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How Much of Obama's $181 Million
September Haul Was Illegal?

Breitbart's Big Government, by Mike Flynn Original Article

Posted By: onashi- 10/8/2012 7:28:44 PM Post Reply

The Obama campaign released news on Saturday morning of a holiday weekend, that it had raised a massive $181 million in September. It's a staggering sum heading into the final month of campaigning. It almost equals his fundraising for July and August combined. But details about Obama's fundraising windfall and a new report this morning from the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) raise troubling questions. Specifically, how much of this fundraising was illegal? GAI found that Obama's donation page doesn't use any industry-standard credit card security measures.

Kid Rock to Introduce
Paul Ryan at Campaign Event
in Michigan Monday

Newsbusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/8/2012 7:28:33 PM Post Reply

It appears Mitt Romney is intent on winning his home state of Michigan next month. On Monday, Kid Rock will introduce Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan at a campaign event in Rochester Hills ending months of speculation about the Detroit rocker's political support. According to a press release obtained by MLive.com, "Kid Rock is one of many award-winning, platinum-selling artists from a variety of genres who are supporting the Romney/Ryan ticket by performing at events and rallies around the country." There's been a lot of speculation the outspoken rocker was going to endorse the GOP ticket.

'Saudi weapons' seen at
Syria rebel base

BBC News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/8/2012 7:27:53 PM Post Reply

BBC News has uncovered evidence that weapons intended for the Saudi military have been diverted to Syrian rebels. Three crates from an arms manufacturer - addressed to Saudi Arabia - have been seen in a base being used by rebel fighters in the city of Aleppo. How the small crates reached Aleppo is unknown, and the BBC was not allowed to film their contents. Saudi Arabia has refused to comment on the matter. Meanwhile, a big blast has been heard in a suburb of the capital, Damascus. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based activist group, said

Andrea Mitchell Addresses
Her (Unapproved) Inclusion In
Obama Campaign Ad

Mediaite, by Alex Alvarez Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/8/2012 7:24:42 PM Post Reply

On Monday, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell took a moment to address her rather involuntary inclusion in a recent Obama campaign ad. “I want to move on to a point of personal privilege,” she said. “Some viewers might be understandably confused by the fact that the Obama campaign is airing a commercial right now including a video clip of me fact-checking Governor Romney after last week’s debate.” “You should know,” she continued, “that NBC has not granted either campaign permission to use our news material and immediately requested that the campaign refrain from using its material

8 takeaways from
the new Pew poll

Washington Post, by Chris Cillizza Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/8/2012 7:11:47 PM Post Reply

The latest Pew poll showing former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney ahead of President Obama among likely voters has the potential to rapidly re-orient conventional wisdom about the challenger’s chances of winning. Of course, this is a single poll — although Gallup’s latest tracking also shows movement toward Romney since last Wednesday’s debate — and, as such, should be taken cum grano salis. Still, it’s a major shot in the arm for a Romney campaign that 10 days ago was fighting off “Is it all over?” stories. While the topline numbers in the Pew survey are sexy — politically speaking,

Report: Obama.com solicits
foreign contributions for prez

Washington Examiner [DC], by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/8/2012 6:50:29 PM Post Reply

The independently owned website Obama.com, which steers users to the president's campaign donation website, gets most of its traffic from foreign countries, raising questions about the legality of tens of millions of small dollar donations to the campaign, according to a new report.(Snip) Secrets reported late Thursday that a TV network, national magazine and national website were working on the story but were being pressured by the Obama campaign to kill it. Sources said the story was still on hold today.

How are Romney, Obama
connected to the arts?

