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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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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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Daily Kos, The Atlantic Online, emptywheel, Hot Air, Wonkette, naked capitalism, Gawker, US Politics, Politico, Booman Tribune, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, New York Magazine, Balloon Juice, Crooks and Liars, The Maddow Blog, Middle Earth Journal, Little Green Footballs, The Raw Story and Joe. My. God.
Mark Felsenthal / Reuters:
Obama offers himself up as ‘eye candy’ on ‘The View’ — * President aims to connect with women, a key voting block — * Obama says problems in economy won't be solved overnight — President Barack Obama on Monday sought to woo women voters at a taping of the daytime talk show “The View …
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Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
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White House defends position on Israel, Iran — Defense comes amid GOP criticism that Obama minimized Iran threat, downgraded Israel's status as close US ally in interview. — WASHINGTON - The White House defended itself Monday from GOP criticism that US President Barack Obama …
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Israel Matzav and Algemeiner.com
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Iran's President, in New York, Says Israelis Have No Mideast Roots
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Reuters, Foreign Policy, United Nations, Firedoglake, Newsy, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, Israel Matzav and The Times of Israel
Jared A. Favole / Washington Wire:
On ‘The View,’ Obama Discusses Mideast Unrest
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama: ‘No doubt’ attack on US Consulate in Libya was terrorism
Obama: ‘No doubt’ attack on US Consulate in Libya was terrorism
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New York Magazine, Politico, CNN and Weasel Zippers
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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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Weasel Zippers and Power Line
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The GOP Wasted 4 Years on the Wrong Critique of Obama's Foreign Policy — The president enjoys a huge lead over Mitt Romney on national-security issues, and conservatives don't even understand why. — Reuters — Speaking at the RNC, Clint Eastwood turned to invisible Barack Obama …
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American Prospect and Daniel W. Drezner
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Ryan says under Obama, Middle East looks like ‘1979 Tehran’ — Paul Ryan delivered a blistering speech against President Obama on foreign policy Monday, saying because of the president's policies, the Middle East looks like Tehran during the mob protests on the U.S. embassy in 1979.
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CNN, The Other McCain and The Lonely Conservative
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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The Daily Caller, The PJ Tatler, Mediaite and New York Magazine
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Christie on Romney: If Election Were Tomorrow ‘That Would Be a Problem’ — Photograph by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie addresses the 2012 Republican National Convention. — Republican Mitt Romney has been forced to take a more aggressive tack …
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Taylor Marsh and Mediaite
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Mitt Romney's transition efforts intensifying
Mitt Romney's transition efforts intensifying
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Washington Monthly and CNN
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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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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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CANNONFIRE, No More Mister Nice Blog, Gawker, Joe. My. God. and The PJ Tatler
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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Naked Politics, Riptide 2.0, The Buzz Florida Politics Feed and Crooks and Liars
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Alan Jacobs / The American Conservative:
Ancient (and Modern) Ignorance — I suppose the thing I most enjoy about religion commentary in the New York Times is the serenity of its ignorance. All sorts of NYT writers just say stuff about religion, without much caring whether any of it is true. A lovely recent example is this column …
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The Moderate Voice and Opinionator
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‘Top-Two’ Election Change in California Upends Races — PLEASANTON, Calif. — Running against the Vietnam War, Representative Pete Stark entered Congress the year Richard M. Nixon was re-elected president. Since then, ensconced in Democratic strongholds here in the Bay Area, Mr. Stark was easily re-elected 19 times.
John Sides / American Prospect:
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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Crooked Timber, Mother Jones, The Daily Beast, The Maddow Blog and Brad DeLong
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Thomas B. Edsall / Campaign Stops:
What's Wrong With Pennsylvania?
What's Wrong With Pennsylvania?
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Philly.com, Booman Tribune, Washington Monthly, Public Religion Research …, Mother Jones and Balloon Juice
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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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elections.gmu.edu, A plain blog about politics, Balloon Juice, Joe. My. God. and Taegan Goddard's …
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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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The Maddow Blog, Hullabaloo, Taylor Marsh, Guardian and Daily Kos
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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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The Fix, Talking Points Memo and Influence Alley
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Checking in on Financial Crises Recoveries — Seeing that it has been a year since the update to Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff's great work on financial crises, I thought it would be a good idea to check in on how the U.S. is doing relative to these other historical crises.
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Tim Duy's Fed Watch, The Atlantic Online, Mother Jones and Calculated Risk
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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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Gizmodo, The Verge, Betabeat, Slate, Gawker, Guardian, Newsy, BuzzFeed, The Raw Story, Business Insider and The Daily Caller
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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The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, The Raw Story and Joe. My. God.