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10:40 AM ET, October 10, 2012

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Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
Rep. Issa closes in on Clinton  —  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is setting his sights on his biggest political target yet: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  —  Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is treading more carefully than he did with his investigation …
Discussion: Riehl World News and Moe Lane
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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 …
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
U.S. Security Official in Libya Tells Congressional Investigators About ‘Inappropriately Low’ Security at Benghazi Post  —  ABC News has learned that Eric Nordstrom, the former Regional Security Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Libya, has told congressional investigators that security …
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 …
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker launches PR offensive on eve of hearing on Libya Consulate attack  —  A House Republican lawmaker and surrogate for Mitt Romney launched a media offensive on the eve of a high-profile hearing on Libya.  —  Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) took to the airwaves late Monday and Tuesday …
Dana Hughes / ABCNEWS:
Attack on Benghazi Consulate ‘Unprecedented,’ State Department Official Says  —  The size and “lethality” of the attack on the U.S. consulate compound in Benghazi, Libya, that left Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans dead was “unprecedented,” a senior State Department official said today.
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Benghazi attack may cloud Clinton's legacy
Reuters:
U.S. officer got no reply to requests for more security in Benghazi
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Analysis: Thoroughly Moderating Mitt
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Kaili Joy Gray / Daily Kos:
Romney: Abortion is not ‘part of my agenda.’ Romney campaign: Oh yes it is.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Team Romney looking for knockout by Ryan
Discussion: Politico and GOP 12
Ben Geman / Presidential Campaigns:
Pelosi offers debate advice to Biden
Discussion: The Raw Story
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Big stakes for Biden and Ryan in VP debate
Talking Points Memo:
Ryan: Dems' Strategy Is To ‘Call Us Liars’
Discussion: Mother Jones
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Paul Ryan: ‘Inner City’ People Need To Be Taught ‘Good Discipline, Good Character’
Discussion: theGrio and Racialicious
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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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:   Obama spokeswoman: 'We're not getting whipped up and down' by polls
Yahoo! News:
Straws in the wind or canaries in the coal mines? Warning signs the Obama campaign shouldn't ignore
Discussion: The Hill and Riehl World News
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 …
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Gibbs: Big Bird ad raised ‘important point’  —  Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs on Wednesday defended an ad using Sesame Street character Big Bird to attack GOP candidate Mitt Romney, saying it raised an “important point.”  —  “The ad and the president have an important point on this,” said Gibbs on NBC's “Today” show.
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Romney doubles down on Big Bird
Discussion: CNN, Ballot Box and The Hill
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.
Josh Peterson / The Daily Caller:
ABC News scrambles to cover up Barack Obama's attendance at VP debate moderator's wedding  —  President Barack Obama was a guest at the 1991 wedding of ABC senior foreign correspondent and vice presidential debate moderator Martha Raddatz, The Daily Caller has learned.
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Morning Jay: The State of the Race, Four Weeks Out  —  So where are we, four weeks out?  Romney suddenly finds himself with a lead in the polls, making liberals panicked and conservatives jubilant — an interesting change of pace.  —  But I actually see more continuity than change here.
Discussion: Hot Air and Real Clear Politics
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
New York Times:
U.S. Military Is Sent to Jordan to Help With Crisis in Syria  —  WASHINGTON — The United States military has secretly sent a task force of more than 150 planners and other specialists to Jordan to help the armed forces there handle a flood of Syrian refugees, prepare for the possibility …
Discussion: Guardian, World and Prairie Weather
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.
HeraldSun:
Angela Merkel confronts Greek austerity anger at Athens protests  —  POLICE have fired tear gas to disperse protesters attempting to storm a barricade near parliament as tens of thousands of Greeks massed in Athens in a show of anger against German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney interview  —  In a Tuesday evening phone interview with Right Turn, Mitt Romney called out the White House for “misrepresenting” events in Libya and brushed off the post-debate attacks on him as ineffective.  He also gave a friendly warning to running mate Paul Ryan …
Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller and First Read
 
 
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