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9:05 AM ET, September 28, 2012

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CNN:
First on CNN: Romney memo seeks to lower debate expectations  —  Washington (CNN) - If it wasn't already clear that Mitt Romney and his allies are trying to lower expectations heading into next Wednesday's debate against President Obama in Denver, the campaign is now making it official.
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Roger Simon / Politico:
Mitt Romney: King of comedy
Discussion: TheBlaze.com
National Review:
Out of the Bushes  —  Mitt Romney has recently been arguing …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Brutal new Obama ad features Mitt Romney and the 47 percenters
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Shock Photos of Netanyahu at U.N. from AP, Reuters  —  Two shocking photos coming off the wire of Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the United Nations moments ago.  —  The first is from the Associated Press:  —  Associated PressAssociated Press  —  The second is from Reuters:  —  ReutersReuters
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Netanyahu, Romney to Speak Friday  —  THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has scheduled a phone call for late morning Friday with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.  —  President Obama refused to meet with Netanyahu on his trip to the United States …
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
The Truth About The Obama Phone  —  On Thursday, the Drudge Report splashed a video of an undentified woman who claims to have recieved a free “Obama Phone.”  —  The video has captured the attention of the right online, who see it as proof that Obama supporters are dependent on government.
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Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:
Where do “Obama phones” come from? … This video of an Obama supporter bragging about having an “Obama phone” has gone viral on the web, but where do these “free cell phones” come from?  —  The program is called Lifeline, established in 1984 was originally created to subsidize landline phone service …
Rush Limbaugh:
The 47% Speaks: She's Voting for Obama Because He Gave Her a Free Phone
Stan Wilson / CNN:
Producer of inflammatory anti-Islam film arrested, ordered held without bail  —  Los Angeles (CNN) — Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man allegedly behind the inflammatory film “Innocence of Muslims,” was ordered held without bail Thursday after being arrested in California and accused of violating his probation.
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Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Judge orders ‘Innocence of Muslims’ filmmaker to jail
Politico:
In the end, it's Mitt  —  It isn't the chair or the ho-hum convention.  Or the leaked video.  Or Stuart Stevens.  Or the improving economy.  Or media bias.  Or distorted polls.  Or the message.  Or Mormonism.  —  It's Mitt.  —  With Republicans everywhere wondering what has happened …
Discussion: National Review
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ACLU:
New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance  —  Justice Department documents released today by the ACLU reveal that federal law enforcement agencies are increasingly monitoring Americans' electronic communications, and doing so without warrants …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation:   Less Powerful Than a Wiretap But With Much Weaker Privacy Safeguards
Michael Isikoff / First Read:
RNC cuts ties with firm over voter registration allegations  —  The Republican National Committee has fired a controversial consulting firm it was paying millions of dollars to conduct voter registration in five battleground states, NBC News has learned.  —  The move came after the Palm Beach County …
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Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Cuts Off Firm Over Voter Registration Fraud Allegations
Reuters:
France taxes rich and business to slash deficit  —  (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande's Socialist government unveiled sharp tax hikes on business and the rich on Friday in a 2013 budget aimed at showing France has the fiscal rigor to remain at the core of the euro zone.
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Democrats to join call for more information on Libya terrorist attack  —  Senate Democrats on Thursday will join their Republican colleagues in pressing the administration for more information about the deadly attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi.
Sorourke / nation.foxnews.com:
Ann Coulter Causes Mass Hysteria on ‘The View,’ Whoopi Bleeped...  “The View” co-hosts get into heated discussion with Coulter, the author of “Mugged.”  —  Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.  —  The conservative commentator makes the case in her new book, “Mugged” …
Discussion: The Other McCain
Paul Krugman:
Not The Election They Were Expecting  —  A brief, mostly subjective note: This really isn't looking like the election anyone expected.  Obviously it's not the election Romney and the Republicans expected and wanted; but it's also looking very different from what Democrats expected.
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Balloon Juice
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Takes Advantage of Romney's Lack of Details  —  The Obama campaign has run advertisements charging that Mitt Romney's Medicare plan “could raise seniors' costs up to $6,400 a year” and that his tax proposal “would give millionaires another tax break and raises taxes on middle-class families by up to $2,000 a year.”
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Dems Darken Image of Black Republican House Candidate  —  A printed mailer sent out by the Utah Democratic party features what appears to be a darkened photo of Republican House candidate Mia Love.  Below is the image of the mailer:  —  Here's the original photograph, in color:
Jason Hancock / Midwest Democracy:
Todd Akin says Claire McCaskill is not as ‘ladylike’ as 2006  —  JEFFERSON CITY - More than a month after his comments about “legitimate rape” nearly derailed his campaign for U.S. Senate, Republican Todd Akin said Thursday that it has become clear to him that he will triumph over Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill this fall.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sept. 26: Could 2012 Be Like 2008?  —  There's no point in putting it gently: Mitt Romney had one of his worst polling days of the year on Wednesday.  —  It began with a series of polls from The New York Times, CBS News and Quinnipiac University, released early Wednesday morning …
Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
Webb drops the hammer on Romney  —  Jim Webb's departures from party orthodoxy are frequent.  As recently as last November, the retiring Virginia Democratic senator was reluctant to commit to campaigning for President Barack Obama.  —  So Webb's bladework today on Mitt Romney was as unexpected as it was memorable.
Joyce Man / Telegraph:
Hong Kong billionaire's daughter Gigi Chao bombarded with marriage offers and nude photos  —  Gigi Chao, the daughter of a Hong Kong billionaire says she had been bombarded with marriage proposals - and even nude photographs - from as far as Nigeria after her father offered £40 million to the man who could woo her.
New York Times:
Security Fears Hobble Inquiry of Libya Attack  —  BENGHAZI, Libya — Sixteen days after the death of four Americans in an attack on a United States diplomatic mission here, fears about the near-total lack of security have kept F.B.I. agents from visiting the scene of the killings and forced …
 
 
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Netanyahu Shows What's at Stake
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Are We Doomed Yet?  —  TOLEDO, Ohio — The line to get into …
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Catholic bishop: Voting for Obama jeopardizes the ‘eternal salvation of your own soul’
Brian Winter / Reuters:
U.S.-led “war on drugs” questioned at U.N.
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In Changing News Landscape, Even Television is Vulnerable
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Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Americans' Preference Shifts Toward One-Party Government
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Dr. Miriam Adelson / The Daily Caller:
The ugly attacks on my family highlight media double standard
Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Red states' income growing faster than blue states'
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and Hit & Run
David Kirby / Cato @ Liberty:
Poll Shows Romney Winning High Water Mark for Libertarian Vote
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
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