fire.
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Why Obama Is Still Ahead  —  The economy alone won't win the election for Romney.  —  President Obama is outside the ideological mainstream, viewed as very liberal by an electorate that's moderate or somewhat conservative.  His domestic policies are unpopular, notably his health care law, economic stimulus, and spending plans.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Obama campaign takes on the ‘are you better off’ question  —  The Obama campaign is launching a new ad in the seven key swing states that directly takes on Mitt Romney's “are you better off” question:  —  It's a minute-long spot, which suggests this represents a major effort by the campaign …
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Obama swing-state ad says voters better off than four years ago
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
Liam Ford / Chicago Tribune:
Feds: U.S. teen held in ‘jihad’ terrorist bomb attempt at Chicago bar  —  Adel Daoud, 18, of Hillside, was arrested Friday night when he tried to blow up what he thought was a car bomb in front of a downtown bar (Posted Sep 15, 2012)  —  Adel Daoud, 18, of Hillside, was arrested Friday night …
Discussion: Riehl World News
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Israeli PM Netanyahu says Iran's leaders guided by ‘unbelievable fanaticism’  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran's leaders were guided by “unbelievable fanaticism” and warned American policymakers that containment would not work against a nuclear-armed Tehran.
John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
Don't Say “Desperate”  —  Muslim unrest has created a challenge for Obama and the nation—and a different kind of crisis for the Romney campaign.  —  One day this spring, over lunch in Chicago, David Axelrod offered up a concise summary of Team Obama's prevailing view about the race ahead against Mitt Romney.
Discussion: The Mahablog and The Impolitic
Tim Graham / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Propaganda Update: TV Networks Will Be Asked to Boost ObamaCare In Plots of Their Top Shows  —  Abby Goodnough of The New York Times is reporting as the California state government is setting up its ObamaCare exchange, the exchange has hired a PR firm (with federal government money).
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Romney: Libya deaths a ‘tragic reminder’ of need for US leadership
BuzzFeed:
Obama Extends Lead With Jewish Voters
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Rep. Ryan: New Fed policy a ‘bailout’ for Obama economy
Discussion: The Raw Story and CNN
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
White House Report Details Effects of Automatic Budget Cuts
Jim Abrams / Associated Press:
House votes to end energy loan guarantee program
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
House Republicans Plan Two Month Vacation, Leaving Key Bills Awaiting Action
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CNN:
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John W. Miller / Wall Street Journal:
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