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2:38 AM ET, September 26, 2012

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Roger Simon / Politico:
Paul Ryan vs. The Stench  —  Paul Ryan has gone rogue.  He is unleashed, unchained, off the hook.  —  “I hate to say this, but if Ryan wants to run for national office again, he'll probably have to wash the stench of Romney off of him,” Craig Robinson, a former political director …
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Roger Simon / Politico:
Paul Ryan vs. The Stench  —  He did a PowerPoint presentation for the crowd.  According to the National Journal, be began thusly: " 'I'm kind of a PowerPoint guy, so I hope you'll bear with me,' Ryan told the audience as he began clicking through four slides, which showed graphs depicting U.S. debt held …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:   Report: Paul Ryan Goes Rogue and Refers to “Stench” Romney
WCVB.com:
Sen. Scott Brown staffers caught on video chanting Indian war whoops, making tomahawk chops  —  Rally video surfaces after campaigns release ads about Warren's heritage  —  Brown staffers caught chanting Indian war whoops  —  Staffers for Sen. Scott Brown chanted Indian “war whoops” …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
In Massachusetts, Brown Attacks Warren's Character
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Really, Scott Brown?  —  I've been wondering about this for a few days.
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG and Blue Mass Group
Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:   Warren Ad: Scott Brown ‘Attacking My Family’ On Native American Claims
Boston Herald:
Miner: Elizabeth Warren's biz ‘hypocritical’
Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA TO UN: IT'S NOT MY FAULT STEVENS IS DEAD  —  Passing the buck in dramatic fashion on the world stage, President Barack Obama told the UN General Assembly this morning that the U.S. government was not responsible for the anti-Islam video that he once again blamed for recent attacks on U.S. embassies in the Middle East.
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CNN:
What we learned from our interview with Mitt Romney
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Post:
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Woman defaces ‘anti-jihad’ ad in Times Square station  —  Cops busted a lone protester — angry with subway ads equating enemies of Israel as “savages” — as she spray-painted over one of the controversial signs today.  —  A Post camera crew captured the bizarre conflict …
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Congressman Allen West / Facebook:
The President continues to offer up apologies....When tolerance becomes a one way street it leads to cultural suicide...  In his speech today to the United Nations, President Obama stated six times that the attacks across the Islamic world are attributed to a silly video.
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Allen West to U.N.: U.S. ‘Angel of Death’  —  Florida Rep. Allen West ripped President Barack Obama's United Nations speech Tuesday, saying he would have told the U.N. that America would be an “Angel of Death” that wreaks “havoc and destruction” on anyone who attacks the U.S.
New York Times:
Obama's Speech to the United Nations General Assembly — Text
Reuters:
U.S. will “do what we must” on Iran, U.N.'s Ban opposes threats
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Demands Return Of Unionized NFL Referees: ‘It Is Time To Get The Real Refs’  —  The Green Bay Packers lost on a controversial last-second play that was ruled incorrectly by scab officials Monday night, leading Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan (also from Wisconsin) …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Obama to NFL: “Get the permanent refs back”
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Madonna strips for Obama, offers profanity-laced endorsement  —  Madonna offered a profanity-laced endorsement of President Obama at her concert Monday night, which involved the singer stripping down to her underwear to reveal the president's name written on her body.
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Kia Makarechi / The Huffington Post:
Madonna: Obama Is ‘A Black Muslim In The White House,’ Deserves Votes (VIDEO)
Discussion: The Raw Story
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Barack Obama Floating Like A Butterfly: Countdown Day 43 … Barack Obama 2012 , Elections 2012 , 2012 Countdown , Barack Obama Floating Like a Butterfly , Obama Cassius Clay , Obama Floats Like a Butterfly , Obama Floats Like a Butterfly Stings Like a Bee , Obama Muhammad Ali , Obama Sting Like a Bee , Politics News
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker:
Mitt Romney Stops Supporters from Chanting ‘Ryan’ to Ensure They Say His Name Too  —  In Vandalia, Ohio, today, after Mitt Romney thanked running mate Paul Ryan for his stump speech, rally attendees instinctively began chanting “Ryan, Ryan,” as rally attendees are wont to do.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sept. 24: Deep Red Polling Mystery  —  The FiveThirtyEight forecast was essentially unchanged on Monday, with Barack Obama holding a 77.7 percent chance of winning the Electoral College.  —  Mr. Obama received a number of strong-looking state polls on Monday, including some from firms that had him with mixed numbers before.
