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Obama's ‘60 Minutes’ wipeout — Once is a bad day, but twice in a row should worry Democrats. President Obama followed his gaffe-ridden Univision interview with an outing on Sunday on “60 Minutes” that is destined to wind up in a series of Mitt Romney ads.
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CBS Doesn't Air Obama Admitting Mistakes in Campaign Ads — Tonight, CBS aired a 60 Minutes interview with President Obama. But curiously enough, the news magazine show did not air a clip of Obama admitting to interviewer Steve Kroft that some of his campaign ads contain mistakes and that some even “go overboard.”
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Obama: ‘No doubt’ attack on Libya consulate was terrorism
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Hillary Clinton Aide Tells Reporter To “F**k Off” And “Have A Good Life” — As the State Department's story about what happened in Benghazi crumbles, Clinton's personal spokesperson, Philippe Reines, loses his temper. “Have a good day. And by good day I mean F**k Off.” — Clinton and Reines in China in 2010.
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Elizabeth Warren's law license problem — The debate last Thursday night between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren covered ground mostly known to voters. — But there was one subject most people watching probably did not know about, Elizabeth Warren's private legal representation …
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GOP analysis: Mitt winning in middle — In early August, with our Republican analysis of the POLITICO-George Washington University Battleground Poll, we wrote “... this election will remain close until the final weeks of the campaign. There will be ups and downs for both campaigns throughout …
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President Obama pulls ahead of Mitt Romney — President Barack Obama has opened a national lead in a tight race that's been static for much of the year. — A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll of likely voters finds little good news for Mitt Romney but a race that remains competitive.
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Poll: Obama ticks up on Romney in tight race
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The Statistical State of the Presidential Race — With fewer than 45 days left in the presidential campaign, it's no longer a cliché to say that every week counts. And there are a few polling-related themes we'll be watching especially closely this week.
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Mitt and the threat of abandonment — Romney might face the same indignity — abandonment — as the last Republican to challenge an incumbent, Bob Dole — On Sunday's “Meet the Press,” David Brooks and Joe Scarborough took turns criticizing Mitt Romney's messaging and strategy.
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Mitt Romney's transition efforts intensifying
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Mitt Romney pulls in $6 million at Beverly Hills fundraiser — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives in Los Angeles during what is primarily a fundraising swing through California. (Charles Dharapak / Associated Press / September 22, 2012)

Report: Ahmadinejad to Meet with Occupy Wall Street — A report today in an official outlet of the Iranian regime claims that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, will meet with members of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Ahmadinejad is currently in New York City …
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Ahmadinejad Asks: Where Is Salman Rushdie Now?
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Facebook Confirms No Private Messages Appearing On Timeline. They're Old Wall Posts. — Updated. Some Facebook users were alarmed this morning when it appeared that private messages written in 2009 and earlier were showing up on viewable Timelines as messages “Posted by friends.”
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Is Facebook Publishing People's Private Messages, Or Are We All Freaking Out Over Nothing?
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State Rep. Mike Horner ends campaign after being named in racketeering, prostitution case — State Rep. Mike Horner of Kissimmee ended his re-election campaign today after being named as a client in a racketeering and prostitution case. — Horner, a two-term Republican …
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Puncturing Myths about the White Working Class — A new survey and report from the Public Religion and Research Institute—entitled “Beyond God and Guns”—is a valuable corrective to so many stereotypes of the white working class. Particularly noteworthy in this report are the large …
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What's Wrong With Pennsylvania?
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Veterans retreating from Barack Obama — President Barack Obama is trying hard to win veterans, but it looks like they'd prefer a new commander in chief. — The Obama campaign had been hoping that veterans and their families — especially among the post-Sept. 11 generation that served …
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The GOP Wasted 4 Years on the Wrong Critique of Obama's Foreign Policy
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President Obama: The Democrats' Ronald Reagan — With his first term behind him, Obama is poised to be as significant a president as Reagan—tackling the deficit, spearheading immigration reform, and jolting the GOP back to sanity. — As the fall has turned crisper, a second term for Barack Obama has gotten likelier.

Paul Ryan says reversal of DADT repeal is step in wrong direction, sets out to revive American dream — MIAMI, Fla. — One year after the repeal of the “don't ask, don't tell” policy that barred openly gay and lesbian service members from serving in the military, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) …
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Ryan: 'We're going to beat him' — By Craig Gilbert of the Journal Sentinel
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Conservatives Embrace Alternate Polling Reality — Dean Chambers, founder of unskewedpolls.com, has reweighted national polling data based on Rasmussen partisan trends. His results give Romney a wide lead. — Via: unskewedpolls.com — Republicans have taken their complaints …
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Paul Ryan: Cayman Islands “The Place You Hide Your Money” — Democrats often hit Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for having an offshore bank account in the Cayman Islands. In 2010, during a speech to the Chamber of Commerce, his running mate Paul Ryan called the Cayman Islands …
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Romney campaign to change message — Mitt Romney's campaign on Monday said it would debut a new “change in message” that looked not just to criticize President Obama's record, but to paint a contrast for voters of the next four years. — “We are talking not only on the president's performance …
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You are here — Home » Amtrak » Amtrak to run test trains at 165 mph in Northeast … TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Amtrak is going to break the speed limit in the Northeast Corridor. — The rail service announced Monday it will operate test trains overnight at 165 mph in four stretches from Maryland to Massachusetts.
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