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5:05 PM ET, October 9, 2012

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Sesame Workshop / The Sesame Workshop Blog:
Sesame Workshop Response to Campaign Ads  —  Sesame Workshop is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization and we do not endorse candidates or participate in political campaigns.  We have approved no campaign ads, and as is our general practice, have requested that the ad be taken down.
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Toby Harnden / Daily Mail:
Obama ‘believed he had BEATEN Romney’ in Denver debate - after ignoring advice of top aides on preparation  —  President Barack Obama did not take his debate preparation seriously, ignored the advice of senior aides and walked off the stage in Denver believing he had got the better of Mitt Romney …
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Obama Ad About Big Bird Cannot Find One Prominent Wall Street Criminal Prosecuted By Administration  —  This is an amusing ad by the Obama campaign, poking fun at Mitt Romney's comment in the first debate about eliminating funding for PBS and Big Bird.  President Obama has been getting …
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Team Obama Big Bird ad mocks Mitt  —  ...and by serious, we mean not at all serious.  —  The Obama campaign is out this morning with a goofy video of the Big Bird variety, mocking Mitt Romney, as the president has put it, as going easy on Wall Street but heavy on Sesame Street.
Donovan Slack / Politico:
Obama camp: Ad responds to ‘outcry’  —  While some have questioned the campaign's seriousness and intent to put money behind the ad in swing states, Psaki maintained that it is running on cable networks - albeit during comedy shows - that swing-state viewers watch.
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Sesame Street asks Obama camp to take down Big Bird attack ad  —  Sesame Street wants President Obama's campaign to take down its latest attack ad against Mitt Romney, which features footage of Big Bird.  —  “Sesame Workshop is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization and we do not endorse candidates …
CNN:
Romney plucks Big Bird attack
Discussion: Politico
Geneva Sands / The Hill:
Romney adviser: Debate ‘pressure’ is on Biden
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
Team Romney word on the street for Big Bird tactics: ‘Troubling’
Discussion: Politicker and The People's View
Byron Tau / Politico:
Sesame Street asks Obama to pull ad
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Romney 49%, Obama 47% Among Likely Voters  —  Registered voter trend suggests Obama is recovering from post-debate drop  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Mitt Romney holds a slight edge over Barack Obama — 49% to 47% — in Gallup's initial “likely voter” estimate, encompassing interviews from Oct. 2-8.
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Kos / Daily Kos:
Daily Kos/SEIU State of the Nation poll: Romney takes the lead in post-debate period  —  Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos & SEIU.  10/4-7.  Likely voters.  MoE ±2.72% (9/27-30 results) … Obama 47 (49)  —  Romney 49 (45)  —  That's a pretty disastrous six-point net swing in just a week …
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Why The Gallup Poll Numbers Are Likely To Get Worse For Obama In The Next Two Days
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
How Romney flipped Obama's narrative
Discussion: The Fix, Poliglot and theGrio
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
A Popularity High for Romney - but Ditto for Obama
Discussion: Daily Kos, ABCNEWS, CNN, GOP 12 and Smartypants
Stephen Gandel / Fortune:
Welch can't take the heat: I quit  —  The former top GE executive says he will no longer write for Fortune following coverage of his jobs conspiracy tweet.  —  FORTUNE — Jack Welch has left our building, metaphorically that is.  —  Welch said he will no longer contribute …
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Hack Gap Rears Its Ugly Head Yet Again  —  The hack gap is a liberal problem of long standing.  Put simply, we liberals don't have enough hacks.  Conservatives outscore us considerably in the number of bloggers/pundits/columnists/ talking heads who are willing to cheerfully say whatever …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Did Obama Just Throw The Entire Election Away?  —  The Pew poll is devastating, just devastating.  Before the debate, Obama had a 51 - 43 lead; now, Romney has a 49 - 45 lead.  That's a simply unprecedented reversal for a candidate in October.  Before Obama had leads on every policy issue …
Politico:
Inside the campaign: The Romney rebellion  —  For months, Ann Romney and her eldest son, Tagg, were dutifully supportive of the political professionals running Mitt Romney's campaign.  All the while, their private frustration was mounting.  —  Shortly before the final debate, it finally boiled over.
