Rep. Issa closes in on Clinton  —  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is setting his sights on his biggest political target yet: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  —  Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is treading more carefully than he did with his investigation …

ABC News scrambles to cover up Barack Obama's attendance at VP debate moderator's wedding  —  President Barack Obama was a guest at the 1991 wedding of ABC senior foreign correspondent and vice presidential debate moderator Martha Raddatz, The Daily Caller has learned.

Mother of Navy Seal killed in Libya speaks out  —  BOSTON (WHDH) — The attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya became a major issue on the campaign trail and the mother of a Navy Seal killed in the violence is voicing her anger that Mitt Romney is speaking about her son on the campaign trail.

Gov. Rick Perry backs Mitt Romney on abortion  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry isn't worried about his former primary rival's reluctance to push legislation restricting abortion rights, saying on Wednesday that he's confident Mitt Romney will appoint “constitutionalists” to the Supreme Court.

Biden Viewed Unfavorably, Divided Opinions about Ryan  —  No Clear Winner Expected in VP Debate  —  OVERVIEW  —  Ahead of Thursday's vice presidential debate, more voters view Joe Biden unfavorably than favorably, while opinions about Paul Ryan are more evenly divided.

Scott DesJarlais, Pro-Life Republican Congressman And Doctor, Pressured Mistress Patient To Get Abortion … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Abortion, Elections 2012, Video, Scott DesJarlais, Scott DesJarlais Abortion, Scott DesJarlais Patient, Susan DesJarlais, Scott Desjarlais Divorce …

Angst grows among Obama supporters  —  First came the nausea.  Then came the anxiety.  —  After months of watching Mitt Romney twist in the media glare, a growing number of President Barack Obama's supporters — though confined for now to a noisy minority of liberals …

New O'Keefe video: Obama campaign staffer caught helping activist vote twice  —  Videographer James O'Keefe's Project Veritas caught an official for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign helping who she thought was an Obama supporter set herself up to vote more than once in November.

Halftime report at Fisher oral argument  —  The attorney representing the student challenging the use of race in admissions at the University of Texas just sat down.  Nothing terribly surprising.  The liberals dominated the questioning and were unsurprisingly skeptical.

New York S**tty  —  After two full weeks of moving to and living in New York City, I just got back to DC for ten days (doctor's appointments, etc.).  All I can say is: what a relief.  —  Moving is never easy; moving to New York City even harder.  Moving to New York while blogging an election …

Pollster pulls out of Fla., NC and Va., says Obama can't win there  —  Suffolk University pollster David Paleologos, whose polls are aggregated into mainstream averages to show where the presidential race stands in the swing states, said he's finished polling in Florida …

Big Bird, Small President  —  As of fiscal 2011, Sesame Workshop had assets of $289 million.  —  Having been routed in the first debate, President Obama has found a comeback strategy: Fly Big Bird.  Specifically, mock Mitt Romney's call to cut federal subsidies for the millionaires …

Gallaudet Employee Put on Leave After Signing Anti-Gay Marriage Petition  —  If your job is to promote diversity, signing a petition to get a referendum on overturning Maryland's gay marriage law on the ballot is bound to be controversial.  But that's exactly what Dr. Angela McCaskill …

AP: We ‘Fell Short’ By Not Providing Full Explanation Of Photo Of Romney Bent Over  —  AP senior vice president and executive editor Kathleen Carroll said in a statement Wednesday the news organization “fell short” by not providing the full context in an image of Mitt Romney bent over in front of a surprised looking girl:

State contradicts W.H. on initial Benghazi conclusions — Ken Strickland named NBC News Washington Bureau Chief — Antoine Sanfuentes to 30 Rock  —  MORNING MINDMELD: The media narrative has turned in dramatic - and, for Obama, dangerous — ways.  Talk to top Democrats …

Bill Clinton works Las Vegas crowd, mocking Mitt Romney  —  Speaking on President Obama's behalf, he characterizes the Republican's moderate talk during the debate as hypocritical in hopes of holding on to Nevada's electoral votes.  —  Former President Clinton campaigns for President Obama at the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas.