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WHDH-TV:
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.
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Libby Denkmann / MyNorthwest.com:
Romney's emotional story remembered very differently by friend of fallen SEAL — Listen: Romney's emotional story remembered very differently by friend of fallen SEAL — On the stump in Iowa Tuesday, Mitt Romney got emotional when he revealed that he met former Navy SEAL Glen Doherty at a holiday party some years ago.
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The Agonist, Business Insider, Middle Earth Journal and Balloon Juice
Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
The Grieving Widow Behind Romney's Personal Story — Jane Horton, 26, picture with Mitt and Ann Romney. Horton's husband, Chris Horton, is featured in Romney's stump speech. — Jane Horton began crying on the other end of the phone when she learned that Mitt Romney had been using the story …
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Weasel Zippers and AEIdeas
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Mother Of Navy SEAL Killed In Libya Demands Romney Stop Talking About Him In Stump Speech — The mother of a former Navy SEAL who was killed in the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya last month has asked Mitt Romney to stop recounting a story about meeting the former SEAL …
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Informed Comment, The Huffington Post and Booman Tribune
BuzzFeed:
Mother Of Slain SEAL Tells Romney To Stop Talking About Her Son
Mother Of Slain SEAL Tells Romney To Stop Talking About Her Son
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Politico, Politicker, Business Insider and The Hill
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Security Officer on State Department Blocking Requests: ‘For Me the Taliban Is Inside the Building’ — Libyans walk on the grounds of the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012.
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Hot Air, Weekly Standard, The Other McCain, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Forget Big Bird. What about the Snuffleupagus in the room?
Forget Big Bird. What about the Snuffleupagus in the room?
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Mediaite, Hot Air, his vorpal sword, The Hill, CNN, Swampland, Wonkblog, The Fix, The Maddow Blog, Liberal Values, The Daily Dish, Taylor Marsh and Mother Jones
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
What Happened In Benghazi — Today's Q's for O's WH — 10/10/12
What Happened In Benghazi — Today's Q's for O's WH — 10/10/12
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NewsBusters.org
First Read:
Obama says he was ‘too polite’ toward Romney in first debate — President Barack Obama engaged in some post-debate self-analysis Wednesday morning, saying on a radio show that he thought he was “too polite” during last week's debate with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
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Conservatives4Palin, Balloon Juice and American Spectator
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Joe Biden / CNN:
CNN Exclusive: How Ryan sharpens debate skills
CNN Exclusive: How Ryan sharpens debate skills
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Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, Election 2012, Planet Washington and The Hill
ABCNEWS:
Obama Says He Was ‘Just Too Polite’ at Debate
Obama Says He Was ‘Just Too Polite’ at Debate
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Doug Ross, Washington Wire, The Political Carnival, Mediaite, Vodkapundit, CANNONFIRE, theGrio, Moe Lane, The Gateway Pundit, Gawker and Jammie Wearing Fools
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama On Debate: ‘I Was Just Too Polite’
Obama On Debate: ‘I Was Just Too Polite’
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CNN, Weekly Standard, The Caucus, Connecting.the.Dots, Outside the Beltway, New York Magazine, Shakesville, Politico and Taegan Goddard's …
Erika Johnsen / Hot Air:
Tapper to WH on Benghazi: So, wouldn't it be President Obama who shot first and aimed later? — If you'll recall, in the immediate wake of the breaking news of the riots in Cairo and Benghazi in September, the biggest question on the mainstream media's collective mind was not anything in the vein of …
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Mediaite, Babalú Blog and The Looking Spoon Blog
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BuzzFeed:
Brutal Ad Hits White House On Libya Timeline Contradictions — Though it runs a little long, the Heritage Foundation's excellently crafted new video is worth a watch for anybody who's a fan of political attack ads. — Dorsey Shaw — a half hour ago — respond
Jonathan Bernstein / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's tax mythology, made simple — I've said this before, but Mitt Romney's new formulation of his tax plan — one he used at the debate, and which he repeated to Wolf Blitzer yesterday — makes it absolutely clear that he's lying about something. You don't need complicated Tax …
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Angry Bear and CNN
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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Kelly Carson / Watchdog News:
VIDEO: Obama workers enable double-voting across state lines
VIDEO: Obama workers enable double-voting across state lines
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“The Lid” and Michelle Malkin
Seth Borenstein / bigstory.ap.org:
EXPERTS: GLOBAL WARMING MEANS MORE ANTARCTIC ICE — You are here — Home » Antarctica » Experts: Global warming means more Antarctic ice — WASHINGTON (AP) — The ice goes on seemingly forever in a white pancake-flat landscape, stretching farther than ever before.
