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Tucker Carlson / The Daily Caller:
Exclusive: In heated '07 speech, Obama lavishes praise on Wright, says feds 'don't care' about New Orleans [VIDEO] — In a video obtained exclusively by The Daily Caller, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama tells an audience of black ministers, including the Rev. Jeremiah Wright …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Is This The Video Drudge Is Teasing? — It's from an Obama speech at Hampton University. It has been online since 2007, and was widely circulated in the conservative blogosphere at the time. — Source: youtube.com — The YouTube clip above is not complete.
BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Denies Involvement In Obama Video — Gitcho unsure of whether the speech being touted in conservative media contains anything newsworthy. — DENVER, Colo. — As conservative media buzzes about newly resurfaced footage of then-Senator Barack Obama delivering a 2007 speech …
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Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Joe Biden: Sex symbol? — He's No. 2 on the ticket, but No. 1 in their hearts. — Women born before the Baby Boom generation seem to have a collective crush on a handsome vice presidential candidate with piercing blue eyes and a wide smile who likes to talk about government benefits for seniors.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama at 70% among Latino voters — (CNN) - The latest national survey of likely Latino voters shows President Barack Obama retaining a big lead over rival Mitt Romney in the key voting demographic, matching the level of support he received from Latinos in 2008.
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Joe Biden / CNN:
Romney camp seizes on ‘stunning admission’ by Biden
Romney camp seizes on ‘stunning admission’ by Biden
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Joe Biden / CNN:
Air Force Two aborts landing twice in one day
Air Force Two aborts landing twice in one day
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Amie Parnes / Ballot Box:
Biden tells audience middle class has been ‘buried’ last four years
Biden tells audience middle class has been ‘buried’ last four years
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Consulate in Benghazi Bombed Twice in Run-Up to 9/11 Anniversary — Jihadists twice set off explosives at the consulate prior to the incident that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens, and announced threats on Facebook about escalating attacks on Western targets in the run-up to the 9/11 anniversary …
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
White House Has No Comment on House GOPers' Assertions that Libyan Mission Requested Security Prior to 9/11/12 Attack — White House press secretary Jay Carney declined to comment on an assertion by the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that requests from diplomats …
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Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
House: U.S. Embassy in Libya asked for extra security, request denied
House: U.S. Embassy in Libya asked for extra security, request denied
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Con Coughlin / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Did the White House order a cover-up over the murder of Libya's US Ambassador?
Did the White House order a cover-up over the murder of Libya's US Ambassador?
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Clinton promises answers on Benghazi attack
Clinton promises answers on Benghazi attack
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Obama for America:
Because they kinda do. … ABOUT — This is the Obama 2012 campaign's official home on Tumblr. Have a story, photo, or video you'd like to share here? Go ahead and submit it today.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Campaign: ‘Vote Like Your Lady Parts Depend On It’ — This is posted on an Obama campaign website: — “Vote like your lady parts depend on it,” the text in the image says. Underneath, the text reads: “Because they kinda do.” — UPDATE: The image has been removed from the Obama website.
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Catherine Rampell / Economix:
The Math on the Romney-Ryan Tax Plan — On Fox News Sunday, Paul Ryan said that he didn't have time to explain the math behind his tax proposal. Fortunately I have a few minutes to spare, so I thought I'd pitch in. — Mr. Ryan and Mitt Romney have proposed a tax plan that would lower everyone's tax rates by 20 percent.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Mitt Romney Floats $17,000 Limit On Tax Deductions — Under pressure to provide more details about his tax reform proposal, Mitt Romney floated an idea Tuesday to help fill a revenue hole in his plan. — “As an option you could say everybody's going to get up to a $17,000 deduction …
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Gregory J. Krieg / ABCNEWS:
Romney Talks Tax Break Before Debate — On the eve of his first debate with President Obama, Mitt Romney indicated that he was considering a uniform deduction for most tax payers - $17,000 was the figure mentioned - as a way to pay for his proposed reform, which includes $5 trillion in across-the-board cuts.
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
How To Easily Prevent The ‘Fiscal Cliff’ From Hurting Middle Class Families
How To Easily Prevent The ‘Fiscal Cliff’ From Hurting Middle Class Families
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Paul Ryan: 30 Percent ‘Want Their Welfare State,’ 70 Percent ‘Want The American Dream’ (VIDEO) … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Paul Ryan, Video, 30 Percent, We Are The 47 Percent, We Are The 47 Percent, We Are The 47 Percent, Mitt Romney 2012 …
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Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Obama, Romney Tied Among Likely Voters — President Obama and Mitt Romney are deadlocked among likely voters as they prepare to square off in their first presidential debate, according to the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll.
Wall Street Journal:
Poll Shows Slim Obama Lead — As Debates Begin, President Gains With Hispanic Voters, Romney With Men — President Barack Obama heads into the first presidential debate with a narrow lead over Mitt Romney in a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News nationwide poll that illustrates each candidate's strengths …
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Bobby Cervantes / Politico:
Presidential debate: Protests planned for Denver
Presidential debate: Protests planned for Denver
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Allison Sherry / Denver Post:
Mitt Romney would honor Obama administration's illegal immigrant work permits
Mitt Romney would honor Obama administration's illegal immigrant work permits
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Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Voter ID Law Gutted for 2012 in Pennsylvania — A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday blocked the key component of a highly contested state law requiring strict photographic identification to vote in next month's election, saying the authorities had not done enough to ensure that voters had access to the new documents.
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Hans von Spakovsky / The Heritage Foundation:
Voter ID: Court Upholds Pennsylvania Law
Voter ID: Court Upholds Pennsylvania Law
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Kris Maher / Wall Street Journal:
Pennsylvania Judge Blocks Voter-ID Law
Pennsylvania Judge Blocks Voter-ID Law
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Ringside with Romney — When Mitt Romney takes the stage on Wednesday at the University of Denver, he will undoubtedly be prepared. The question is whether he will execute. Romney advisers expect their candidate to be fluid and precise on the issues. They don't expect him to make a …
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Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Democrat Targets West's Military Career In Brutal TV Ad — Democratic candidate Patrick Murphy struck back on Tuesday at Rep. Allen West (R-FL), after West ran an ad about Murphy's arrest in 2003 bar-fight. In response, Murphy went after a key event for West in 2003 — when his military career was ended.
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BuzzFeed:
Shhh: Reporters Can't Talk About The Secret, Fun Mitt Romney — Off the record, he's loose as a goose and sort of endearing. “We can't show a side of him that exists,” complains a member of his press corps. — Romney laughs as he hands out beef jerky to the press on his campaign plane.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
New Polls Raise Chance of Electoral College Tie — As of Monday's FiveThirtyEight forecast, there were 21 states that Barack Obama was projected to have at least an 85 percent chance of winning on Nov. 6. The list includes three important states, Ohio, Wisconsin and New Hampshire …
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Wall Street Journal:
Why We Are So Rude Online — Online Browsing Lowers Self-Control and Is Linked To Higher Debt, Weight — Jennifer Bristol recently lost one of her oldest friends—thanks to a Facebook fight about pit bulls. — The trouble started when she posted a newspaper article asserting that pit bulls …
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Larry Celona / New York Post:
Diallo cop gets his gun back, 13 years after slay — One of the four cops involved in the fatal shooting of unarmed Bronx immigrant Amadou Diallo finally got his NYPD gun back yesterday — more than 13 years after the 41-bullet debacle that rocked the city.
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