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Clinton: 'I take responsibility' for
security ahead of Benghazi attack - Thread Closed

CNN.com, by Elise Labott Original Article

Posted By: bluehouse- 10/15/2012 8:37:45 PM Post Reply

Lima, Peru (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the buck stops with her when it comes to who is to blame for security ahead of a deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. "I take responsibility" for what happened on September 11, Clinton said in an interview with CNN's Elise Labott soon after arriving in Lima, Peru, for a visit. The interview, one of a series given to U.S. television networks Monday night, was the first she has given about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

Panic: Media Rush to Shore
Up Obama's 'Firewall'

Breitbart's Big Government, by Mike Flynn Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/15/2012 8:03:06 PM Post Reply

On Friday, Politico reported that the Obama campaign was planning to revisit the issue of Romney's tax returns. For ten days, since the first debate, the Obama campaign had been shedding its poll advantage. Revisiting this old issue was their response? I took the story as confirmation that the Obama campaign had no new attack lines to blunt Romney's gaining momentum. The media, clearly, took the news as a time for panic. Obama wasn't able to save himself, so they would have to do it for him. Almost as if on cue, the media this morning went wall-to-wall

WaPo/ABC poll shows
Obama up one …

Hot Air, by Ed Morrissey Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/15/2012 8:02:07 PM Post Reply

Let’s put the latest iteration of the Washington Post/ABC poll in perspective. In an electoral model where Republican turnout drops 9 points in two years, and comes in 7 points lower than its generational nadir in 2008, then it’s certainly probable that Barack Obama might edge Mitt Romney by three points. In fact, that may be the only way Obama could possibly win at this point: (Snip) And yet, with all that enthusiasm on display, the partisan split among likely voters in this poll is a jaw-dropping D+9, 35/26/33. The D/R/I in 2008′s presidential election was a D+7 at 39/32/29,

Video: Axelrod won’t specify if
Obama held national-security
meeting after Benghazi attack

Hot Air, by Ed Morrissey Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/15/2012 8:00:20 PM Post Reply

Via Power Line and NRO’s Eliana Johnson and our own QOTD, Fox News’ Chris Wallace asks the question everyone except the media has been asking since the terrorist attack on our Benghazi consulate and the assassination of our Ambassador by al-Qaeda and/or its affiliates in eastern Libya. Wallace doesn’t get to ask Barack Obama whether or not he bothered to hold a national-security meeting in the aftermath of the attack to determine whether the story the White House used for the next week was on the level — our President is much too busy weighing in on celebrity feuds to

Clinton: 'I take responsibility' for Benghazi

CNN, by From Elise Labott Original Article

Posted By: janylou- 10/15/2012 7:57:30 PM Post Reply

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the bucks stops with her when it comes to who is blame for a deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi. "I take responsibility" for what happened on September 11, Clinton said in an interview with CNN's Elise Labott soon after arriving in Lima, Peru for a visit. The interview, one of a series given to U.S. television networks Monday night, were the first she has given about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

Pressure: Americans Expect
Obama to Win Second Debate

Breitbart's Big Government, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/15/2012 7:52:08 PM Post Reply

Good news for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney: despite President Barack Obama’s somnambulant performance at the first presidential debate, the American public still expects him to win the second debate. According to the latest Pew Research Center poll, 41 percent of Americans think Obama will do better, compared with 37 percent for Romney. That is a large shift in Romney’s direction – before the first debate, Pew found that people expected Obama to win, 51 percent to 29 percent.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz pushes
women to vote Obama
as Romney narrows gap

Daily Caller, by Caroline May Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/15/2012 7:47:59 PM Post Reply

The Obama campaign continued its effort to attract women voters during a Monday conference call with reporters, with Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz charging that Republican nominee Mitt Romney would be “a president who wants to essentially force us to refight battles that we thought were won long ago, and essentially either make us or keep us as second class citizens.” “Women’s health and economic security depend on President Obama winning the White House. And because women make up 55 percent of the electorate, women will decide this election,” Wasserman Schultz said.

