Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:05 AM ET, October 9, 2012

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Romney's Strong Debate Performance Erases Obama's Lead  —  GOP Challenger Viewed as Candidate with New Ideas  —  OVERVIEW  —  Mitt Romney no longer trails Barack Obama in the Pew Research Center's presidential election polling.  By about three-to-one, voters say Romney did a better job …
RELATED:
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Did Obama Just Throw The Entire Election Away?  —  The Pew poll is devastating, just devastating.  Before the debate, Obama had a 51 - 43 lead; now, Romney has a 49 - 45 lead.  That's a simply unprecedented reversal for a candidate in October.  Before Obama had leads on every policy issue …
Jon Cohen / The Fix:
How party ID explains Romney's “surge”  —  New numbers from Gallup and the Pew Research Center showing the presidential contest tied among all voters in recent days are sure to buoy Republican hopes that Mitt Romney did more than win a debate last week.  But the newly released data also undercut …
Detroit Free Press:
Romney's strong debate helps him close gap with Obama in Michigan, poll shows  —  Fact Check: The first presidential debate: USA Today Political Editor Paul Singer takes a look at some of the key moments in the first presidential debate to check the facts given by each candidate.
Discussion: Politico, Hot Air and Ballot Box
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
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.
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Pew: Romney Leads By 4 In Post-Debate Survey
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Hullabaloo
Rasmussen Reports:
Colorado: Obama 49%, Romney 48%
Discussion: PolicyMic and Planet Washington
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Experts pan Romney foreign policy speech  —  Mitt Romney's foreign policy speech Monday was filled with tough talk and slams of President Barack Obama's leadership — but little of the clarity Romney has vowed to bring to the Oval Office.  —  Analysts reviewing what the Republican nominee …
RELATED:
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Team Obama to Romney: ‘Bring it on’  —  President Obama's campaign aggressively hit back against Mitt Romney's foreign policy speech on Monday, challenging the GOP nominee to “bring it on.”  —  “Mitt Romney once again tried to engage the president on foreign policy, and we have a simple message for him …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Romney Remains Vague on Foreign Policy Details
BuzzFeed:
Paul Ryan Gets Testy And Ends Interview  —  When asked about guns and taxes in an interview with ABC12 in Flint, Michigan.  Campaign: “Eventually you're going to see a local reporter embarrass himself.”  —  Source: youtube.com  —  Update: Ryan spokesman Brendan Buck tells BuzzFeed …
Peter Schweizer / The Daily Beast:
The Illegal-Donor Loophole  —  The giant gap in our campaign-finance system that makes foreign and fraudulent donations possible.  Peter Schweizer and Peter J. Boyer report.  —  There has been no shortage of media attention paid to the role of money in the current presidential contest.
RELATED:
Wynton Hall / BREITBART.COM:
BOMBSHELL: OBAMA.COM OWNED BY BUNDLER IN SHANGHAI WITH BUSINESS TIES TO CHINESE GOVERNMENT
Max Brantley / Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times:
UPDATES: Republican candidate Fuqua endorses death penalty for rebellious children  —  Remember former Republican legislator Charlie Fuqua, running again for legislature with financial support from the Arkansas Republican Party and U.S. Reps. Tim Griffin and Steve Womack, among others?
RELATED:
John Celock / The Huffington Post:
Charlie Fuqua, Arkansas Legislative Candidate, Endorses Death Penalty For Rebellious Children In Book
Laura Washington / Chicago Sun Times:
Reporter Lara Logan brings ominous news from Middle East  —  CBS correspondent Lara Logan covers the reaction in Cairo's Tahrir Square the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down in February 2011.  CBS News photo  —  This was no ordinary rubber chicken affair.
Marc Lamont Hill / The Huffington Post:
The 15 Most Overrated White People … Kate Middleton , Christopher Columbus , Columbus Day , Race , Slideexpand , White People , Black Voices News  —  Today, our nation engages in one of its most bizarre cultural rituals: the celebration of Columbus Day as a national holiday.
Toddstarnes / Fox News:
School Lets Dems Register Students to Vote, But Not GOP  —  Florida Republicans are outraged after a school district allowed a pro-Obama organization to conduct student voter registration drives and deliver speeches to classes - but denied the Romney campaign similar opportunities.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Pew poll: Romney erases eight-point deficit, now leads by four among likely voters  —  From a 51/43 lead for O last month to a 49/45 lead for Mitt now.  Remember when the media said the debates won't matter?  —  Most exciting poll of the last year?  Or most exciting poll of the last four years?
Discussion: Maggie's Farm
Brad Plumer / Wonkblog:
Study: Getting rid of lead does wonders for school performance  —  Over the past 50 years, after scientists realized that even minute doses of lead can have harmful effects, policymakers have been steadily pushing to eradicate the stuff from the environment.
