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About 67 million people
watch first presidential debate

Washington Post, by Lisa de Moraes Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/4/2012 7:43:44 PM Post Reply

More than 67 million people watched the first presidential debate of this election cycle — nearly 15 million more people than watched the first presidential debate four years ago. That 67 million, however, falls very short of the Mother of All Presidential Debates: the Oct. 28, 1980 smackdown between President Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, which had drawn a whopping 81 million viewers. About 12 million of the 67 mil who watched President Obama square off with GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney at the University of Denver were aged 18-34 years. Nearly 31 million of them were 55 years

KitchenAid apologizes for
tweet insulting Obama

CNN, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/4/2012 7:43:18 PM Post Reply

The home appliance brand KitchenAid apologized Wednesday evening for a political tweet sent out from its official account during the presidential debate. The tweet has been removed but at least a dozen retweets of the post showed it read, "Obamas gma even knew it was going 2 b bad! 'She died 3 days b4 he became president.'" The company apologized in a later post from the same account. "Deepest apologies for an irresponsible tweet that is in no way a representation of the brand's opinion," the tweet read in part. (Snip) Cynthia Soledad, KitchenAid's senior director of marketing, said in

Analysis: Romney seizes the story

CNN, by Rebecca Sinderbrand Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/4/2012 7:40:44 PM Post Reply

Heading into Wednesday, majorities of Americans in virtually every major poll predicted President Barack Obama would come out on top in this year's presidential debates. Even majorities of Republicans and Romney supporters thought the GOP nominee was in for a rough night. But not all of them. (Snip) Since the question of which candidate did better in a presidential debate was first asked by Gallup in 1984, no candidate has ever scored more than 60% on the question, until Wednesday night, when 67% of the voters in CNN's post-debate poll gave Romney the edge. It was a relatively placid debate

Obama faces another hurdle:
Friday's jobless report

Reuters, by Patricia Zengerle Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/4/2012 7:31:11 PM Post Reply

Washington - President Barack Obama has survived months of lackluster reports on the nation's unemployment with little effect on his approval ratings or his poll lead over Republican rival Mitt Romney, but that could change on Friday. After a subpar performance Wednesday night against a sharp Romney in their first presidential debate, Obama suddenly seems vulnerable to any bad news. That makes the Labor Department's jobs report for September, which will be released Friday morning, a potential hurdle for Obama in the presidential race. Polls have indicated that the weak U.S. economy and the high jobless rate

Romney tries to build on
debate momentum

Los Angeles Times, by Maeve Reston Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/4/2012 6:58:45 PM Post Reply

FISHERSVILLE, Va. — Mitt Romney’s advisors moved quickly to try to capitalize on his strong debate performance as the candidate headed to Virginia’s Shenadoah Valley on Thursday, announcing a series of new ads and a renewed push to build their small donor base. Campaign officials were clearly elated by Romney’s performance — toasting with drinks at the candidate’s hotel post-debate — after a rough few weeks in which Romney began sliding in key swing state polls. “Wasn’t that fabulous?” Romney’s brother Scott was overheard telling a friend at the candidate’s hotel.

Last night, Mitt Romney lost.
Yes, you read that right

Telegraph [UK], by Dan Hodges Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/4/2012 6:57:25 PM Post Reply

Barack Obama won last night’s debate. Or to be more precise, Mitt Romney lost it. That’s obviously not the conventional view of the commentators or pollsters, who gave the GOP candidate a clear win. But that doesn’t matter. He still lost. There are three reasons why Romney experienced a soft implosion of his already tenuous electoral chances. First, there was no “gotcha moment”. Before the debate every political analyst, be they from the Left or Right, agreed that Romney had to land a knockout blow, which he didn’t. There was no major presidential gaffe. No glancing

Peru: Bill seeks to remove
teachers convicted of terrorism

Inforsur Hoy [Miami, FL], by Peggy Pinedo Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/4/2012 6:54:39 PM Post Reply

LIMA, Peru – There is a lot of work for teachers in Peru’s classrooms, but they must have a clean record. The country’s schools, which had previously employed teachers convicted of terrorism, are now seeking to ban the hiring of those found guilty of the crime. The rule is outlined in the draft of the Teaching Reform Law of Peru, which was presented to the Peruvian Congress by the Ministry of Education in August. In addition to stipulating the disqualification and removal of teachers who have been sentenced for terrorism and crimes involving sexual assault or pedophilia, the proposal seeks

Was it a lack of a teleprompter,
poor body language, or 'the smirk'
now being mocked by the GOP
in new video? Why Obama failed

Daily Mail [UK], by Hugo Gye Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/4/2012 6:52:21 PM Post Reply

As the Obama campaign goes into damage-control mode following the President's disappointing performance in last night's first debate, questions have been raised over why the incumbent was unable to meet expectations and defeat Mitt Romney in the head-to-head clash. Suggestions for Mr Obama's failure in Denver have ranged from poor body language to a lack of preparation--to the absence of his trusty teleprompter. Democratic campaign bosses have acknowledged that presentation is 'not the President's strong suit', but failed to account for his undercooked performance. Former Vice President Al Gore, no stranger to high-profile debates, claimed that Mr Obama was disadvantaged

