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Romney Narrows Vote Gap After Historic Debate Win — By record-high margin, debate watchers say Romney did better — PRINCETON, NJ — Registered voters' preferences for president are evenly split in the first three days of Gallup tracking since last Wednesday's presidential debate.
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Oct. 7: National Polls Show Signs of Settling — Mitt Romney remains in a considerably stronger polling position than he was before last Wednesday's debate in Denver. But the polls released on Sunday did not tell quite as optimistic a story for him as those in the debate's immediate aftermath.
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Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Vox Popoli and Booman Tribune


Battleground Tracking Poll: Dems less enthusiastic — ORLANDO, Fla. — President Barack Obama has a worsening enthusiasm problem. — A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Tracking Poll of likely voters shows ahead of Mitt Romney 49 percent to 48 percent nationally …
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ABCNEWS, GOP 12, Hot Air, The Strata-Sphere, Taegan Goddard's … and Jammie Wearing Fools

Gallup: Romney ties Obama after scoring historic debate win
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Politico and Jammie Wearing Fools


Why I'm Voting for Mitt Romney — After the president's debate performance in Denver, this lifelong Democrat has made a difficult decision: he's given up on Barack Obama. Even if his own wife doesn't approve. — When I told my wife Lisa that I was writing a column supporting Mitt Romney for president …
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Obama And Romney Reverse Roles — Romney goes for inspiration, while the president is talking about a tax cut. Obama struggles for a clear message. — Image by Shannon Stapleton / Reuters — APOPKA, Fla. — Wednesday's debate was more than a momentary setback for President Barack Obama …
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Riehl World News

Obama leads by 3 in Virginia
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Outside the Beltway and Politico


Corruption: Exposing Barack Obama's Illegal Foreign Campaign Money Loophole — A new report obtained by Townhall from the non-partisan Government Accountability Institute [GAI] shows the Obama campaign has potentially violated federal election law by failing to prevent the use of fraudulent …
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Hot Air
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Dubious donations: Peter Schweizer speaks — We've been following the story of the Obama campaign's slipshod fundraising methods since 2008. I took a whack at explaining what we had learned as of October 27, 2008 in the New York Post column “Dubious donations.”
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National Review and Election Law Blog


Claim: Obama campaign illegally solicited foreign donors via social media website
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National Review, americanthinker.com and Jammie Wearing Fools

Rumors Swirl: How Bad Will The Obama Foreign Donor Scandal Be?
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Whiskey Fire, Michelle Malkin, Ace of Spades HQ, Patterico's Pontifications and Riehl World News


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wins another 6-year term, electoral council says — Oct. 3, 2012: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, front, gestures during a campaign rally in Maracay, Venezuela.AP — CARACAS, VENEZUELA - President Hugo Chavez won re-election Sunday …
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Tanks in the streets as Venezuelan electoral council declares Hugo Chavez victory


Chávez Wins New Term in Venezuela, Holding Off Surge by Opposition
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MarketBeat and JOSHUAPUNDIT


Romney Remains Vague on Foreign Policy Details — WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney is intensifying his efforts to draw a sharp contrast with President Obama on national security in the presidential campaign's closing stages, portraying Mr. Obama as having mishandled the tumult in the Arab world …
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New York Magazine, The Hinterland Gazette, Plunderbund, The Caucus, Taegan Goddard's … and PoliticusUSA
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Romney to deliver foreign policy speech
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Romney Advisers: Romney Will Return To Foreign Policy Of Truman And Reagan
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The Mahablog

Romney's Missing Foreign Policy
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Daniel W. Drezner and PoliticusUSA


With Biden Up Next to Debate, Obama's Aides Plot Comeback — WASHINGTON — President Obama's campaign is working feverishly to restore its momentum after a lackluster debate performance last week, an effort that began with a conference call 10 minutes before the debate even ended and led …

Obama makes fun of his debate performance — LOS ANGELES - Now even President Obama is making fun of his Denver debate performance. — Speaking to a concert crowd at the Nokia Theater here, Obama said the musical acts that performed for his campaign - the likes of Katy Perry, Earth …
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Associated Press, The Week, Riehl World News, Connecting.the.Dots and The Gateway Pundit


Security Team Commander Says Ambassador Stevens Wanted His Team to Stay in Libya Past August — U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens wanted a Security Support Team, made up of 16 special operations soldiers, to stay with him in Libya after their deployment was scheduled to end in August …
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Washington Examiner
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Report: Official says Amb. Stevens wanted special forces to remain in Libya
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CBS News and The PJ Tatler

Truth About Jobs — If anyone had doubts about the madness that has spread through a large part of the American political spectrum, the reaction to Friday's better-than expected report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics should have settled the issue. For the immediate response of many on the right …
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Daily Kos, Pressing Issues, Prairie Weather and Balloon Juice


Romney, in Florida, says Obama team making ‘excuses’ after debate — Port St. Lucie, Fla. — Mitt Romney painted a dark vision of a second Obama term on Sunday, telling more than 10,000 supporters at a rally here that the president would raise taxes on the middle class, weaken the military and explode the deficit if reelected.
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Towleroad News #gay, Election 2012 and Riehl World News
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Champion of the Middle Class Set to Chill With Hollywood, Hold 25K per Person Fundraiser
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MULTIPLE TWITTER USERS THREATEN TO ASSASSINATE MITT ROMNEY: ‘SHOOT HIM DEAD’ — Editor's note: This story contains graphic language and will be offensive to some readers. — The race to the White House can be ugly and cruel, an inconvenient truth that rears its ugly head in U.S. politics every four years.
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Riehl World News