Discussion: Calculated Risk and Hullabaloo
Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:
New York Times Staffers To Walk Out Over Contract Negotiations … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  The New York Times, New York Times Protest, New York Times Walk Out, New York Times Walk Out Contract, New York Times Walk Out Employes, New York Times Walkout, New York Times Walkout Contract, New York Times Walkout Employees, Media News
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Policy Verdict I  —  In Thursday night's debate, Vice President Joe Biden will almost certainly go after Representative Paul Ryan's Medicare plan.  And why shouldn't he?  It's unpopular.  But I'd like to make a case for that plan.  It's the best thing the Romney-Ryan campaign has going for it.
Discussion: driftglass and Pressing Issues
Perry Chiaramonte / Fox News:
Plant that got $150M in taxpayer money to make Volt batteries furloughs workers  —  July 15, 2010: President Obama gets into an electric Ford Focus as he attends the groundbreaking of a factory for Compact Power Inc. in Holland, Mich.REUTERS  —  The Holland, Mich., plant, shown here in a rendering …
Washington Free Beacon:
Colo. Governor: 'Lincoln Wasn't a Great Debater'  —  Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) said Monday that Abraham Lincoln “wasn't a great debater” during a visit to the Obama campaign field office in Denver, Colo., according to Denver West Word reporter Sam Levin.  —  Lincoln famously participated …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
Republicans conflicted over Obama, Obamacare  —  (CNN) — Jill Thacker was dying for a cup of coffee when she recently ran into a 7-Eleven convenience store.  To her pleasant surprise, the coffee was free — as long as she would commit to drinking it in either a red Mitt Romney cup or a blue Barack Obama cup.
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Princeton Economist: Obama Campaign Is Misrepresenting My Study on Romney's Tax Plan  —  Last night, the Obama campaign blasted out another email claiming that Mitt Romney's tax plan would either require raising taxes on the middle class or blowing a hole in the deficit.
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Fatah: Palestinians have not abandoned armed struggle  —  Member of Fatah Central Committee Aloul says “no one has dropped armed resistance from his dictionary,” points out Fatah political program has reaffirmed “resistance is legitimate right against occupation.”
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Libya Cable Detailed Threats  —  In a dispatch sent the day he was killed, Ambassador Christopher Stevens described how the militias keeping the peace in Benghazi threatened to quit over a political feud.  Eli Lake reports.  —  Just two days before the 9/11 anniversary attack …
David Martosko / The Daily Caller:
Breitbart biopic slapped with ‘R’ rating, delaying theatrical release  —  Producers of the biographical documentary “Hating Breitbart” got news last week that their film received an “R” rating from the Motion Picture Association of America.  And with that move official Hollywood …
Contactmusic.com:
Madonna backs down from wearing Muslim bridal dress  —  Madonna has decided against wearing a Muslim bridal dress, a combination of a traditional Iraqi bridal veil and a US soldier's uniform, in her new music video after being convinced by her advisers to give the outfit a miss for her own safety.
CNN:
Obama camp taps NBA, NFL stars  —  Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama's campaign is tapping into some athletic star power in three new web videos meant to encourage sports fans to register to vote for the president.  —  In the latest video, titled “The Greatest” and posted Monday …
Discussion: theGrio and The Daily Dish
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 12:05 AM ET, October 9, 2012.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Callum Borchers / Boston Globe:
Obama advisers say president disappointed himself with debate performance
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
Carol E. Lee / Washington Wire:
Obama Dedicates Cesar Chavez Memorial
Discussion: Riehl World News
Bing West / National Review:
Romney as Reagan, Obama as Carter
Discussion: Instapundit and Weekly Standard
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Is Obama overrated as a candidate?
Abigail Pesta / The Daily Beast:
Danger Mom  —  As a new mother, she pumped breast milk …
Discussion: Daily Mail and TVNewser
James R. Copland / Wall Street Journal:
Politicized Proxy Advisers vs. Individual Investors
Chris Christie / CNN:
FIRST ON CNN: Jindal and Christie set to lead Republican Governors Association
Discussion: Hot Air, The Hill, The Fix, Politico and GOP 12
 Earlier Items: 
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
MUST WATCH: Mr. Rogers' Powerful Defense Of Federal Funding For PBS
Rachel Donadio / New York Times:
In Italy, Calabria Is Drained by Corruption
BuzzFeed:
America Has Two Obama-Brand Gas Stations
Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
At Harvard Law School in 1991, Obama approved of restricting speech to protect minorities
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Why Do the Sunday Shows Suck So Much?
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Moderate Mitt isn't so moderate
Washington Post:
Congress members back legislation that could benefit themselves, relatives
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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:
AI in Hollywood is a tech leap with a vast impact but remains a tool, not a replacement, for creatives; its speed, quality, and cost allow for VFX breakthroughs

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page