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5:00 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.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Candy Crowley: 'I'm going to react' at debate  —  The town hall debate is the one presidential face-off in which the audience gets to ask the questions.  —  But don't tell that to moderator Candy Crowley.  —  Like any journalist worthy of the assignment, Crowley concedes that the debate …
Michelle Malkin:
A reminder about the last plant-infested, CNN-run town hall debate  —  CNN's Candy Crowley will be moderating tomorrow night's second presidential debate.  It will be a 90-minute town hall forum at Hofstra University on Long Island, east of New York City.  Both the Obama and Romney campaigns signed a …
Amie Parnes / Ballot Box:
Obama to be ‘firm but respectful’
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and CNN
Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Who Will Grill the Candidates at Tuesday's Town Hall Presidential Debate?
Discussion: Politico
USA Today:
Swing States poll: Women push Romney into lead  —  IN THE SWING STATES, THE POWER OF WOMEN  —  A new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll of the Swing States shows Mitt Romney with a lead among likely voters as he strengthens his standing with women in the nation's top battlegrounds.
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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 …
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 …
The Caucus:
Romney Raises $170 Million to Finance Final Push  —  Mitt Romney and the Republican Party have begun a late push to raise tens of millions of dollars in the closing weeks of the election, cash that will finance a last-minute barrage of advertising that Mr. Romney's aides believe is critical to beating President Obama.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Ann Romney / CNN:
Romney not taking in ‘The View’
Discussion: The Hill
CNN:   Romney takes in $170 million during September, falls short of Obama
Tarini Parti / Politico:
Romney raised $170M in September
Discussion: Election 2012
Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
The Tea Party Will Win in the End  —  This is a nation that loathes government and always has.  Liberals should not be deluded: The Goldwater revolution will ultimately triumph, regardless of what happens in November.  —  Were the 2012 campaign a Hitchcock movie, Mitt Romney would be the MacGuffin …
Discussion: protein wisdom and National Review
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Tea Party Group Launches Racist ‘Obama Phone’ Ad
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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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
The new Middle East coverup: Biden caught in Syria debate falsehood
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
How Obama bungled the Syrian revolution
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 …
David Stockman / The Daily Beast:
Mitt Romney: The Great Deformer  —  Is Romney really a job creator?  Ronald Reagan's budget director, David Stockman, takes a scalpel to the claims.  —  Bain Capital is a product of the Great Deformation.  It has garnered fabulous winnings through leveraged speculation in financial markets …
New York Magazine:
Bush in the Wilderness  —  And should that happen, the answer in be 2016 may be a GOP nominee with the courage of his more centrist positions.  In other words: Jeb.  Even his own son, George P., acknowledges that his father's declaration that 2012 was “probably my time” contains a significant caveat.
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 …
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.
Daniel Strauss / Ballot Box:
Poll finds Akin with slight lead over McCaskill  —  Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) leads Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) in his bid for the Senate by a slim margin, according to a new poll.  —  Wenzel Strategies, a Republican leaning pollster, found Akin leading McCaskill 49 to 45 percent with 7 percent undecided.
Discussion: Mediaite
JSOnline:
Tommy Thompson's son calls for sending Obama back ‘to Kenya’  —  Jason Thompson, the son of former Gov. Tommy Thompson, was caught on video Sunday suggesting at a Republican event that voters this fall could send President Barack Obama back “to Kenya.”  —  “We have the opportunity …
Rebecca Shapiro / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney ‘View’ Appearance: Republican Presidential Candidate Cancels On ABC Talk Show (VIDEO) … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Mitt Romney, The View, ABC, Video, ABC News, Abc Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney 47 Percent, Mitt Romney Barbara Walters, Mitt Romney View, The View Abc, The View Barbara Walters, Media News
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Mitt Romney Cancels On ‘The View’
Christopher Goins / CNSNews:
Michelle Obama: ‘We Are in the Midst of a Huge Recovery’  —  (CNSNews.com) - First Lady Michelle Obama said in a radio interview on Friday that the United States is in the “midst of a huge recovery” because of what “this president has done.”  —  Pablo Sato, co-host of Pablo & Free on WPGC 95.5 …
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.
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
NEWS FLASH  —  PENNSYLVANIA GOP CANDIDATE: ‘WE HAVE TO BE A CHRISTIAN ARMY’ |  GOP candidate Diana Irey Vaughan spoke to ACTION, a conservative Christian activist group, in Lancaster County this weekend, to explain why she is running for state treasurer of Pennsylvania.
 
 
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Biden To Appear On Network Morning Shows After Obama-Romney Debate
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama and Casey lead in Pennsylvania
Discussion: PoliticsPA and Ballot Box
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
November 7th  —  Though their agendas are hidden …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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