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6:50 PM ET, October 15, 2012

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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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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
The 3 states that may decide the election
Discussion: CNN and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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: ABCNEWS, Politico, The Hill and CNN
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 …
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Washington Post:
Presidential contest tight nationally ahead of second debate
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
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.
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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
Discussion: Politico and Washington Examiner
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Our Awful Economy, In One Chart  —  Michelle Obama says we are “in the midst of a huge recovery.”  That claim is laughable to anyone who has lived through the last four years; this simple chart from the Senate Budget Committee highlights one of the central failings of Obamanomics …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
For Every Person Added to Labor Force, 10 Added to Those Not in Labor Force
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 …
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Byron Tau / Politico:
FLOTUS: Reach out to ‘knuckleheads,’ tell them to vote
Discussion: Examiner and Weasel Zippers
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 …
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
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.
Aaron Blake / The Fix:
Why the early vote looks good for Democrats  —  It's still very early in the early voting process, but at least for now, Democrats can be optimistic that they are building a lead in the 2012 presidential race.  —  Absentee and early voting data from nine states that are generally viewed …
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.
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 …
Felicia Sonmez / Election 2012:
Charity president unhappy about Paul Ryan soup kitchen ‘photo op’  —  Paul Ryan and his wife Janna wash pots at St. Vincent De Paul dining hall.  (Associated Press)  —  The head of a northeast Ohio charity says that the Romney campaign last week “ramrodded their way” into the group's Youngstown soup kitchen …
WBNS-TV:
2 Motorcyclists Involved In Michelle Obama's Motorcade Escort Injured In Crash Along U.S. 36  —  Two law enforcement officials were injured in a crash while part of a motorcade escort for First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday.  —  According to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office …
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
November 7th  —  Though their agendas are hidden, both Romney and Obama have plans to dramatically remake the size and character of American government.  Very, very quickly.  —  If you ask Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, or merely wander in front of a television when they are speaking …
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.
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 …
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Voters Divided Over Who Will Win Second Debate  —  Neither Candidate Viewed as Too Personally Critical  —  OVERVIEW  —  On the eve of Tuesday night's second presidential debate at Hofstra University, voters are divided as to which candidate they think will do the better job …
Discussion: CNN
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Biden To Appear On Network Morning Shows After Obama-Romney Debate  —  Sign of confidence from the Obama campaign.  And a correction from the first debate.  —  U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the vice presidential debate last week.  —  Image by Pool / Reuters
 
 
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