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BuzzFeed:
How Romney Packed The Univision Forum — Tense moments as the campaign demands to bus in supporters and to retape an introduction. “A little bit of disrespect,” complains Univision's Salinas. — Romney at Univision and Facebook's “Meet the Candidates” forum, moderated by Maria Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos.
Daily Mail:
Scroll down to watch video from Wednesday' show — New revelations: On Wednesday, Anderson Cooper, left, told Senator John McCain, right, that a ‘source familiar with Ambassador Stevens’ thinking' said the envoy was worried about security — Mystery source: Cooper admitted two days later …
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The Gateway Pundit, NewsBusters.org and The Lonely Conservative
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
CNN Reveals Finding Ambassador Christopher Stevens' Journal And Discloses Reporting With It
CNN Reveals Finding Ambassador Christopher Stevens' Journal And Discloses Reporting With It
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New York Magazine and emptywheel, more at Mediagazer »
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA TO CONDEMN CHRISTIAN FILMMAKER BEFORE UNITED NATIONS — Not only are we seeing the White House and State Department call more attention to the Mohammed-mocking “Innocence of Muslims” than any terrorist network ever could've hoped for, but the President's indefensible scapegoating …
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New York Times, American Power, Doug Ross, The Jawa Report, iOwnTheWorld.com, Weekly Standard and The Daily Caller
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP furious newspaper got better briefing on Libya
Senate GOP furious newspaper got better briefing on Libya
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The Lonely Conservative, Ricochet Conversations Feed and Michelle Malkin
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Messina: Forget The Tied National Polls, We're Winning — Says swing state dynamics favor Obama. — Image by Charles Dharapak / AP — Obama campaign manager Jim Messina told reporters on Saturday that despite national tracking polls showing the president and Romney tied, Obama is still winning.
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
‘The Worst Thing That Has Happened to Our Democratic Election System’ — Andrew Cohen has been doing a formidable job of covering what is otherwise a substantially under-covered theme in this election year: the efforts to disenfranchise large numbers of voters, especially in swing states.
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Palin to Romney-Ryan: ‘Go Rogue’ — In a statement to THE WEEKLY STANDARD, former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin offers some advice for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, this year's Republican ticket for president and vice president, respectively.
Paul Krugman:
Mitt Romney Says, “I Am The Confidence Fairy!” — I've coined a few successful turns of phrase over the years, but none, I think, as successful as the confidence fairy — a term I used to refer to the belief that things like austerity in the face of depression would actually be expansionary, because of ... CONFIDENCE.
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Balloon Juice and Brad DeLong
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Romney the giver — The big news from tax returns — We learned yesterday that last year Mitt Romney paid $1.9 million in taxes on an income of $14 million — and gave $4 million to charity. — The year before, he made $21.6 million, paid $3 million in taxes and gave $3 million to charity.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
A New Inning, Late in the Game — THE way Kevin McClatchy figured it, he had to choose. He could indulge his dream of presiding over a big-time professional sports team, or he could be open about his sexuality. The two paths didn't dovetail. — He went with sports, and in February 1996 …
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The New Civil Rights Movement, ABCNEWS, Towleroad News #gay and NewsBusters.org blogs
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Chris Matthews Says ‘Unemployment Was Well Past 10%’ When Obama Took Office - It Was Only 7.8% — “When your guy left town, Dubya - who nobody asked him to come back by the way at the Republican convention - unemployment was well past ten percent and skyrocketing.”
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The Rightnewz and The Lonely Conservative
ABCNEWS:
First Lady: Voting Rights Is ‘Movement of Our Era’ — Michelle Obama says protecting the right to vote has become the nation's most important civil rights issue. — The first lady tells a gathering of black lawmakers and leaders that they owe it to those who fought and died for equal rights …
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Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama campaign prefers Hank Aaron to Scott Walker — President Obama will not be greeted by Gov. Scott Walker at the airport in Milwaukee on Saturday, but a campaign spokeswoman said he doesn't mind. — Instead, Obama will be joined by Hall of Fame Milwaukee Brewer Hank Aaron at a fundraising stop.
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