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A President Without a Plan

Wall Street Journal, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/17/2012 8:52:48 AM Post Reply

President Obama bounced off the canvas with a more spirited debate at Hofstra University on Tuesday night, as everyone expected he would. He was animated and on the attack. The question we kept asking as the evening wore on, however, is what does he want to do for the next four years? At least two questioners put the point directly, yet Mr. Obama never provided much of an answer. Sure, he wants to hire 100,000 more teachers, as if there is the money to hire them or it would make much difference to student outcomes.

A new, improved Barack Obama shows
up for the second debate but fails
to halt Mitt Romney's momentum

Daily Mail [UK], by Toby Harnden Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/17/2012 8:41:34 AM Post Reply

President Barack Obama needed a game-changing night here in Hampstead, New York and Mitt Romney made sure he didn't get it. Over the 90 minutes, Obama might have edged it--just--but strategically he did little if anything to blunt Romney's growing advantage. Just as Al Gore over-compensated for his poor first debate in 2000, we saw a completely different Obama this time around. He had clearly had some intensive coaching from his debate prep team and was acting under orders to change everything. Romney strategist Stuart Stevens quipped afterwards that he became 'Joe Biden without the charm'. The problem is tha

If You Don't Like This Furniture,
Just Throw It in the Barbecue

Wall Street Journal, by Miguel Bustillo Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/17/2012 8:38:34 AM Post Reply

FREDERICKSBURG, Texas—People in the Lone Star State have long cursed the gnarled mesquite shrub as a pest on par with the mosquito, good for little except adding smoky flavor to barbecue. It is thorny, forever thirsty and just plain unsightly. Ranchers hate it—they are losing the battle to eradicate mesquite to clear range for cattle. But a hardy band of woodworkers has higher aspirations for mesquite: turning the twisted trees into objets d'art. And after two tool-busting decades spent carving misshapen mesquite trunks into rocking horses, golf clubs and tables, they have achieved a bit of fortune and fame.

Armstrong steps down as chairman
of Livestrong cancer-fighting charity

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: bldrrepub- 10/17/2012 8:37:27 AM Post Reply

Austin, TX – Lance Armstrong said Wednesday he is stepping down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity so the group can focus on its mission instead of its founder's problems. The move came a week after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released a massive report detailing allegations of widespread doping by Armstrong and his teams when he won the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005. The document's purpose was to show why USADA has banned him from cycling for life and ordered 14 years of his career results erased -- including those Tour titles.

Colonel Gaddafi 'Killed by
Bayonet Stab to the Anus'

International Business Times (UK), by Gianluca Mezzofiore Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/17/2012 8:35:39 AM Post Reply

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi died after being stabbed with a bayonet in the anus and not in a firefight as originally claimed by Libyan authorities, according to a report on the Libyan dictator's last hours.(snip) The charity obtained unedited mobile footage that showed militia fighters abusing Gaddafi as they took him into custody in February 2011. "As he was being led on to the main road, a militiaman stabbed him in his anus with what appears to have been a bayonet, causing another rapidly bleeding wound,"

Going after the women's
vote? Michelle Obama and
Ann Romney wear identical
hot pink outfits at presidential debate

Daily Mail (UK), by Louise Boyle Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/17/2012 7:57:52 AM Post Reply

Michelle Obama and Ann Romney both appeared to be going after the women's vote at the second presidential debate with an obvious fashion choice. The First Lady wore a coat-style, hot pink dress while Mrs Romney wore a shift with capped sleeves in exactly the same shade. The wives of the presidential candidates took their seats as their husbands appeared on stage at Hofstra University in New York on Tuesday. Scroll down for video -Twitter users suggested that both wives had chosen the color to honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Romney’s Ace-in-the-Hole

New York Sun, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 10/17/2012 7:48:36 AM Post Reply

It’s starting to look like Governor Romney is going to attempt to go this whole race without playing what might be called his ace-in-the-hole. He had a chance to play it relatively early at the debate in Hempstead. It was put on the table by one of the questioners, Phillip Tricolla, who asked the president whether he agreed with his energy secretary that it’s not the policy of his department to lower gasoline prices. President Obama rattled on with his usual gift for gab without substance, and then, when the question was put to Governor Romney,

Internet Takes Off With
Mitt Romney’s ‘Binders
Full of Women’

ABC News, by Abby Phillip Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/17/2012 7:45:32 AM Post Reply

Despite all the fireworks over taxes, oil and Libya, the most buzz-worthy social media moment of Tuesday night’s presidential debate was Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s comment about “binders full of women.” The inadvertently funny comment came in response to a question about pay equity for women from a member of the audience of the debate between Romney and President Obama at Hofstra University. Romney was explaining that as the governor of Massachusetts searching for qualified women to fill cabinet posts, women’s groups brought him “binders full of women” who were good candidates.