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Va. GOP orders affiliate to remove offensive Obama photos  —  RICHMOND — Virginia Republican Party officials on Tuesday ordered their Mecklenburg County affiliate to remove photos portraying President Obama as a witch doctor, a caveman and a thug from its Facebook page.
Alex Pareene / Salon:
The website where Mitt Romney's winning in a landslide  —  At UnSkewed Polls, “liberal media bias” is removed from every survey that shows Obama ahead.  Guess who wins?  —  I present UnSkewedPolls.com, the best new website on the political Internet.  UnSkewed Polls finally removes the …
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
CNN's Acosta to Romney: ‘If You Somehow Win,’ How Would You 'Assure Blacks You'd Be Their President Also?'  —  CNN's Jim Acosta on Tuesday's Situation Room asked what many will think was a truly offensive question.  —  “If you were to somehow beat the first African-American president …
Discussion: Instapundit and The Gateway Pundit
Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
Apple had over a year left on Google Maps contract, Google scrambling to build iOS app  —  Apple's decision to ship its own mapping system in the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 was made over a year before the company's agreement to use Google Maps expired, according to two independent sources familiar with the matter.
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Bloomberg:
Romney Negativity Muddies Message as Obama Leads in Poll  —  Republican Mitt Romney's negative ratings are preventing him from capitalizing on President Barack Obama's vulnerabilities in the race for the White House, according to a new poll that gives the incumbent a lead heading into the first of three presidential debates.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Victoria McGrane / Washington Wire:
Seven Zingers in Sheila Bair's New Book  —  Former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair demonstrates a talent for crafting a withering turn of phrase in her new book as noted earlier in Washington Wire.  Here is a brief list of some of her top zingers.  — Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner …
Discussion: Calculated Risk
Jim Romenesko:
Yes, I *would* vote for Obama or Romney  —  What happened here?  I asked Round Rock (TX) Leader editor Brad Stutzman.  “Usually we just have a yes or not question and we forgot to plug in the names,” he explained over the phone.  “Romney got the larger number here [in the online poll].”
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Hit & Run
Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
Love Claims The Lead  —  Well, this is an interesting turn of events.  —  Mia Love's campaign released internal polling numbers that show the race for Utah's 4th District seat have taken a dramatic swing, giving her a big lead over Democrat Jim Matheson.  —  Love's polling firm …
Maggie Haberman / Reuters:
Obama and Romney's Clinton love-fest  —  NEW YORK — President Barack Obama praised Bill Clinton as a national “treasure” and Mitt Romney joked about his own “bounce” from the former president as the 2012 contestants today made dueling appearances at the Clinton Global Initiative.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Marbury
 
 
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Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
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Rasmussen Reports:
45% Think U.S.-Muslim Relations Worse Than Four Years Ago
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Romney Says Obama Did Not Raise Taxes ‘In His First Four Years’
Discussion: Election 2012 and Mediaite
John Paul Stevens / New York Review of Books:
Should We Have a New Constitutional Convention?
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Romney On Polls: ‘You Can Ask Questions And Get Any Answer You Want’
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Vladimir Putin / Telegraph:
France set to ban the words ‘mother’ and ‘father’ from official documents
Adam C. Smith / The Buzz Florida Politics Feed:
Herald-Tribune runs seriously ugly and false anti-Obama ad
Discussion: Riptide 2.0 and Mother Jones
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
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Patrick Gavin / Politico:
Ralph Nader: Obama's a ‘war criminal’