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1:50 PM ET, October 7, 2012

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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Romney TV ad: Obama ‘not telling the truth’ about tax reform plans  —  Mitt Romney on Sunday unveiled a new TV ad pushing back on President Obama's claims the Republican challenger misrepresented the GOP ticket's tax reform plans in Wednesday's debate.  —  “President Obama continues …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Gibbs: Mitt Romney delivered ‘dishonest’ debate performance  —  Senior Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs on Sunday accused Mitt Romney of delivering a “fundamentally dishonest” performance during last week's first presidential debate.  —  Gibbs said President Obama ended up debating against …
Discussion: Politico
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
After debate, Obama looks to move on
Discussion: CNN and Jammie Wearing Fools
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden Takes 6 Days Off Campaign Trail  —  With just about a month until Election Day, Vice President Joe Biden is in the middle of taking nearly a week off the campaign trail.  He will return to doing campaign events on Thursday, when he will debate Rep. Paul Ryan in the vice presidential debate.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Priebus lowers VP debate expectations, describes Biden as ‘gifted orator’  —  Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus expressed optimism that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) would do well in Thursday night's vice presidential debate, but sought to downplay expectations, describing Vice President Joe Biden as a “gifted orator.”
Discussion: CNN, Politico and The Other McCain
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Campaign surrogates Ayotte, O'Malley spar on job numbers, presidential debate
Discussion: Politico
Simon van Zuylen-Wood / Washington Monthly:
Real Live Voter Fraud  —  Jaded by relentless GOP vote suppression efforts directed towards phantom voter impersonators, it's easy to forget that real fraud actually happens.  Today Adam Liptak of the New York Times surveys some recent problems with absentee ballots, which now make up twenty percent of all votes.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
As More Vote by Mail, Faulty Ballots Could Impact Elections  —  An absentee ballot in Florida.  Almost 2 percent of mailed ballots are rejected, double the rate for in-person voting.  More Photos »  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — On the morning of the primary here in August …
Discussion: Althouse
Washington Post:
Capitol Assets: Congress's wealthiest mostly shielded from effects of deep recession  —  If you could peer deeply into how the 535 members of Congress handle their money, what would you find?  —  You would see a diversity of investment strategies and results, from those who put their money into riskier …
Rasmussen Reports:
Ohio Senate: Brown (D) 46%, Mandel (R) 46%  —  The U.S. Senate race in Ohio is now a tie.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Ohio Voters finds incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown and his Republican challenger Josh Mandel each earning 46% support.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Two Presidents, Smoking and Scheming  —  AFTER the debate, I was talking to Aaron Sorkin, who was a little down.  Or, as he put it, “nonverbal, shouting incoherently at a squirrel, angrier than when the Jets lost to the 49ers last Sunday without ever really being on the field.”
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Mitt Romney is worth $250 million.  Why so little? … The article then goes through his listed assets, suggesting that Romney might be understating his wealth, based on... well, nothing, really.  —  It then tries to dream up reasons why Romney shouldn't be richer.  It doesn't credit any of them for being true.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
It Could Be His Party  —  IN countries with parliamentary systems, political parties rarely lack for formal leadership.  When the British Tories or Canadian Liberals are out of power, they have an official prime minister-in-waiting standing by, and a “shadow cabinet” as well.
Elizabeth Titus / Politico:
Tech glitch hits Jon Stewart-Bill O'Reilly debate  —  Fans hoping to tune into the much-hyped mock debate between cable TV pundits Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly Saturday were left frustrated as the Internet livestream crashed.  —  The Comedy Central figure and the Fox News host met …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, AllThingsD and CNN
 
 
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Charlie Neibergall / Rolling Stone:
Presidential Debate Aftermath: Mitt Romney Wins All-Important BS Contest
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hullabaloo
Kevin Baker / New York Times:
Opinion: Republicans to Cities: Drop Dead
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Once-reluctant Mitt Romney opens up on the campaign trail
Discussion: New York Times
Thomas E. Ricks / New York Times:
Fear Factor  —  President Jacques Chirac of France …
Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Congress to probe security flaws for Libya diplomats
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Obamas Celebrate 20th Wedding Anniversary
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and CNN
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Steven Shepard / NationalJournal.com:
Poll: Apparent Slide for Obama Following Debate
Daniel J. Mitchell / Townhall.com:
A Sign of the Apocalypse? The French and Italians Are More Fiscally Conservative than Americans!
Discussion: Power Line
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama lead down to 2 in Wisconsin
Richard McGregor / Financial Times:
Mitt Romney: born to run?
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Citizens United poll claims tight race in Ohio
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