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Salt Lake Tribune:
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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Denver Post:
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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Tampa Bay Times:
Obama has earned second term — Four years ago, Barack Obama offered an inspiring message of hope and change to an uneasy nation bogged down in two wars and facing economic collapse. The rosy idealism quickly gave way to the harsh realities of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
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CNN, The Political Carnival, The Caucus, The Hill, Connecting.the.Dots, Election 2012 and Orlando Sentinel
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Noonan: The Year the Debates Mattered — Will Obama's crass presidential style become the rule or prove an exception? — The presidential debates this year have been more consequential than such debates have ever been. — They've been historic, shifting the mood and trajectory of the race.
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Washington Monthly and Crooks and Liars
James Rosen / Fox News:
Documents show Stevens worried about Libya security threats, Al Qaeda before consulate attack
Documents show Stevens worried about Libya security threats, Al Qaeda before consulate attack
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air, The Right Scoop, The PJ Tatler, The Lonely Conservative and American Power
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
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.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Judged Winner of Second Debate
Obama Judged Winner of Second Debate
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The Political Carnival, Politico and The Huffington Post
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 Maddow Blog, The New Republic, NewsBusters.org blogs and msnbc.com
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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Daily Mail:
'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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Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
THE NUMBER OF OBAMA SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE 9/11 BENGHAZI ATTACK WILL TERRIFY YOU
THE NUMBER OF OBAMA SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE 9/11 BENGHAZI ATTACK WILL TERRIFY YOU
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Power Line, Right Wing News and Pirate's Cove
Will Oremus / Slate:
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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Hit & Run, OpenMarket.org, The Blotter, Cato @ Liberty and Washington Examiner
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Tu Stultus Es / The Onion:
The Onion Endorses John Edwards For President — Choosing who should be entrusted to lead our nation's government is not a responsibility that should be taken lightly, and never has that maxim been truer than in this current election cycle. Our economy is stagnant, our culture is dangerously stratified …
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John Gizzi / Human Events:
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.
Matt Sledge / The Huffington Post:
Scott Brown Supporter From Ad Calls Elizabeth Warren ‘D*****bag,’ Obama A ‘Muslim’ On Facebook … FOLLOW: — Elizabeth Warren, Scott Brown, Elections 2012, Video, Elizabeth Warren Asbestos, Massachusetts Senate Race, Scott Brown Ad, Scott-Brown-Asbestos, Politics News
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
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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ABCNEWS, Naked Politics, Politico, Election 2012 and AEIdeas
Bob Secter / Chicago Tribune:
Walsh backtracks slightly on abortion comments — Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh backtracked slightly on his controversial remarks about abortion, saying today that there are “very rare circumstances” in which a pregnant woman may need to undergo an abortion to save her life.
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Brian Bakst / Associated Press:
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. …
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John Ingold / Denver Post:
Vandals spray-paint swastikas on Obama campaign office in Conifer — Vandals struck an Obama campaign office in Conifer overnight, spray-painting swastikas onto the side of the building. — Jefferson County Sheriff's spokesman Mark Techmeyer said a deputy went to the office in Conifer on Friday morning to take a report of vandalism.
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Tarini Parti / Politico:
RNC has $83M in bank — The Democratic National Committee was unable to keep up with the Republican National Committee's fundraising again in September, despite taking out $10.5 million in loans. — The DNC raised $20.3 million in September, including the loans, and only $3.7 million …
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Reuters:
Secular politician killed in southern Tunisia clashes — TUNIS - Clashes between Islamists and secular opponents in the southern Tunisian town of Tataouine on Thursday left a secular politician dead, a local official and resident said. — The violence broke out during a march organized …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney leads by 1 point in Iowa and New Hampshire — PPP's newest polls in Iowa and New Hampshire find Mitt Romney leading Barack Obama 49-48 in both states. That represents a big decline for Obama compared to last month. Obama had previously led 51-44 in Iowa and 51-43.5 in New Hampshire …
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Hot Air, Business Insider and Riehl World News
Catherine Rampell / Economix:
You Don't Work as Hard as You Say You Do — Americans tend to overestimate how many hours they work in a typical week by about 5 to 10 percent, according to a Labor Department study, with the biggest exaggerators being people who work longer weeks. — The study compared people's estimates …
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Wall Street Journal:
Impact of States' Voter Laws Can Be Difficult to Identify — Voters in more than two dozen states next month will be asked to provide some form of identification before casting a ballot. How many Americans who would otherwise vote will be turned away or won't turn up at all remains a hotly contested number.