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CNN:
Battle for presidency remains close in new CNN poll — Washington (CNN) - Two days before the first presidential debate, a new national survey indicates a very close contest between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the race for the White House.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Parade of Bad Polls, Continued — Today the Romney campaign is trumpeting the latest CNN/ORC poll which shows President Obama with a three-point lead over Mitt Romney among likely voters, 50%-47%. The Romney campaign likes this result, apparently, because it represents a significant improvement …
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James Hohmann / Reuters:
Battleground Poll: Race still tight — The presidential race is tight enough nationally that a strong performance in Wednesday's debate by Mitt Romney could put him in the lead. — A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll of likely voters shows President Barack Obama ahead 49 percent …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The polls show a race that is still up for grabs
The polls show a race that is still up for grabs
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Poll shows Obama's lead with Latinos jumping to historic high
Lauren Peterson / Barack Obama:
Brittany: “A face of one of the 47%” — Hello! My name is Brittany and I live in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. I am 25 years old (but I will be 26 on October 3rd!). I am a registered Democrat and I have been voting since I was 18. I am one of the 47% of Americans who fall under Mitt Romney's definition …
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney's California Garbage Man On The 47 Percent: 'We're Kind Of Like The Invisible People' … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, We Are The 47 Percent, Election 2012, Afscme, Afscme Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney Garbage Man, Mitt Romney La Jolla …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama ad says Bain investment exploited ‘sweatshop conditions’ in China
Obama ad says Bain investment exploited ‘sweatshop conditions’ in China
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Obama uses Down syndrome to hit Romney
Obama uses Down syndrome to hit Romney
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Craig Unger / Salon:
GOP's October surprise? — Source reveals “Jimmy Carter Strategy” to make Obama seem weak on defense in campaign's final month — According to a highly reliable source, as Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama prepare for the first presidential debate Wednesday night …
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Michael A. Walsh / New York Post:
Wheels coming off — Team O's Libya dissembling — With a little more than a month to go before a crucial national election, the wheels are coming off the Obama administration's national-security credentials. — The coordinated attacks on the US consulate in Benghazi …
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National Review
Felix Salmon:
Victimized billionaires — Why do billionaires feel victimized by Obama? Chrystia Freeland asks that question in the New Yorker this week, and comes back with answers we've all heard before: in short, it's not the policies, it's the rhetoric. — Of course, this doesn't stand up to scrutiny; it never did.
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Chrystia Freeland / New Yorker:
SUPER-RICH IRONY … - SPORTS - PHOTO BOOTH - DAILY SHOUTS - PAGE-TURNER - DAILY COMMENT - AMY DAVIDSON - JOHN CASSIDY - ANDY BOROWITZ - RICHARD BRODY
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Paul Ryan Legend Dissipates — Before we discuss our tax plan, I would like to point out that my eyes are extremely blue. — Paul Ryan's selection as Mitt Romney's vice-presidential candidate is subjecting him to all manner of strange new indignities, such as questions about public policy …
David / Blue Mass Group:
EXCLUSIVE: New information casts doubt on Romney's account of his 1981 arrest — A police log report, published in the Natick Sun newspaper in 1981 and obtained by Blue Mass Group, calls into question a portion of Mitt Romney's account of his arrest in 1981.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Bush-Appointed Judge Upholds Obama Administration's Birth Control Coverage Rules — On Friday, Judge Carol Jackson, a George H.W. Bush appointee to a federal court in Missouri, rejected a Catholic business owner's challenge to the Obama Administration's rules requiring employer health plans to cover birth control.
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Poll: Obama Tops 70 Percent Support Among Latinos — President Barack Obama's already-lofty level of support among Latino voters has reached a new high, according to the latest weekly tracking poll from Latino Decisions released Monday. — The poll shows Obama earning the support of 73 percent …
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Reuters:
The parallel universe where Mitt leads all polls — To talk with any working Republican political operative these days is to hear the same tale of woe: a grim accounting of the past few weeks, a dash of gallows humor and a measure of hope that President Obama is still beatable.
