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4:40 PM ET, September 30, 2012

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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan To Fox News: 'I Don't Have The Time' To Explain How We Will Pay For Our Tax Plan  —  For much of the general election, the Romney campaign has avoided any discussion of specifics, especially when it comes to the tax plan that he and Paul Ryan have put forward.
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Dave Jamieson / The Huffington Post:
Paul Ryan: ‘It Would Take Me Too Long’ To Explain Mitt Romney's Tax Plan (VIDEO) … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Barack Obama , Mitt Romney, Barack Obama 2012 , Elections 2012, Paul Ryan, Video, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney Tax Plan, Paul Ryan Taxes, Romney Ryan, Romney Tax Plan, Politics News
Discussion: New York Magazine and Reuters
Paul Ryan / CNN:
TRENDING: Ryan: 'I'm not counting on a gaffe' from Biden
Discussion: Rumproast, Politico and Ballot Box
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
McCain calls Obama ‘inept’ and ‘ignorant’ in reaction to Libya attack  —  Republicans continued this weekend to hammer the Obama administration over its response to the recent Libya attacks, with Sen. John McCain calling the president “inept” and “ignorant” in his handling of the episode.
Discussion: CNN and Scared Monkeys
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:   McCain Suggests Harry Reid 'Doesn't Care' About The Death Of US Ambassador
Jedd Rosche / Politico:
Christie: Debate will turn presidential race ‘upside down’  —  If Mitt Romney campaign's is worried about measuring debate expectations for Wednesday night, Chris Christie hasn't gotten the message.  —  “This whole race is going to be turned upside down come Thursday morning,” …
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ABCNEWS:
On ‘This Week’: Gov. Chris Christie and David Plouffe  —  Chris Christie and David Plouffe on This Week (New Jersey State Governor's Office/ABC)  —  Days before the critical first presidential debate next week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and White House senior adviser David Plouffe join …
Discussion: CNN and ABCNEWS
Associated Press:
US AND AFGHAN FORCES CLASH, LEAVING 5 DEAD  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A firefight broke out between U.S. forces and their Afghan army allies in eastern Afghanistan Sunday, killing two Americans and three Afghan soldiers and pushing the number of U.S. troops killed in the long-running war 2,000.
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Washington Post:
Afghan troops get a lesson in American cultural ignorance
Discussion: Power Line
Patrick Quinn / Associated Press:   US military deaths in Afghanistan hit 2,000 after 11 years of war
Wyatt Buchanan / San Francisco Chronicle:
State bans gay-repair therapy for minors  —  Photo: Rich Pedroncelli, Associated Press / SF  —  Sacramento —  California has become the first state in the country to ban controversial therapy practices that attempt to change the sexual orientation of minors after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to outlaw them Saturday.
Discussion: JOSHUAPUNDIT and Guardian
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
NEWS FLASH  —  ROMNEY AS GOVERNOR: 'WE'D BE A LOT BETTER OFF IN THIS COUNTRY IF WE HAD EUROPEAN GAS PRICES' |  Republicans have criticized President Obama for rising gas prices during his administration, but as governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney once remarked that “we'd be a lot better off …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
The Agenda: Romney Energy Agenda Shifted
Associated Press:
Justices attend annual Red Mass  —  An American archbishop has reminded a congregation that included six Supreme Court justices Sunday to be open to the spirit of God, beg for his blessings and “strive to be instruments of a new evangelization.”  —  The Archdiocese of Washington said Justices John Roberts …
Discussion: CNN
Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Dispatch Poll: Obama widens lead as balloting starts  —  Poll echoes four others that show Romney behind by at least 5 points in Ohio  —  From Day One, Mitt Romney's bid for the presidency has rested on the belief that his ability to turn around faltering businesses would translate into turning around the country.
Boston Globe:
Elizabeth Warren appears to inch ahead of Scott Brown in new Globe poll, 43 - 38  —  But 18% of voters said they're still undecided  —  You are reading this article for FREE courtesy of BostonGlobe.com.  Get unlimited access.  —  With Elizabeth Warren and Senator Scott Brown preparing …
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Three Muffled Syllables  —  IN a few days, as you may have heard, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will go head-to-head in their first presidential debate.  What I most want from it isn't fireworks, though I'm as big a fan of political theater as the next hack.
Josh White / Washington Post:
Lee Boyd Malvo, 10 years after D.C. area sniper shootings: ‘I was a monster’  —  Video: In October 2002, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo began a shooting spree in the Washington region that left 10 dead and three wounded.  The duo paralyzed the region for more than three weeks …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
Venezuela's marathon man looks to run down Chavez  —  Henrique Capriles, an opposition leader who runs marathons in his spare time, hopes to give Hugo Chavez a close race in elections next weekend, reports Philip Sherwell.  —  Henrique Capriles is hoping to give Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez a run for his money.
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
When it comes to polls, readers beware  —  FILE - In these Aug. 2012 file photos, President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, campaign in swing states, Obama in Leesburg, Va., and Romney in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photos)
Discussion: Battleground Watch
Des Moines Register:
Most voters have locked in choice  —  Thirty-seven days from Election Day, Iowa has few undecided voters left — just 2 percent.  —  But 10 percent of likely voters say they could still change their minds.  Of that group, more than half are independent voters.
Discussion: Battleground Watch and Politico
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Kathie Obradovich / Des Moines Register:
Des Moines Register Iowa Poll: Obama leads Romney by 4 points
 
 
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Nurul Islam / Reuters:
Muslim protesters torch Buddhist temples, homes in Bangladesh
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Stephanie Coontz / New York Times:
The Myth of Male Decline
Discussion: Wonkblog and Althouse
Associated Press:
Obama within reach of electoral votes for 2nd term; Romney could still win but path narrower
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
Dispatches From The War That Nobody Wants
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Santorum plants seed for possible 2016 White House candidacy
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Josh Gerstein / Reuters:
Supreme Court cases could stir 2012 race
Discussion: Althouse
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The World We're Actually Living In
Discussion: The Mahablog, Daily Kos and bustardblog
Washington Post:
In Libya, security was lax before attack that killed U.S. ambassador, officials say
Discussion: Hot Air, Taylor Marsh and Via Meadia
Bryan Jacoutot / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
The attitude cultivated in America under one term of President Obama
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
Over 1,000 rally against anti-Islam film in Dearborn; another protest planned today
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
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Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
PEN America: 10,046 school books bans across 29 states were recorded from July 2023 to June 2024, up ~200% YoY; Florida had 4,500+ bans and Iowa had 3,600+ bans

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