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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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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 …
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 …
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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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The First Debate Was Obama's Best Chance — In the most immediate way, the current wave of Democratic panic is probably overblown. If you want to understand why Mitt Romney's current polling bounce is probably not a fundamental reshaping of the race, read Nate Silver and Nate Cohn, but I'll summarize it for you.
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
A Limited and Self-Serving Defense of Political Punditry
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Rasmussen Reports:
Colorado: Obama 49%, Romney 48%
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Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Closes Gap In Presidential Polls
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Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Gallup: Romney ties Obama after scoring historic debate win
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Seth McLaughlin / Washington Times:
Romney sees retreat in Obama's foreign policy
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Text of Romney Speech on Foreign Policy at VMI
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Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
Mitt Romney Just Hammered Obama On Libya In A Big, Wide-Ranging Foreign Policy Speech
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ABCNEWS:
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts …
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Daniel W. Drezner:
Meet the new Romney foreign policy speech... same as the old Romney foreign policy speech?
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Mitt Romney: Obama has made U.S. less safe
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Spencer Ackerman / Wired:
With Foreign Policy Speech, Romney Runs for Obama's Second Term
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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 — 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 …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama bundler tied to Chinese government?
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Tony Lee / BREITBART.COM:
REPORT: OBAMA.COM VULNERABLE TO ILLEGAL FOREIGN CAMPAIGN DONATIONS
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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.
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 …
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
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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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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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Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:
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