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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.
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James Hohmann / Politico:
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 …
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.
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Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Gallup: Romney ties Obama after scoring historic debate win
Gallup: Romney ties Obama after scoring historic debate win
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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 …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads by 3 in Virginia
Obama leads by 3 in Virginia
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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 …
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Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's speech on foreign policy at the Virginia Military Institute: Prepared remarks
Mitt Romney's speech on foreign policy at the Virginia Military Institute: Prepared remarks
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Romney goes on offense on foreign policy; Update: Live video embed added
Romney goes on offense on foreign policy; Update: Live video embed added
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Romney Could Send Troops To Libya
Pema Levy / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Advisers: Romney Will Return To Foreign Policy Of Truman And Reagan
Romney Advisers: Romney Will Return To Foreign Policy Of Truman And Reagan
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Virginia / CNN:
Romney to deliver foreign policy speech
Romney to deliver foreign policy speech
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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 …
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Wynton Hall / BREITBART.COM:
BOMBSHELL: OBAMA.COM OWNED BY BUNDLER IN SHANGHAI WITH BUSINESS TIES TO CHINESE GOVERNMENT
BOMBSHELL: OBAMA.COM OWNED BY BUNDLER IN SHANGHAI WITH BUSINESS TIES TO CHINESE GOVERNMENT
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama bundler tied to Chinese government?
Obama bundler tied to Chinese government?
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Dubious donations: Peter Schweizer speaks
Dubious donations: Peter Schweizer speaks
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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 …
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
A Limited And Self-Serving Defense Of Political Punditry
A Limited And Self-Serving Defense Of Political Punditry
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Stakes get higher in upcoming Biden-Ryan debate
Stakes get higher in upcoming Biden-Ryan debate
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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 …
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Libya Cable Detailed Threats
Exclusive: Libya Cable Detailed Threats
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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.
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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.
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Why Do the Sunday Shows Suck So Much? — In the American media landscape, there is no single forum more prestigious than the Sunday shows—particularly the three network programs, and to a slightly lesser extent “Fox News Sunday” and CNN's “State of the Union.”
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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.
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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 …
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