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3:10 AM ET, October 24, 2012

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Tom LoBianco / Associated Press:
Mourdock: God at Work When Rape Leads to Pregnancy  —  Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock said Tuesday when a woman is impregnated during a rape, “it's something God intended.”  —  Mourdock was asked during the final minutes of a debate whether abortion should be allowed in cases of rape or incest.
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Aaron Blake / The Fix:
Mourdock: Pregnancy from rape can be ‘something that God intended to happen’  —  Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock said Tuesday that pregnancy that results from rape can be “something that God intended to happen.”  —  “I struggled with it myself for a long time …
Discussion: BuzzFeed and AMERICAblog
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Mourdock: Pregnancy from rape can be ‘something God intended to happen’
Discussion: American Spectator
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Says He Disagrees With Mourdock's Rape Comments
Discussion: National Review
Manu Raju / Politico:
Richard Mourdock under fire for rape remarks
Discussion: man boobz
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Republican Senate Candidate: Conception From Rape ‘Is Something That God Intended’
Discussion: New York Magazine
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
White House told of militant claim two hours after Libya attack: emails  —  (Reuters) - Officials at the White House and State Department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 that an Islamic militant group had claimed credit for the attack, official emails show.
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Chad Pergram / Fox News:
State Department emails from day of Libya attack show Al Qaeda-tied group on radar  —  A series of internal State Department emails obtained by Fox News shows some some of the initial assessments of last month's deadly consulate attack in Libya, including one email within hours of the attack …
Leigh Munsil / Politico:
Bob Woodward: Obama ‘mistaken’ on sequester
Discussion: Power Line
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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Charlie Cook / The Atlantic Online:
Despite a Strong Debate Campaign, Romney's Path to 270 Remains Steep
Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
The Liberal Media, in Love With Our Narrative
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.
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 …
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Julian E. Barnes / Washington Wire:
Not to Be a Stickler on Bayonets, But ...
Greg Wilson / Fox News:
Obama debate jab implies bayonets obsolete, but don't tell it to the Marines
Rick Green / Des Moines Register:
Register editor: Obama off-the-record comments deserve to be shared with voters  —  The Des Moines Register's publisher and I spoke with President Barack Obama this morning — but we can't tell you what he said.  —  Just four days before the Register's presidential endorsement is released …
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Ohio County Mailer Sends Wrong Voting Location And Date To 2300 People  —  The Ohio Democratic Party is calling for corrections to an Ottawa County Board of Elections mailer riddled with errors.  2,300 voters in the northern Ohio county received the notice informing them the election …
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Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
Democrats blast Ottawa County elections board for giving voters the wrong election date and polling place
Discussion: The Caucus, Daily Kos and The Raw Story
Peter Hamby / CNN:
First on CNN: Romney super PAC buys TV time in ... Maine  —  Boca Raton, Florida (CNN) - Restore Our Future, the Super PAC supporting Mitt Romney, has reserved television airtime in Maine beginning later this week, according to a Republican source tracking media buys.
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Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Obama super-PAC debuts new ad targeting Romney's Bain tenure
Discussion: CNN, Politico and Taylor Marsh
Kevin McDermott / Todd Akin for Senate:
Post-Dispatch Story  —  Claire McCaskill has a current sexual harassment suit filed against  —  her flagship company Sugar Creek realty.  The court date is October  —  30. So the the Post-Dispatch is going to cover something that  —  happened quarter century ago over something that is relevant now.
TMZ.com:
Court Battle Over His Involvement in Bitter Divorce  —  Mitt Romney was heavily involved in the extremely messy divorce of one of his key supporters ... and the Boston Globe is going to court first thing Wednesday morning in an attempt to unseal the court file as well as lift a gag order ... TMZ has learned.
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Obama holds narrow edge two weeks ahead of election: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pulled slightly ahead of Republican Mitt Romney in a Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll on Tuesday, but the race remained essentially tied with two weeks to go until the November 6 election.
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Jon Cohen / The Fix:
Post-ABC tracking poll: Romney 49 percent, Obama 48
John / Ellisblog!:
The Map  —  Here's my take on what the electoral college looks like now:  —  When I posted this on Twitter, there was some disagreement (as you might expect).  Here's my reasoning/analysis:  —  1. The great story of this election is Obama's collapsing support among non-Latino whites.
Discussion: AEIdeas
Adam Gopnik / News Desk:
Romnography: Syria's March to the Sea  —  By now, everybody has heard something about Mitt Romney's geography lesson last night—the one he was (explicitly) trying to give, and the one that he was (implicitly) given.  “Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world, ” he announced ominously at one point in the debate.
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Brooks Jackson / Yahoo! News:
Obama's Inflated Jobs Claim  —  In a new TV ad, President Obama makes an inflated claim to have added 5.2 million new jobs.  The total added during his time in office is actually about 325,000.  —  In the ad, the president says “over 5 million new jobs” while the figure “5.2 million” appears on screen.
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Signs and Omens: Obama's Fading Hope and the Graveyard Whistling Choir  —  Nate Silver continues to lead the Democrat Graveyard Whistling Choir, raising Obama to a 70.3% likelihood of victory based on . . . what?  —  I dunno.  I'm not an expert with a New York Times column or anything …
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.
Ben Adler / thenation.com/blogs/163272:
Romney's Private Promises to the Log Cabin Republicans  —  President Obama has been the most pro-gay rights president in US history.  He has allowed gays to serve openly in the military, refused to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court, endorsed gay marriage and pledged to sign …
 
 
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Debates boost Romney favorables
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
The Best Lady GOTV Video of 2012, Starring Lena Dunham and Lesley Gore
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Can the Democrats Sink Any Lower?
Discussion: Hot Dish Politics
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Republican Congressman Responds To Meningitis Outbreak: 'I Don't Think You Need More' Regulation
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
McCaskill Cancels Campaigning to Be With Ill Mom
Discussion: Politico
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Nielsen: 59.2 million watched last debate
Discussion: Nielsen Wire, The Hill and Hullabaloo
 Earlier Items: 
Cavan Sieczkowski / The Huffington Post:
Sharmeka Moffitt, Louisiana Woman, Set On Fire And Confronted With ‘KKK’ Slur In Race-Related Attack (VIDEO) (UPDATED)
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Did the ‘Neocon Puppet Masters’ Get Outflanked by Romney?
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The myth of the myth of apologies  —  President Obama is right …
Donovan Slack / Politico:
Voter tells Biden he's a ‘good guy’ but bad VP
Daniel Yergin / Wall Street Journal:
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