Chicago Tribune, by Roger Catlin Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/8/2012 6:41:39 PM Post Reply

Art hardly ever comes up as a campaign issue in presidential elections. But once voters decide, the artistic tastes of the first family become well known from the pieces they choose to adorn the White House. Barack Obama has long taken pride in his artistic interests, taking Michelle to the Art Institute of Chicago on their first date, where he impressed his future wife with his knowledge of both the old masters and modern art. When the couple moved into the White House, they selected bright, sharp, modern abstractions for the most part, from artists such as

Pew finds Romney with 4-point
post-debate lead over Obama

The Hill [Washington DC], by Daniel Strauss Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/8/2012 6:31:11 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney has taken the lead over President Obama in a new Pew Research poll released Monday. The poll was conducted last week after the candidates' first presidential debate, which observers widely agreed Romney won. The Republican nominee leads Obama 49 percent to 45 percent among likely voters who were asked who they would pick if the election were held today, the poll found. In September, the poll found Obama leading Romney among likely voters 51 percent to 43 percent.

Romney makes surprise
stop at elementary school

The Hill [Washington DC], by Daniel Strauss Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/8/2012 6:29:12 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney on Monday had his motorcade stop and turn around so he could visit elementary school students who had been waving as the column of vehicles drove by. Romney aides tweeted updates as Romney made the abrupt stop on Monday. Mitt's Body Man✔@dgjackson -Gov and @GovernorVA saying hello to students at Fairfield Elementary in Virginia. Kids racing across yard to meet Gov. pic.twitter.com/gMCjFJsw (snip) The stop, at Fairfield Elementary, came early Monday afternoon after Romney delivered a campaign speech at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va.

Darden tests limiting worker hours as
health-care changes loom

Orlando Sentinel, by Sandra Pedicini Original Article

Posted By: NuGoddess- 10/8/2012 6:24:31 PM Post Reply

In an experiment apparently aimed at keeping down the cost of health-care reform, Orlando-based Darden Restaurants has stopped offering full-time schedules to many hourly workers in at least a few Olive Gardens, Red Lobsters and LongHorn Steakhouses. Darden said the test is taking place in ''a select number'' of restaurants in four markets, including Central Florida, but would not give details. The company said there has been no decision made about expanding it. In an emailed statement, Darden said staffing changes are "just one of the many things we are evaluating to help us address

School Lets Dems Register
Students to Vote, But Not GOP

Fox News, by Todd Starnes Original Article

Posted By: Bubbasuncle- 10/8/2012 6:19:47 PM Post Reply

Florida Republicans are outraged after a school district allowed a pro-Obama organization to conduct student voter registration drives and deliver speeches to classes – but denied the Romney campaign similar opportunities. Pasco County Schools confirmed to Fox News that volunteers from Organizing For America were given access to as many as a half dozen high school and middle school campuses. “They did register students to vote,” spokesman John Mann told Fox News. “We don’t know how many children were registered – (but) we have an ongoing investigation.” According to email correspondence obtained by Fox News,

Mitt Romney:
The Whitest Man
in the Room?

American Thinker, by Gary Jason Original Article

Posted By: magnante- 10/8/2012 6:15:38 PM Post Reply

Some time back, I suggested that Romney is so squeaky-clean that, in their campaign, the Obamanistas would be reduced to snark-attacks focusing on the three things upon which they feel they can hurt him -- viz., that he is a rich, white Mormon. That is precisely how the campaign has played out. The Obama allies in the mainstream media (MSM) -- which is to say, the entire MSM -- have written dozens of hit pieces on Mormonism

Pew Poll Shows Debate Gave Romney
a Big Bounce: Leads Obama 49-45

Atlantic Wire, by Elspeth Reeve Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/8/2012 5:16:31 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney's debate performance pushed him into a national lead over President Obama among likely voters, Pew Research Center reports in its latest poll numbers. Romney is leading Obama 49 percent to 45 percent in a poll taken over four days after the debate last week, even though in mid-September, Obama was leading Romney by 8 percentage points. There's a ton of good news for Romney in this poll: Two-thirds of registered voters think Romney won the debate, while only a fifth think Obama did. Romney's favorable rating hit 50 percent among registered voters for the first time.

