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6:05 PM ET, October 23, 2012

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David Martosko / The Daily Caller:
Obama line about horses, bayonets fails fact-check  —  In a debate exchange Monday night that set Twitter on fire, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney crossed swords over the kinds of equipment and materials the U.S. military uses for modern warfare.
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BBC:
BBC poll: Rest of world favours Obama  —  A BBC World Service opinion poll has found sharply higher overseas approval ratings for US President Barack Obama than Republican challenger Mitt Romney.  —  An average of 50% favoured Mr Obama, with 9% for Mr Romney, in the survey of 21,797 people in 21 countries.
Politico:
Paul Ryan jabs President Obama on ‘bayonets’  —  Paul Ryan said in an interview that aired Tuesday that he “just doesn't understand” the reference President Barack Obama made to bayonets in Monday night's presidential debate, while Vice President Biden insisted the final face off revealed …
Joe Scarborough / Politico:
Mitt Romney wins debate season  —  Barack Obama won on points last night.  But that victory may not have been enough to undo the damage done to the president by this year's debate season.  —  President Obama came into the first debate in Denver as a heavyweight champ circling his battered, over-matched foe.
Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Obama super-PAC debuts new ad targeting Romney's Bain tenure
Discussion: CNN and Taylor Marsh
Fred Barbash / Reuters:
Republicans surprised at Obama comment on spending cuts
Peter Hamby / CNN:
First on CNN: Romney super PAC buys TV time in ... Maine
Discussion: Ballot Box
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
President Romney  —  Mitt Romney is more than holding his own with Barack Obama tonight.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Romney Says He's Winning — It's a Bluff  —  In recent days, the vibe emanating from Mitt Romney's campaign has grown downright giddy.  Despite a lack of any evident positive momentum over the last week — indeed, in the face of a slight decline from its post-Denver high …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 22: Ohio Has 50-50 Chance of Deciding Election  —  The supposition that Ohio is the most important state in presidential elections is not always true.  The decisive state in the 2000 election, of course, was Florida.  (Al Gore also could have won by carrying New Hampshire or Missouri …
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Reality vs. “Reality”  —  Today may be the most important single day of the campaign.  Obama won the debate.  Everyone this side of Charles Krauthammer agrees that Romney was general and platitudinous and not that engaged.  That makes two out of three.  You might think that would mean momentum.
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Hullabaloo
Doug / RADAR:
Trumped-Up Charges?  Republicans Rejected Man's Claims That Obama Sold Cocaine In College  —  A man claiming to be a close pal to President Obama during college made contact with Republican operatives recently, ready to go public with claims that Obama used and sold cocaine in college, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.
Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump to reveal ‘divorce papers of Michelle and Barack Obama’, claims respected financial pundit  —  Donald Trump is to claim that he has unearthed divorce papers of Michelle Obama and the President, according to a respected financial pundit with links to the tycoon.
Discussion: National Review, Wonkette and Mediaite
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Letter Shows Michelle Obama Backing Partial-Birth Abortion
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
New York Times:
Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate  —  The following is a complete transcript of President Obama and Mitt Romney's remarks from the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla., on Oct. 22, 2012.  (Transcript courtesy of Federal News Service).  —  BOB SCHIEFFER: Good evening …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Schieffer: 'I don't think I'll do it again'
Discussion: Mediaite and Poynter
Donovan Slack / Politico:
Voter tells Biden he's a ‘good guy’ but bad VP  —  TOLEDO, Ohio — Vice President Joe Biden got an earful from a voter during an unscripted moment at Schmucker's Restaurant here in Ohio.  —  Making an unexpected stop after a campaign rally, Biden stopped in the diner …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:   Ohio Man to Biden: ‘Enjoy’ Your ‘Last Couple of Months’ as Vice President
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Nothing Is Foreign to the Liar Willard Romney Anymore: A Report from the Flippy-Floppy Final Debate of 2012  —  PHOTOGRAPH BY MARC SEROTA/GETTY IMAGES  —  As the president forcefully defended all the policies he'd put in place that Romney, on this evening at least, so enthusiastically supported …
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John Cook / Gawker:
2008 Called.  It Wants to Know What Happened to Barack Obama.  —  One of the many little thrills of being a part of the Obama campaign four years ago was a deep and abiding sense that, finally, a political leader had come along who could live up to our highest aspirations.
Discussion: Examiner, Guardian, The Caucus and Politico
