Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:45 PM ET, October 8, 2012

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
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.
RELATED:
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.
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Gallup: Romney ties Obama after scoring historic debate win
Discussion: Politico and Jammie Wearing Fools
Buzz Bissinger / The Daily Beast:
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 …
RELATED:
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Obama And Romney Reverse Roles
Discussion: Riehl World News
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads by 3 in Virginia
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Politico
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.
RELATED:
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
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 …
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:   Romney Could Send Troops To Libya
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
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 …
RELATED:
Wynton Hall / BREITBART.COM:
BOMBSHELL: OBAMA.COM OWNED BY BUNDLER IN SHANGHAI WITH BUSINESS TIES TO CHINESE GOVERNMENT  —  In an explosive report set to send shockwaves through official Washington, the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) released a 108-page GAI investigation into the threat of foreign …
New York Times:
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 …
RELATED:
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
A Limited And Self-Serving Defense Of Political Punditry
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
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 …
RELATED:
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Libya Cable Detailed Threats
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.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
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 …
Associated Press:
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 …
Discussion: Fox News Insider
RELATED:
Associated Press:
CHAVEZ WINS 6 MORE YEARS IN TIGHTEST RACE YET
Juan Forero / Washington Post:
Venezuelans flood polls for historic election to decide if Hugo Chavez remains in power
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
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 …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 12:45 PM ET, October 8, 2012.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 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: 
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
Al Qaeda Winter
Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
At Harvard Law School in 1991, Obama approved of restricting speech to protect minorities
Robert Booth / Guardian:
Julian Assange supporters ordered to forfeit £93,500 bail money
Discussion: Samizdata.net
BBC:
Libyan PM forced to stand down
Discussion: Via Meadia
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Why Do the Sunday Shows Suck So Much?
Discussion: Eschaton
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Moderate Mitt isn't so moderate
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
E.J. Dionne Jr.
Discussion: Althouse
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Congress members back legislation that could benefit themselves, relatives
Washington Post:
Romney, in Florida, says Obama team making ‘excuses’ after debate
New York Times:
The Patent, Used as a Sword
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
MULTIPLE TWITTER USERS THREATEN TO ASSASSINATE MITT ROMNEY: ‘SHOOT HIM DEAD’
Discussion: Riehl World News
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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