Romney’s Strong Debate
Performance Erases Obama’s Lead

Pew Research Center, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: michellewsc2- 10/8/2012 5:05:37 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney no longer trails Barack Obama in the Pew Research Center’s presidential election polling. By about three-to-one, voters say Romney did a better job than Obama in the Oct. 3 debate, and the Republican is now better regarded on most personal dimensions and on most issues than he was in September. Romney is seen as the candidate who has new ideas and is viewed as better able than Obama to improve the jobs situation and reduce the budget deficit. Fully 66% of registered voters say Romney did the better job in last Wednesday’s debate, compared with just 20% who say Obama

Jindal, Christie tapped
to lead GOP governors

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/8/2012 4:40:57 PM Post Reply

Washington - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have been tapped to lead the Republican Governors Association. Both are Republican rising stars considered likely White House contenders in 2016 if Mitt Romney loses in November. Jindal will chair the group next year, with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as vice-chair. Christie is set to take over in 2014 — a clear sign he may seek re-election in 2013. Christie has said he's still mulling that decision. Governors learned of the plan in an email from Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, the association's current chair.

Truck with "Meth Lab" inscription
turns out to be just that

WBIR-TV [Knoxville, TN], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Hazymac- 10/8/2012 4:36:02 PM Post Reply

Police in Memphis say a red pick-up truck inscribed with the words "Meth Lab" in the rear window turned out to be just that. After being stopped for a license plate violation early Friday morning, the driver was arrested for outstanding warrants and other meth-related charges. Hazmat crews later removed the chemicals from the truck.

NRA Jumps Into 2012 Race,
Attacking Obama in TV Ads

ABC News, by Chris Good Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/8/2012 4:31:23 PM Post Reply

After the National Rifle Association endorsed Mitt Romney for president last Thursday, the group aired its first TV ad of the 2012 election season attacking President Obama. The new ad accuses Obama of “chipping away at your rights, chipping away at your freedom.” The NRA’s political arm, NRA Political Victory Fund, said it would spend about $1.5 million this week to air the ad in Ohio, Virginia, Florida and Wisconsin, all critical battlegrounds. The group said it planned to air TV ads in swing states through Election Day. When asked for the grand total the NRA-PVF planned to spend on

Rep. Pete Stark hates “stupid” questions
and won’t debate now he’s posting
his own “tough” interviews [Video]

San Francisco Chronicle, by Carla Marinucci Original Article

Posted By: wydleyred- 10/8/2012 4:31:02 PM Post Reply

California East Bay Rep. Pete Stark, a 20-term Democrat facing the toughest race of his career, refuses to debate his Democratic opponent Eric Swalwell, calls press questions “stupid,” and was a no-show at a senior voter candidates’ forum this week in his CD-15 district. And now there’s this: he’s producing his own campaign “news” videos, showing him taking “tough” questions — from his staff. In the video series called “Pete Stark taking the tough questions,” the often-inaccessble Congressman is shown serenely conversing in a library setting, where he’s apparently able to shield himself from pesky

Romney Pulls a U-ey to Drop
by Elementary School

ABC News, by Emily Friedman Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/8/2012 4:26:41 PM Post Reply

Fairfield, Va. - Mitt Romney ordered his motorcade to make an abrupt U-turn in rural Virginia today, after zipping by a group of elementary school students waving in the front yard of the school, so he could go back and meet them. It was the candidate’s decision to make the impromptu stop, an aide said, Romney standing beside Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell as a group of roughly 100 squealing students, who had since retreated inside Fairfield Elementary School, were promptly marched back outside of the school house by an advance staffer. “Thanks for waving at me as I came by,

Sandusky to proclaim
innocence in court: Lawyer

CBS News, by Staff and Associated Press Original Article

Posted By: SoCalGal- 10/8/2012 4:22:29 PM Post Reply

Former Penn State defensive coach Jerry Sandusky will address the courtroom and proclaim his innocence when he is sentenced Tuesday in his child sex abuse case, lawyer Joe Amendola told CBS News. Sandusky, 68, was convicted in June on 45 counts of child sexual abuse for molesting 10 boys over 15 years after meeting them through a charity for at-risk children. Nobody else is expected to speak on Sandusky's behalf during the sentencing hearing Tuesday in Bellefonte, Amendola said, according to The Associated Press.

