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7:10 PM ET, September 29, 2012

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Doug McKelway / Fox News:
Drop in Ohio voter registration, especially in Dem strongholds, mirrors nationwide trend  —  “Don't boo, vote,” President Obama often says in his stump speech whenever crowds boo a Romney plan.  —  The off-hand call to vote may be by design.  It comes amid a precipitous decline …
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Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Introducing The New Polling Firm of Madoff, Marist, Quinnipiac and Ponzi  —  After a few weeks spent tracking down and questioning pollsters and the reporters of polls, I can assure the reader that pollsters are the modern-day alchemists.  They promise to turn numbers into predictive gold.
Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, 1926 - 2012: Arthur O. Sulzberger, Publisher Who Transformed Times, Dies at 86  —  Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, who guided The New York Times and its parent company through a long, sometimes turbulent period of expansion and change on a scale not seen since the newspaper's founding in 1851 …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama ‘saddened’ by death of former NYT publisher Sulzberger  —  President Obama on Saturday praised Arthur Ochs Sulzberger as a fearless truth-seeker and First Amendment champion, saying he and the first lady are “saddened” by the death of the long-time New York Times publisher earlier in the day.
New York Times:
Cramming and Pruning for First Presidential Debate  —  WASHINGTON — In a conference room at the Democratic headquarters, President Obama has been preparing for the debate next week, but the reviews of his staff are already in.  Too long, they tell him.  Cut that answer.  Give crisper explanations.
BuzzFeed:
And, Paul Ryan Gets Mocked By Storage Ad  —  Manhattan Mini-Storage does it again.  Much more of a personal jab than the Mitt Romney billboard.  (via newsweek.tumblr.com)  —  copyranter  —  an hour ago  —  respond
Discussion: BuzzFeed
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Mike Lillis / Ballot Box:
Biden links Romney to Ryan budget cuts
Discussion: CNN
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
SFC Speer's Killer Leaves Gitmo  —  Omar Khadr has been sent from Guantanamo to Canada, after returning from the jihad in Afghanistan and Pakistan.  Khadr is slated to stay in custody for the time being.  It is difficult to think of a more mythologized figure in the post-9/11 war on terror.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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BBC:
Youngest inmate leaves Guantanamo
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Michelle Shephard / Toronto Star:
Omar Khadr repatriated to Canada
Yahoo! News:
Goodbye, Columbus: Why top Ohio Republicans think Romney has lost the state  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio - There are only two plausible explanations for what is going on this week in this swing state central to virtually all Mitt Romney's victory strategies.  —  Either many top Ohio Republicans …
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Obama administration tells contractors again: Don't issue layoff notices  —  The Obama administration issued new guidance intended for defense contractors Friday afternoon, reiterating the administration's position that the companies should not be issuing layoff notices over sequestration.
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Sara Sorcher / NationalJournal.com:
White House Moves To Head Off Sequester Layoffs
Discussion: protein wisdom
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Shifting Reports on Libya Killings May Cost Obama  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's shifting accounts of the fatal attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, have left President Obama suddenly exposed on the national security and foreign policy issues …
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Daily Mail:
They DID know: Now White House admits they knew ‘within 24 hours’ …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Patrick B. Pexton / Washington Post:
Will The Post be about news or opinion?  —  Republicans think the news media are being too easy on Barack Obama.  In fact, 60 percent of them say so, a figure that's up from 55 percent four years ago, when Obama ran against Sen. John McCain.  That's the conclusion of a poll conducted Sept. 20-23 …
Byron Tau / Politico:
John Kerry defends Susan Rice  —  Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is coming to the defense of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice — rumored to be his top rival to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a second Obama term.  —  “I'm deeply disturbed by efforts to find …
Discussion: The Rightnewz and Riehl World News
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Romney Foreign Policy Adviser Calls Obama's Libya Response ‘Limp Wristed’  —  A foreign policy adviser to Mitt Romney on Friday called President Obama's foreign policy “limp wristed.”  —  Former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton employed the term, usually used as a slur against or allusion to gay men …
Discussion: The Raw Story and New York Times
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Faces Crucial Rulings in Coming Term  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court returns to the bench on Monday to confront not only a docket studded with momentous issues but also a new dynamic among the justices.  —  The coming term will probably include major decisions on affirmative action …
Virginia / CNN:
Obama to hit trail after debate  —  (CNN) - President Barack Obama will hit the campaign trail following the Wednesday presidential debate, stumping in four states rated on the CNN Electoral Map as toss ups, according to schedules released by his campaign and the White House.
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CNN:
Obama talks housing market in weekly address
Discussion: Reuters and The Hinterland Gazette
 
 
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MiamiHerald.com:
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Mass Lawyers Weekly readers want investigation of Elizabeth Warren license problem
Discussion: Clayton Cramer's Blog
Jennifer Mann / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Member of ‘Obama Boyz’ gang charged in St. Louis shootings
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Hillary: ‘Loosen Regulation’ Because 'Too Many People Still Can't Find Jobs'-In Tunisia, Egypt, Libya
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James Hohmann / Politico:
2012 map could be deja vu for Obama
Bob Dole / Washington Post:
Bob Dole on life after losing the 1996 presidential election
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ABCNEWS:
Dems Pump Cash Into ME Senate Race, but for Whom?
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Jim Webb on ‘Givers’ and ‘Takers’
 

 
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