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11:40 AM ET, September 14, 2012

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Romney team sharpens attack on Obama's foreign policy  —  Advisers to Mitt Romney on Thursday defended his sharp criticism of President Obama and said that the deadly protests sweeping the Middle East would not have happened if the Republican nominee were president.
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Romney owes an apology  —  To a certain extent, no one should be surprised by Mitt Romney's decision to seize on — actually, make that exploit — the attack on U.S. diplomatic outposts in Egypt and Libya as ammunition in the presidential campaign.  —  After all, the Republican presidential nominee wrote …
Martin H. Simon / ABCNEWS:
Full Transcript: George Stephanopoulos and Mitt Romney  —  The following is a full transcript of my interview with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.  —  GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Governor, thank you for doing this.  —  MITT ROMNEY: Thank you, George.  —  STEPHANOPOULOS: Boy …
Martin H. Simon / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE - Romney on Debates: Obama Will 'Say Things That Aren't True'  —  With the first Presidential debate less than three weeks away, Mitt Romney is spending lots of time getting ready behind closed doors.  In his first comments on that debate prep, he told me that Sen. Rob Portman …
Martin H. Simon / ABCNEWS:
Romney on Iran: Share Same ‘Red Line’ As Obama  —  Mitt Romney has skewered President Obama's Iran policy.  But in an exclusive interview, days after the Israeli Prime Minister criticized the U.S. for not putting “red lines before Iran,” Romney told me he would draw the same line in the sand as Obama.
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney And The Art Of The Double-Down (The Note)  —  NOTABLES:  — MORE PROTESTS ON THE WAY?  The U.S. government is bracing itself for the fourth straight day of protests in Cairo, Egypt and other parts of the Middle East as anger over a U.S.-produced film mocking the Prophet Mohammed continues …
Kim Sengupta / The Independent:
Revealed: inside story of US envoy's assassination  —  Exclusive: America ‘was warned of embassy attack but did nothing’  —  NOTE: WE DO NOT STORE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) BUT YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL BE LOGGED TO PREVENT ABUSE OF THIS FEATURE.  PLEASE READ OUR LEGAL TERMS & POLICIES
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Bloody Hand Prints at Consulate Reveal Americans Were Dragged From Building Before Their Death  —  The attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi came in two waves on the night of 9-11.  —  Four Americans were murdered in a coordinated attack by reportedly 400 Islamists.  —  It was a highly coordinated attack.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Daily Mail and Guardian
David Gordon Smith / Spiegel Online:
'Obama's Middle East Policy Is in Ruins'  —  US embassies in the Muslim world were on high alert Friday following days of violent protests against an anti-Islam film.  Germany, too, closed several embassies in fear of attacks.  Some German commentators argue that the violence shows that Obama's Middle East policies have failed.
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Robert Wright / The Atlantic Online:
The Muslim Protests: Two Myths Down, Three to Go
Washington Examiner:
Examiner Editorial: Obama runs riot with facts on ‘ally’ Egypt
Discussion: Hot Air and Election 2012
Cliff Owen / ABCNEWS:
Secretary Clinton Delivers Powerful Religion Speech After Middle East Embassy Attacks
Discussion: Althouse
Politico:
Arab Spring: Tech as tinder
Discussion: CNN and ABCNEWS
Talking Points Memo:
Kansas Goes Birther: State Board Considers Removing Obama From Ballot  —  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an informal advisor to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said on Thursday he and his fellow members of a state board were considering removing President Barack Obama from the Kansas ballot this November.
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Tim Carpenter / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Kansas panel delays ballot decision on Obama
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Poll: Obama Holds Narrow Edge Over Romney  —  President Obama holds a narrow three-point advantage over Mitt Romney among Americans most likely to vote in November, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.  —  With their back-to-back political conventions behind …
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Mark Murray / First Read:
Polls: Obama holds the edge in Florida, Ohio and Virginia  —  President Barack Obama has opened up a five-point lead in the Sunshine State and the “right track” number is now more than 40 percent.  NBC's Chuck Todd reports.  —  After two political conventions and heading into the post-Labor Day sprint …
Sky News:
Tunis Protesters Attack US Embassy  —  Protesters descend on the US embassy in Tunis  —  Protesters have entered the US embassy in the Tunisian capital Tunis in the latest violence sparked by an anti-Muslim film.  —  A large fire could be seen burning inside the compound.
Discussion: Reuters and Hot Air
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Khalid Abdelaziz / Reuters:
Sudan protesters set fire to German embassy
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
Samuel's prez ad: Wake the f@#k up!  —  They picked the perfect actor for a political ad loaded with f-bombs.  —  Samuel L. Jackson will film a provocative spot supporting President Obama's re-election bid as early as tomorrow — telling voters to “Wake the f—k up, Vote for Obama.”
BuzzFeed:
Who Would Win In A Fistfight: Romney Or Obama?  —  Result from a Langer Research Associates poll of more than a thousand Americans.  It's lopsided (image via).  —  copyranter  —  a half hour ago  —  16 responses
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Married Voters Are Romney Voters  —  Marital status is strong predictor of voting behavior  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Married registered voters prefer Republican challenger Mitt Romney over Democratic President Barack Obama by 54% to 39%, according to Gallup data collected from June to August.
Discussion: Politico
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Kids Question Michelle Obama: Unsure Where President Is, and Where Obamas Will Move If President Loses  —  First Lady Michelle Obama stopped by a Virginia YMCA yesterday where she met with elementary and middle school kids.  The kids had tough questions for the first lady …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Larry Gordon / Associated Press:
UC to pay settlement in Davis pepper spray case  —  UC leaders agree to pay settlement to 21 UC Davis students and alumni who sued over campus officers' use of pepper spray during a November 2011 protest.  —  A UC Davis officer pepper-sprays Occupy protesters in November.
 
 
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David Montgomery / Argus Leader:
Mike Rounds to explore run for U.S. Senate
Discussion: The Fix
NBC's Garrett Haake / First Read:
Ann Romney to attend fundraiser at Bush home in Dallas
Discussion: AEIdeas and Election 2012
David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Glenn Beck, Eliot Spitzer ‘Weigh In’ For Head-To-Head October Debate
Discussion: Mediaite
Ben Blanchard / Reuters:
China commentary slams Romney's “foolish” China-bashing
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Romney to receive intelligence briefings starting next week
Discussion: Ballot Box
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Primary Results Close for 2 G.O.P. Legislators Who Voted for Same-Sex Marriage
Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
On The Road To Prison, Alabama's Ex-Governor Still Has A Few Things He Wants To Say
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
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Jimmy Carter Corrects Obama
Discussion: The Fix, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler and Politico
New York Times:
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New York Review of Books:
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Discussion: Daily Kos
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