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3:45 PM ET, September 21, 2012

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Politico:
Chris Wallace doubts Noonan's conservatism  —  In an interview with POLITICO today, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace questioned Peggy Noonan's “conservative bona fides,” following her recent editorials criticizing of Mitt Romney's campaign.  —  “Peggy Noonan has bashed George W. Bush, based Mitt Romney, wasn't crazy about McCain.
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Wall Street Journal:
Noonan: Romney Needs a New CEO  —  How to save a listing campaign, the Baker Way.  —  “Nothing is written.”  That was T.E. Lawrence to the Arab tribesmen in Robert Bolt's screenplay, a masterpiece, of “Lawrence of Arabia.”  You write no one off.  Nothing is inevitable.  Life is news—"What happened today?"
O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Ann Romney, to critics in GOP: “You want to try it?  Get in the ring.”  (AUDIO)  —  Ann Romney says fellow Republicans who've criticized her husband need to “stop it” and realize “how lucky” the party is to have Mitt Romney as its nominee.  —  Ann Romney spoke late this afternoon to about 200 people …
David Hinckley / NY Daily News:
Joe Biden - not Mitt Romney, President Obama, Bill Clinton or Clint Eastwood - most watched convention speaker in landslide!  —  Vice president's speech watched by 14.7% of the 289.7 million people who live in U.S. television homes: Nielsen  —  Vice President Joe Biden makes his point during …
First Read:
First Thoughts: Obama's battleground edge grows
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sununu: 'I wouldn't hire Peggy Noonan to run a campaign'
Discussion: Mediaite
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Ann Romney To Mitt Critics: ‘Stop It’
Dan Eggen / Election 2012:
Romney campaign gave bonuses to top staff
Brad Malt / Mitt Romney for President …:
NOTE FROM TRUSTEE BRAD MALT  —  This morning, Gov. and Mrs. Romney filed their 2011 tax return with the IRS.  At 3:00pm today, the Romney for President campaign will be posting the 2011 return online.  —  The complete 2011 tax return, with full schedules, statements, and attachments …
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Romney to Release 2011 Tax Returns
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney to release 20-year tax rate ‘summary,’ 2011 taxes today
Lymari Morales / Gallup:
U.S. Distrust in Media Hits New High  —  Fewer Americans closely following political news now than in previous election years  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' distrust in the media hit a new high this year, with 60% saying they have little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly.
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Cash Low, Romney Striving to Find New Large Donors  —  Mitt Romney entered the final months of the presidential campaign with a cash balance of just $35 million, racing to find new large donors and rally low-dollar contributors in August even while he raised tens of millions of dollars for the Republican Party.
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Politico:
Obama flips money script on Mitt
Discussion: National Review
Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
Heartland Monitor Poll: Obama Leads 50 Percent to 43 Percent  —  President Obama has opened a solid lead over Mitt Romney by largely reassembling the “coalition of the ascendant” that powered the Democrat to his landmark 2008 victory, the latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll has found.
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Emily Ekins / Reason:
Obama Leads Romney 52-45 In New Reason-Rupe Poll; In Three-Way Race Obama Leads Romney 49-42, Johnson Gets 6 Percent
Discussion: American Power and National Review
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sept. 20: Obama's Convention Bounce May Not Be Receding
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Ryan Gets Booed At The AARP  —  On Friday afternoon, Paul Ryan addressed the AARP's National Annual Conference in New Orleans.  The GOP vice presidential candidate attacked Obamacare for taking $716 billion out of Medicare — the very same cuts he included in his budget …
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Tom Cohen / CNN:
Obama, Ryan trade charges on Obamacare and Medicare
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Obama's Shaky Libya Narrative  —  In the days after the consulate assault in Benghazi, the administration insisted a spontaneous protest got out of hand.  Then it slowly transitioned into calling the events a ‘terrorist attack.’ Eli Lake on how the story changed.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Obama's embassy cover story dissolves
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Clinton fails to convince Republicans on administration's account of Libya attack
Discussion: Swampland, The PJ Tatler and Politico
Paul Sakuma / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Falsely Claims Fast and Furious Program “Begun Under the Previous Administration”  —  Asked about the Fast and Furious program at the Univision forum on Thursday, President Obama falsely claimed that the program began under President George W. Bush.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Until Republicans Fix This Problem, They Can't Fix Any Problems  —  The inability to judge arguments on their merits and separate fact from fantasy is what ails the conservative movement.  —  Reuters  —  After years spent reporting on the Bush Administration, Ron Suskind began to understand …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Disdain for Workers  —  By now everyone knows how Mitt Romney, speaking to donors in Boca Raton, washed his hands of almost half the country — the 47 percent who don't pay income taxes — declaring, “My job is not to worry about those people.  I'll never convince them that they should take …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
What John McLaughlin Sees in the Polls Right Now  —  I reached out to Republican pollster John McLaughlin for yesterday's piece on how undecided voters are likely to break, and he made some separate comments about polls, their impact on motivation for each side, and how the campaigns …
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
The poll result that explains the election  —  Washington has been a bit perplexed by President Obama's small but persistent lead in the polls.  His administration would seem to fail the “Are you better off than you were four years ago” text.  And presidents who fail that test lose, right?
Barry Chin / Boston Globe:
In crucial first debate, Scott Brown challenges Warren's Native American heritage claim  —  Republican US Senator Scott Brown questioned Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren's claim of Native American heritage in the opening moments of a lively high-stakes television debate tonight.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
DeMint might throw Akin a lifeline  —  Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) says he will consider throwing his weighty financial support behind Rep. Todd Akin (R), the Missouri Senate candidate who has been shunned by party leaders in Washington.  —  DeMint said the National Republican Senatorial Committee …
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Life Expectancy for Less Educated Whites in U.S. Is Shrinking  —  For generations of Americans, it was a given that children would live longer than their parents.  But there is now mounting evidence that this enduring trend has reversed itself for the country's least-educated whites …
Discussion: The Mahablog and Gawker
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Why Does Everybody Hate Mitt Romney?  —  No other presidential candidate has racked up unfavorable ratings this high during a campaign, according to a Pew Survey.  Why is Romney so disliked?  It's not personal, it's business.  —  Less than 50 days from the election, it's still Mitt Romney's biggest mystery.
 
 
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Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Morning Jay: Historically, Obama Isn't in Strong Shape
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New York Post:
Controversial ‘Piss Christ’ art back in NY
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Lobbyist close to White House behind effort of golfers to quell jokes about Obama
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New York Post:
Gang that can't lie straight
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Poll shows Obama overtaking Romney in key swing states
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Home To Roost  —  As a useful corrective to the Beltway tendency …
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Andrew Mitchell insults police at Downing Street by calling them ‘f***ing plebs’
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