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Too many Mitts — Obama has earned another term — Nowhere has Mitt Romney's pursuit of the presidency been more warmly welcomed or closely followed than here in Utah. The Republican nominee's political and religious pedigrees, his adeptly bipartisan governorship of a Democratic state …
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The Political Carnival and The Agonist
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Are the Wheels Coming Off? Part 2 — Obama may yet squeak to re-election, but it is clear the magic is gone. As I predicted last week, the media are starting to turn on him. Right now it is mostly showing up on the editorial pages in the ranks of unsigned endorsement editorials.
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Mitt Romney for President …, Battleground Watch and Gestetner Updates
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Endorsement: Barack Obama for president — With the nation mired in two wars and amid an economic meltdown, we endorsed a largely untested young senator from Illinois for president in 2008. — Four years later, the Iraq war is over, the war in Afghanistan has a conclusion in sight …
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Walsh, Duckworth clash on Medicare, abortion — Republican Rep. Joe Walsh and Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth used the final face-to-face meeting of their campaign Thursday night to stress differences over the future of Medicare, a program she said should be a “guarantee” but one he said “would end as we know it” unless reformed.
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More Junk Science: GOP Congressman Says Abortion Is Never Necessary To Save A Woman's Life — On Thursday, after his debate against Demcorat Tammy Duckworth, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) told reporters that an abortion exception is never necessary to save a woman's life, explaining …
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Mediaite, thump whip, Dependable Renegade and Gawker
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Rep. Joe Walsh: Abortion never saves mom's life
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and msnbc.com
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'My son is not very optimal - he is very dead': Mother of diplomat killed in Benghazi attack slams Obama's comment on raid — The mother of an American diplomat killed during a terrorist raid on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi has hit out at Barack Obama for describing the attack as ‘not optimal’ …
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GOP seizes Obama ‘optimal’ moment
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News Desk, American Power, Washington Post and Daily Kos
Elspeth Reeve / The Atlantic Wire:
Obama on Daily Show: Benghazi ‘Not Optimal’
Obama on Daily Show: Benghazi ‘Not Optimal’
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Firedoglake, Media Decoder and Hot Air, more at Mediagazer »
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Obama Diagnoses Mitt With “Romnesia” — “He's changing up so much, we've got to name this condition that he's going through—I think it's called ‘Romnesia,’” Obama said in Virginia today. “If you've got Romnesia, here's the good news: Obamacare covers pre-existing conditions” — From the Obama campaign:
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Hot Air, Gawker, Riehl World News, New York Magazine and Mediaite
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Suspect in Libya Attack, in Plain Sight, Scoffs at U.S. — BENGHAZI, Libya — Just days after President Obama vowed to hunt down and bring to justice those responsible for the Sept. 11 attack on the American diplomatic compound here, Ahmed Abu Khattala, one of those considered a ringleader …
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Documents show Stevens worried about Libya security threats, Al Qaeda before consulate attack — Across 166 pages of internal State Department documents — released Friday by a pair of Republican congressmen pressing the Obama administration for more answers on the Benghazi terrorist attack …
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The Daily Caller, The PJ Tatler, The Lonely Conservative and American Power
Katherine Mangan / Wired Campus:
Minnesota Gives Coursera the Boot, Citing a Decades-Old Law — Coursera offers free, online courses to people around the world, but if you live in Minnesota, company officials are urging you to log off or head for the border. — The state's Office of Higher Education has informed …
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OpenMarket.org, The Blotter, Popehat, Via Meadia, TechCrunch, Hit & Run, Marginal Revolution and The Volokh Conspiracy, more at Mediagazer »
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Free Online Education Is Now Illegal in Minnesota — Honorable mentions go to New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission for driving out Uber's online taxi-hailing service and to automobile dealers' groups in four states for trying to have Tesla dealerships declared illegal.
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OpenMarket.org, Cato @ Liberty and Washington Examiner
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CNN Poll: Close contest for Florida's 29 electoral votes — (CNN) - Three days before the final presidential debate, a new survey in the biggest of the battleground states indicates the race for the White House is basically tied. — According to a CNN/ORC International poll conducted Wednesday …
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AEIdeas and Election 2012
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The Possibility of a Popular, Electoral Vote Split is Very Real — Don't be too surprised if Romney wins the popular vote but loses the Electoral College in this presidential race. — Nail-biter: George W. Bush and Al Gore in 2000. — Partisans still hoping that their candidate will build …
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Business Insider, Hot Air, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway and Jay Bookman
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 18: Obama Gains in Forecast on Resiliency in Swing State Polls
Oct. 18: Obama Gains in Forecast on Resiliency in Swing State Polls
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The Mahablog, The New Republic, American Power and msnbc.com
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About that Gallup poll: Is Romney really up by 7? And will Obama win the election anyway? — According to Real Clear Politics, Mitt Romney is, on average, up by one point in the polls. According to both Nate Silver and InTrade, President Obama has a better-than-60-percent chance of winning the election.
Ken Kolker / WOOD-TV:
Volt no jolt: LG Chem employees idle — Factory has yet to ship out a single battery — HOLLAND, Mich. (WOOD) - Workers at LG Chem, a $300 million lithium-ion battery plant heavily funded by taxpayers, tell Target 8 that they have so little work to do that they spend hours playing cards and board games …
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Deadly blast hits Lebanon capital — The explosion occurred in a busy part of east Beirut — A car-bomb blast has killed at least eight people and injured more than 70 in Beirut, Lebanese officials say. — The explosion occurred in Sassine Square, a busy part of the mainly Christian district …
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Weekly Standard and The Gateway Pundit
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Anne Barnard / New York Times:
Beirut Blast Kills at Least 8, Including Top Security Official
Beirut Blast Kills at Least 8, Including Top Security Official
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Belmont Club, Mondoweiss, Via Meadia, Gawker and The Lede
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Ground Game: Advantage Obama? — In swing states, the Obama camp has opened twice as many offices, but the RNC might help Romney compete on Election Day, report John Avlon and Michael Keller. — Beyond the presidential debates, one final factor matters more than all the rest in a close race: ground game.
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Washington Monthly
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Man registering voters for GOP accused of tossing forms in trash — A man who was being paid to register voters by the Republican Party of Virginia was arrested Thursday after he was seen dumping eight registration forms into a dumpster. — Colin Small, 31, was working as a supervisor …
Associated Press:
CIA found militant links a day after Libya attack — By By KIMBERLY DOZIER, AP Intelligence Writer - 7 hours ago — WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA station chief in Libya reported to Washington within 24 hours of last month's deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate that there was evidence …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau, First Read, Wall Street Journal and Washington Free Beacon