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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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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Republicans Fret Over Obama Tape Resurrection — A video lights up the conservative media. An effective hit, or a distraction for the GOP nominee on his big night? — DENVER — Tuesday night's Drudge-led revival of a 2007 Barack Obama speech offered satisfaction to a core of conservatives …
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Patterico's Pontifications:
Newly Unearthed Obama Video: “Rich people are all for nonviolence. Why wouldn't they be? They've got what they want." — In the wake of the Daily Caller's release of President Obama cheering Rev. Wright and invoking the race card in various ways, our friend Morgen Richmond decided …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
The Drudge hype falls flat — DENVER, Colo. — One night before the first presidential debate, conservatives Matt Drudge, Sean Hannity, and Tucker Carlson hyped footage of a five-year-old speech by then-Sen. Barack Obama, widely covered at the time, in which the presidential candidate suggested …
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Daily Caller Video, President Obama and the Race-Obsessed Right — Movement conservatives say that liberals are neurotically obsessed with race. They would know what that's like. — Conservatives say that liberals are obsessed with race. Bill O'Reilly avows it, as does Bernie Goldberg.
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Dan / Riehl World News:
Obama's incredibly weak response to newly released audio
Obama's incredibly weak response to newly released audio
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Mary Bruce / ABCNEWS:
Full 2007 Video of Obama Emerges of Then-Senator Obama Claiming Federal Discrimination Against New Orleans
Full 2007 Video of Obama Emerges of Then-Senator Obama Claiming Federal Discrimination Against New Orleans
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Is This The Video Drudge Is Teasing?
Is This The Video Drudge Is Teasing?
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Obama campaign: Video touted on Drudge Report a ‘desperate attack’
Obama campaign: Video touted on Drudge Report a ‘desperate attack’
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Elizabeth Price Foley / Instapundit:
WELCOME TO POST-RACIAL AMERICA (PSYCH!): Ah yes, remember …
WELCOME TO POST-RACIAL AMERICA (PSYCH!): Ah yes, remember …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
In New ‘Bombshell’ Video, Obama Criticizes Federal Response To Hurricane Katrina
In New ‘Bombshell’ Video, Obama Criticizes Federal Response To Hurricane Katrina
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Domenico Montanaro / First Read:
NBC/WSJ poll: Obama holds lead in Ohio; statistical tie in Va., Fla. — Slideshow: On the campaign trail — In the final push in the 2012 presidential election, candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama make their last appeals to voters. — Launch slideshow
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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.
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
WSJ/NBC Poll: Majority Favors One-Party Control
WSJ/NBC Poll: Majority Favors One-Party Control
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Mitt's ‘W’ problem — DENVER — It's a matter of when, not if, President Barack Obama turns to Mitt Romney at the first face-off here Wednesday night and repeats some variation of the same line the president and his campaign have used all year: Mitt, electing you would mean a return …
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FRANCE 24:
Biden gaffe on eve of US presidential debate
Biden gaffe on eve of US presidential debate
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Obama aide denies Bush bashing
Obama aide denies Bush bashing
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Big shifts on role of government — Denver (CNN) - Hours before the first debate between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, a showdown that will focus on domestic issues, a new national survey indicates that Americans have undergone some major changes …
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Amanda Marcotte / Slate:
New Todd Akin Videos Reveal His Dystopian Nightmare Vision of America — Todd Akin is scared. — After becoming a national scandal with his claims that “legitimate rape” cannot result in pregnancy, Rep. Todd Akin has been slowly regaining lost ground in the contest against incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill for a Missouri Senate seat.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
First Debate Often Helps Challenger in Polls — Conventional wisdom holds that the first presidential debate offers an especially good opportunity for the challenging candidate, who for the first time gets to stand on a literal public stage, and a proverbial level playing field, with the incumbent president.
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Reuters:
U.S. had early indications Libya attack tied to organized militants — (Reuters) - Within hours of last month's attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, President Barack Obama's administration received about a dozen intelligence reports suggesting militants connected to al Qaeda …
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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 …
Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Obama campaign's robocall about early voting called misleading — Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Brian Corley is warning voters about potentially misleading early voting information after his office received hundreds of inquiries from voters Tuesday wanting to cast early ballots.Early voting …
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Morning Jay: This Race Has Just Begun — The most recent RealClearPolitics average of the national polls shows President Obama holding a 3.3 point lead over Mitt Romney, 49.1 to 45.1. Additionally, his net job approval rating is now back to about even, 48.8 approve to 48.5 disapprove.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney's 'you didn't build that' attack: An epic FAIL — Others have touched on this already, but it really deserves highlighting here, too. Check this out, from the new NBC/WSJ poll: … Romney built much of his convention around Obama's “you didn't build that” comments, but only 32 percent were impacted negatively by them.
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Politico:
Romney floats deduction cap — Mitt Romney floated the idea of a $17,000 limit on itemized tax deductions Tuesday night — and is likely to get a quick lesson in the risks of providing details about his tax plans. — While a $17,000 limit would hit hardest on people in the highest tax brackets …
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URGENT AGENDA:
William Katz: Urgent Agenda — HOME ABOUT OUR ARCHIVE CONTACT — LOVE IT, LOVE IT - AT 9:13 A.M. ET: I've had the privilege of appearing on the New York talk show hosted by the great Mike Scully, on WVOX. Mike sends along a picture of this great yard sign, which was put up in Glenview, Illinois:
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BBC:
Iran police break up protests over currency crisis — Many shops in the central bazaar have closed in sympathy with the demonstrators — Riot police in Iran have broken up several protests in the capital over sharp falls in the currency, the rial. — Traders protested outside the central bank …
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NPR:
On Eve Of First Debate, NPR Poll Shows Romney Within Striking Distance — Early voting has begun in the battleground states of Ohio, Virginia and Iowa. Voting booths are set up for early voting at the Black Hawk County Courthouse last Thursday in Waterloo, Iowa.
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Russ Buettner / New York Times:
N.Y. City Subpoenas Ken Burns Film on '89 Jogger Rape — In a new movie, the documentary filmmaker Ken Burns explores the lives of the men who were convicted, and later exonerated, in the racially charged 1989 Central Park jogger rape case. — Now lawyers for New York City want to explore …
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