US OFFICIALS: WE DIDN'T LINK LIBYA ATTACK TO VIDEO  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Tuesday it never concluded that the consulate attack in Libya stemmed from protests over an American-made video ridiculing Islam, raising further questions about why the Obama administration used …

Romney says abortion legislation isn't part of his agenda  —  Mitt Romney today said no abortion legislation is part of his agenda, but he would prohibit federally-funded international nonprofits from providing abortions in other countries.  —  “There's no legislation with regards to abortion …

Eat crow and pray for Joe  —  When Barack Obama was up by 4 percentage points in the polls, the media said the race was a dead heat.  —  Now that Obama is down by 4 percentage points in the polls, the media say he is dead meat.  —  The media giveth, and the media taketh away.  Fickle be the name of the media.

Gibbs: Big Bird ad raised ‘important point’  —  Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs on Wednesday defended an ad using Sesame Street character Big Bird to attack GOP candidate Mitt Romney, saying it raised an “important point.”  —  “The ad and the president have an important point on this,” said Gibbs on NBC's “Today” show.

I Was Right About That Strange Jobs Report  —  The economy would need to be growing at breakneck speed for unemployment to drop to 7.8% from 8.3% in the course of two months.  —  Imagine a country where challenging the ruling authorities—questioning, say, a piece of data released by central headquarters …

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 …

Oct. 9: Romney Erases Obama's Convention Bounce in Forecast  —  Following another day of strong polling on Tuesday, Mitt Romney advanced into the best position in the FiveThirtyEight forecast since the party conventions.  His chances of winning the Electoral College are now 28.8 percent in the forecast, his highest since Aug. 29.

State Dept reveals new details of Benghazi attack  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — All was quiet outside the U.S. Consulate as evening fell on Benghazi and President Barack Obama's envoy to Libya was retiring after a day of diplomatic meetings.  —  There was no indication of the harrowing events …

Romney Son, Tagg, Takes Charge  —  The eldest is “the most trusted individual in Mitt's life,” after Mom.  The family versus the advisers.  —  Tagg Romney (left) with his parents and consultants Eric Fehrnstrom (right) and Stuart Stevens.  —  Image by Reuters/Brian Snyder / Reuters

Sarah Palin Says She's Writing a Fitness Book  —  New photos of Sarah Palin looking very thin have caused a stir online, and now the former Alaska governor and 2008 VP nominee tells PEOPLE she's just fine and is, in fact, working with her family on a new fitness book.

Morning Jay: The State of the Race, Four Weeks Out  —  So where are we, four weeks out?  Romney suddenly finds himself with a lead in the polls, making liberals panicked and conservatives jubilant — an interesting change of pace.  —  But I actually see more continuity than change here.

House, Senate campaigns welcome lobbyists shunned by Team Obama  —  Democratic lobbyists shunned by President Obama's campaign are turning their attention to Senate and House races in a bid for relevance as the fall's action shifts to battleground states.  —  Lobbyists and other senior K …

Paul Krugman, Then and Now  —  In the Democrats' effort to brand Mitt Romney a “liar,” former economist Paul Krugman has taken a leading role, as I noted here.  Krugman, as a full-time shill for the Obama administration, has tried to put a positive face on Obama's dismal economic record.

Obama trounces Welch's job record  —  Jack Welch's hiring history isn't much to tweet about.  —  FORTUNE — Jack Welch, the former CEO of General Electric, has attacked the notion that President Obama and his policies are creating jobs.  On Friday, Welch in a message sent through Twitter accused …