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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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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Suddenly Centrist: The New Moderate Mitt Romney — In a last ditch effort to win over undecided moderates, Mitt Romney is finally fulfilling his adviser's prediction that he would become the “Etch-a-Sketch” candidate. During the first presidential debate, Romney started reversing positions …
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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
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Gov. Rick Perry backs Mitt Romney on abortion
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Katrina Trinko / National Review:
Romney: ‘No Legislation with Regards to Abortion’ ‘Would Become Part of My Agenda’
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Kaili Joy Gray / Daily Kos:
Romney: Abortion is not ‘part of my agenda.’ Romney campaign: Oh yes it is.
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Rebekah Metzler / US News:
Mitt Romney Criticized For Abortion Comments in Local Paper
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New York Times:
Romney Pledges to Keep Tax Deductions for Mortgages
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Analysis: Thoroughly Moderating Mitt
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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
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Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
State Dept reveals new details of Benghazi attack
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker launches PR offensive on eve of hearing on Libya Consulate attack
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Benghazi attack may cloud Clinton's legacy
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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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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
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Gibbs: Big Bird ad raised ‘important point’
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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.
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
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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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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.
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Wal-Mart Labor Protests Grow, Organizers Say — Protests against Wal-Mart expanded on Tuesday, spreading to 28 stores in 12 states, a union spokesman said. — In an effort to increase pressure on the retailer as the holiday season approaches, 88 employees at the stores missed work, the spokesman, Dan Schlademan, said.
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Alice Hines / The Huffington Post:
Walmart's First-Ever Retail Worker Strike Spreads To 12 Cities [UPDATE]
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Jake Grovum / Pew Center on the States:
Are Voter ID Opponents Winning the Battle but Losing the War? — People who oppose voter ID laws may be winning in the short term while heading toward a losing endgame. (AP) — In recent months, courts have struck down voter identification laws in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Texas …
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Rand Paul / CNN:
Romney's wrong on Middle East, defense spending — 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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