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9:55 AM ET, October 21, 2012

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Richard E. Meyer / Los Angeles Times:
George McGovern, liberal standard-bearer against Nixon in '72, dies  —  Democrat George S. McGovern, a war hero who opposed the Vietnam War, was crushed by President Richard Nixon's Watergate-tainted campaign.  A die-hard idealist, McGovern inspired scores of budding politicians.
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CNN:
George McGovern, an unabashed liberal voice, is dead  —  Former Sen. George McGovern, 90, died on Sunday morning.  McGovern was the Democratic nominee for president in 1972.  He ran against incumbent Richard Nixon and won only 17 electoral votes to Nixon's 520.
Discussion: Conservatives4Palin
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Former Sen. McGovern, 1972 Dem presidential candidate, dies aged 90  —  Former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern died at a hospice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Sunday, at the age of 90.  —  McGovern's family announced his passing in a statement, first reported by the Associated Press.
Discussion: Politico
Nancy Cordes / CBS News:
George McGovern, proud liberal, dead at 90  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  Former Sen. George McGovern, the three-time Democratic presidential candidate who won his party's nomination in 1972 on an anti-war platform but lost in a landslide to President Richard Nixon, has died.  He was 90.
David E. Rosenbaum / New York Times:
George McGovern |  1922-2012: George McGovern, a Democratic Presidential Nominee and Liberal Stalwart, Dies at 90  —  George McGovern, the United States senator who won the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 1972 as an opponent of the war in Vietnam and a champion of liberal causes …
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
U.S. Officials Say Iran Has Agreed to Nuclear Talks  —  WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran have agreed for the first time to one-on-one negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, according to Obama administration officials, setting the stage for what could be a last-ditch diplomatic effort to avert a military strike on Iran.
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BuzzFeed:
Iran News Will Shift Debate Focus  —  “A gift for Mitt.”  —  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center is escorted by technicians during a tour of Tehran's research reactor centre.  —  Image by Iranian President's Office / AP  —  The New York Times report Saturday that the U.S …
Discussion: Israpundit and The Agonist
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Cash Flood Allows Fight to the Finish for Electoral Votes  —  ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — At this late stage of the presidential race, President Obama and Mitt Romney are being spared one decision that has weighed heavily on many candidates in previous campaigns: choosing which hard-to-win battleground states to abandon.
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Matt Viser / The Boston Globe:
Presidential predictors puzzled by tossup states  —  WASHINGTON — With just over two weeks before voters head to the polls, the presidential campaigns are bearing down on the same swing states that have been the focus for the past year, but they are using different prescriptions for several battlegrounds.
Discussion: Politico
Daily Mail:
Republicans bracing for ‘October surprise’ as Gloria Allred ‘prepares for Romney revelation’  —  Republicans are bracing themselves for Gloria Allred to make a potentially damaging revelation about Mitt Romney, just weeks before the election.  —  The pro-President Obama lawyer is rumoured …
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Walsten / RADAR:
Republicans Try To Stop Gloria Allred As Mitt Romney ‘October Surprise’ Drama Builds
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Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Romney Surges to Tie Obama in National Poll  —  A late surge in support for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has put him in a dead heat with President Barack Obama with just over two weeks to go before the election, according to a new nationwide Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Sunday.
Discussion: Business Insider
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING: FOX News Contributor & HuffPo Loon Ryan Clayton Frogmarched From “Hating Breitbart” Premier  —  BREAKING REPORT:  —  Last night at the premier of Hating Breitbart in Washington DC, FOX News contributor and Huffington Post writer Ryan Clayton was escorted from the theater.
Jerusalem Post:
New FJP leader in Egypt calls for Sharia law  —  Saad al-Katatny elected head of Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, says goal is to “institute Islamic Sharia law.”  —  Saad al-Katatny was elected chairman of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, Egyptian media reported Friday.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
New poll: Egyptians turning toward Iran, want nuclear weapons
 
 
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Penny Starr / CNSNews:
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Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Military voters still face trouble at polls
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