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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Romney Says He's Winning — It's a Bluff — In recent days, the vibe emanating from Mitt Romney's campaign has grown downright giddy. Despite a lack of any evident positive momentum over the last week — indeed, in the face of a slight decline from its post-Denver high …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 22: Ohio Has 50-50 Chance of Deciding Election — The supposition that Ohio is the most important state in presidential elections is not always true. The decisive state in the 2000 election, of course, was Florida. (Al Gore also could have won by carrying New Hampshire or Missouri …
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Reality vs. “Reality” — Today may be the most important single day of the campaign. Obama won the debate. Everyone this side of Charles Krauthammer agrees that Romney was general and platitudinous and not that engaged. That makes two out of three. You might think that would mean momentum.
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Charlie Cook / The Atlantic Online:
Despite a Strong Debate Campaign, Romney's Path to 270 Remains Steep
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David Martosko / The Daily Caller:
Obama line about horses, bayonets fails fact-check — In a debate exchange Monday night that set Twitter on fire, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney crossed swords over the kinds of equipment and materials the U.S. military uses for modern warfare.
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Politico:
Paul Ryan jabs President Obama on ‘bayonets’
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Fred Barbash / Reuters:
Republicans surprised at Obama comment on spending cuts
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Outside the Beltway, The Hill, Wonkblog and Election 2012
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
TRENDING: ‘Horses and bayonets’ shows Obama's debate strategy
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ABCNEWS, CANNONFIRE, Scared Monkeys, Questions and Observations, Politico, American Power, Taylor Marsh and Liberal Values
Doug / RADAR:
Trumped-Up Charges? Republicans Rejected Man's Claims That Obama Sold Cocaine In College — A man claiming to be a close pal to President Obama during college made contact with Republican operatives recently, ready to go public with claims that Obama used and sold cocaine in college, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.
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Walsten / RADAR:
October Surprise Revealed: Gloria Allred Heads To Court, Attempts To Unseal Mitt Romney Testimony And Lift Gag Order — Famed civil rights attorney Gloria Allred will be in a Boston area courtroom Wednesday in an attempt to unseal the sworn testimony given by Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney …
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The Gateway Pundit, The Hinterland Gazette and Riehl World News
Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump to reveal ‘divorce papers of Michelle and Barack Obama’, claims respected financial pundit — Donald Trump is to claim that he has unearthed divorce papers of Michelle Obama and the President, according to a respected financial pundit with links to the tycoon.
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Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Is Anna Wintour pressuring designers to steer clear of Ann Romney?
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Letter Shows Michelle Obama Backing Partial-Birth Abortion
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Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Obama super-PAC debuts new ad targeting Romney's Bain tenure — Priorities USA, the super-PAC supporting President Obama, released a new ad Tuesday slamming GOP challenger Mitt Romney over his tenure at private equity giant Bain Capital. — The ad features former workers who lost their jobs after Bain took over their company.
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Politico, CNN and Taylor Marsh
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BBC:
BBC poll: Rest of world favours Obama — A BBC World Service opinion poll has found sharply higher overseas approval ratings for US President Barack Obama than Republican challenger Mitt Romney. — An average of 50% favoured Mr Obama, with 9% for Mr Romney, in the survey of 21,797 people in 21 countries.
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
First on CNN: Romney super PAC buys TV time in ... Maine — Boca Raton, Florida (CNN) - Restore Our Future, the Super PAC supporting Mitt Romney, has reserved television airtime in Maine beginning later this week, according to a Republican source tracking media buys.
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New York Times:
Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate — The following is a complete transcript of President Obama and Mitt Romney's remarks from the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla., on Oct. 22, 2012. (Transcript courtesy of Federal News Service). — BOB SCHIEFFER: Good evening …
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Donovan Slack / Politico:
Voter tells Biden he's a ‘good guy’ but bad VP — TOLEDO, Ohio — Vice President Joe Biden got an earful from a voter during an unscripted moment at Schmucker's Restaurant here in Ohio. — Making an unexpected stop after a campaign rally, Biden stopped in the diner …
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Nothing Is Foreign to the Liar Willard Romney Anymore: A Report from the Flippy-Floppy Final Debate of 2012 — PHOTOGRAPH BY MARC SEROTA/GETTY IMAGES — As the president forcefully defended all the policies he'd put in place that Romney, on this evening at least, so enthusiastically supported …
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John Cook / Gawker:
2008 Called. It Wants to Know What Happened to Barack Obama. — One of the many little thrills of being a part of the Obama campaign four years ago was a deep and abiding sense that, finally, a political leader had come along who could live up to our highest aspirations.
