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9:05 AM ET, October 10, 2012

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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Romney says abortion legislation isn't part of his agenda  —  Mitt Romney today said no abortion legislation is part of his agenda, but he would prohibit federally-funded international nonprofits from providing abortions in other countries.  —  “There's no legislation with regards to abortion …
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Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Abortion Stance Changes, As Candidate Says He Won't Push To Restrict Access … FOLLOW:  —  Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Abortion, Elections 2012, Video, Mitt Romney Des Moines Register, Mitt Romney Abortion, Mitt Romney 2012, Women's News, Politics News
Kaili Joy Gray / Daily Kos:
Romney: Abortion is not ‘part of my agenda.’ Romney campaign: Oh yes it is.  —  There really isn't a position on abortion that Mitt Romney hasn't taken.  He has promised to support Roe v. Wade.  He has promised to support a constitutional amendment defining an egg as a person.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Team Romney looking for knockout by Ryan  —  Republicans believe a strong performance by Paul Ryan at Thursday's vice presidential debate could keep the reeling Obama campaign from regaining its footing.  —  The party is riding high after a series of new polls showed a dramatic swing …
Discussion: Politico and GOP 12
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Roger Simon / Politico:
Eat crow and pray for Joe  —  When Barack Obama was up by 4 percentage points in the polls, the media said the race was a dead heat.  —  Now that Obama is down by 4 percentage points in the polls, the media say he is dead meat.  —  The media giveth, and the media taketh away.  Fickle be the name of the media.
Discussion: CNN
Talking Points Memo:   Ryan: Dems' Strategy Is To ‘Call Us Liars’
Arlette Saenz / ABCNEWS:
Biden To Answer Questions at Vice Presidential Debate After Months of No National TV Interviews
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Paul Ryan: ‘Inner City’ People Need To Be Taught ‘Good Discipline, Good Character’
Discussion: Racialicious and theGrio
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 9: Romney Erases Obama's Convention Bounce in Forecast  —  Following another day of strong polling on Tuesday, Mitt Romney advanced into the best position in the FiveThirtyEight forecast since the party conventions.  His chances of winning the Electoral College are now 28.8 percent in the forecast, his highest since Aug. 29.
Jack Welch / Wall Street Journal:
I Was Right About That Strange Jobs Report  —  The economy would need to be growing at breakneck speed for unemployment to drop to 7.8% from 8.3% in the course of two months.  —  Imagine a country where challenging the ruling authorities—questioning, say, a piece of data released by central headquarters …
Associated Press:
US OFFICIALS: WE DIDN'T LINK LIBYA ATTACK TO VIDEO  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Tuesday it never concluded that the consulate attack in Libya stemmed from protests over an American-made video ridiculing Islam, raising further questions about why the Obama administration used …
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Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
Rep. Issa closes in on Clinton
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Romney doubles down on Big Bird  —  Mitt Romney once again used Big Bird, the Sesame Street character, to criticize government funding for PBS.  —  In a live interview Tuesday evening, CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked Romney whether he regretted mentioning Big Bird during last week's presidential debate …
Discussion: CNN, Ballot Box and The Hill
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Donovan Slack / Politico:
Obama camp: Ad responds to ‘outcry’
CNN:
Romney on taxes: “I want high income people to continue to pay the same share they do today.”
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Angst grows among Obama supporters  —  First came the nausea.  Then came the anxiety.  —  After months of watching Mitt Romney twist in the media glare, a growing number of President Barack Obama's supporters — though confined for now to a noisy minority of liberals …
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Yahoo! News:
Straws in the wind or canaries in the coal mines?  Warning signs the Obama campaign shouldn't ignore  —  Maybe it's because I was told there'd be no math when I got into politics, but there comes a point in every campaign when I run screaming from the torrent of poll numbers and go looking …
Discussion: Riehl World News
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Sarah Palin Says She's Writing a Fitness Book  —  New photos of Sarah Palin looking very thin have caused a stir online, and now the former Alaska governor and 2008 VP nominee tells PEOPLE she's just fine and is, in fact, working with her family on a new fitness book.
BuzzFeed:
Romney Son, Tagg, Takes Charge  —  The eldest is “the most trusted individual in Mitt's life,” after Mom.  The family versus the advisers.  —  Tagg Romney (left) with his parents and consultants Eric Fehrnstrom (right) and Stuart Stevens.  —  Image by Reuters/Brian Snyder / Reuters
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Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Josh Romney: Dad ‘Learned How To Debate An Obstinate Child’
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Paul Krugman, Then and Now  —  In the Democrats' effort to brand Mitt Romney a “liar,” former economist Paul Krugman has taken a leading role, as I noted here.  Krugman, as a full-time shill for the Obama administration, has tried to put a positive face on Obama's dismal economic record.
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 …
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 …
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Stephen Gandel / Fortune:
Obama trounces Welch's job record
Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
State Dept reveals new details of Benghazi attack  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — All was quiet outside the U.S. Consulate as evening fell on Benghazi and President Barack Obama's envoy to Libya was retiring after a day of diplomatic meetings.  —  There was no indication of the harrowing events …
Ross Tuttle / The Nation:
Stopped-and-Frisked: ‘For Being a F***king Mutt’ [VIDEO]  —  Exclusive audio obtained by The Nation of a stop-and-frisk carried out by the New York Police Department freshly reveals the discriminatory and unprofessional way in which this controversial policy is being implemented on the city's streets.
Ann Saphir / Reuters:
FED FOCUS-How a Fed inflation hawk changed his mind  —  Narayana Kocherlakota surprised economists around the world last month when he called on the U.S. central bank to hold interest rates near zero, possibly for several years to come.  —  One of the newest members of the Federal Reserve's top table …
John Detrixhe / Bloomberg:
U.S. Downgrade Seen as Upgrade as U.S. Debt Dissolved  —  ‘Gang of 8’ Fights Fiscal Cliff, Debt in Private  —  U.S. debt has shrunk to a six-year low relative to the size of the economy as homeowners, cities and companies cut borrowing, undermining rating companies' downgrading of the nation's credit rating.
Discussion: Business Insider
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
The CEO Who Built Himself America's Largest House Just Threatened to Fire His Employees if Obama's Elected  —  David Siegel is the founder and CEO of Westgate Resorts, a huge national timeshare company and one of the largest resort developers in the world.  In 2007 he was a billionaire …
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) …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Romney 49%, Obama 47% Among Likely Voters
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Ann Romney accuses Obama of showing ‘poor sportsmanship’  —  Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, equated President Obama's campaign to a petulant child during an interview Tuesday after being asked about charges from the president's campaign that her husband had “lied” during last week's debate.
 
