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9:35 AM ET, September 28, 2012

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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 …
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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
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.
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
National Review:
Out of the Bushes  —  Mitt Romney has recently been arguing …
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 …
Elspeth Reeve / The Atlantic Wire:
Just How Racist Is the ‘Obama Phone’ Video?
Rush Limbaugh:   The 47% Speaks: She's Voting for Obama Because He Gave Her a Free Phone
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 …
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
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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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Dems join chorus questioning Obama on attack
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Americans' Preference Shifts Toward One-Party Government
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Politico
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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Jason Hancock / Midwest Democracy:
Todd Akin says Claire McCaskill is not as ‘ladylike’ as 2006
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:
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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Amy Bingham / ABCNEWS:
Snacks: The USDA's Solution To Student's Healthy Lunch Complaints
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
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.
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
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 …
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.”
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.
 
 
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Tea party groups work to remove names from Ohio voter rolls
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Judge tosses Occupy Chicago park arrests
New York Times:
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