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David S. Bernstein / Talking Politics:
Mind The Binder — Hey, I know about that binder! And guess what — Mitt Romney was lying about it. — From the rush transcript: … Not a true story. — What actually happened was that in 2002 — prior to the election, not even knowing yet whether it would be a Republican …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Adviser On Lilly Ledbetter Act: ‘He Was Opposed To It At The Time’ … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Mitt Romney, Video, 2012 Debate, Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Lilly Ledbetter, Obama Women, Politics News, Presidential Debate, Binders Full Of Women, Ledbetter Act, Lilly Ledbetter Act …
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Katrina Trinko / National Review:
Bizarre Coincidence: Democrats Get More Time in All Three Debates
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Split decision on debate
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William Bigelow / BREITBART.COM:
CROWLEY INTERRUPTS ROMNEY 28 TIMES, OBAMA JUST 9
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Romney bids for women's support with new abortion ad
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Emma G Keller / Guardian:
Mitt Romney's binders full of women just don't stack up
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Ann Friedman / New York Magazine:
Mitt Didn't Ask for ‘Binders Full of Women,’ But He Should Have
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The truth about Romney and those ‘binders’
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Presidential debate: Libya questioner says Obama didn't answer — Kerry Ladka stood before President Obama at last night's town hall-style debate and asked the question that would touch off an onstage verbal brawl and, later, an intense national discussion. Here's how it went:
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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
CROWLEY'S FALSE FACT CHECK SAVES PRESIDENT, DERAILS DEBATE - UPDATE: CROWLEY BACKTRACKS — ***UPDATE 4: Politico's Dylan Byers: “After the debate, even Crowley seemed to acknowledge that she had erred.” — ***UPDATE 2: Even Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler says Crowley got it wrong: Obama “did not say terrorism.”
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Candy Crowley's Debate Moderation Exemplifies Why Americans Do Not Trust Their Media — On Monday, I wrote that it would be wrong to prejudge CNN host Candy Crowley before she turned in her performance as a debate moderator. Just the week prior, ABC reporter Martha Raddatz was preemptively criticized …
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Obama did call Benghazi attack an ‘act of terror’ - in Colorado — President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney sparred over whether Obama called the Sept. 11 murder of four Americans in Benghazi a “terrorist” attack. In fact, Obama did refer to the attack as “an act of terror,” …
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American Crossroads:
Jay Carney on 9/20: The White House “hadn't” called Benghazi a “terrorist attack”
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First Read:
First Thoughts: Obama fights back
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New York Post:
Terrorist attempts to blow up Federal Reserve Bank — A Bangladeshi terrorist tried to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in Lower Manhattan this morning using a 1,000-pound bomb, according to a criminal complaint. — Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, of Jamaica, Queens …
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nbcnewyork.com:
Suspected Terrorist Arrested for Alleged Plot to Attack Federal Reserve in NYC — The plot was a sting operation monitored by the FBI and NYPD — This file photo of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows Federal Reserve police patrolling the building at 33 Liberty St.
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Fox News:
Bangladeshi man arrested after allegedly trying to blow up Fed building in NYC — DEVELOPING: Federal authorities arrested a Bangladeshi national Wednesday morning for allegedly plotting to blow up a Federal Reserve Bank in New York City's lower Manhattan, mere blocks away from the site of the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Bloomberg Jumps Into '12 Races With New ‘Super PAC’ — Seeking to reshape a national political debate he finds frustratingly superficial, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York is plunging into the 2012 campaign in its final weeks, creating his own “super PAC” to direct millions of dollars …
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Dana Rubinstein / Capital New York:
‘Gibberish’: Romney and Obama fail to prove Bloomberg wrong on guns
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nbcnewyork.com:
Jeremy Epstein, First Questioner in Debate, Says He's No Longer Undecided — The 20-year-old college student asked whether he will be able to get a job when he graduates — The Long Island college student who asked President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney the first question …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Debate questioner voting for Obama — The presidential debate on Tuesday helped one undecided questioner from the audience make up her mind. — Susan Katz, who asked GOP nominee Mitt Romney how he would operate differently than former President George W. Bush, said Wednesday she is going to vote for President Barack Obama.
Steven Shepard / NationalJournal.com:
Poll: Race Tied in Wisconsin — A new poll released Wednesday shows President Obama and Mitt Romney tied in Wisconsin — , erasing the significant lead that Obama had built following the Democratic convention and putting the state's 10 electoral votes firmly in play.
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Charles Franklin / Marquette Law School Poll:
Marquette Law School Poll finds presidential and Senate races tied in Wisconsin
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Michelle Obama Broke Agreed Upon Rules, Clapped At Debate — At the second presidential debate on Tuesday night, a camera caught first lady Michelle Obama clapping after moderator Candy Crowley told Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney that President Obama called the Benghazi attack an …
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Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
Crowley skews hard for Obama in disastrous debate
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Instant Reaction Polls Show Narrow Obama Advantage in Second Debate — Polling data is often very noisy — so it makes my job easier on those rare occasions when there is some agreement. Scientific polls conducted after Tuesday night's presidential debate in New York give a modest edge to President Obama.
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Jenny Marlar / Gallup:
In U.S., Unadjusted Unemployment at 7.3% in Mid-October — Unemployment, underemployment lowest since Gallup began tracking — WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, is 7.3% in mid-October, down considerably from 7.9% at the end of September …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Reporters applaud Obama's slam on Romney's wealth — HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — The room set aside for reporters to watch Tuesday night's debate erupted into applause after President Obama ridiculed the size of Mitt Romney's personal wealth. — Mr. Romney was trying to make the point …
Major Garrett / NationalJournal.com:
The Four Ls and Four States: What's Next in the Obama-Romney Duel — From now until the third and final presidential debate, and quite probably even after that, President Obama and Mitt Romney will fight on the ground, over the airwaves, and in social media over the four Ls and four swing states.
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