Alan Colmes Fails: Her Record
Shows That CNN Candy
Crowley's No Republican

Newsbusters, by Tim Graham Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/15/2012 7:42:07 PM Post Reply

Of the four liberal-media moderators selected by both parties at the Commission for Presidential Debates, CNN's Candy Crowley is the fairest. She's a longtime political-news pro, but that doesn't mean that in her long tenure at CNN, she doesn't have a "paper trail" (video trail) of liberal bias. On Fox News this afternoon, James Pinkerton cited MRC’s research [see below] and said “I think things look pretty good for Obama.” Alan Colmes shot back, “Didn't the New York Times profile yesterday show that Candy Crowley was likely a Republican and worked for Dole or something? Colmes was oh, so wrong.

Tripoli prison suffers
mass breakout

BBC News [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/15/2012 7:16:30 PM Post Reply

More than 100 inmates have escaped from the al-Judaida prison in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. The prisoners are said to be of various nationalities and officials say about 60 have so far been recaptured. It is not clear how the breakout happened. Al-Judaida is one of Tripoli's largest jails and there have been accusations of inmate abuse by human rights groups. The mass escape comes less than a week before the first anniversary of Col Muammar Gaddafi's death. The head of Libya's national guard, Khaled al-Sharif, told the BBC that out of the 120 inmates that escaped at least

Romney Camp: Reuters Poll
Showing Obama with Lead in Early
Votes ‘Flawed And Untrue’

National Review Online, by Katrina Trinko Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/15/2012 7:14:55 PM Post Reply

Reuters reports: President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are neck and neck in opinion polls, but there is one area in which the incumbent appears to have a big advantage: those who have already cast their ballots. Obama leads Romney by 59 percent to 31 percent among early voters, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling data compiled in recent weeks. The sample size of early voters is relatively small, but the Democrat’s margin is still well above the poll’s credibility interval – a measurement of polls’ accuracy – of 10 percentage points.

Ryan’s Debate Strategy

National Review Online, by Robert Costa Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/15/2012 7:05:34 PM Post Reply

Did Paul Ryan prepare for Biden’s bluster? You bet, his aides say, and they credit Ted Olson, a former United States solicitor general, for coaching the Republican veep candidate. For weeks, the 72-year-old Olson played Biden during mock debates. During intense 90-minute sessions, Olson mimicked every mannerism of the vice president, from his hand gestures to his sneer. “I don’t think Ted ever got out of character,” a Ryan insider recalls. Early on, Olson’s theatrics forced Ryan to put down the briefing books and grapple with Biden’s personality

Can Romney Execute a Pincer
Strategy Against Obama?

Breitbart's Big Government, by Patrick Caddell Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/15/2012 6:56:40 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney is now ahead in most national polls, confounding all the Beltway geniuses who had been eagerly trying to shovel dirt on his political grave for the past few months. And the state-by-state polls tell the same story: Romney is gaining on Obama in once-thought-to-be-safe blue states, including Michigan, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. However, Obama’s favorability rating is hovering just above 50 percent ; so long as he stays above 47 percent, he is no sure bet to lose. As I wrote last week, the 2012 election could be proving to be closer to a 1980-type

'Waitress moms' are turning on
to Romney. Mitt is moving
in the swing states

Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/15/2012 6:41:59 PM Post Reply

As we head towards the second presidential debate, liberals across America need to adjust to the idea that Mitt Romney might just win this thing. Hippies had better start stockpiling medical Marijuana. Peaceniks, brace yourselves for the draft! And as for the Occupy crowd--you kids might want to try looking for a job. Come January 2013, Wall Street will be occupying you… USA Today reports that Romney is now 5 points in the lead among likely voters in the swing states. He leads 12 points among men and draws even (48 to 48 percent) among women. The reason for the

