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1:05 PM ET, October 15, 2012

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Mark Halperin / The Page:
Moderator Role Under Scrutiny — Before the Debate  —  In a rare example of political unity, both the Romney and Obama campaigns have expressed concern to the Commission on Presidential Debates about how the moderator of the Tuesday town hall has publicly described her role, TIME has learned.
Washington Post:
Presidential contest tight nationally ahead of second debate  —  On the eve of their second debate, President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney remain locked in a virtual dead heat nationally, with Republicans showing increased enthusiasm for their nominee after his big win in the first debate …
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Battleground Poll: Mitt more likable  —  Mitt Romney is finally getting his Sally Field moment: They like him.  At least more than they used to.  —  President Barack Obama clings to a 1-percentage-point national lead in a head-to-head matchup with the GOP nominee, but the first presidential debate …
BuzzFeed:
Wisconsin Senate Candidate's Son Says We “Have The Opportunity” To Send Obama Back To Kenya  —  Jason Thompson, the son of former Governor and Wisconson Senate candidate Tommy Thompson, speaking this morning at a brunch attended RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said that “we have the opportunity …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 14: Breaking the State-National Poll Stalemate  —  For the last week or so, we have been hoping to decode a confusing polling landscape.  President Obama still appeared to hold a narrow Electoral College lead on the basis of state-by-state surveys, while national polls were suggestive …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Romney can win — and how Obama can avoid it  —  One thing Obama urgently needs to prevent during tomorrow's debate is this: He can't allow Mitt Romney to become the candidate of change in this race.  And that may be in the process of happening.  —  In an interview this morning …
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Laura / Democracy Corps:   Getting to the bold policy offer winning now requires
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Jihadists Receiving Most Arms Sent to Syrian Rebels  —  WASHINGTON — Most of the arms shipped at the behest of Saudi Arabia and Qatar to supply Syrian rebel groups fighting the government of Bashar al-Assad are going to hard-line Islamic jihadists, and not the more secular opposition groups …
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Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
How Obama bungled the Syrian revolution
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Top Romney Surrogate Says Romney ‘Should Be Exploiting’ Libya Incident For Political Gain  —  Top Mitt Romney surrogate Rudy Giuliani admitted that the GOP is accusing President Obama of covering up the violence that led to the death of an American ambassador in Libya for political gain.
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Giuliani: White House ‘trying to cover up this scandal’ in Libya until after election
Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
He's one of the least principled politicians I've met.  But I believe Mitt Romney might just save America  —  Scroll down for video  —  An extraordinary political earthquake struck America this week.  Mitt Romney, widely assumed to be the ‘best of a weak bunch’ of Republican candidates …
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BREITBART.COM:
MORGAN FOR MITT: CNN STAR SAYS ROMNEY ‘MIGHT JUST SAVE AMERICA’
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Wall Street Journal:
Jackson Is Subject of Criminal Probe  —  Federal prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are in the final stages of a criminal probe into allegations that Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. misused campaign money to decorate his house, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Report: Feds probe Rep. Jackson Jr. over use of campaign funds
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
No Shame  —  There are many unanswered questions about the vicious assault in Benghazi last month that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.  And Congress has a responsibility to raise them.  But Republican lawmakers leading the charge on Capitol Hill seem …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Gary Johnson Libertarian Candidate Worries Republicans  —  When he was running for the Republican presidential nomination last year, Gary Johnson, the former two-term Republican governor of New Mexico, drew ridicule from mainstream party members as he advocated legalized marijuana and a 43 percent cut in military spending.
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
The 3 states that may decide the election  —  With less than a month until Election Day, the primary battlefields for the presidential campaign can be found in just three states: Ohio, Florida and Virginia.  —  In these big three, home to a combined 60 electoral votes …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Death By Ideology  —  Mitt Romney doesn't see dead people.  But that's only because he doesn't want to see them; if he did, he'd have to acknowledge the ugly reality of what will happen if he and Paul Ryan get their way on health care.  —  Last week, speaking to The Columbus Dispatch …
BuzzFeed:
Making Mitt: The Myth Of George Romney  —  The Republican nominee's father didn't walk out of the '64 convention.  And George Romney didn't teach Mitt that you lose by being honest — he taught him that you change your positions to win.  —  Everyone agrees: Mitt Romney is not like his father.
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Axelrod bobs and weaves over Obama's level of engagement the day of the Benghazi attack  —  Today on Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace pressed David Axelrod on the question of how soon, and in what ways, President Obama tried to get to the bottom of the nature of the attack in Benghazi.
Abby Rapoport / American Prospect:
True the Vote's True Agenda  —  This is the second and final part of our series on True the Vote.  Check out our earlier piece on just how effective the group will—or won't—be on election day.  —  In 2010, before most reporters had heard of True the Vote, the group put out a video introducing itself.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Associated Press:
JUMP FROM SPACE'S EDGE PROVIDES COLLECTIVE MOMENT … ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Felix Baumgartner stood alone at the edge of space, poised in the open doorway of a capsule suspended above Earth and wondering if he would make it back alive.  Twenty four miles below him, millions of people were right …
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Deficit Framing Run-Amok: Even Excessively Tight Fiscal Policy Is About Big Deficits
Discussion: Firedoglake
Daniel Strauss / Ballot Box:
Poll finds Akin with slight lead over McCaskill
Discussion: Mediaite
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama: ‘We are winning in the battleground states’
Ben Casselman / Wall Street Journal:
Consumers Show Little Fear of ‘Fiscal Cliff’
Discussion: Wonkblog
Jessica Silver-Greenberg / New York Times:
A Risky Lifeline for Seniors Is Costing Some Their Homes
Discussion: Firedoglake and Crooks and Liars
Kim Severson / New York Times:
Christian Group Finds Gay Agenda in Anti-Bullying Day
Wall Street Journal:
The Unraveling of Affirmative Action
Discussion: AEIdeas and Instapundit
 Earlier Items: 
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Enthusiasm Rises for Romney; Obama Has a ‘Right-Track’ Retort
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Elizabeth Warren obtained federal fee waivers despite high 6-figure income and 8-figure net worth
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News:
Koch Industries, other CEOs warn employees of layoffs if Obama is reelected
Simon Walters / Daily Mail:
'We're ready to walk out on Europe': Prime Minister's closest ally Michael Gove sparks EU furore with dramatic admission
Discussion: blogs.telegraph.co.uk
Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
FIU Hispanic FL voter poll: Obama 51- Romney 44
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Retiring Senate centrists creating headaches for their party leaders
Discussion: Booman Tribune
 

 
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