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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The unemployment truthers are not helping Romney — So the unemployment rate truthers are in a panic this morning. Some conservatives are angrily claiming that the new Labor Department stats finding unemployment below eight percent were cooked to help Obama win reelection.
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Joe Nocera / New York Times:
Jobs Report: Cooked or Correct? — “Unbelievable job numbers,” tweeted Jack Welch, the iconic former boss of General Electric on Friday morning, moments after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its September jobs figures. “These Chicago guys will do anything,” he continued.
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David Weigel / Slate:
Rep. Allen West, Dean of the Jobs Number Truthers — When Jack Welch speaks, Allen West listens. The best thing we can do here is quote the bulk of West's Facebook message to supporters. … Here's one of the many things I don't get about the theory. There'll be another jobs report on the Friday before the election.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Jobs News Makes Obama's Case Easier
Jobs News Makes Obama's Case Easier
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Chris Isidore / CNNMoney.com:
Jack Welch questions jobs numbers
Jack Welch questions jobs numbers
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Meet the Incredible, Incoherent Jobs-Report Truthers
Meet the Incredible, Incoherent Jobs-Report Truthers
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Culture Desk:
Cover Story: The First Presidential Debate — Here's a sneak preview of next week's cover, “One on One,” by Barry Blitt. “This image seemed like a proper response to the first Presidential debate,” says Blitt, “but I'm not sure I realized how hard it is to caricature furniture.”
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
Romney Claims of Bipartisanship as Governor Face Challenge — BOSTON — He came into office with a mandate to shake things up, an agenda laden with civics-book reforms and a raging fiscal crisis that threatened to torpedo both. He sparred with a hostile legislature and suffered a humiliating setback in the midterm elections.
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Melinda Henneberger / Washington Post:
Does Barack Obama really want to be president? — Seeing our president hanging out at podiums in Charlotte and now Denver, his famous competitiveness nowhere to be seen, has left me with a question I wish I didn't have: Does Barack Obama really want to be president?
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Of Hooters, Zombies and Senators — Today, let's take a look at debates that do not involve Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. You can thank me later. — I am talking about the races for the United States Senate, people. Attention must be paid! And, as a reward, we can also discuss a new campaign ad featuring zombies.
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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
BIG BIRD RICHER THAN MITT ROMNEY — Big Bird makes more money than Mitt Romney, but is still on the government dole. — In the aftermath of getting massacred in last night's debate, both President Obama and the corrupt media are trying to salvage a little something by taking issue …
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Alice Hines / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney's Big Bird Attack Threatens Thousands Of U.S. Jobs
Mitt Romney's Big Bird Attack Threatens Thousands Of U.S. Jobs
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Deborah Newell Tornello / Litbrit:
Mitt the Cheat: Busted in 8 Frames. UPDATED 4X — I'm going to put the fourth update up here, because it's as probative a piece of evidence as it gets that Mitt Romney cheated and used crib-notes during Wednesday's presidential debate. My thanks to @KatieAnnieOakly for this photograph pairing.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Bill Maher Rips Obama's Debate Performance: ‘Looked Like He Took My Million And Spent It All On Weed’ — During his opening monologue tonight, Bill Maher admitted he was not happy with how President Obama did during his first big debate this week. He told his audience that Obama undeniably …
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Francisco Toro / The New Republic:
Hugo Chavez Might Actually Lose His Election on Sunday — CARACAS—The presidential election in Venezuela this Sunday really shouldn't be this close. Counting on his legendary charisma and a dizzying oil boom that has brought nearly $1 trillion into state coffers during his tenure …
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Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA): Evolution, Big Bang ‘Lies Straight From The Pit Of Hell’ — Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) tore into scientists as tools of the devil in a speech at the Liberty Baptist Church Sportsman's Banquet last month. — “All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology …
Peter Kirsanow / National Review:
Fact Check: Multiple Romney Falsehoods During Debate — Washington. A fact check of claims made by Mitt Romney during Wednesday's domestic-policy debate shows numerous falsehoods, the magnitude of which could damage the electoral prospects of the Republican challenger.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 5: Day After Debate, Strong Swing State Polls for Romney — On Friday, Mitt Romney had his best day in state-level polling since at least the party conventions, something that very probably reflects improvement in his standing following the presidential debate in Denver on Wednesday.
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Jim Siegel / The Columbus Dispatch:
Voting three days before election reinstated but not required — Early voting in Ohio began Tuesday. These voters cast ballots at the Franklin County Board of Elections location on Morse Road. — The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today sided with the Obama campaign and Ohio Democrats …
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Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
Appeals Court Rules Ohio Must Make Early Voting Available To All Voters
Appeals Court Rules Ohio Must Make Early Voting Available To All Voters
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
CBO makes it offficial — Obama broke deficit pledge … The Congressional Budget Office on Friday reported that the federal government ran a $1.1 trillion deficit in fiscal year 2012, making it official that President Obama broke his promise to cut the deficit in half within his first term in office.
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Jim O'Grady / Transportation Nation:
Pro-Tolerance Ads Begin Appearing In NYC Subway — (New York, NY - WNYC) Three religious groups — two Christian and one Jewish — have decided to fight speech with speech in the clamor over a controversial subway ad. Pro-Muslim ads from those groups have begun showing up in the New York City subway …
CNN:
Obama, Romney wrangle over economy in weekly addresses — (CNN) - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney sparred in their weekly addresses Saturday over whose vision and policies are best for the country. — “Under President Obama, we will have a stagnant economy …
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Mittromney / YouTube:
Facts Are Clear — mittromney Subscribe Subscribed Unsubscribe — 1,987 — Instead of creating jobs, President Obama is really creating debt. Over thirty cents of every dollar is borrowed—much of it from China. He's not just wasting money. He's borrowing it, then wasting it.
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Washington Free Beacon:
Meet the Obama Donors at the BLS — At least two economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) have contributed to President Barack Obama's campaign. Harley Frazis of Bethesda, MD, has contributed at least $2,000 to Obama and $9,000 to the Democratic National Committee over the last three election cycles.
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Kyle Drennen / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Ed Schultz on ‘Today’: Obama Thrown Off by ‘So Many Lies’ From ‘Corporate Shark’ Romney — Appearing on Friday's NBC Today, left-wing MSNBC host Ed Schultz desperately tried to explain away President Obama's bad debate performance: “I think that there were so many lies coming across that stage …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Romney Admits Pushing Misinformation In Debate — During Wednesday night's president debate, Mitt Romney claimed that “half” of the green firms Obama invested “have gone out of business” and noted that “a number of them happened to be owned by people who were contributors to your campaigns.”
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