PBS Whitewashes Obama's
Radical Past, Dissing Romney

Investor's Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/15/2012 6:41:51 PM Post Reply

PBS' documentary last week "presenting the definitive portraits of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney" was so partial to Obama it fortifies Romney's case to end PBS subsidies. The two-hour, "in-depth" documentary — "The Choice 2012" — was purported to get at what makes the presidential candidates tick. But it spent more time focusing on how Romney developed his political ideology, which allegedly centers around money and "privilege." Obama, on the other hand, has no ideology other than an indefatigable concern for "the poor," according to the "Frontline" special, which was heavily promoted by the Obama propaganda network, MSNBC.

University Punishes Staffer
for Signing Marriage Petition

Fox News, by Todd Starnes Original Article

Posted By: barbcrose- 10/15/2012 6:10:22 PM Post Reply

Conservatives and even some liberals across the nation are outraged after Gallaudet University suspended the school’s chief diversity officer after she signed a petition in her church to put a gay marriage referendum on the ballot in Maryland. Angela McCaskill, a 23-year veteran of the university, was placed on paid leave as the university investigates her support for traditional marriage. “It recently came to my attention that Dr. McCaskill has participated in a legislative initiative that some feel is inappropriate for an individual serving as Chief Diversity Officer; however, other individuals feel

A BBC pedophilia scandal
has a New York Times connection

American Thinker, by David Paulin Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/15/2012 6:03:26 PM Post Reply

Labor unrest and dreadful financial losses aren't all the New York Times has to worry about. A pedophilia scandal now rocking the BBC - one eerily similar to the Jerry Sandusky scandal - may prove an embarrassment to the New York Times and raise eyebrows yet again over the management capabilities and judgment of Arthur Ochs "Pinch" Sulzberger, Jr. London police are now investigating numerous allegations that the late BBC host Jimmy Savile was a pedophile who had a hearty appetite for underage girls, possibly molesting or raping dozens of them, including some on the British Broadcasting Company's property.

Biden to offer post-debate
spin on Wednesday

Politico, by Jennifer Epstein Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/15/2012 5:49:43 PM Post Reply

Vice President Joe Biden will make the early-morning rounds on Wednesday to talk about President Obama's debate performance. Biden is set to appear on ABC's "Good Morning America," "CBS This Morning" and NBC's "Today," a campaign official confirmed Monday. The vice president's post-debate triple-header will be the first time he's sat for a TV interview since May, when he indicated his support of same-sex marriage during an appearance on "Meet the Press." His remarks quickly pushed the president to offer his own endorsement of the policy.

Megyn Kelly Asks ‘You Lie!’
Joe Wilson About Obama
Camp Calling Romney A Liar

Mediaite, by Noah Rothman Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/15/2012 5:45:19 PM Post Reply

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) famously yelled “you lie” at President Barack Obama during his 2010 State of the Union address and continues to be linked to that breach of accepted decorum. On Monday, Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly asked Wilson for his thoughts on the Obama campaign’s labeling of both GOP presidential and vice presidential nominees Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan liars over claims they made in their respective debates. Kelly played clips of various Obama campaign spokespeople accusing the Republican ticket of being untruthful during the debates. Kelly than asked Wilson if he thought

White House Insider: Obama’s
Benghazi Lie – Valerie Jarrett’s
West Wing Meltdown

Ulsterman Report, by Ulsterman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/15/2012 5:41:42 PM Post Reply

Like I promised you, the current 72 hour event cycle appears to be ramping up the Benghazi Massacre scandal that has now likely shot up to concern #1 for the Obama White House before the second debate. Romney campaign feeling good about things. Real good. Not sure if you got this timeline published by The Hill. I am sending you some of that outline with my own comments. Feel free to publish or just keep it for yourself. This is to let you get an idea how we/they are forming this

Jake Tapper: Romney Camp
Worries 'In The Tank' Media
Want 'Obama Comeback' Story

Newsbusters, by Scott Whitlock Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/15/2012 5:41:15 PM Post Reply

Good Morning America's Jake Tapper on Sunday actually raised the issue of media bias, highlighting that Mitt Romney operatives "generally think that the media is in the tank for President Obama." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Some of Tapper's colleagues on ABC have given Republicans good reason to believe this. The journalist was responding to weekend GMA anchor Dan Harris's question about whether the "stage may now be set for an Obama comeback narrative." Tapper replied, "absolutely" and added, "So, yes, they [Team Romney] think that, without question, the media is ready to write the Obama comeback story."

