Issa's Benghazi document dump exposes several Libyans working with the U.S.  —  House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) compromised the identities of several Libyans working with the U.S. government and placed their lives in danger when he released reams of State Department …

President Obama's Closing Act: An Epic Collapse  —  The ongoing collapse of President Obama's campaign may lead to some extraordinary stunts during Monday's last debate, but no matter what he tries, it is very unlikely that the president can reverse the enormous momentum behind Mitt Romney's campaign.

Romney as a Manager: Unhurried and Socratic  —  BOSTON — As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney could not resist burrowing into the bureaucratic weeds: He once took the statewide math and reading test for 10th graders, then startled his education commissioner by calling to say, “I like No. 14” and rattling off the answer.

JOE BIDEN INTERRUPTS FLORIDA WOMAN'S BREAST CANCER STORY WITH ON-STAGE SQUATTING CHARADES  —  At a campaign event Friday afternoon in Florida, Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bill Nelson took the stage to a cheering crowd.  They were being introduced by a Florida resident named Barbra …

Obama Campaign Borrows $15M from Bank of America  —  Obama For America took out a $15 million loan from Bank of America last month, according to the campaign's October monthly FEC report.  The loan was incurred on September 4 and is due November 14, eight days after the election.

The remarkable, unfathomable ignorance of Debbie Wasserman Schultz |  Glenn Greenwald  —  The Chair of the Democratic National Committee is completely unaware of one of the biggest stories of the Obama years  —  On 29 May 2012, the New York Times published a remarkable 6,000-word story …

Anita Dunn, Both Insider and Outsider in Obama Camp  —  WASHINGTON — In the rarefied world of political consultants who straddle the line between campaign adviser and corporate strategist, Anita Dunn has few peers.  —  As a confidante of President Obama and a senior campaign adviser …

Early Voting Spinning … Elections 2012 , North Carolina , Florida , Party Registration , Voter Mobilization , Early Voting , Iowa , Ohio , Pollster Analysis , Politics News  —  Now with over 3 million people voting across the country, the campaigns are spinning the early vote.  Here are my takeaways so far:

Romney Says Obama Playing ‘Silly Word Games’  —  Republican Mitt Romney is accusing President Barack Obama of engaging in “petty attacks and silly word games” just 18 days before the election.  —  Romney on Friday rallied a raucous crowd in Daytona Beach, Fla., saying Obama was running a small campaign.

Lauding Obama, Clinton Cites ‘Impatient’ Americans  —  Former President Bill Clinton said Friday that President Barack Obama is facing a tough re-election race because “impatient” Americans haven't fully recognized an economy on the mend.  —  Campaigning for Obama in Green Bay, Wis. …

LEE IACOCCA ENDORSES ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT  —  RESIZE:  —  After a lifetime of voting for and supporting Democrats — and even declining appointment to the U.S. Senate from a Democratic governor — Lee Iacocca Thursday endorsed Republican Mitt Romney for president.

The Poplar preacher leading an armed gang of jihadis in Syria  —  An influential British-based preacher is leading an armed gang of more than a hundred Islamist fighters in Syria, it can be disclosed.  —  In a video posted on the internet in the last few days, Abu Basir al-Tartusi can be seen …