Polls Show Obama Is Widening His Lead in Ohio and Florida  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — For weeks, Republicans in Ohio have been watching with worry that the state's vital 18 electoral votes were trending away from Mitt Romney.  The anxiety has been similar in Florida, where Republicans are concerned …

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 …

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 …

Morning Jay: Are the Polls Tilted Toward Obama?  —  Republicans, by and large, are frustrated with recent polls of the presidential election because they think Democrats are being oversampled.  Many pollsters respond by saying that “weighing” the polls for partisan identification creates …

Democrat Senate Hopeful Warren Exposed As Complete Fraud  —  Politics: Democrat Elizabeth Warren has framed her race in Massachusetts against Sen. Scott Brown around integrity and intellect, as if she's a cut above other pols.  In fact, she's beneath even the sleaziest.

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.

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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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.

The World Doesn't Love the First Amendment  —  The vile anti-Muslim video shows that the U.S. overvalues free speech.  —  The universal response in the United States to the uproar over the anti-Muslim video is that the Muslim world will just have to get used to freedom of expression.

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.

Sheila Bair Book Says Obama Foreclosure Prevention Program ‘Cheated Borrowers’ … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Foreclosure Crisis, Video, Bull By The Horns, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Sheila Bair, Sheila Bair Book, Fdic, Hamp, Home Affordable Modification Program, Obama Foreclosures …

CNN's Acosta to Romney: ‘If You Somehow Beat Obama,’ 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 …

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.

Rivera ran secret campaign, Sternad tells FBI  —  Justin Lamar Sternad told federal law enforcement authorities that U.S. Rep. David Rivera was behind his failed Democratic primary campaign.  —  MCAPUTO@MIAMIHERALD.COM  —  Justin Lamar Sternad, whose failed congressional campaign became …

Libyan president to NBC: Anti-Islam film had ‘nothing to do with’ US Consulate attack  —  Updated at 7:59 a.m. ET: An anti-Islam film that sparked violent protests in many countries had “nothing to do with” a deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi earlier this month, Libya's president told NBC News.

Obama's claim that ‘90 percent’ of the current deficit is due to Bush policies  —  “Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of two wars that weren't paid for, as a consequence of tax cuts that weren't paid for, a prescription drug plan …

Presidential Polls 2012: Skewed Polling and Biased Media Coverage Give Obama False Advantage Over Romney … Editor's Note:This piece originally appeared at PolicyMic.  —  From its double standard on how the mainstream media has covered both campaigns, to the 2008-Democrat heavy polling models they use …