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life:
“Nones” on the Rise  —  One-in-Five Adults Have No Religious Affiliation  —  Executive Summary  —  The number of Americans who do not identify with any religion continues to grow at a rapid pace.  One-fifth of the U.S. public - and a third of adults under 30 - are religiously unaffiliated today …
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
In Speech, Schumer Rejects Idea of Tax Code Overhaul  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, the Senate's third-ranking Democrat, threw cold water Tuesday on what had been an emerging consensus for a bipartisan deficit- reduction plan — an overhaul of the tax code …
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Schumer Tells Dems To Grow A Spine In Tax Negotiations With GOP
Discussion: Firedoglake
Fox News:
AP publishes unflattering pic of Romney bending over  —  This photo of Mitt Romney posing with students of Fairfield Elementary School in Fairfield, Va., was published Monday by the Associated Press.AP  —  It was a news photo that, as Gawker quipped, was “ripe for captioning.”
Washington Post:
Taliban says it shot ‘infidel’ Pakistani teen for advocating girls' rights  —  PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A 14-year-old Pakistani activist who won international acclaim for speaking out for girls denied education under the Taliban was shot and seriously wounded Tuesday on her way home from school, authorities said.
Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Josh Romney: Dad ‘Learned How To Debate An Obstinate Child’  —  Josh Romney, one of Mitt Romney's sons, told a pointed joke Tuesday about President Obama's debate performance, while warming up the crowd for his father at a campaign rally in Van Meter, Iowa.  —  “I don't know if you guys saw …
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
The day polling died  —  Results just make no sense  —  may go down in the annals of history as the day political polling died.  —  It was the most ridiculous polling day among many preposterous polling days in the course of this long campaign.  —  The ludicrous comedy began early in the morning.
Brookings Institute:
Mitt Romney's Tax Proposals: Understanding the Debate  —  For months, Mitt Romney had been advocating tax cut proposals that would reduce revenues by about $5 trillion over the next decade, and that were heavily tilted toward the rich.  Yet he did not explain how he would pay for these cuts, just that he somehow would.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Race tightening up in battleground Ohio  —  (CNN) - On the day that both presidential candidates are campaigning in Ohio, a new poll indicates a close contest in the race for the Buckeye State's 18 electoral votes.  —  According to a CNN/ORC International poll (PDF) …
Discussion: Business Insider
iowahawk:
White House Scientists Struggle to Contain Outbreak of Scrutonium  —  WASHINGTON DC - Engaged a relentless battle against time and fatigue, a select group of message scientists assembled by the White House's Center for Narrative Control say they will take “all steps necessary” …
Discussion: Naked DC
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Actress Stacey Dash hit with racially-charged attacks after endorsing Romney  —  March 7, 2010: Actress Stacey Dash arrives at the 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Viewing Party in West Hollywood, California.REUTERS  —  “Clueless” star Stacey Dash recently tweeted …
 
 
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Dan Mitchell / International Liberty:
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Associated Press:
Ohio appealing to Supreme Court on early voting
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David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Feds paid $40M to firms tied to McCaskill's spouse
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Bay Buchanan tells gay audience Romney will win
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Bankrupt California  —  I thought of my fellow Californian …
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
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Thomas Sowell / Townhall.com:
Phony in Chief  —  When President Barack Obama and others …
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Althouse
Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
GOLDMAN: A Significant Tax Hike Is Coming, And Neither Party Is Even Talking About Stopping It
Discussion: Wonkblog
Patrick Caldwell / American Prospect:
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BuzzFeed:
Why Harry Reid Hates Mitt Romney
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Daniel Newhauser / Roll Call:
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