Justice department charges 91 doctors,
nurses, and medical professionals
in $430M Medicare fraud -
the largest bust of its kind

Daily Mail [UK], by Beth Stebner Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/4/2012 6:45:47 PM Post Reply

Ninety-one people including doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals have been charged with committing $430million in Medicare fraud in seven U.S. cities, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday. An investigation coordinated by the U.S. Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services uprooted alleged false billing schemes involving $230million in home health services, over $100million in mental health services, and $49million from ambulance transportation. Charges range from healthcare fraud and conspiracy to wire fraud, kickback violations, identity theft and money laundering. The number and cost of the alleged fraud makes it the largest bust of its kind

l professionals in $430M Medicare
fraud - the largest bust of its kind - Thread Closed

Daily Mail [UK], by Beth Stebner Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/4/2012 6:42:48 PM Post Reply

Obama campaign conducts damage
control after debate, as jobs report looms

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/4/2012 6:39:34 PM Post Reply

President Obama launched into damage-control mode Thursday, as he tried to smooth over his rocky debate performance from the night before while bracing for the next potential game-changer – the monthly unemployment report. The Labor Department on Friday is set to release the September jobs numbers, which include an update to the unemployment rate. The rate has slowly edged down to 8.1 percent, but the reports all summer have reflected weak hiring month after month. Obama, trying to back up his onstage claim Wednesday night that the economy is on the rebound, needs to show some positive stats on the board,

Why was President Obama
so bad?

Washington Post, by Chris Cillizza Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/4/2012 6:36:15 PM Post Reply

The Barack Obama who stood on the debate stage in Denver Wednesday night was virtually unrecognizable to the person who swept to victory in 2008 or even the man who had built a narrow-but-clear edge in the 2012 race. In the wake of the debate, Democrats conceded that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney had dominated the proceedings and quickly moved on to a deeper — and harder to answer — question: What the hell was wrong with the president? Theories abound — up to an including that Obama, who had done debate prep in Las Vegas, struggled to

NAACP Official:
Obama Campaign
Staffer Threatened Me

CBS News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/4/2012 6:28:37 PM Post Reply

CHICAGO — The President of the South Suburban Branch of the NAACP alleges a director of the re-election campaign of Barack Obama has threatened and intimidated him because he doesn’t support the president. David Lowery says he believes he was threatened during a phone conversation with Louis Raymond, the Obama for America Illinois regional director. Lowery says he doesn’t personally support the president because he’s not addressing issues important to the black community. He said he was explaining that to Raymond when the Obama campaign official told him, “You know what? I know everything about you.”

Soldier caught supporting
candidate in uniform

KRDO-TV (Colorado Springs, CO), by Mireya Garcia Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/4/2012 6:22:00 PM Post Reply

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Fort Carson confirms that a soldier dressed in his uniform sat directly behind Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and was in full view on the camera streaming the event. The name on the uniform is Buckley. Wearing a military uniform to a campaign event is a violation of the Unified Code of Military Justice. Fort Carson officials did not fully identify the man, but say that he is receiving disciplinary action. A court martial is a possible outcome for this type of offense

Plouffe: Press wanted ‘the
Romney comeback story’

Washington Post, by Rachel Weiner Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/4/2012 6:07:54 PM Post Reply

Aboard President Obama’s plane, adviser David Plouffe argued that Mitt Romney’s victory in Wednesday’s debate was in part the product of a media desire for a certain narrative. “You guys may disagree with me,” he told the media he was critiquing, but “people are itching to write the Romney comeback story.” Plouffe said it would only be a true comeback if Romney’s poll numbers in key battlegrounds improve. “We thought he did a very theatrically aggressive performance,” he said.

Romney campaign exudes confidence,
'believes he can win'

The Hill[Washington,DC], by Justin Sink Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/4/2012 5:54:53 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney’s campaign was noticeably more confident on Thursday, a day after the Republican candidate was widely judged to have beaten President Obama in the first presidential debate. Aides and surrogates seemed invigorated by Romney's performance, and were more combative in public. “This is a campaign that believes he can win,” said Republican strategist Ron Bonjean. “Once Romney was on stage with the president, and he was able to score points against him, there was a Wizard of Oz effect that pulled back the curtain. There's a renewed effort and spirit that wasn't there a couple days ago.”

Obama: 'Everybody's
Getting a Fair Share'

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/4/2012 5:40:53 PM Post Reply

In President Obama's closing statement at last night's debate, he seemed to make a remarkable slip. "All those things are designed to make sure that the American people, their genius, their grit, their determination, is -- is channeled and -- and they have an opportunity to succeed. And everybody's getting a fair shot. And everybody's getting a fair share," Obama said, before quickly correcting himself and adding. "[E]verybody's doing a fair share, and everybody's playing by the same rules," he added. The president made the statement in conjunction with defending his time in office.

Did hubris catch up
with Team Obama?