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Did the ‘Neocon Puppet Masters’ Get Outflanked by Romney?  —  I'm on the road, with only intermittent access to reader e-mail, so sorry for the delay, but I've gotten a bunch of questions (and assertions!) from Goldbloggers who are wondering if the neocons were somehow outflanked by Romney in last night's foreign policy debate.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The myth of the myth of apologies  —  President Obama is right that fact-checkers routinely declare it to be a “myth” that he has apologized for America.  The fact-checkers are wrong, however.  The variance from reality is so great on this one that you realize how potent is the information bubble …
TMZ.com:
Barack Obama RIPPED By Bayonet Company — We're Still Relevant, Dammit!  —  RIPPED By Bayonet Co.  —  We're Still Relevant!!!  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  President Barack Obama has offended the bayonet community ... TMZ has learned.  —  TMZ spoke with multiple people in the bayonet industry …
Glenn Kessler / Election 2012:
Fact Check: Iran's ‘route to the sea’  —  Mitt Romney repeated his contention that Syria is Iran's route to the sea.  This is a puzzling claim, considering that Syria shares no border with Iran — Iraq and Turkey are in the way — and that Iran has about 1,500 miles of coastline along …
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Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Romney gaffe: 'Syria is Iran's route to the sea'
Mike Allen / Politico:
New Obama book has 2nd-term plan  —  Faced with persistent calls for more detail about what a second term would look like, President Barack Obama on Tuesday released a glossy, 20-page repackaging of the plans he has announced on subjects from energy to education.
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Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Obama pitches plan for second term in new ad
Discussion: Mediaite and Taylor Marsh
CBS News:
Poll: Decisive win for Obama in final debate  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  President Obama scored a clear two-to-one victory against Mitt Romney during the final presidential debate Monday night, according to a CBS News instant poll of uncommitted voters.  —  Immediately after it wrapped …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama: ‘Michelle and I Will Be Fine No Matter What Happens’ in the Election  —  In his latest fundraising email to supporters, President Barack Obama says, “Michelle and I will be fine no matter what happens” in the election.  Instead, Obama's trying to win the contest “for our country and middle-class families.”
Discussion: CNN, Rush Limbaugh and Hot Air
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Indiana Planned Parenthood Ruling: Federal Appeals Court Says State Can't Cut Funding Over Abortions … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Mitch Daniels, Planned Parenthood, Health Care, Video, Chicago, Indiana, Indiana Planned Parenthood Ruling, Indiana-Planned-Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Funding …
Discussion: Addicting Info
Wall Street Journal:
A Perfectly Plausible President  —  All Mitt needed to do was sound reasonable.  He succeeded.  —  Mitt Romney needed to pass the usual tests for Republican presidential candidates in his debate Monday night with President Obama.  —  There was the Ford test (alternatively known …
Shaun Chaiyabhat / clickorlando.com:
Feds to probe possible voter fraud in Florida  —  Residents receiving false letters questioning citizenship, officials say … Officials in Florida have issued a statewide warning about a new trick trying to prevent voters from going to the polls.  —  Voters are getting letters that look …
 
 
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Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Joe Klein's sociopathic defense of drone killings of children | Glenn Greenwald
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hullabaloo
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Obama debate win unlikely to shift race: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: Ballot Box
Susan Davis / USA Today:
GOP has firm grasp on House, but Dems won't fold
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
What If Mitt Romney Inherits Obama's Killer Drone Fleet?
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Ad features family Mitt helped
Discussion: Election 2012
Michael Knox Beran / National Review:
Obama Unnerved — by Ohio?
Philip Ewing / Politico:
D.C. caught off guard by Obama sequester vow
Discussion: Hot Air, Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
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Daniel Yergin / Wall Street Journal:
The Real Stimulus: Low-Cost Natural Gas
Discussion: The Daily Caller and AEIdeas
Mary C. Curtis / She The People:
Is North Carolina still in play?
Latino Decisions:
Why Pollsters Missed the Latino Vote - 2012 edition
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Change.org Changing: Site To Work With Corporate, Anti-Abortion, GOP Campaigns, Say Internal Documents
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
MSNBC audience boos 9-year-old girl for saying she thinks Romney should win the election [VIDEO]
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Obama Unlikely to Get Big Debate Bounce, but a Small One Could Matter
 

 
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