VP debates can kill
political careers

CNN, by Julian Zelizer Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/8/2012 4:21:37 PM Post Reply

Thursday's vice presidential debate will not receive nearly as much attention as the battles between Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama. After all, the debates between the vice presidential candidates are a bit like watching AAA baseball. Right now, most voters are focused on the people running for the highest office in the land. Nevertheless, vice presidential debates have a colorful history. Although they don't do much to affect the results of the actual campaign, they can have an effect on the future of a candidate's career regardless of whether the ticket wins or loses. (Snip) In 1976, Sen. Bob

This Was Going to Be an
Awesome Column about the Debate
(But the Altitude Kicked My Butt)

Townhall, by Doug Giles Original Article

Posted By: lcl4- 10/8/2012 4:13:15 PM Post Reply

Last week I sent Mitt a note encouraging him not to morph into a McCain-like wuss during the debate. I think he got my email because he Buford Pussered Obama. It was embarrassing. The president looked defeated--head down, busted. The greatest joy I had the night of the debate didn’t come from watching the erudite Mormon verbally skin the evasive Marxist for 90 minutes. No, it came after the debate as I watched the talking heads over on MSLSD melt down like the bad witch on the Wizard of Oz

City tries to take sex off the market

Telegram & Gazette [Worcester, MA], by Clive McFarlane Original Article

Posted By: onashi- 10/8/2012 4:06:03 PM Post Reply

There are some storylines that jeer constantly at one of the most enduring characteristics of a caring community — the belief that we can help people change their lives. In Worcester, one of those storylines has been the city’s fight against prostitution. Recently, we were told the City Council asked City Manager Mike O’Brien to file legislation that would allow the seizure of vehicles involved in prostitution. This, of course, is not a novel idea.

Ex-U.S. security team leader
in Libya: "We needed
more, not less" security staff

CBS News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/8/2012 4:04:51 PM Post Reply

The former head of a Special Forces "Site Security Team" in Libya tells CBS News that in spite of multiple pleas from himself and other U.S. security officials on the ground for "more, not less" security personnel, the State Department removed as many as 34 people from the country in the six months before the terrorist attack in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. Lt. Col. Andy Wood will appear this week at a House Oversight Committee hearing that will examine security decisions leading up to the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi.

U.S. report: China's Huawei,
ZTE pose security threats

Reuters, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/8/2012 3:53:12 PM Post Reply

China's top telecoms gear makers should be shut out of the U.S. market as potential Chinese state influence on them poses a security threat, the U.S. House of Representatives' Intelligence Committee said in a draft of a report to be released on Monday. U.S. intelligence must stay focused on efforts by Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp to expand in the United States, and tell the private sector as much as possible about the purported espionage threat, the panel leaders said, based on their 11-month investigation of the two firms. Employee-owned and unlisted Huawei is the world's second-biggest maker

Assange bail guarantors
ordered to pay up

Reuters, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/8/2012 3:37:36 PM Post Reply

London - Nine people who put up bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, including two members of the British aristocracy and a Nobel Prize winner, were ordered to pay £93 000 on Monday after Assange took refuge in Ecuador's embassy. The guarantors - who include Nobel prize-winning biologist John Sulston - are liable for part of the £140 000 pound bail fee they pledged, Westminster Magistrate's Court ruled. They were given until 6 November to pay up. (Snip) The 41-year-old Australian broke the conditions of his bail when he entered the Ecuadorean embassy in June shortly after running out of

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