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11:15 AM ET, October 22, 2012

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James Hohmann / Politico:
Battleground Tracking Poll: Mitt Romney takes lead  —  DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Mitt Romney has taken a narrow national lead, tightened the gender gap and expanded his edge over President Barack Obama on who would best grow the economy.  —  A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Tracking Poll …
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Marjorie Connelly / The Caucus:
Ohio Race Tightens in New Poll  —  The contest in Ohio between President Obama and Mitt Romney has tightened, according to a Quinnipiac University/CBS News poll.  —  Mr. Obama has a 5-point advantage over his opponent among likely voters, with 50 percent to 45 percent for Mr. Romney.
Wall Street Journal:
Intelligence Stressed Libya Protest Scenario  —  In Reports to Obama, CIA Didn't Alter Assessment of Trigger for Violence for 10 Days, Even as Witness Accounts Disputed It  —  WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama was told in his daily intelligence briefing for more than a week after the consulate siege …
Discussion: The Hill and The Raw Story
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Wall Street Journal:
The Iran Talks Gambit
Discussion: Instapundit
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Cutter: Libya response has been a ‘very transparent process’
Bobby Cervantes / Politico:
Donald Trump claims Barack Obama bombshell  —  Donald Trump said Monday that he will reveal “very big” news about President Barack Obama by Wednesday but declined to give any hints about his plan, he said on “Fox & Friends.”  —  “Something very, very big concerning the president of the United States,” he said.
Discussion: Business Insider
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
CBS News affiliate calls 2012 presidential race for Barack Obama weeks ahead of election
John Revill / Wall Street Journal:
World Cycling Body Strips Armstrong of Titles … GENEVA—Lance Armstrong was officially stripped of his titles Monday by cycling's governing body in the latest chapter in the doping allegations against the seven times Tour de France champion.  —  The International Cycling Union, or UCI …
Discussion: The Agonist
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Juliet Macur / New York Times:
Lance Armstrong Is Stripped of His 7 Tour de France Titles
Politico:
Obama vs. Romney: How they plan to win  —  It's momentum vs. the map.  —  With a little more than two weeks left until judgment day, Barack Obama's campaign is embracing a fundamentally defensive strategy centered on winning Ohio at all costs — while unleashing a new barrage of blistering attacks …
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Taylor Marsh and Telegraph
Mitt Romney for President of the United States …:
WE CAN'T AFFORD FOUR MORE YEARS OF OBAMA'S FOREIGN POLICY  —  Location  —  “At the 2008 presidential debates, Candidate Obama promised to implement a foreign policy that would protect our interests and allies abroad.  But four years later, America stands weakened around the world …
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Steve Gutterman / Reuters:
Putin flexes muscle in big test of Russia's nuclear arsenal
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
‘Gender Gap’ Near Historic Highs  —  If only women voted, President Obama would be on track for a landslide re-election, equaling or exceeding his margin of victory over John McCain in 2008.  Mr. Obama would be an overwhelming favorite in Ohio, Florida, Virginia and most every other place …
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Obama campaign denies Willie Brown's claim of Obama-Wright outreach conference call  —  Willie Brown, the former mayor of San Francisco, reported Saturday that President Barack Obama held a semi-secret conference call with the racist preacher Jeremiah Wright and other ministers last weekend to boost African-American turnout.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
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Molly Ball / Associated Press:
Revenge of the Soccer Moms: Why Are Women Abandoning Obama?  —  CHANTILLY, Virginia — Remember the War on Women?  —  A few months ago, it seemed like the battle for women's votes was one Democrats had decisively won.  While (male) Republican politicians talked about transvaginal ultrasounds …
Politico:
Mitt Romney's toughest debate  —  Mitt Romney has a clear-eyed and self-aware view of his chances in the final debate Monday, according to top advisers: It will be almost impossible to win, since the debate is focused exclusively on foreign policy, a strength for President Barack Obama.
Discussion: theGrio, First Read and CNN
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Nancy Benac / Associated Press:
Candidates Seek Foreign Policy Edge in 3rd Debate
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Eddie Wrenn / Daily Mail:
Afghan ‘Woman of Courage’ hailed by Michelle Obama for defending women's rights has actually JAILED 100 wives for ‘adultery’  — More than 50% of women jailed for adultery in Afghanistan come from province prosecuted by Ms Bashir - which holds just 20% of the population
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  October 22, 2012 - Women Put Obama Up 5 Points In Ohio, Quinnipiac University/CBS News Poll Finds Democrat Sherrod Brown Up 9 Points In Senate Race  —  Riding a wave of strong support among women, President Barack Obama holds a 50 - 45 percent lead over Republican …
Discussion: CNN and National Review
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Wow, CNN ...  Check out the front page feature story on CNN right now.  A eye-popper even in the long sad tale of CNN's decline.  Screen cap after the jump ...  CNN front page, 9:14 AM, October 22nd, 2012.  —  I'll note that the piece itself is not nearly as bad as the headline.
Dorothy Rabinowitz / Wall Street Journal:
The Unreality of the Past Four Years  —  The Benghazi fiasco is a brutally illuminating portrait of the Obama White House in crisis mode.  —  In the 1967 film “A Guide for the Married Man,” a husband, played by a peerless Walter Matthau, is given lessons in ways to cheat on his wife safely.
New Yorker:
THE CHOICE  —  The morning was cold and the sky was bright.  Aretha Franklin wore a large and interesting hat.  Yo-Yo Ma urged his frozen fingers to play the cello, and the Reverend Joseph E. Lowery, a civil-rights comrade of Martin Luther King, Jr.,'s, read a benediction that began with …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times:
Girl accidentally shot by relative at Halloween party  —  NEW SEWICKLEY TWP.  — A 9-year-old girl was accidentally shot in the shoulder Saturday night by a family member who thought she was an animal outside a New Sewickley Township home, police said.  —  New Sewickley Police Chief Ronald Leindecker …
 
 
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Frank Main / Chicago Sun Times:
Farrakhan praises Ron Paul; blasts frontrunners national debt plans
Bill Keller / New York Times:
Presidential Mitt  —  IN the closing weeks of debates …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Soledad O'Brien to Rudy Giuliani: ‘Let me finish’
Los Angeles Times:
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