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11:10 AM ET, September 28, 2012

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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.
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh
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Elspeth Reeve / The Atlantic Wire:
Just How Racist Is the ‘Obama Phone’ Video?  —  There was a video leading the Drudge Report on Thursday afternoon of a poor black woman with messed-up teeth saying she's voting for President Obama because he gave her a free phone, and perhaps you have some questions about it.  Questions like: Is this video racist?
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 …
Roger Simon / Politico:
Mitt Romney: King of comedy  —  It is time to cut Mitt Romney some slack.  It is wrong to criticize him until you've walked a mile in his living room.  —  That last line was a joke that someone posted on Twitter.  Jokes have power.  When a politician makes a joke, he can make a point …
Discussion: CNN and TheBlaze.com
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama campaign raises expectations for Romney in first debate  —  The Obama campaign on Friday previewed their plan to hammer Mitt Romney on “facts” during the upcoming presidential debates, at the same time raising the stakes for the GOP nominee's performance in the first debate Oct. 3.
Discussion: National Review
CNN:
First on CNN: Romney memo seeks to lower debate expectations
National Review:
Out of the Bushes  —  Mitt Romney has recently been arguing …
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.
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Attack on U.S. Consulate in Libya determined to be terrorism tied to al-Qaeda
Discussion: Firedoglake, CNN and The Hill
New York Times:
Security Fears Hobble Inquiry of Libya Attack
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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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
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Go large, Mitt  —  In mid-September 2008, Lehman Brothers collapsed and the bottom fell out of the financial system.  Barack Obama handled it coolly.  John McCain did not.  Obama won the presidency.  (Given the country's condition, he would have won anyway.  But this sealed it.)
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:
Emily Anne Epstein / Daily Mail:
Pictured: The ‘beautiful’ family slain hours after church by ‘mentally ill father tormented by the prospect of Obama winning the election’  — Albert, Kathleen, Mathew and Christopher Peterson were found dead Tuesday in their Herndon, Virginia home  — A friend of the family …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and LAWSONRY
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.
Mjmontone / CBS New York:
N.J. High School Students Planning Cafeteria Boycott To Protest Obama Guidelines  —  PARSIPPANY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Students at Parsippany Hills High School held a strategy session on Thursday to discuss a potential lunch strike, on Friday, over what they have called inadequately sized meals.
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Fox News:
‘We Are Hungry:’ Students protest school lunch guidelines in YouTube video
Amy Bingham / ABCNEWS:
Snacks: The USDA's Solution To Student's Healthy Lunch Complaints
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.
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
The Voters Are Voting (The Note)  —  By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) and AMY WALTER (@amyewalter)  —  NOTABLES:  — DEBATE EXPECTATIONS — FRIDAY MORNING EDITION: The campaigns are continuing to lower expectations before next week's first presidential debate, as ABC's David Muir reported on …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Caucus
First Read:
Polls: Obama leads in N.H., tighter in Nev., N.C.  —  President Barack Obama leads Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in New Hampshire, and the two are locked in tight contests in Nevada and North Carolina, according to a new series of NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls released Thursday.
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Romney muddies his tax message  —  Mitt Romney has muddied his message on the GOP's signature issue of taxes at a time of growing frustration in the party about the direction of his campaign.  —  Now struggling in the polls, the Republican nominee said this week that President Obama …
Tom Benning / Trail Blazers Blog:
George W. Bush posts better favorability ratings than Mitt Romney in new Bloomberg survey  —  Former President George W. Bush smiles as he arrives on the 18th hole at the end of the Bush Center's Warrior Open golf tournament this week in Irving.  (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Todd Akin says McCaskill debated like a ‘wildcat,’ not as ‘ladylike’  —  Republican Rep. Todd Akin speaks to reporters in the Missouri Capitol building rotunda as part of his Missouri Common Sense bus tour.  (Ryan Henriksen / Columbia Daily Tribune / September 27, 2012)
 
 
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Feds arrest Mohammed filmmaker on probation violation
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Jon Hilsenrath / Wall Street Journal:
How Bernanke Pulled the Fed His Way
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Yoel Goldman / The Times of Israel:
Explosion rocks Jewish community center in Malmo
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Xinhua News Agency:
CPC to convene 18th National Congress on Nov. 8
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Tea party groups work to remove names from Ohio voter rolls
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Europe's Austerity Madness
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Military's Own Report Card Gives Afghan Surge an F
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Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Takes Advantage of Romney's Lack of Details
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Catholic bishop: Voting for Obama jeopardizes the ‘eternal salvation of your own soul’
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