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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Obama campaign struggles to explain ‘revenge’ remark — CINCINNATI — A seemingly offhand utterance from President Obama has turned into a major point of contention between the two campaigns, as Team Obama tries to explain what the president meant when he told a crowd of supporters that “Voting is the best revenge.”
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Obama's November Blunder — One of Barack Obama's problems is that he is not a very accomplished public speaker. When he veers away from his teleprompter, which you pretty much have to do on the stump, his instincts are poor and he tends to get into trouble.
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UTSanDiego.com:
MOTHER OF SEAL: ‘I BELIEVE THAT OBAMA MURDERED MY SON’ — A father and a mother used the word “murder.” A brother said he won't second-guess decisions made in the heat of battle. — The families of three Americans killed in the Sept. 11 U.S. consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya …
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Roger Simon / Politico:
‘Swift-Boating’ of Obama fails — Obama should have been destroyed by now. That was the plan. — He was going to be “Swift Boated” in this election, just like John Kerry was in 2004. — It would be about Benghazi, where on Sept. 11 of this year, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
News Outlets Held Back Detail Of Benghazi Attack At CIA's Request … REACT: — FOLLOW: — The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Wash Post, Benghazi, ABC News, Ambassador Chris Stevens, Associated Press, Glen Doherty, Media Criticism, Tyrone Woods, Benghazi Media, CIA, Cia Benghazi …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Nov. 2: For Romney to Win, State Polls Must Be Statistically Biased — President Obama is now better than a 4-in-5 favorite to win the Electoral College, according to the FiveThirtyEight forecast. His chances of winning it increased to 83.7 percent on Friday, his highest figure since …
Mark Murray / First Read:
Polls: Obama stays ahead in Ohio, deadlocked with Romney in Fla. — Three days until Election Day, President Barack Obama maintains his lead in the key battleground state of Ohio and is locked in a close contest with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in Florida, according to new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.
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Politico:
Journalists open wallets for Obama and Romney
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Gregory Wallace / CNN:
Romney delivers Republican Party weekly address
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Alex Leary / Tampa Bay Times:
Times/Bay News 9/Herald Florida Poll: Mitt Romney 51, Barack Obama 45
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
In fiery speech, Giuliani calls on Obama to resign, faults him for Libya
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Politico:
Exclusive: Christie was Mitt's first choice for VP — One of the most tantalizing subplots of the 2012 campaign has been the curious and sometimes controversial performances of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Now, campaign insiders tell POLITICO that Christie was Mitt Romney's first choice …
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA'S CLEVELAND RALLY ATTENDANCE 20X LOWER THAN 2008 — Last night, in the cold and with long lines, 30,000 people showed up in Ohio to see Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. That same day, Obama attracted a meager 2,800. But enthusiasm for President FailureTeleprompter can be judged by more than comparisons with Romney.
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Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
Obama, back in Ohio, slams Romney for auto ad
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Dan Friedman / Hotline On Call:
Akin was Arrested at Least Eight Times in 1980's — Missouri Republican Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin was arrested at least eight times in the 1980s at anti-abortion protests, according to newly obtained records. — That is four arrests in addition to four the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported …
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Juana Summers / Reuters:
Paul Ryan goes dark on local reporters — RENO — In his first eight weeks on the GOP ticket, Paul Ryan blazed his own campaign trail through the living rooms of swing-state voters, sitting for nearly 125 interviews with local television affiliates. — But since the week …
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Bill Maher Warns Romney Supporters: ‘Black People Know Who You Are and They Will Come After You’ — Bill Maher on HBO's Real Time Friday might have said one of the most disgraceful things uttered during the 2012 campaign season. — “If you're thinking about voting for Mitt Romney …
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Prairie Weather:
Maybe it's the media we really need to put to a vote — The Washington Post — given the role it could play in the media — is a really unforgivably lousy rag with, admittedly, some good people writing for it. Why the paper is so bad is beyond this reader.
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Ronald Radosh / Weekly Standard:
A Story Told Before — Oliver Stone's recycled leftist history of the United States — Two years ago, Oliver Stone announced that he was preparing to make a documentary about recent American history. It premieres on the CBS-owned cable network Showtime on November 12. Titled
Michael Patrick Leahy / BREITBART.COM:
FEMA TAPS PRIVATE VENDORS TO MEET SANDY VICTIM'S NEEDS — FEMA's vaunted “lean forward” strategy that called for advanced staging of supplies for emergency distribution failed to live up to its billing in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. — In fact, the agency appears …
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