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Sesame Workshop / The Sesame Workshop Blog:
Sesame Workshop Response to Campaign Ads — Sesame Workshop is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization and we do not endorse candidates or participate in political campaigns. We have approved no campaign ads, and as is our general practice, have requested that the ad be taken down.
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Toby Harnden / Daily Mail:
Obama ‘believed he had BEATEN Romney’ in Denver debate - after ignoring advice of top aides on preparation — President Barack Obama did not take his debate preparation seriously, ignored the advice of senior aides and walked off the stage in Denver believing he had got the better of Mitt Romney …
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Obama Ad About Big Bird Cannot Find One Prominent Wall Street Criminal Prosecuted By Administration — This is an amusing ad by the Obama campaign, poking fun at Mitt Romney's comment in the first debate about eliminating funding for PBS and Big Bird. President Obama has been getting …
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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.
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Donovan Slack / Politico:
Obama camp: Ad responds to ‘outcry’ — While some have questioned the campaign's seriousness and intent to put money behind the ad in swing states, Psaki maintained that it is running on cable networks - albeit during comedy shows - that swing-state viewers watch.
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Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Romney hits Obama on Big Bird focus — Mitt Romney, speaking to a crowd of about 1,200 on a farm here in Van Meter, Iowa, criticized President Obama's recent focus on Big Bird on the campaign trail. — “You have to scratch your head when the president spends the last week talking about saving Big Bird,” he said.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Sesame Street asks Obama campaign to take down attack ad featuring Big Bird
CNN:
Team Romney word on the street for Big Bird tactics: ‘Troubling’
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
One Month To Go, And The Polls — They Are A Changin' (The Note)
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Romney 49%, Obama 47% Among Likely Voters — Registered voter trend suggests Obama is recovering from post-debate drop — PRINCETON, NJ — Mitt Romney holds a slight edge over Barack Obama — 49% to 47% — in Gallup's initial “likely voter” estimate, encompassing interviews from Oct. 2-8.
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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.
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Why The Gallup Poll Numbers Are Likely To Get Worse For Obama In The Next Two Days — The effect of last week's debate is still being priced into the market. — Via: gallup.com — Mitt Romney's two-point lead over President Barack Obama in Gallup's crucial new survey of likely voters …
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Hack Gap Rears Its Ugly Head Yet Again — The hack gap is a liberal problem of long standing. Put simply, we liberals don't have enough hacks. Conservatives outscore us considerably in the number of bloggers/pundits/columnists/ talking heads who are willing to cheerfully say whatever …
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Kos / Daily Kos:
Daily Kos/SEIU State of the Nation poll: Romney takes the lead in post-debate period — Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos & SEIU. 10/4-7. Likely voters. MoE ±2.72% (9/27-30 results) … Obama 47 (49) — Romney 49 (45) — That's a pretty disastrous six-point net swing in just a week …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Did Obama Just Throw The Entire Election Away?
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
A Popularity High for Romney - but Ditto for Obama
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Pew Poll and Confirmation Bias
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Stephen Gandel / Fortune:
Welch can't take the heat: I quit — The former top GE executive says he will no longer write for Fortune following coverage of his jobs conspiracy tweet. — FORTUNE — Jack Welch has left our building, metaphorically that is. — Welch said he will no longer contribute …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
No White House Press Briefing in Last 15 Days — The White House has not held a press briefing in the last 15 days, according to records on the White House's website. The last one was held on September 24, 2012, by White House press secretary Jay Carney. — However, in that 15 day time period …
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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 …
Fox News:
AP publishes unflattering pic of Romney bending over — This photo of Mitt Romney posing with students of Fairfield Elementary School in Fairfield, Va., was published Monday by the Associated Press.AP — It was a news photo that, as Gawker quipped, was “ripe for captioning.”
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
In Speech, Schumer Rejects Idea of Tax Code Overhaul — WASHINGTON — Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, the Senate's third-ranking Democrat, threw cold water Tuesday on what had been an emerging consensus for a bipartisan deficit- reduction plan — an overhaul of the tax code …
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Schumer Tells Dems To Grow A Spine In Tax Negotiations With GOP
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Wall Street Journal:
Goldman Turns Tables on Obama Campaign — When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, no major U.S. corporation did more to finance his campaign than Goldman Sachs Group Inc. — This election, none has done more to help defeat him. — Prompted by what they call regulatory attacks …
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Washington Post:
Taliban says it shot ‘infidel’ Pakistani teen for advocating girls' rights — PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A 14-year-old Pakistani activist who won international acclaim for speaking out for girls denied education under the Taliban was shot and seriously wounded Tuesday on her way home from school, authorities said.
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Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Josh Romney: Dad ‘Learned How To Debate An Obstinate Child’ — Josh Romney, one of Mitt Romney's sons, told a pointed joke Tuesday about President Obama's debate performance, while warming up the crowd for his father at a campaign rally in Van Meter, Iowa. — “I don't know if you guys saw …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Race tightening up in battleground Ohio — (CNN) - On the day that both presidential candidates are campaigning in Ohio, a new poll indicates a close contest in the race for the Buckeye State's 18 electoral votes. — According to a CNN/ORC International poll (PDF) …
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