 
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David Jackson / Associated Press:
Did Obama make an O.J. Simpson joke?
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Associated Press:
NATO says plans in place to defend Turkey from Syrian attacks
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Alison Leigh Cowan / New York Times:
U.S. Ties Legislator's Ex-Associate to Mob
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Pennsylvania foundations draw cheers, protests for supporting fracking studies
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Justin Snow / Poliglot:
ACLJ Attorney Fired After Online Accusations of Gay Relationships
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Emma Barnett / Telegraph:
Julia Gillard's blistering attack on sexism was her best card
Discussion: Newsy, Taegan Goddard's … and Gawker
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Ohio asks to curb early voting (UPDATED)
Discussion: Law Blog and Washington Wire
Josh Eidelson / Salon:
Walmart strikes spread to more states
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Dem pollster delivers wake-up call to Obama
 

 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Dozens of Alden-owned newspapers ran editorials over the weekend arguing that Google's threat to cut off news in California “is a bully tactic”

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube strengthens its “enforcement on third-party apps” violating its ToS, “specifically ad-blocking apps”, leading to error messages and “buffering issues”

Lucy Craymer / Reuters:
New Zealand's Stuff Group signs a deal with WBD to provide WBD's New Zealand TV channel with a 6PM daily news program; WBD plans to close Newshub on July 5
 
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