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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.”
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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
Obama did call Benghazi attack an ‘act of terror’ - in Colorado
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Michelle Obama Broke Agreed Upon Rules, Clapped At Debate
Michelle Obama Broke Agreed Upon Rules, Clapped At Debate
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American Crossroads:
Jay Carney on 9/20: The White House “hadn't” called Benghazi a “terrorist attack”
Jay Carney on 9/20: The White House “hadn't” called Benghazi a “terrorist attack”
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Tripping Over the Threshold Of an Actual Issue
Tripping Over the Threshold Of an Actual Issue
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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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CNN:
Obama picks up on Romney ‘binder’ line — (CNN) - At a rally in Iowa Wednesday, President Barack Obama picked up on Republican nominee Mitt Romney's awkward “binders full of women” line from Tuesday night's second presidential debate. — Asked by an undecided voter and audience member …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Mitt Romney: ‘I love these debates’
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Romney bids for women's support with new abortion ad
Romney bids for women's support with new abortion ad
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Ann Friedman / New York Magazine:
Mitt Didn't Ask for ‘Binders Full of Women,’ But He Should Have
Mitt Didn't Ask for ‘Binders Full of Women,’ But He Should Have
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Jeremy W. Peters / The Caucus:
In New Ad, Romney Stresses Moderate Positions on Reproductive Issues
In New Ad, Romney Stresses Moderate Positions on Reproductive Issues
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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
Bangladeshi man arrested after allegedly trying to blow up Fed building in NYC
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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
Katrina Trinko / National Review:
Bizarre Coincidence: Democrats Get More Time in All Three Debates — If you want more time to get your message out in debates, it's good to be a Democrat. — According to the CNN debate clock, President Obama spoke at greater length than Mitt Romney during both debates, as did Vice President Biden during his debate with Paul Ryan.
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William Bigelow / BREITBART.COM:
CROWLEY INTERRUPTS ROMNEY 28 TIMES, OBAMA JUST 9
CROWLEY INTERRUPTS ROMNEY 28 TIMES, OBAMA JUST 9
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Split decision on debate
CNN Poll: Split decision on debate
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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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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
Marquette Law School Poll finds presidential and Senate races tied in Wisconsin
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Battleground Watch, CNN and Election 2012
Dana Rubinstein / Capital New York:
‘Gibberish’: Romney and Obama fail to prove Bloomberg wrong on guns — Romney and Obama talk about guns. via YouTube.com — Mitt Romney and Barack Obama made a prophet out of Mayor Michael Bloomberg by failing to talk meaningfully, or even particularly comprehensibly, about guns.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Magazine and Politico
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Blue Texan / Crooks and Liars:
Romney Bizarrely Claims Automatic Weapons Are ‘Illegal’ in the US
Romney Bizarrely Claims Automatic Weapons Are ‘Illegal’ in the US
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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 …
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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Hot Air, The PJ Tatler and National Review
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 …
Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
After an Outburst on Twitter, The Times Reinforces Its Social Media Guidelines — Updated Below — Last week, I wrote about the insulting and profane Twitter messages by Andrew Goldman, a freelance writer at The Times, to the author Jennifer Weiner. At the end of that post …
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Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Women in Swing States Have Gender-Specific Priorities — Female voters name abortion as top issue for women, men prioritize jobs — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Women in the 12 key swing states have starkly different responses from men when asked in an open-ended format to name the most important issues for their gender in the 2012 election.
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