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9:05 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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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Report: Paul Ryan Goes Rogue and Refers to “Stench” Romney  —  Are we now witnessing the second Vice President on a Republican ticket in four years “go rogue”?  Is Paul Ryan fed up with what some see as his Romneyization by the Romney camp?  Is he following 2008 Vice Presidential nominee's advice to “go rogue”?
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 …
New York Times:
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 …
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Quinnipiac University:
Obama Has Big Leads In Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times Swing State Poll Finds  —  Watch Video: Assistant Director Tim Malloy discusses poll results  —  Clip Information and Download:  —  FLV File - For Website (1920x1080 / 61.7MB)
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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Investor's Business Daily:
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.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
In Massachusetts, Brown Attacks Warren's Character
Discussion: Hot Air, Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
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
WCVB.com:
Sen. Scott Brown staffers caught on video chanting Indian war whoops, making tomahawk chops
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 …
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Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Police investigating racist pictures sent to Mia Love
Eric Posner / Slate:
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.
Associated Press:
Romney, Obama Descend on Battleground Ohio  —  President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are pitching to college students and working-class voters in Ohio less than a week before early voting kicks off in this critical Midwestern state.  —  Fresh off a high-stakes address …
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CNN:
What we learned from our interview with Mitt Romney
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Criticism of Romney's Campaign Grows; Six in 10 Rate His Efforts Negatively  —  Public criticism of Mitt Romney's race for the White House has risen sharply, with six in 10 Americans expressing a negative opinion of how he's handling his campaign and a majority responding unfavorably to his comments on people who don't pay income taxes.
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.
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
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 …
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Rep. Griffin: Obama running a ‘lockout’ on foreign leaders  —  Republicans on Tuesday tweaked the president over his appearance on “The View” and concern over the NFL lockout.  —  Republicans on Tuesday charged President Obama with paying more attention to anything but foreign policy during …
Discussion: Political Capital
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.
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.
MiamiHerald.com:
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 …
Discussion: Riptide 2.0
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.
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.
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
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 …
Discussion: National Review and Gallup
Leo Traynor / Traynor's Eye:
Meeting A Troll...  I'm back on Twitter.  —  I can imagine the cries of 'I knew he wouldn't last!' from the Twitterati.  —  But give me a few minutes of your time and I'll tell you why I'm back and the real truth about exactly why I left in the first place.
Discussion: TechCrunch and Shakesville
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
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Christi Parsons / Los Angeles Times:
Obama getting less debate practice than Romney  —  Obama's schedule makes it hard to find time to prepare for the debates, but aides say they are taking Romney's skills seriously.  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama has blocked out three days to prepare for the October debates …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
The Republican brain drain  —  In 1980 Ronald Reagan won the Republican nomination.  He beat a future president, George H.W. Bush; two future Senate majority leaders, Howard Baker and Bob Dole; and two lesser-known congressmen.  This year Mitt Romney won the GOP nomination.
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.
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.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and The Raw Story
 
 
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