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USCCB Responds To Inaccurate Statement Of Fact On HHS Mandate Made During Vice Presidential Debate — WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued the following statement, October 12. Full text follows: — Last night, the following statement was made during …
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Alex Wong / Rolling Stone:
The Vice Presidential Debate: Joe Biden Was Right to Laugh — I've never thought much of Joe Biden. But man, did he get it right in last night's debate, and not just because he walloped sniveling little Paul Ryan on the facts. What he got absolutely right, despite what you might read this morning …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Biden rattles Ryan — In the hours before Thursday night's vice presidential debate, word leaked that the Romney-Ryan campaign had instructed moderator Martha Raddatz to address Paul Ryan as “Mister” rather than “Congressman.” — To her credit, Raddatz ignored such instructions and referred …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Raddatz Visited Biden at His Residence in March — White House records reveal that the moderator of last night's vice presidential debate, Martha Raddatz, visited Vice President Joe Biden at his official residence on March 26, 2012. Raddatz is an employee of ABC News.
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
How Biden could become Romney's VP … It might be hard to believe after his assault on Mitt Romney in last night's debate, but there's a scenario under which Joe Biden could serve as Mitt Romney's vice president. — As noted in an earlier post, there are plausible scenarios under …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
VP Debate 2012: The Real Paul Ryan Is Bad for America
VP Debate 2012: The Real Paul Ryan Is Bad for America
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Nielsen: 51.4 million watched VP debate
Nielsen: 51.4 million watched VP debate
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
TiVo: ‘47 percent’ exchange most-watched
TiVo: ‘47 percent’ exchange most-watched
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Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
Why Dems Loved Biden's Boorish Behavior
Why Dems Loved Biden's Boorish Behavior
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Sarah Palin: Martha Raddatz let Joe Biden run wild
Sarah Palin: Martha Raddatz let Joe Biden run wild
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
GOP not smiling over Biden's laughter at debate vs. Ryan
GOP not smiling over Biden's laughter at debate vs. Ryan
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Rick Wilson / Ricochet Conversations Feed:
The Edge of Panic — Last night's performance by Biden â€" …
The Edge of Panic — Last night's performance by Biden â€" …
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Why Did Mitt Romney Pick Paul Ryan, Again?
Why Did Mitt Romney Pick Paul Ryan, Again?
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
White House: Obama and Biden were never aware of requests for more Benghazi security — Vice President Joseph Biden speaks only for himself and President Barack Obama, and neither man was aware that U.S. officials in Libya had asked the State Department for more security before the Sept. 11 attack …
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Author Ed Klein: As Benghazi blame nears Hillary, Clintons grow furious — With tensions between President Obama and the Clintons at a new low, former President Bill Clinton is moving fast to develop a contingency plan for how his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton …
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Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
White House throws Hillary under the 2012 bus [VIDEO]
White House throws Hillary under the 2012 bus [VIDEO]
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Dana Hughes / ABCNEWS:
Clinton: ‘To This Day We Do Not Have A Complete Picture’
Clinton: ‘To This Day We Do Not Have A Complete Picture’
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Bloomberg:
The Final Word on Mitt Romney's Tax Plan — Mitt Romney's campaign says I'm full of it. I said Romney's tax plan is mathematically impossible: he can't simultaneously keep his pledges to cut tax rates 20 percent and repeal the estate tax and alternative minimum tax; broaden the tax base enough …
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Matthew O'Brien / The Atlantic Online:
The 6 Studies Paul Ryan Cited Prove Mitt Romney's Tax Plan Is Impossible
The 6 Studies Paul Ryan Cited Prove Mitt Romney's Tax Plan Is Impossible
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Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Friday Night Lights’ Creator Accuses Mitt Romney of Plagiarism in Threatening Letter (Exclusive) — “Your politics and campaign are clearly not aligned with the themes we portrayed in our series,” Berg writes in the letter, challenging the GOP contender's use of “Clear Eyes. Full Hearts.
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Stacy Lambe / BuzzFeed:
“Friday Night Lights” Director Accuses Mitt Romney Of Plagiarism
“Friday Night Lights” Director Accuses Mitt Romney Of Plagiarism
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Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
Florida GOP Group Uses Image Of Dead Ambassador's Body In Obama Attack Ad — A Florida chapter of the pro-gay Log Cabin Republicans has published an attack ad against the Obama administration that prominently features a picture of slain Ambassador Chris Stevens, who was killed in an attack …
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
VIDEO CAPTURED LIBYA ATTACK
VIDEO CAPTURED LIBYA ATTACK
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Bil Browning / The Bilerico Project:
FL Log Cabin Chapter's Attack Ad Features Body of Slain American Ambassador
FL Log Cabin Chapter's Attack Ad Features Body of Slain American Ambassador
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Sen. Corker: Obama must have known what happened in Libya
Sen. Corker: Obama must have known what happened in Libya
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Walter Hickey / Business Insider:
Lindsay Lohan Endorses Romney, And It's Actually A Really Big Deal — Lindsay Lohan came out in support of Mitt Romney yesterday. — While most would, at first glance, write this off as gossip, it's the latest instance of an evolving trend that jeopardizes President Obama's chance at winning the White House.
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Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Lindsay Lohan endorses Mitt Romney — LOS ANGELES - Four years ago, Lindsay Lohan referred to Obama's Presidential victory as “amazing,” but cut to 2012, and it seems the “Mean Girls” star has had a serious change of heart. — “I think unemployment is very important for now, so as of now I think …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 11: Obama's Swing State ‘Firewall’ Has Brittle Foundation — President Obama's position has been stronger in state polls than in national surveys on recent days, a streak that extended itself in Thursday's polling. — Although Mr. Obama got a distinctly poor poll in Florida …
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Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Unmasking Reddit's Violentacrez, The Biggest Troll on the Web — Last Wednesday afternoon I called Michael Brutsch. He was at the office of the Texas financial services company where he works as a programmer and he was having a bad day. I had just told him, on Gchat …
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Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress:
Todd Akin: No ‘Science’ Behind Evolution — Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) has had trouble with facts about reproduction. He said in August that women cannot get pregnant from “legitimate rape” because “the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down.” And in 2008, Akin claimed that it is …
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John Ingold / Denver Post:
Shot fired at Obama campaign headquarters in Denver — Police say someone fired a shot at an Obama campaign field office in Denver on Friday afternoon. — No one was injured, though people were inside the offices when the incident occurred, said Denver police spokeswoman Raquel Lopez.
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Lee Enterprises / Missoulian:
Grenade burns sleeping girl as SWAT team raids Billings home — A 12-year-old girl suffered burns to one side of her body when a flash grenade went off next to her as a police SWAT team raided a West End home Tuesday morning. — “She has first- and second-degree burns down the left side …
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