CPD: Crowley shouldn't
reinterpret questions

Politico, by Dylan Byers Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 10/15/2012 5:38:15 PM Post Reply

The Commission on Presidential Debates does not want Candy Crowley, the debate moderator, to reinterpret audience members' questions -- a small but important point in this ongoing debate over what role the moderator is meant to play in the townhall-format debate. "Our only issue is that the citizen questioners get their chance to pose the question without reinterpretation from the moderator," CPD co-chairman Mike McCurry tells TechPresident's Micah Sifry today. That hardly provides clarity. In one interview with CNN, Crowley said, “Once the table is kind of set by the town hall questioner,

Dems Memo: Obama
Needs Vision for Future

National Journal, by Ronald Brownstein Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 10/15/2012 5:27:38 PM Post Reply

In a stark warning on the eve of the second presidential debate, veteran Democratic strategists Stanley B. Greenberg and James Carville write in a newly released memo that the campaign “has reached a tipping point” that could cost President Obama reelection if he does not present a more compelling vision for the next four years. “The first debate really did disrupt the race and presents a painful real-time test of what happens when the president tries to convince people of progress and offer[s] a very modest vision of future change,”

The City that Works?

Weekly Standard, by Geoffrey Norman Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 10/15/2012 5:21:08 PM Post Reply

Chicago's weekend body count has become a depressingly routine story: Two teenagers were killed and 24 others were wounded across Chicago Saturday night through Sunday morning. The pathology of gang violence is not the only crisis facing Chicago and its mayor, Rahm Emanuel. There is also the matter of how to meet pension obligations which “could reach $1.2 billion by 2015, the mayor's office says. That's equal to 22 percent of the city's annual budget, or about the amount spent each year on salaries for the entire police department.

Here's How The Undecided Voters
Were Selected To Ask Obama And
Romney Questions At Tomorrow's Debate

Business Insider, by Brett LoGIurato Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/15/2012 5:13:24 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney will answer to a pool of about 100 undecided voters in Wednesday's town-hall style presidential debate in Hempstead, N.Y. The voters were selected by the Gallup Organization, which has been tracking the Obama-Romney matchup on a daily basis throughout the general election. This is the 20th anniversary of Gallup's partnering with the Commission on Presidential Debates for a town-hall style debate. In 1992, Gallup editor in chief Frank Newport said, no one had any idea what questions would be asked, and moderator Carole Simpson moved through the crowd of voters at random.

White House mulls how to
strike over Libya attack - Thread Closed

Associated Press, by Kimberly Dozierrukmini Callimachi Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/15/2012 5:08:11 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON — The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali — if investigators can find the al-Qaida-linked group responsible for the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya. But officials say the administration, with weeks until the presidential election, is weighing whether the short-term payoff of exacting retribution on al-Qaida is worth the risk that such strikes could elevate the group's profile in the region, alienate governments

White House mulls how
to strike over Libya attack

Associated Press, by Kimberley Dozier & Rukmini Callimachi Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/15/2012 5:07:44 PM Post Reply

Washington - The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali - if investigators can find the al-Qaida-linked group responsible for the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya. But officials say the administration, with weeks until the presidential election, is weighing whether the short-term payoff of exacting retribution on al-Qaida is worth the risk that such strikes could elevate the group's profile in the region, alienate governments the U.S. needs to fight it in the future

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