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Truthdig, ABCNEWS, rubber hose and Booman Tribune
Mitt Romney / Wall Street Journal:
A New Course for the Middle East — Restore the three sinews of American influence: our economic strength, our military strength and the strength of our values. — Disturbing developments are sweeping across the greater Middle East. In Syria, tens of thousands of innocent people have been slaughtered.
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Official resigns after report finds VA spent $6.1M on lavish conferences — The head of Human Resources for the Veterans Affairs Department resigned on Monday after an inspector general's report found that the agency spent $6.1 million on two weeklong conferences.
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Journalism.org:
THE EXPLOSION IN MOBILE AUDIENCES AND A CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT IT MEANS FOR NEWS — By Amy Mitchell, Tom Rosenstiel and Laura Houston Santhanam of PEJ and Leah Christian of the Pew Research Center — SEE THE INFOGRAPHIC OF FINDINGS — TAKE THE FUTURE OF MOBILE NEWS INFOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sept. 30: Romney Down a Touchdown? — You can think of a general election campaign as being divided into four quarters. — The first one consists of the presidential primaries. What matters in this stage is not only who gets nominated, but how well they position themselves for the remainder of the race …
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Responses to ‘Why I Refuse to Vote for Barack Obama’ — Some advocates of backing “the lesser evil” actually prioritize civil liberties and human rights even less than they themselves imagined. — Reuters — My recent article, “Why I Refuse to Vote for Barack Obama,” …
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Grace Wyler / Business Insider:
This Is The Vegas Resort Where Obama Will Spend The Next 3 Days Preparing For the Debate — President Barack Obama arrived in Nevada last night to begin three days of debate preparation at the Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort, a luxurious golf community just a few miles from the Las Vegas strip.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Real Referendum — Republicans came into this campaign believing that it would be a referendum on President Obama, and that still-high unemployment would hand them victory on a silver platter. But given the usual caveats — a month can be a long time in politics, it's not over until …
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Glenn Thrush / Reuters:
Obama vs. Obama at debates — LAS VEGAS — President Barack Obama's most dangerous opponent in the trio of upcoming presidential debates isn't Mitt Romney. — It's himself. — The president has been working on blunting his barbs nearly as much as he's been trying to sharpen …
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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
MSNBC's Thomas Roberts Weds — MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts was married to longtime partner Patrick Abner in New York over the weekend. The ceremony and reception was held at the Gansevoort Park Avenue rooftop, with California Lt. Governor (and Current TV host) Gavin Newsom officiating.
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Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
Payroll Tax Cut Unlikely to Survive Into Next Year — WASHINGTON — Regardless of who wins the presidential election in November or what compromises Congress strikes in the lame-duck session to keep the economy from automatic tax increases and spending cuts, 160 million American wage earners …
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Wonkblog, The Caucus, FT Alphaville, Outside the Beltway and Taylor Marsh
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke / Board of Governors …:
Five Questions about the Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy — Good afternoon. I am pleased to be able to join the Economic Club of Indiana for lunch today. I note that the mission of the club is “to promote an interest in, and enlighten its membership on, important governmental, economic and social issues.”
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Business Insider, Real Time Economics, AEIdeas, Wonkblog and TheMoneyIllusion
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Bachmann Warns Obama May be Aiding the Rise of Global Sharia Law — We know that when Michele Bachmann speaks, even fact-checkers can't fully cover all of her dubious and debunked claims in just a single article. Now that Bachmann is completely engrossed in promoting her latest conspiracy theory focusing …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Daily Kos
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
After Obama guidance, Lockheed won't issue layoff notices this year — Lockheed Martin said Monday it will not issue employee layoff notices this year, ending an election-year showdown with the Obama administration. — The company said it based its decision on new guidance issued Friday …
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Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
As college student, Eric Holder participated in ‘armed’ takeover of former Columbia University ROTC office — As a freshman at Columbia University in 1970, future Attorney General Eric Holder participated in a five-day occupation of an abandoned Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) …
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Maggie's Notebook, Weasel Zippers, The Rightnewz, Nice Deb, Patterico's Pontifications, TBogg and Jammie Wearing Fools