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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Obama: You can't change Washington from the inside (Updated) — A surprising comment from President Barack Obama, at the Univision forum in Florida earlier, on things he has learned after four years: “You can't change Washington from the inside.” — It's a tricky thing to claim outsider status …
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Obama changes ‘Change’ — So much for the bright, bold colors of hope and change. President Barack Obama admitted Thursday that his reelection campaign is more about gritty American realism. — The response from Democrats: About time you came around. — At a Univision presidential forum …
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The Right Scoop:
BOOM! Romney tells crowd we'll give Obama a chance to change Washington from the outside in November! — Fantastic Romney response to Obama's claim that he can't change Washington from the inside, that it can only be changed from the outside. Romney tells the crowd that Obama has already thrown …
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Obama pressed on failures at Univision forum — CORAL GABLES, Fla. - President Barack Obama on Thursday faced some of the toughest questioning of his reelection campaign to date, pressed repeatedly on his failure to achieve comprehensive immigration reform and other unmet promises from his 2008 run.
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Obama: “You Can't Change Washington From The Inside”
Obama: “You Can't Change Washington From The Inside”
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Mitt says Obama threw in ‘white flag’ on changing Washington (Updated)
O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Ann Romney, to critics in GOP: “You want to try it? Get in the ring.” (AUDIO) — Ann Romney says fellow Republicans who've criticized her husband need to “stop it” and realize “how lucky” the party is to have Mitt Romney as its nominee. — Ann Romney spoke late this afternoon to about 200 people …
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Mark Murray / First Read:
Polls: Obama ahead in Colorado, Iowa and Wisconsin — President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney in Colorado, Iowa and Wisconsin, reaching the key 50 percent support threshold in all three battlegrounds, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls of these states.
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Wall Street Journal:
Headwinds for Romney in Latest Poll Results — Mitt Romney's path to victory is narrowing, new polling data suggest, presenting challenges for the Republican nominee at a moment when he is trying to rebound from a week of bad headlines by refocusing on federal spending.
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Warren-Brown Post-Debate Analysis (Videos added) — I will add to this, and embed videos when available, but here's my quick take. (Full video here) — Very strong opening for Brown on fake Cherokee issue. He didn't handle it the way I would have, but he picked an issue …
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Boston Globe:
Scott Brown, Harry Reid clash after Republican raises possibility of missing tonight's debate — WASHINGTON — Senator Scott Brown raised the possibility he might miss tonight's lead-off debate with Elizabeth Warren because of the Senate voting schedule, before Democratic leaders challenged …
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John Blanding / Boston Globe:
Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren use face-to-face debate to amplify themes from Senate trail
Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren use face-to-face debate to amplify themes from Senate trail
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Obama slammed on Fast and Furious in Spanish-language TV interview: Shouldn't you ‘fire’ Holder? — Interviewers on Spanish-language television network Univision grilled President Barack Obama about the Operation Fast and Furious scandal plaguing his administration in an interview on Thursday.
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Catherine E. Shoichet / CNN:
Obama defends record on immigration at Univision forum
Obama defends record on immigration at Univision forum
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
What working class whites really think about dependency and redistribution — It's been widely observed that Mitt Romney's attacks on Obama over Medicare, welfare, dependency and “redistribution” are about driving up Romney's share of working class white support.
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Casey Michel / Talking Points Memo:
Rick Perry Blames Separation Of Church And State On Satan — In a conference call with fellow evangelicals earlier this week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) shared his thoughts on the origins of the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state. Rather than tracing the idea …
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Firedoglake, Texas on the Potomac and Trail Blazers Blog
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Whoa: Devastating CBS News Benghazi Report Slams Obama Administration — There were so many critical elements of this CBS News report on Libya, I wasn't sure which one to highlight in a juicy headline. Just watch: — Let's count the revelations embedded within this minute-and-a-half long clip:
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Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama administration airs ads in Pakistan, condemning anti-Islam film — The Obama administration is airing ads on Pakistani television condemning the anti-Islamic film “The Innocence of Muslims,” a State Department spokeswoman confirmed Thursday. — “As you know, after the video came out …
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Romney Supporters Clash With Protesters In Florida — “Get a job.” “I'm proud to be one percent.” — SARASOTA, Fla. — Supporters and opponents of Mitt Romney faced off outside of the Republican nominee's rally here in an at-times-violent confrontation.
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David Hinckley / NY Daily News:
Joe Biden - not Mitt Romney, President Obama, Bill Clinton or Clint Eastwood - most watched convention speaker in landslide! — Vice president's speech watched by 14.7% of the 289.7 million people who live in U.S. television homes: Nielsen — Vice President Joe Biden makes his point during …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Collapse of the Cairo Doctrine — In the week following 9/11/12 something big happened: the collapse of the Cairo Doctrine, the centerpiece of President Obama's foreign policy. It was to reset the very course of post-9/11 America, creating, after the (allegedly) brutal depredations of the Bush years …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney intensifies swing-state campaign schedule, attacks on Obama — Mitt Romney shifted his campaign strategy this week, intensifying his swing-state schedule and hammering President Obama with his own campaign slogans. — The GOP presidential nominee needs to turn the page from recent stumbles …
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Jack Shafer:
Willard Milhous Romney — Be careful about writing Mitt Romney's political obituary before they fill him with formaldehyde and pour him into his mahogany condo. Like that other frequent Republican presidential candidate, Richard Nixon, Romney has a remarkable talent for stepping into it …
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Washington Post:
Georgette and Lyn: A tale of two sisters — “I don't know much about Lyn,” Barbara Walters says, adding that her friend Georgette “gives very interesting cocktail parties for friends. Her sister usually coordinates it.” — Fire and ice — In Tampa, the Romney campaign offered …
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Paul Ryan / CNN:
Paul Ryan to seniors: Obamacare threatens Medicare — Washington (CNN) - In a speech to seniors on Friday, Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan will warn them about the threat of Obamacare when he appears at the AARP conference after President Barack Obama addresses the group via satellite.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Unanswered questions about the attack in Libya — Two news reports suggest that the White House line of “the movie made them do it” is a false account of what occurred in the consulate attack and brutal murder of our diplomatic personnel in Libya. However, national security spokesman Thomas Vietor insisted …
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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple Maps App Takes Reality Distortion to a Whole New Level — Apple may some day deliver a mobile mapping application that bests Google's, but the new Maps app in iOS 6 — the latest iteration of its mobile operating system — isn't it. Not yet, anyway.
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Wall Street Journal:
Noonan: Romney Needs a New CEO — How to save a listing campaign, the Baker Way. — “Nothing is written.” That was T.E. Lawrence to the Arab tribesmen in Robert Bolt's screenplay, a masterpiece, of “Lawrence of Arabia.” You write no one off. Nothing is inevitable. Life is news—"What happened today?"
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Disdain for Workers — By now everyone knows how Mitt Romney, speaking to donors in Boca Raton, washed his hands of almost half the country — the 47 percent who don't pay income taxes — declaring, “My job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them that they should take …
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David Weigel / Slate:
Tim Kaine Explained — The candidate's spox cleans up his debate remarks in a short TPM interview. … I think I see the problem. Tim Kaine was elected twice to statewide office in Virginia, narrowly both times (Lt. Gov. in 2001, governor in 2005). He earned the sort of pragmatism …
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New York Post:
Anti-jihad ‘savage’ ads going up in subway — A provocative ad that equates some Muslim radicals with savages is set to go up next week in the New York City subway system, just as violent protests in the Middle East over an anti-Islamic film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad.
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