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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Obama Ahead with Stronger Support, Better Image and Lead on Most Issues — Democrats Narrow Engagement Gap — OVERVIEW — At this stage in the campaign, Barack Obama is in a strong position compared with past victorious presidential candidates. With an eight-point lead …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Romney at Univision: I'm about the ‘100 percent of America’ — CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Mitt Romney, recognizing the damage to his campaign, Wednesday night backed off his statement from earlier this year that he wouldn't contend for the support of the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay income taxes.
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Bloomberg:
What Mitt Romney Doesn't Get About Responsibility — “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what,” Mitt Romney told a room full of donors. — “All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Really Bad News For Mitt From Pew — It's hardly the kind of definitive evidence we need to conclude Mitt Romney's in the process of burying his presidential prospects, but there's just no way for anyone to spin the new national Pew Research poll as anything other than really bad news for the GOP nominee.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Voters' Reaction to Romney's “47%” Comments Tilts Negative — Independent voters, by 29% to 15%, also more negative than positive — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans have a more negative than positive immediate reaction to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's comments, secretly caught on video …
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Mario Trujillo / Ballot Box:
Thompson's lead dissolves in Wisconsin
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Reuters:
Mitt Romney needs poll vault to win
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Scott Wong / Politico:
Heller knocks Romney over ‘47 percent’
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Washington Examiner:
The Obama you don't know — Few if any of his predecessors took the oath of office with higher public hopes for his success than President Obama on Jan. 20, 2009. — Millions of Americans hailed his election as an end to partisanship, a renewal of the spirit of compromise and a reinvigoration …
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Jeff Dunetz / “The Lid”:
Report Blows HUGE Hole In Obama's Fake Biography — The Washington Examiner has investigated the narrative given to us by Barack Obama and the Democratic party and found it filled with lies. The truth is the president had a privileged up-bringing, went to the best schools throughout his life.
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Fox News:
Al Qaeda, ex-Gitmo detainee involved in consulate attack, intelligence sources say — Intelligence sources tell Fox News they are convinced the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was directly tied to Al Qaeda — with a former Guantanamo detainee involved.
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Fox News Insider:
FOX NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Intel Sources Say Libya Attack Tied to Al Qaeda and Ex-Gitmo Detainee Sufyan Ben Qumu — On tonight's Special Report, Bret Baier reported on an exclusive breaking news alert: intelligence sources are convinced the Mideast attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was directly tied to Al Qaeda.
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Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
Al Qaeda in Libya—a Growing Threat
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ZIP / Weasel Zippers:
Obama's Campaign Manager Tweets Out Super Creepy Pic Of Himself - Update: Make Your Own Jim Messina Meme... Would you let this man within a hundred feet of your children? — Update: Messina is now officially a meme. I made this one. You can make yours here.
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Stephanie Cutter / Twitchy:
ForAll cult fail: Cutter, Natalie Portman, Leto kick off; Jim Messina's pic creeps everyone out
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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Tax penalty to hit nearly 6M uninsured people — WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 6 million Americans — significantly more than first estimated— will face a tax penalty under President Barack Obama's health overhaul for not getting insurance, congressional analysts said Wednesday. Most would be in the middle class.
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Byron York / Twitchy:
Obama campaign now selling its version of American flag, complete with ‘O’ logo … In the wake of Mitt Romney's divisive “caught on tape” comments, the president would like you to know that he believes in one nation under Obama, and he has the flag to prove it.
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James Taylor / Forbes:
Antarctic Sea Ice Sets Another Record — Antarctic Iceberg (Photo credit: NOAA's National Ocean Service) — Antarctic sea ice set another record this past week, with the most amount of ice ever recorded on day 256 of the calendar year (September 12 of this leap year).
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
GOP blocks veterans jobs bill with budget vote — Senate Republicans stopped the veterans jobs bill Wednesday by forcing a budget point of order vote. — Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (R-Ill.) requested a motion to waive the budget point of order, which was raised by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.).
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Senate Republicans Kill Veterans' Jobs Bill
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Toes Conservative Line On Immigration, Refers To ‘Illegal Aliens’ — At a Univision candidate forum in Florida Wednesday, Mitt Romney squirmed under a barrage of questions on his immigration policy, mostly sticking to his conservative positions. He even used the hot-button term …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Obama has edge over Romney in three battleground states — President Barack Obama has the edge over Republican Mitt Romney in three potentially decisive states in the presidential election. — Obama tops Romney by seven percentage points among likely voters in both Ohio (49-42 percent) and Virginia (50-43 percent).
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The Fix, American Power, Hotline On Call, Outside the Beltway, Election 2012 and New York Times
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Netanyahu ad to debut in Florida — Bibi Netanyahu is not running a campaign in the US - it just looks that way in this new ad. — A spot featuring only the Israeli prime minister talking about Iran is set to hit the airwaves in select Florida markets tomorrow, a media tracking source confirms.
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Sponsor Of Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Defends Romney, Says ‘Lazy’ People Also Shouldn't Vote — As Pennsylvania's strict voter ID law returns to the lower court for reconsideration, its original sponsor, Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-PA), told KDKA Radio Wednesday morning that his law will only disenfranchise …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Is Barack Obama America's Most Dishonest Politician? — A lot of politicians are dishonest, but Barack Obama may be in a league by himself. He appeared on the David Letterman show last night, and Letterman asked him about the national debt (somewhat surprisingly). Obama's answer was a masterpiece of prevarication.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Obama's Lead Looks Stronger in Polls That Include Cellphones — As I observed on Tuesday, and as The New Republic's Nate Cohn also found, Barack Obama seems to have received a much clearer bounce in some types of polls than others. — Although there are exceptions on either side …
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