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9:30 AM ET, October 9, 2012

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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 …
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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 …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Romney surges past Obama in second poll  —  Mitt Romney has overtaken President Obama in a Public Policy Polling survey released on Tuesday.  —  Romney won 49 percent support from likely voters in the poll, compared to 47 percent for Obama.  —  It's the first time all year Romney has led in the poll …
Discussion: Jay Bookman and Prairie Weather
Keegan Gibson / PoliticsPA:
Susquehanna Poll: Obama 47, Romney 45
Discussion: CBS Philly and Vodkapundit
Detroit Free Press:
Romney's strong debate helps him close gap with Obama in Michigan, poll shows
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air, Politico and Ballot Box
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 8: A Great Poll for Romney, in Perspective
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Pew: Romney Leads By 4 In Post-Debate Survey
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 …
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Team Obama Big Bird ad mocks Mitt  —  ...and by serious, we mean not at all serious.  —  The Obama campaign is out this morning with a goofy video of the Big Bird variety, mocking Mitt Romney, as the president has put it, as going easy on Wall Street but heavy on Sesame Street.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Moe Lane
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
New Obama ad uses Big Bird to hit Romney on deficit, Wall Street  —  The Obama campaign on Tuesday unveiled a new television ad mocking GOP candidate Mitt Romney for his calls to end federal funding for PBS, saying it would do little to help cut the deficit.
Discussion: GOP 12 and The Lonely Conservative
Politico:
Inside the campaign: The Romney rebellion  —  For months, Ann Romney and her eldest son, Tagg, were dutifully supportive of the political professionals running Mitt Romney's campaign.  All the while, their private frustration was mounting.  —  Shortly before the final debate, it finally boiled over.
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Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life:
“Nones” on the Rise  —  One-in-Five Adults Have No Religious Affiliation  —  Executive Summary  —  The number of Americans who do not identify with any religion continues to grow at a rapid pace.  One-fifth of the U.S. public - and a third of adults under 30 - are religiously unaffiliated today …
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Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
One in five Americans reports no religious affiliation, study says
Discussion: Washington Wire and Althouse
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.
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
A Popularity High for Romney - but Ditto for Obama  —  Mitt Romney reached his highest personal popularity of the election campaign among registered voters in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll - but not by enough to lift his head above water, nor to surpass Barack Obama, who reached his own best favorability rating of the season.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and GOP 12
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.
Daniel Newhauser / Roll Call:
Blue Dogs Brace for Another Drubbing  —  The House Blue Dog Coalition, still reeling from 2010 elections that cut its ranks in half, looks likely to sustain additional losses this year that would cast doubt on the group's influence in the 113th Congress.  —  The number of Blue Dogs grew …
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
New York Post:
Thug puts us on hook for 16G  —  Feds will pay for jailed terror fiend's hands  —  We're giving this hatemonger a hand — and probably two.  —  Taxpayers will foot the bill to replace radical Islamic preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri's infamous hooks, The Post has learned.
Discussion: Jihad Watch
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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Washington Wire:
Text of Romney Speech on Foreign Policy at VMI
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?
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John Celock / The Huffington Post:
Charlie Fuqua, Arkansas Legislative Candidate, Endorses Death Penalty For Rebellious Children In Book
 
 
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Larry Pressler / The Huffington Post:
Republican Senator, Vietnam Veteran Endorses President Obama
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Guard: Security in Libya cut before Benghazi attack
Callum Borchers / Boston Globe:
Obama advisers say president disappointed himself with debate performance
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Fatah: Palestinians have not abandoned armed struggle
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Washington Free Beacon:
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CNN:
Obama camp taps NBA, NFL stars
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Abigail Pesta / The Daily Beast:
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
U.S. ‘Congratulates’ Venezuela on Election
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