memeorandum: Mitt Romney Says, “I Am The Confidence Fairy!” (Paul Krugman)

8:00 PM ET, September 22, 2012

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How Romney Packed The Univision Forum — Tense moments as the campaign demands to bus in supporters and to retape an introduction. “A little bit of disrespect,” complains Univision's Salinas. — Romney at Univision and Facebook's “Meet the Candidates” forum, moderated by Maria Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos.

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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Palin to Romney-Ryan: ‘Go Rogue’ — In a statement to THE WEEKLY STANDARD, former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin offers some advice for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, this year's Republican ticket for president and vice president, respectively.

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Amie Parnes / Ballot Box:

Biden mocks Republicans on Medicare plan — Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday mocked Republicans for acting like they invented Medicare. — “If you came from another country and you just listened to their convention, you'd say, those guys came up with a great idea 50 years ago,” Biden said at a campaign rally in New Hampshire.

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CBS News:
Romney: My campaign doesn't need a turnaround

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Mark Steyn / National Review:

Bowing to the Mob — I see the Obama campaign has redesigned the American flag, and very attractive it is too. Replacing the 50 stars of a federal republic is the single “O” logo symbolizing the great gaping maw of spendaholic centralization. And where the stripes used to be are a handful of red daubs …

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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:

OBAMA TO CONDEMN CHRISTIAN FILMMAKER BEFORE UNITED NATIONS — Not only are we seeing the White House and State Department call more attention to the Mohammed-mocking “Innocence of Muslims” than any terrorist network ever could've hoped for, but the President's indefensible scapegoating …

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Politico:

Obama to address Muslim unrest — National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor previews the president's speech to the UN General Assembly next week: — “UNGA always provides an opportunity for the President to put the international situation in context, and to put forward a vision of US leadership.

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

CNN Reveals Finding Ambassador Christopher Stevens' Journal And Discloses Reporting With It … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Anderson Cooper, CNN, Libya, Video, Chris Stevens, Christopher Stevens, Cnn Ambassador Journal, Cnn Chris Stevens, Cnn Stevens Journal, J Christopher Stevens, Libya Attack …

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CNN:
CNN finds, returns journal belonging to late U.S. ambassador

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Arwa Damon / CNN:
Decrying attack, protesters overtake Islamist group's HQ in Benghazi

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New York Times:
Libyan Protesters Besiege Militant Group in Benghazi

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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:

‘The Worst Thing That Has Happened to Our Democratic Election System’ — Andrew Cohen has been doing a formidable job of covering what is otherwise a substantially under-covered theme in this election year: the efforts to disenfranchise large numbers of voters, especially in swing states.

Paul Krugman:

Mitt Romney Says, “I Am The Confidence Fairy!” — I've coined a few successful turns of phrase over the years, but none, I think, as successful as the confidence fairy — a term I used to refer to the belief that things like austerity in the face of depression would actually be expansionary, because of ... CONFIDENCE.

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Mortimer B. Zuckerman / US News:

Romney Can Still Overcome Obama's Dishonest, Divisive Campaign — He can get by his ‘47 percent’ problem and beat Obama by outlining how he will get America back to work — The problem for Mitt Romney right now is that he has put his entire candidacy at risk to the point where he may not even qualify …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and HillBuzz.org

Byron Tau / Politico:

Obama campaign prefers Hank Aaron to Scott Walker — President Obama will not be greeted by Gov. Scott Walker at the airport in Milwaukee on Saturday, but a campaign spokeswoman said he doesn't mind. — Instead, Obama will be joined by Hall of Fame Milwaukee Brewer Hank Aaron at a fundraising stop.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Alex Roarty / NationalJournal.com:

Romney's Fundraising Comes Down to Earth — The GOP nominee lags Obama in small donors and dollars under his direct control. They're related and could be crucial. — Mitt Romney at a campaign fundraising event, the first which has allowed cameras in, at The Grand America in Salt Lake City, Utah, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012.

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