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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
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 …
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Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Abortion Stance Changes, As Candidate Says He Won't Push To Restrict Access … FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Abortion, Elections 2012, Video, Mitt Romney Des Moines Register, Mitt Romney Abortion, Mitt Romney 2012, Women's News, Politics News
Katrina Trinko / National Review:
Romney: ‘No Legislation with Regards to Abortion’ ‘Would Become Part of My Agenda’
Romney: ‘No Legislation with Regards to Abortion’ ‘Would Become Part of My Agenda’
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Suddenly Centrist: The New Moderate Mitt Romney
Suddenly Centrist: The New Moderate Mitt Romney
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Gov. Rick Perry backs Mitt Romney on abortion
Gov. Rick Perry backs Mitt Romney on abortion
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Kaili Joy Gray / Daily Kos:
Romney: Abortion is not ‘part of my agenda.’ Romney campaign: Oh yes it is.
Romney: Abortion is not ‘part of my agenda.’ Romney campaign: Oh yes it is.
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New York Times:
Romney Pledges to Keep Tax Deductions for Mortgages
Romney Pledges to Keep Tax Deductions for Mortgages
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The Daily Beast and The Caucus
First Read:
First Thoughts: The pressure is on — Setting the stage …
First Thoughts: The pressure is on — Setting the stage …
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New York Times, CNN, Taegan Goddard's … and News Desk
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Analysis: Thoroughly Moderating Mitt
Analysis: Thoroughly Moderating Mitt
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ABCNEWS and Planet Washington
Rebekah Metzler / US News:
Mitt Romney Criticized For Abortion Comments in Local Paper
Mitt Romney Criticized For Abortion Comments in Local Paper
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Yahoo! News and The Agonist
Josh Peterson / The Daily Caller:
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.
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
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.
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Washington Wire, Business Insider, Planet Washington, Althouse, Washington Examiner and Election 2012
Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
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 …
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Associated Press:
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 …
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
U.S. Security Official in Libya Tells Congressional Investigators About ‘Inappropriately Low’ Security at Benghazi Post — ABC News has learned that Eric Nordstrom, the former Regional Security Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Libya, has told congressional investigators that security …
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker launches PR offensive on eve of hearing on Libya Consulate attack
GOP lawmaker launches PR offensive on eve of hearing on Libya Consulate attack
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The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast and The Raw Story
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
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.
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Wall Street Journal:
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 …
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Al Tompkins / Poynter:
NBC News President: 'It's just lazy' to use journalists in campaign ads — Journalists have been unable to stop candidates from using copyrighted news clips in campaign ads, but maybe “Sesame Street” can. Ever since Mitt Romney said during last week's debate that he would cut federal funding …
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Gibbs: Big Bird ad raised ‘important point’
Gibbs: Big Bird ad raised ‘important point’
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The PJ Tatler and Jammie Wearing Fools
Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
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 …
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Jack Welch / Wall Street Journal:
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 …
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
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 …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Obama spokeswoman: 'We're not getting whipped up and down' by polls
Obama spokeswoman: 'We're not getting whipped up and down' by polls
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Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
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 …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama On Debate: ‘I Was Just Too Polite’ … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Barack Obama , Presidential Debates, Elections 2012, Video, Election 2012, Presidential Debate, Obama Debate, Obama Debate Performance, Obama Debate Polite, Obama Polite, Obama Tom Joyner, Politics News
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
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.
Rand Paul / CNN:
Sen. Paul: Romney wrong on Mid East — Editor's note: Rand Paul, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Kentucky. — (CNN) — This week, I will campaign for Gov. Mitt Romney. I believe this election will and should be about moving America back from the edge of the abyss on which we stand …
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BuzzFeed:
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
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