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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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Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
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)
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Romney Doesn't Understand Why You Can't Roll Down Windows On A Plane … On Monday, Mitt Romney offered a remedy to the problem that caused his wife's airplane to land prematurely last week: Allow passengers to roll down the airplane windows. — Ann Romney's plane was grounded Friday after the main cabin filled with smoke.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
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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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama: ‘No doubt’ attack on US Consulate in Libya was terrorism — NEW YORK - President Obama said Monday “there's no doubt” that the attack on a U.S. Consulate in Libya earlier this month “wasn't just a mob action.” — In an interview with ABC's “The View,” Obama …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
CBS Doesn't Air Obama Admitting Mistakes in Campaign Ads
CBS Doesn't Air Obama Admitting Mistakes in Campaign Ads
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
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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ELIZABETH WARREN ADMITS SHE IS NOT LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN MASSACHUSETTS
Politico:
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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James Hohmann / Politico:
President Obama pulls ahead of Mitt Romney
President Obama pulls ahead of Mitt Romney
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Poll: Obama ticks up on Romney in tight race
Poll: Obama ticks up on Romney in tight race
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Darren Samuelsohn / Reuters:
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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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The GOP Wasted 4 Years on the Wrong Critique of Obama's Foreign Policy
The GOP Wasted 4 Years on the Wrong Critique of Obama's Foreign Policy
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Orlando Sentinel:
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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State Rep. Mike Horner resigns after being linked to brothel in Orange County — TALLAHASSEE — State Rep. Mike Horner, a Republican from Kissimmee, has abruptly resigned his seat in the Florida House following reports linking his name to a prostitution investigation in Central Florida.
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Mitt Romney's transition efforts intensifying — Mitt Romney's campaign may be struggling, but his transition operation is moving full steam ahead. — The GOP presidential candidate's Washington team is intensifying its efforts, moving into official office space and holding meetings on Capitol Hill.
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Terrence Dopp / Political Capital:
Christie on Romney: If Election Were Tomorrow ‘That Would Be a Problem’
Christie on Romney: If Election Were Tomorrow ‘That Would Be a Problem’
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
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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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
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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Jay Solomon / Washington Wire:
Ahmadinejad Asks: Where Is Salman Rushdie Now?
Ahmadinejad Asks: Where Is Salman Rushdie Now?
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
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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Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:
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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Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
Is Facebook Publishing People's Private Messages, Or Are We All Freaking Out Over Nothing?
Is Facebook Publishing People's Private Messages, Or Are We All Freaking Out Over Nothing?
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Alex Sanz / WPTV Newschannel 5:
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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Craig Gilbert / JSOnline:
Ryan: 'We're going to beat him' — By Craig Gilbert of the Journal Sentinel
Ryan: 'We're going to beat him' — By Craig Gilbert of the Journal Sentinel
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John Sides / The Monkey Cage:
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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Thomas B. Edsall / Campaign Stops:
What's Wrong With Pennsylvania?
What's Wrong With Pennsylvania?
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Beast:
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.
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney, On 60 Minutes, Cites Emergency Room As Health Care Option For Uninsured … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Mitt Romney, Video, Mitt Romney Health Care, Mitt Romney 60 Minutes, Mitt Romney Health Insurance, Mitt Romney Healthcare, Mitt Romney Uninsured, Romney 60 Minutes, Romneycare, Politics News
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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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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Todd Akin: Constituents Who Want My Attention Should ‘Write Me A Decent Check’ — Rep. Todd Akin's (R-MO) Senate campaign has struggled to rebound after his claim that women could not get pregnant from “legitimate rape” led to a drop in fundraising and GOP establishment support.
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RAW Paste Data — “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” Thomas Jefferson Citizens of The internet. Have you ever been filmed by the police and wondered what their footage looked like? Well you're in luck!
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