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6:35 PM ET, October 17, 2012

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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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CNN:
Obama picks up on Romney ‘binder’ line
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
CNN:
CNN Poll: Split decision on debate
Justin Sink / The Hill:   Mitt Romney: ‘I love these debates’
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The truth about Romney and those ‘binders’
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Romney bids for women's support with new abortion ad
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,” …
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Ryan presses Obama on ‘act of terror’ remark
First Read:
First Thoughts: Obama fights back
Discussion: Swampland, AMERICAblog, Newsy and Daily Kos
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Tripping Over the Threshold Of an Actual Issue
Discussion: Twitchy
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.
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.
FBI:
Joint Terrorism Task Force Arrests Man in Lower Manhattan After He Attempted to Bomb New York Federal Reserve Bank
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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Mario Trujillo / Ballot Box:
Bloomberg forms own super-PAC
Discussion: CNN
Dana Rubinstein / Capital New York:
‘Gibberish’: Romney and Obama fail to prove Bloomberg wrong on guns
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 …
Discussion: Newsday, The DiploMad 2.0 and The Fix
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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.
BuzzFeed:
Google: Obama Won The Debate  —  And everyone's searching for “binders full of women.”  —  View Entire List ›
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Ann Friedman / New York Magazine:
Mitt Didn't Ask for ‘Binders Full of Women,’ But He Should Have
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
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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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 …
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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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Hofstra Debate Conclusions
Discussion: Mother Jones
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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Berman ad calls Sherman ‘unhinged’
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The Charlotte Observer:
DNC host committee came up $12.5 million short of goal
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News Matches Record Ratings With Debate Coverage, Rivaling Palin-Biden in 2008
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
‘Misleading’ Mailer Sets Lugar Loose On Indiana Super PAC
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Romney Surrogate Calls Contraception A ‘Peripheral’ Issue
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Rick Reitzel / Ohio Votes:
Voter Fraud Billboards Targeting Minorities?
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Byron Tau / Politico:
Biden says he gets ‘four to six hours’ of face time with Obama
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Gallup: Romney's lead among likely voters expands to six points
Discussion: Hot Air
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Total Eclipse  —  Anyone with a sense of history has probably …
Discussion: Grist and Mother Jones
Dick Morris / Fox News:
Romney won the second debate
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Hoisted on Their Own Petard
Discussion: The Maddow Blog
 

 
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Minho Kim / New York Times:
An appeals court allows the Trump admin to continue withholding funds from federally funded newsrooms, temporarily reversing parts of two lower-court rulings

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Sean Burch / The Wrap:
The LA Times Guild says 14 of its members have been laid off, or 6% of its newsroom staff, the third round of newsroom layoffs at LAT in as many years
 
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