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Examiner, Guardian, The Caucus and Politico
TMZ.com:
Barack Obama RIPPED By Bayonet Company — We're Still Relevant, Dammit! — RIPPED By Bayonet Co. — We're Still Relevant!!! — EXCLUSIVE — President Barack Obama has offended the bayonet community ... TMZ has learned. — TMZ spoke with multiple people in the bayonet industry …
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Did the ‘Neocon Puppet Masters’ Get Outflanked by Romney? — I'm on the road, with only intermittent access to reader e-mail, so sorry for the delay, but I've gotten a bunch of questions (and assertions!) from Goldbloggers who are wondering if the neocons were somehow outflanked by Romney in last night's foreign policy debate.
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Middle Earth Journal and Roger Ailes
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The myth of the myth of apologies — President Obama is right that fact-checkers routinely declare it to be a “myth” that he has apologized for America. The fact-checkers are wrong, however. The variance from reality is so great on this one that you realize how potent is the information bubble …
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The Lonely Conservative, Hot Air, American Prospect and Mother Jones
Glenn Kessler / Election 2012:
Fact Check: Iran's ‘route to the sea’ — Mitt Romney repeated his contention that Syria is Iran's route to the sea. This is a puzzling claim, considering that Syria shares no border with Iran — Iraq and Turkey are in the way — and that Iran has about 1,500 miles of coastline along …
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National Review, The Moderate Voice, FP Passport, News Desk, Taylor Marsh, Daily Kos and The Daily Beast
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Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Romney gaffe: 'Syria is Iran's route to the sea'
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The Reality-Based Community, Washington Post and Rumproast
CBS News:
Poll: Decisive win for Obama in final debate — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — President Obama scored a clear two-to-one victory against Mitt Romney during the final presidential debate Monday night, according to a CBS News instant poll of uncommitted voters. — Immediately after it wrapped …
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Slate, USA Today, CNN, NationalJournal.com, ABCNEWS, msnbc.com, The Reality-Based Community, Capital New York, Guardian and Firedoglake
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Indiana Planned Parenthood Ruling: Federal Appeals Court Says State Can't Cut Funding Over Abortions … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Mitch Daniels, Planned Parenthood, Health Care, Video, Chicago, Indiana, Indiana Planned Parenthood Ruling, Indiana-Planned-Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Funding …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama: ‘Michelle and I Will Be Fine No Matter What Happens’ in the Election — In his latest fundraising email to supporters, President Barack Obama says, “Michelle and I will be fine no matter what happens” in the election. Instead, Obama's trying to win the contest “for our country and middle-class families.”
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CNN, Rush Limbaugh and Hot Air
Wall Street Journal:
A Perfectly Plausible President — All Mitt needed to do was sound reasonable. He succeeded. — Mitt Romney needed to pass the usual tests for Republican presidential candidates in his debate Monday night with President Obama. — There was the Ford test (alternatively known …
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Washington Wire, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, The Mahablog, Shakesville, Taylor Marsh, americanthinker.com and msnbc.com
Shaun Chaiyabhat / clickorlando.com:
Feds to probe possible voter fraud in Florida — Residents receiving false letters questioning citizenship, officials say … Officials in Florida have issued a statewide warning about a new trick trying to prevent voters from going to the polls. — Voters are getting letters that look …
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Weasel Zippers and iOwnTheWorld.com
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Obama debate win unlikely to shift race: Reuters/Ipsos poll — (Reuters) - Voters say U.S. President Barack Obama did a better job than Republican Mitt Romney in Monday's debate but their opinions of each candidate did not shift significantly, according to Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.
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