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1:15 PM ET, October 10, 2012

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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
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Suddenly Centrist: The New Moderate Mitt Romney
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Gov. Rick Perry backs Mitt Romney on abortion
Discussion: Associated Press
Kaili Joy Gray / Daily Kos:
Romney: Abortion is not ‘part of my agenda.’ Romney campaign: Oh yes it is.
Discussion: PERRspectives and Booman Tribune
New York Times:
Romney Pledges to Keep Tax Deductions for Mortgages
Discussion: The Daily Beast and The Caucus
Politico:
Romney's unusual in-house ad strategy
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Analysis: Thoroughly Moderating Mitt
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Planet Washington
Rebekah Metzler / US News:
Mitt Romney Criticized For Abortion Comments in Local Paper
Discussion: 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.
Roger Simon / Politico:
Eat crow and pray for Joe
Discussion: CNN
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Team Romney looking for knockout by Ryan
Discussion: Politico
Ben Geman / Presidential Campaigns:
Pelosi offers debate advice to Biden
Discussion: The Raw Story
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 …
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker launches PR offensive on eve of hearing on Libya Consulate attack
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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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 …
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Gibbs: Big Bird ad raised ‘important point’
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
Discussion: Politico
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 …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs
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Dana Hughes / ABCNEWS:
Attack on Benghazi Consulate ‘Unprecedented,’ State Department Official Says
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
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 …
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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Jim Brunner / STBlogs Alpha:
Rob McKenna, dancing ‘Gangnam Style’
Discussion: Politico and Hotline On Call
Jake Grovum / Pew Center on the States:
Are Voter ID Opponents Winning the Battle but Losing the War?
Discussion: Politico
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
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 Earlier Items: 
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Democrats Keep Voter Registration Lead in 4 Battleground States
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New York Times:
U.S. Military Is Sent to Jordan to Help With Crisis in Syria
Discussion: CNN, World and Prairie Weather
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Morning Jay: The State of the Race, Four Weeks Out
Discussion: Hot Air and Real Clear Politics
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney interview
Discussion: Firedoglake, The Daily Caller and CNN
John Detrixhe / Bloomberg:
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Discussion: Firedoglake and Business Insider
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Paul Krugman, Then and Now  —  In the Democrats' effort …