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Mark Halperin / The Page:
Moderator Role Under Scrutiny — Before the Debate — In a rare example of political unity, both the Romney and Obama campaigns have expressed concern to the Commission on Presidential Debates about how the moderator of the Tuesday town hall has publicly described her role, TIME has learned.
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Axelrod bobs and weaves over Obama's level of engagement the day of the Benghazi attack — Today on Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace pressed David Axelrod on the question of how soon, and in what ways, President Obama tried to get to the bottom of the nature of the attack in Benghazi.
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Axelrod Refuses to Say Whether Obama Met with Nat'l Security Team Before Heading to Las Vegas
Axelrod Refuses to Say Whether Obama Met with Nat'l Security Team Before Heading to Las Vegas
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Questions on Benghazi — Where is CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus?
Questions on Benghazi — Where is CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus?
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The Hill, Hot Air and New York Times
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
After the Benghazi attack: “We're going through a mission accomplished moment.” — Here's Bob Woodward, today on “Fox News Sunday,” talking about the what the Obama administration has said about the Benghazi attacks: … Now, look at what Senator Lindsey Graham said on “Face the Nation”:
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Chris Wallace / Fox News:
David Axelrod on White House response to Libya attack; Ed Gillespie defends Romney tax plan
David Axelrod on White House response to Libya attack; Ed Gillespie defends Romney tax plan
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Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine and Althouse
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Fear-Chucker: Fox Contributor Mark Sanford Says Obama To ‘Throw A Lot Of Spears’ At Debate — Former South Carolina Governor and Fox News contributor Mark Sanford wandered off the Appalachian Trail again Sunday morning when, in yet another completely isolated example of a Republican …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Wisconsin Senate Candidate's Son Says We “Have The Opportunity” To Send Obama Back To Kenya — Jason Thompson, the son of former Governor and Wisconson Senate candidate Tommy Thompson, speaking this morning at a brunch attended RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said that “we have the opportunity …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Arlen Specter dies; he was Pennsylvania's longest-serving senator — View Photo Gallery — Former senator Arlen Specter dies: Specter, who represented Pennsylvania in the Senate from 1981 to 2011, died Sunday at his home in Philadelphia from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was 82.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Senator, Is Dead at 82
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Senator, Is Dead at 82
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Joe Sterling / CNN:
Arlen Specter — ‘one of the few truly wild cards’ — dead at 82
Arlen Specter — ‘one of the few truly wild cards’ — dead at 82
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Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News:
Koch Industries, other CEOs warn employees of layoffs if Obama is reelected — Koch Industries, the Wichita, Kan.-based company run by the billionaire Koch brothers, sent a voter information packet to 45,000 employees of its Georgia Pacific subsidiary earlier this month.
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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Another CEO Threatens To Fire Employees If Obama Wins
Another CEO Threatens To Fire Employees If Obama Wins
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Washington Post:
Presidential contest tight nationally ahead of second debate — On the eve of their second debate, President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney remain locked in a virtual dead heat nationally, with Republicans showing increased enthusiasm for their nominee after his big win in the first debate …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Retiring Senate centrists creating headaches for their party leaders — The bruised feelings of retiring Senate centrists have created headaches for Republican and Democratic leaders who are trying to keep control of their seats. — Sens. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) …
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Jonathan Amos / BBC:
Skydiver surpasses speed of sound — Highlights from Felix Baumgartner's leap into the record books — Austrian Felix Baumgartner has become the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound, reaching a maximum velocity of 833.9mph (1,342km/h). — In jumping out of a balloon 128,100ft …
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John Tierney / New York Times:
Felix Baumgartner Was Just Thinking About Coming Home
Felix Baumgartner Was Just Thinking About Coming Home
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BREITBART.COM:
MORGAN FOR MITT: CNN STAR SAYS ROMNEY ‘MIGHT JUST SAVE AMERICA’ — Watch “America's Got Talent” judge turned CNN talker Piers Morgan and you can't help but notice how he badgers conservatives while hurling softballs at left-of-center guests. — That hardly makes him unusual in mainstream media circles.
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Mytheos Holt / TheBlaze.com:
EVEN MARTHA RADDATZ THINKS JOE BIDEN'S PERFORMANCE WAS ‘TOO BIG’ — Since the vice presidential debate between Paul Ryan and Joe Biden, conservatives and liberals have been at loggerheads over several questions — questions like, “Was Biden too rude?” Or, “Was Martha Raddatz a good moderator?”
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Simon Walters / Daily Mail:
'We're ready to walk out on Europe': Prime Minister's closest ally Michael Gove sparks EU furore with dramatic admission — Education Secretary has told friends that he would vote to leave if there was a referendum today on whether the UK should cut its ties with Brussels
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Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
FIU Hispanic FL voter poll: Obama 51- Romney 44 — Mitt Romney is closing the gap on President Barack Obama among likely Hispanic Florida voters, a majority of whom say they're not better off than four years ago, according to a new Florida International University/Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald poll.
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