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Allison Sherry / Denver Post:
Mitt Romney would honor Obama administration's illegal immigrant work permits — Young illegal immigrants who receive temporary work permits to stay in the United States under an executive order issued by President Barack Obama would not be deported under a Mitt Romney administration …
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Quinnipiac University:
Women Give Obama An Edge Over Romney, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds Likely Voters Pick President To Win Debate 2-1 — Watch Video: Assistant Director Tim Malloy discusses poll results — Clip Information and Download: — FLV File - For Website (1920x1080 / 66.3MB)
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum: Mitt Romney, scourge of millionaires — Mitt Romney's problem is not simply that the Obama campaign has succeeded in persuading voters that his policies would benefit the rich at the expense of the middle class. It's that his policies really would benefit the rich …
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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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Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
House: U.S. Embassy in Libya asked for extra security, request denied … Vehicle damaged in attack on British Ambassador / House Oversight and Government Reform Committee — House investigators warned Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to expect a hearing into their finding that that American staff …
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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 Has No Comment on House GOPers' Assertions that Libyan Mission Requested Security Prior to 9/11/12 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’ — “Because they kinda do.” — 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.”
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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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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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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden: Middle Class ‘Has Been Buried the Last Four Years’
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Study: Obama's Spending Plan Raises Middle Class Taxes
Study: Obama's Spending Plan Raises Middle Class Taxes
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Ed Fischer / CBS Philly:
Judge Rules Photo ID Won't Be Required For Pennsylvania Voters This Year — HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) — A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court judge has ruled that the state's controversial new voter ID law will stand, but voters without a valid picture ID card will still be able to cast their vote and have it counted this November.
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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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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
UPDATED: Pennsylvania Court Hands Down Partial Victory Over Voter ID
UPDATED: Pennsylvania Court Hands Down Partial Victory Over Voter ID
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Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Key Part of Voter ID Law in Pennsylvania Is Delayed for Election
Key Part of Voter ID Law in Pennsylvania Is Delayed for Election
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Angela Couloumbis / Philly.com:
Pa. court rules voters can cast regular ballots without ID
Pa. court rules voters can cast regular ballots without ID
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Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
Pennsylvania Judge Rules Poll Workers Can Still Ask For ID
Pennsylvania Judge Rules Poll Workers Can Still Ask For ID
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Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
The Flaws That Will Bring Down Obama's Health-Care Plan — The debate over President Barack Obama's health-care law has taken another twist. Now conservatives and libertarians are defending it, while the administration tries to toss part of the legislation out.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Can Romney turn this contest around? — In baseball, a game without a clock, each player on a team that is behind by a bunch of runs is advised to “stay within yourself.” That baseball lingo means: Do not try to do too much. Instead, get 'em on, get 'em over, get 'em in. There are no five-run home runs.
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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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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Leaders at Work on Plan to Avert Mandatory Cuts — WASHINGTON — Senate leaders are closing in on a path for dealing with the “fiscal cliff” facing the country in January, opting to try to use a postelection session of Congress to reach agreement on a comprehensive deficit reduction deal rather than a short-term solution.
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Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
Stop Pagination Now — Why websites should not make you click and click and click for the full story. — Slate's editorial guidelines call for articles to be split into multiple pages once they hit the 1,000-word mark, so I have to keep this brief: Splitting articles and photo galleries into multiple pages is evil.
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Sara R. Collins, Ph.D. / The Commonwealth Fund Blog:
Health Care in the 2012 Presidential Election: How the Obama and Romney Plans Stack Up — Authors: Sara R. Collins, Ph.D., Stuart Guterman, M.A., Rachel Nuzum, M.P.H., Mark A. Zezza, Ph.D., Tracy Garber, M.P.H., and Jennie Smith — Overview — With President Obama and Governor Romney …
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Brett Norman / Politico:
Report: Mitt Romney plan leaves 72M uninsured
Spencer Ackerman / Wired:
Not From the Onion: Army Says ‘Social Network’ Use Is a Sign of Radicalism — Spotting the warning signs of radicalization among U.S. or partnered troops is difficult. Photo: Flickr/soldiersmediacenter — These are some warning signs that that you have turned into a terrorist …
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Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Latest poll: Mia Love pulls ahead of Jim Matheson in 4th District race — SALT LAKE CITY — Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love has overcome a double-digit deficit to overtake Rep. Jim Matheson in Utah's hotly contested 4th Congressional District, the latest Deseret News/KSL poll shows.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Opening Statement — Ladies and gentleman, I'd like to use the opening minutes of this debate a little differently. I'd like to say that I wish everybody could have known my father, George Romney. He was a great public servant and I've always tried to live up to his example.
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New York Times:
U.S. Scales Back Plans for Afghan Peace — KABUL, Afghanistan — With the surge of American troops over and the Taliban still a potent threat, American generals and civilian officials acknowledge that they have all but written off what was once one of the cornerstones of their strategy to end the war here …
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Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
Scott Brown Shot Himself In The Foot During Debate With Elizabeth Warren — Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren covered her face as the crowd booed her challenger, Republican Scott Brown. Brown had just hailed Justice Antonin Scalia as his “model” Supreme Court justice …
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