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10:45 PM ET, October 7, 2012

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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Axelrod: Obama ‘taken aback by the brazenness’ of Romney's debate performance  —  Obama senior campaign adviser David Axelrod on Sunday said Republican Mitt Romney delivered a “very good performance” at the first presidential debate that was “completely un-rooted in fact” and the president was …
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CBS News:
“Face the Nation” transcripts, October 7, 2012: David Axelrod  —  DAVID AXELROD: Now John— John— John, he said twenty percent personal income tax deductions.  Earlier in the year he said for upper income people as well as everyone else.  He's changed that now.
Discussion: Althouse
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Gibbs: Mitt Romney delivered ‘dishonest’ debate performance
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich Concedes Romney Wasn't Honest About His Tax Plan During Debate  —  This morning on Meet The Press, Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs confronted Newt Gingrich on a fundamental inconsistency in Romney's description of his tax plan.  During the primary debates, Romney insisted …
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
After debate, Obama looks to move on
Discussion: CNN and Jammie Wearing Fools
Sy Mukherjee / ThinkProgress:
Mary Matalin Calls Paul Krugman A ‘Liar’ For Telling The Truth  —  During a roundtable discussion on George Stephanoupolos' This Week Sunday morning, GOP political consultant Mary Matalin got into a heated exchange with Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, calling him a “liar” …
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Rumors Swirl: How Bad Will The Obama Foreign Donor Scandal Be?  —  Since last week, the news sphere has been buzzing about the possibility of an Obama campaign foreign donor scandal being the big October surprise of 2012.  Since the Washington Examiner first reported the story last week …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
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.
Discussion: Pressing Issues
Kasey Stoddart / CBS Detroit:
Enter At Your Own Risk: Police Union Says ‘War-Like’ Detroit Is Unsafe For Visitors  —  DETROIT (WWJ) - The men and women of the Detroit Police Department believe the city is too dangerous to enter, and they want citizens to know it.  —  Detroit Police Officer Association (DPOA) …
James Hohmann / Politico:
Allen West rouses crowd for Mitt Romney  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Firebrand Congressman Allen West promised Sunday to be “a loyal lieutenant” to Mitt Romney “when” — not if — he becomes president.  —  The tea party favorite, appearing on stage with Romney, used a rousing introduction …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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.
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Priebus lowers VP debate expectations, describes Biden as ‘gifted orator’
Discussion: Hot Air, CNN, The Other McCain and Politico
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Campaign surrogates Ayotte, O'Malley spar on job numbers, presidential debate
Discussion: Politico
Laura Donnelly / Telegraph:
Patients starve and die of thirst on hospital wards  —  Forty-three hospital patients starved to death last year and 111 died of thirst while being treated on wards, new figures disclose today.  —  There were 558 cases last year where doctors recorded that a patient had died in a state of severe dehydration in hospitals
Discussion: Power Line and normblog
William Neuman / New York Times:
Large Turnout as Venezuela Goes to Polls  —  CARACAS, Venezuela — Voters across this country turned out in large numbers on Sunday, standing in lines that snaked around city blocks to cast ballots in a landmark presidential election that could give the fiery socialist Hugo Chávez …
Discussion: Washington Post
FRANCE 24:
Copt home attacked after Egypt president promises security  —  AFP - Gunmen opened fire on the home of a Coptic Christian in the Sinai peninsula on Saturday, hours after a visit by President Mohamed Morsi to reassure Christian residents they would not be targeted again.
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Big Bird Responds To Mitt Romney On SNL  —  With Mitt Romney's PBS-Big Bird slam a ripe source for comedy this week, who better to add to the mockery than the Sesame Street character himself?  Big Bird showed up on Weekend Update opposite Seth Meyers to react to his newfound celebrity.
 
 
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Victoria Bassetti / New York Times:
Is America Man Enough to Vote?
Discussion: Althouse and Washington Monthly
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Liberals fret: Is Obama bored? Does he want a second term? Maybe not.
Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
Gas Prices Rise Again Overnight in California
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
Electric Cars Hurt the Environment
Discussion: Power Line
Charlie Neibergall / Rolling Stone:
Presidential Debate Aftermath: Mitt Romney Wins All-Important BS Contest
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hullabaloo
 Earlier Items: 
Kevin Baker / New York Times:
Opinion: Republicans to Cities: Drop Dead
Simon van Zuylen-Wood / Washington Monthly:
Real Live Voter Fraud
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Once-reluctant Mitt Romney opens up on the campaign trail
Discussion: New York Times
Washington Post:
Capitol Assets: Congress's wealthiest mostly shielded from effects of deep recession
 

 
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

Devin Gordon / New York Times:
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