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Doug McKelway / Fox News:
Drop in Ohio voter registration, especially in Dem strongholds, mirrors nationwide trend — “Don't boo, vote,” President Obama often says in his stump speech whenever crowds boo a Romney plan. — The off-hand call to vote may be by design. It comes amid a precipitous decline …
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The Gateway Pundit and NewsBusters.org blogs
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Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Introducing The New Polling Firm of Madoff, Marist, Quinnipiac and Ponzi — After a few weeks spent tracking down and questioning pollsters and the reporters of polls, I can assure the reader that pollsters are the modern-day alchemists. They promise to turn numbers into predictive gold.
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Battleground Watch and Business Insider
Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, 1926 - 2012: Arthur O. Sulzberger, Publisher Who Transformed Times, Dies at 86 — Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, who guided The New York Times and its parent company through a long, sometimes turbulent period of expansion and change on a scale not seen since the newspaper's founding in 1851 …
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News Desk, New York Magazine, Gothamist, Forbes, Mediaite, Deadline.com, The Raw Story and JIMROMENESKO.COM, more at Mediagazer »
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama ‘saddened’ by death of former NYT publisher Sulzberger
Obama ‘saddened’ by death of former NYT publisher Sulzberger
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Associated Press
New York Times:
Cramming and Pruning for First Presidential Debate — WASHINGTON — In a conference room at the Democratic headquarters, President Obama has been preparing for the debate next week, but the reviews of his staff are already in. Too long, they tell him. Cut that answer. Give crisper explanations.
BuzzFeed:
And, Paul Ryan Gets Mocked By Storage Ad — Manhattan Mini-Storage does it again. Much more of a personal jab than the Mitt Romney billboard. (via newsweek.tumblr.com) — copyranter — an hour ago — respond
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Matt Dixon / Associated Press:
Call from Clay County GOP: Obama is a Muslim who'll take away Medicare
Call from Clay County GOP: Obama is a Muslim who'll take away Medicare
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ThinkProgress and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Shifting Reports on Libya Killings May Cost Obama — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's shifting accounts of the fatal attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, have left President Obama suddenly exposed on the national security and foreign policy issues …
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JustOneMinute, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller, ThinkProgress and Balloon Juice
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Intelligence office says it got Libya attack wrong, not White House
Intelligence office says it got Libya attack wrong, not White House
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Jammie Wearing Fools and Hot Air
Daily Mail:
They DID know: Now White House admits they knew ‘within 24 hours’ …
They DID know: Now White House admits they knew ‘within 24 hours’ …
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The Daily Caller
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
U.S. intelligence now says Benghazi attack “deliberate and organized”
U.S. intelligence now says Benghazi attack “deliberate and organized”
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The Rightnewz, Weasel Zippers, Power Line, Fox News and Politico
Yahoo! News:
Goodbye, Columbus: Why top Ohio Republicans think Romney has lost the state — COLUMBUS, Ohio - There are only two plausible explanations for what is going on this week in this swing state central to virtually all Mitt Romney's victory strategies. — Either many top Ohio Republicans …
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Doug Ross, Outside the Beltway and Booman Tribune
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
SFC Speer's Killer Leaves Gitmo — Omar Khadr has been sent from Guantanamo to Canada, after returning from the jihad in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Khadr is slated to stay in custody for the time being. It is difficult to think of a more mythologized figure in the post-9/11 war on terror.
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The PJ Tatler
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Michelle Shephard / Toronto Star:
Omar Khadr repatriated to Canada
Omar Khadr repatriated to Canada
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Atlas Shrugs and Politico
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Obama administration tells contractors again: Don't issue layoff notices — The Obama administration issued new guidance intended for defense contractors Friday afternoon, reiterating the administration's position that the companies should not be issuing layoff notices over sequestration.
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Michelle Malkin, Battleground Watch, Hot Air, Conservatives4Palin and The PJ Tatler
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Sara Sorcher / NationalJournal.com:
White House Moves To Head Off Sequester Layoffs
White House Moves To Head Off Sequester Layoffs
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Byron Tau / Politico:
John Kerry defends Susan Rice — Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is coming to the defense of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice — rumored to be his top rival to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a second Obama term. — “I'm deeply disturbed by efforts to find …
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The Rightnewz and Riehl World News
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Bobby Cervantes / Politico:
Peter King calls for Susan Rice's resignation
Peter King calls for Susan Rice's resignation
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PERRspectives, americanthinker.com, CNN, National Review and The Gateway Pundit
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Romney Foreign Policy Adviser Calls Obama's Libya Response ‘Limp Wristed’ — A foreign policy adviser to Mitt Romney on Friday called President Obama's foreign policy “limp wristed.” — Former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton employed the term, usually used as a slur against or allusion to gay men …
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The Raw Story and New York Times
Virginia / CNN:
Obama to hit trail after debate — (CNN) - President Barack Obama will hit the campaign trail following the Wednesday presidential debate, stumping in four states rated on the CNN Electoral Map as toss ups, according to schedules released by his campaign and the White House.
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Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:
Ann Romney: If elected, “mental well-being” Mitt's biggest challenge — Ann Romney greets supporters at Bartley Ranch Thursday Sept. 27, 2012 in Reno, Nev. / AP PHOTO/THE RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL, MARILYN NEWTON — (CBS News) Ann Romney's biggest concern if her husband becomes president …
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Balloon Juice, Addicting Info, The Raw Story, Daily Kos, Rumproast and The Hill
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Faces Crucial Rulings in Coming Term — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court returns to the bench on Monday to confront not only a docket studded with momentous issues but also a new dynamic among the justices. — The coming term will probably include major decisions on affirmative action …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and ACS Blog
MiamiHerald.com:
GOP poll: embattled David Rivera trails Joe Garcia — One of the polls showing Rep. David Rivera down 10 points was conducted by a top-flight Republican polling firm with vast experience in Florida. — MCAPUTO@MIAMIHERALD.COM — Two separate polls from Republican and Democratic third-party groups …
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