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12:15 PM ET, October 8, 2012

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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney Narrows Vote Gap After Historic Debate Win  —  By record-high margin, debate watchers say Romney did better  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Registered voters' preferences for president are evenly split in the first three days of Gallup tracking since last Wednesday's presidential debate.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 7: National Polls Show Signs of Settling  —  Mitt Romney remains in a considerably stronger polling position than he was before last Wednesday's debate in Denver.  But the polls released on Sunday did not tell quite as optimistic a story for him as those in the debate's immediate aftermath.
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Gallup: Romney ties Obama after scoring historic debate win
Discussion: Politico and Jammie Wearing Fools
Buzz Bissinger / The Daily Beast:
Why I'm Voting for Mitt Romney  —  After the president's debate performance in Denver, this lifelong Democrat has made a difficult decision: he's given up on Barack Obama.  Even if his own wife doesn't approve.  —  When I told my wife Lisa that I was writing a column supporting Mitt Romney for president …
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Obama And Romney Reverse Roles
Discussion: Riehl World News
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads by 3 in Virginia
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Politico
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Corruption: Exposing Barack Obama's Illegal Foreign Campaign Money Loophole  —  A new report obtained by Townhall from the non-partisan Government Accountability Institute [GAI] shows the Obama campaign has potentially violated federal election law by failing to prevent the use of fraudulent …
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Wynton Hall / BREITBART.COM:
BOMBSHELL: OBAMA.COM OWNED BY BUNDLER IN SHANGHAI WITH BUSINESS TIES TO CHINESE GOVERNMENT
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Romney Remains Vague on Foreign Policy Details  —  WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney is intensifying his efforts to draw a sharp contrast with President Obama on national security in the presidential campaign's closing stages, portraying Mr. Obama as having mishandled the tumult in the Arab world …
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:   Romney Could Send Troops To Libya
CNN:
Romney to deliver foreign policy speech
Danielle Pletka / New York Times:
Romney's Missing Foreign Policy
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
New York Times:
With Biden Up Next to Debate, Obama's Aides Plot Comeback  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama's campaign is working feverishly to restore its momentum after a lackluster debate performance last week, an effort that began with a conference call 10 minutes before the debate even ended and led …
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
A Limited And Self-Serving Defense Of Political Punditry
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Security Team Commander Says Ambassador Stevens Wanted His Team to Stay in Libya Past August  —  U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens wanted a Security Support Team, made up of 16 special operations soldiers, to stay with him in Libya after their deployment was scheduled to end in August …
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Laura Washington / Chicago Sun Times:
Reporter Lara Logan brings ominous news from Middle East  —  CBS correspondent Lara Logan covers the reaction in Cairo's Tahrir Square the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down in February 2011.  CBS News photo  —  This was no ordinary rubber chicken affair.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Truth About Jobs  —  If anyone had doubts about the madness that has spread through a large part of the American political spectrum, the reaction to Friday's better-than expected report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics should have settled the issue.  For the immediate response of many on the right …
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Princeton Economist: Obama Campaign Is Misrepresenting My Study on Romney's Tax Plan  —  Last night, the Obama campaign blasted out another email claiming that Mitt Romney's tax plan would either require raising taxes on the middle class or blowing a hole in the deficit.
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Obama makes fun of his debate performance  —  LOS ANGELES - Now even President Obama is making fun of his Denver debate performance.  —  Speaking to a concert crowd at the Nokia Theater here, Obama said the musical acts that performed for his campaign - the likes of Katy Perry, Earth …
Associated Press:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wins another 6-year term, electoral council says  —  Oct. 3, 2012: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, front, gestures during a campaign rally in Maracay, Venezuela.AP  —  CARACAS, VENEZUELA - President Hugo Chavez won re-election Sunday …
Discussion: Fox News Insider
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Associated Press:
CHAVEZ WINS 6 MORE YEARS IN TIGHTEST RACE YET
Juan Forero / Washington Post:
Venezuelans flood polls for historic election to decide if Hugo Chavez remains in power
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Why Do the Sunday Shows Suck So Much?  —  In the American media landscape, there is no single forum more prestigious than the Sunday shows—particularly the three network programs, and to a slightly lesser extent “Fox News Sunday” and CNN's “State of the Union.”
Discussion: Eschaton
 
 
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Discussion: Riehl World News
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