Hot Air, by Mary Katharine Ham Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/4/2012 5:27:18 PM Post Reply

As the Republican primary process wound down and Mitt Romney emerged as the likely candidate in spring of 2012, President Obama was itching to take him on, according to Glenn Thrush’s inside look at the Obama campaign, “Obama’s Last Stand.” How to take Romney on was another story, as the campaign waffled between pegging Romney as a man with “no core” or a “rotten core.” But the issue wasn’t just one of a strategy disagreement, as Thrush explained: “Inside the White House, Romney was such an object of ridicule

The Absent-Minded ... Senior Lecturer

Weekly Standard, by Ethan Epstein Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/4/2012 5:23:04 PM Post Reply

The president’s sycophants have seized on an excuse for why their candidate was stammering and incoherent last night: Barack Obama is just too darn “professorial.” The Huffington Post lamented Obama’s “professorial demeanor.” A New York Times editorial bemoaned the fact that the president chose to be “polite and professorial.” Reuters, in an ostensibly objective write-up of the debate, said that Obama sounded "professorial." Perhaps, like the old joke about a stupid person’s idea of what a smart person sounds like, Obama sounds like a “professor” to philistine journalists. Or perhaps it's just a convenient excuse for Obama's sorry performance,

Obama's Dictator Endorsements
Have A Common Denominator:
Anti-Fracking

Investor's Business Daily, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/4/2012 5:09:24 PM Post Reply

Geopolitics: What do Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin, Gulf oil sheiks and President Obama have in common? They all want to halt the U.S. energy revolution in fracking. No wonder so many of them are endorsing Obama. Presidential candidates always attract a few embarrassing endorsements, but the numbers of rogue dictators lining up to call for Obama's reelection is striking. Obama "is an honest man who really wants to change much for the better," cooed Russia's President Vladimir Putin to RT state television after hurling verbal thunderbolts at Mitt Romney.

In Fallout After Debate,
Obama Asks, Which Mitt
Was That?

New York Times, by Mark Landler & Peter Baker Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/4/2012 5:07:24 PM Post Reply

DENVER — President Obama and his team woke up here on Thursday morning confronted by the realization that he lost his first debate by passively letting Mitt Romney control the conversation. Then the president and his advisers resolved to do what he himself did not the night before. Under fire from fellow Democrats, Mr. Obama came out swinging, accusing Mr. Romney of lying to the American people about his plans for the nation. “I met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be Mitt Romney,” Mr. Obama told 12,000 supporters during a lakeside rally. “But it couldn’t be Mitt

Obama campaign conducts
damage control in wake of debate

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/4/2012 4:51:23 PM Post Reply

President Obama and his campaign moved into damage-control mode Thursday after being battered by Mitt Romney on the debate stage the night before, arguing that Romney gained the edge by pretending to be someone he's not -- and saying the campaign will "make adjustments" going forward. Obama, at a Denver rally Thursday afternoon complete with teleprompters, ripped into Romney as he tried to brush himself off and reassure supporters. "When I got onto the stage I met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be Mitt Romney," Obama said. "But it couldn't have been Mitt Romney,

Andrew Sullivan: Obama May
Have 'Lost the Election Tonight'

Breitbart's Big Journalism, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/4/2012 4:49:09 PM Post Reply

Andrew Sullivan, the Daily Beast’s designated Obama sycophant (or one of many) declared the debate for Romney early. He described the debate as a “wipe-out for Romney.” He explained that it is a “rolling calamity for Obama. He’s boring, abstract, and less human-seeming than Romney! I can’t even follow him half the time. Either exhausted, over-briefed … or just flailing. He is throwing this debate away.” "He choked. He lost," Sullivan continued. "He may even have lost the election tonight." In his final live blog update, Sullivan lamented:

Obama: That wasn't 'the real' Mitt Romney

USA Today, by David Jackson Original Article

Posted By: cheeflo- 10/4/2012 4:47:36 PM Post Reply

A more aggressive President Obama followed up last night's debate today by saying that viewers did not see "the real' Mitt Romney. The Romney at Wednesday's debate refused to own up to the impact of his proposed tax cuts for the wealthy, education cuts, and past sympathy for outsourcing, Obama told some 12,000 backers at a park in Denver.

Romney’s silent majority

Washington Times, by Brett M. Decker Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/4/2012 4:46:05 PM Post Reply

President Obama spent a lot of time during the first presidential debate on Wednesday saying what he would do if elected to another four years in the Oval Office. He has a plan to cut spending, another plan to cut deficits and the national debt, a plan to boost employment, and all kinds of plans to strengthen Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while somehow saving money throughout the system. He has a plan to cut taxes and another plan to raise revenue. Mr. Obama has a plan for everything. The problem is this man has been president

Biden Admits: 'Yes We Do'
Want To Raise Taxes $1T

Breitbart's Big Government, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/4/2012 4:36:31 PM Post Reply

This is a huge gaffe on Vice President Joe Biden's part. Instead of using the dishonest language of "letting the Bush tax cuts expire," Biden finally comes straight out and tells the truth: BIDEN: You know the phrase they always use? "Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars." Guess what? Yes we do, in one regard. We want to let that trillion dollar tax cut expire so the middle class doesn’t have to bare the burden of all that money going to the super wealthy. This is exactly what Mitt Romney was talking about

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