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1:50 PM ET, October 8, 2012

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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 …
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 …
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.
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
A Limited and Self-Serving Defense of Political Punditry
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Gallup: Romney ties Obama after scoring historic debate win
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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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Obama And Romney Reverse Roles
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads by 3 in Virginia
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Politico
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
Discussion: neo-neocon and Vodkapundit
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
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Romney goes on offense on foreign policy; Update: Live video embed added
Discussion: Politico and Fox News Insider
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Dan Senor: Al Qaeda gaining strength
Discussion: CNN
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:   Romney Could Send Troops To Libya
Virginia / CNN:
Romney to deliver foreign policy speech
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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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.
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.
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.
Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
At Harvard Law School in 1991, Obama approved of restricting speech to protect minorities  —  At the height of early-1990s conservative backlash over political correctness and “speech codes” on U.S. college campuses, Barack Obama participated in a panel event geared toward denying that restrictions …
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.”
Discussion: Eschaton
 
 
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Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
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Julian Assange supporters ordered to forfeit £93,500 bail money
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BBC:
Libyan PM forced to stand down
Discussion: Via Meadia
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Moderate Mitt isn't so moderate
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