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NewsBusters.org blogs, Michelle Malkin and Weasel Zippers
BuzzFeed:
Mysterious Building In Obama Campaign “Big Bird” Ad Is Bosnian Hotel — The headquarters of “evil genius” Big Bird appears to be the Radon Plaza Hotel, a five star hotel in Sarajevo,Bosnia Herzegovina. Why? Who knows — an Obama campaign spokesman declined to comment. — Andrew Kaczynski
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Billionaire CEO Threatens To Fire Employees If Obama Wins — The CEO of a massive timeshare company sent an email about the upcoming election to his employees yesterday, threatening to fire some of them if President Obama wins re-election. — David Siegel, who owns Florida-based Westgate Resorts …
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The Daily Beast and Cognitive Dissonance
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 …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
I watched the debate again... and I didn't think Obama was that bad. — Last night — between sleeps — I found the debate in my iPhone and watched it straight through (except for the closing statements). Last week, watching the debate live, I did not think Obama was especially bad …
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Maggie's Farm and Instapundit
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama, Heller lead in Nevada — PPP's newest Nevada poll finds Barack Obama's lead in the state falling to 4 points at 51-47. He had led by a 52-43 margin in the middle of last month. That five point decline for Obama is consistent with what we've been seeing in most of our national and state level polling since last week's debate.
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The Daily Caller, Business Insider and Politico
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Anti-Abortion Activists Call Romney's New Comments A Gaffe, Not A Change Of Heart — Anti-abortion groups are thoroughly convinced Mitt Romney is still one of them, despite his remarks Tuesday in Iowa that abortion would not be a part of his legislative agenda if elected.
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Daily Kos, Guardian, BuzzFeed, PolicyMic, Politico, First Read and Shakesville
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Douglas Johnson / nrlc.org:
Biden-Ryan Versus Obama on Abortion Policy
Biden-Ryan Versus Obama on Abortion Policy
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Hot Air, CNSNews and Instapundit
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Changed Court Revisits Affirmative Action in College Admissions — WASHINGTON — The last time the Supreme Court heard a major affirmative action case about admission to public universities, in April 2003, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was at the court's ideological center.
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Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Reuters, The Daily Beast, The Week, Democracy in America and The Volokh Conspiracy
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Kevin Russell / SCOTUSblog:
Halftime report at Fisher oral argument
Halftime report at Fisher oral argument
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Maggie's Farm, Althouse and ACS Blog
David Catanese / Politico:
Brown, Warren spar on substance in 3rd debate — Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Elizabeth Warren drew bright contrasts on taxes, spending and regulations Wednesday night during a high-paced Massachusetts Senate debate that focused mostly on fiscal issues.
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CNN
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Pakistan Angry Over Taliban Shooting of Schoolgirl — KARACHI, Pakistan — Doctors on Wednesday removed a bullet from a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban, as Pakistanis from across the political and religious spectrum united in revulsion at the attack on the 14-year-old education rights campaigner.
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Contradictions in Ariz. Senate debate — The first Arizona Senate debate featured evasions and surprises from both candidates as Rep. Jeff Flake (R ) and Democrat Richard Carmona jockeyed for the lead in a close contest that could sway control of the Senate.
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Politico
David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
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:
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ap.org, Mediaite and New York Magazine