Matthews Likens Paul Ryan's
Pro-Life Views to Sharia Law

Newsbusters, by Matt Vespa Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/17/2012 7:42:35 AM Post Reply

A little over a half-hour before the debate, Matthews went on a tirade against the pro-life movement. His fury mostly centered on Rep. Paul Ryan, whose pro-life views, according to Matthews are akin to Sharia law that is practiced and advocated by radical Islamists. He also sounded the alarms that the Republican ticket may want to “operate [the United States] under a religious theory.” After exposing the theocratic conspiracy of the Republicans and the Sharia enemies within – Matthews came off as utterly unhinged. CHRIS MATTHEWS: I think it's the hottest issue that's not been exploited.

Romney aides take aim
at CNN’s Crowley after
Tuesday’s debate

Daily Caller [Washington DC], by Will Rahn Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/17/2012 7:27:53 AM Post Reply

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — In the post-debate spin room Tuesday night, Mitt Romney’s senior advisers and surrogates took aim at moderator Candy Crowley as they defended their candidate’s response to a question on the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Libya. “I thought it was terrible,” former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu said when asked by The Daily Caller what he thought of Crowley’s performance. “I think she had no business trying to be a fact-checker on the stage, because she was dead wrong.” Crowley incurred the ire of Team Romney after she said that, contrary to

Crowley: Obama Took 17 Days
to Claim Benghazi Was
Terror Attack

Breitbart Big Journalism, by Tony Lee Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/17/2012 7:23:45 AM Post Reply

On CNN's "State of the Union" on September 30, Candy Crowley asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) why he thought it took the administration 17 days after the Benghazi attacks to give a "sort of definitive statement" that terrorists orchestrated the attacks. While moderating Tuesday's debate, Crowley forgot the timeline and facts she commanded two weeks earlier, and she inexplicably took President Obama's side when Obama and Romney were arguing about whether Obama referred to the Libya attacks as acts of terror on the day after. Romney correctly said Obama did not

Obama on Immigration:
Only Deport 'Gang Bangers'

Brietbart.com, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: mainelysane- 10/17/2012 6:47:12 AM Post Reply

President Obama addresses immigration and deportation during Tuesday night's presidential town hall debate: "If we're gonna go after folks who are here illegaly, we should do it smartly and go after folks who are criminals -- gang bangers. People who are hurting the community.

Moderator Crowley became focus
of debate when talked turned to Libya

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: mainelysane- 10/17/2012 6:37:27 AM Post Reply

Candy Crowley’s signature moment as moderator of Tuesday’s rough-and-tumble presidential debate came when she was called upon to referee a dispute over President Barack Obama’s description of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya as an act of terror. When Republican Mitt Romney questioned whether the president had done so, Crowley said, “He did, in fact, sir.”“Can you say that a little louder, Candy?” Obama said, as the debate’s audience broke into applause.
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Obama won the debate on points.
But some 'morning after' fact
checking might even
out the score

Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/17/2012 6:35:41 AM Post Reply

Obama won Tuesday night’s debate. His performance was far stronger second time around, more aggressive, more personal, and he commanded the floor. By contrast, some of the bad old Mitt from the primaries was back. The Republican shuffled around the stage and seem to tire halfway through. As he often does under pressure, Romney talked in innuendoes. Asked a question about achieving gender balance in the workplace, he replied, “Thankyou, that's an important topic”--which longtime Mitt followers know is code for “I never thought about that before.” He then told the audience that, as Governor of Massachusetts

Town Haul

American Spectator, by Jay D. Homnick Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/17/2012 6:20:54 AM Post Reply

Watching the town-hall debate between President Obama and Governor Romney on Tuesday night, I kept murmuring to myself: "This is unprecedented. No one has ever debated like this before." (Snip)To put it simply, Willard "Mitt" Romney, the Mormon guy, the starched-collar guy, the high-falutin' guy, the out-of-touch guy, the too-polite guy, walked out onto a stage and delivered the best performance in the history of televised debates. Yes, he was better than my personal hero, Ronald Reagan. Better by a long shot.

Obama's Candy

American Spectator, by George Neumayr Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/17/2012 6:15:00 AM Post Reply

"Can you say that a little louder, Candy?" Obama craved more credit from the moderator, Candy Crowley, for her correction to Mitt Romney that the president had in fact used the word "terror" a day after the killing of his ambassador in Libya. "He did, in fact, sir," Crowley said to Romney. Obama savored his "victory" in that round, but it was a hollow and disturbing one. Either he already knew it was an act of premeditated terrorism -- in which case he proceeded to lie for two weeks about that on The View, David Letterman, and at the UN --

Todd Akin: Lazarus Rises in Missouri

Daily Beast, by Peter J. Boyer Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/17/2012 5:59:29 AM Post Reply

Of those lonely souls deemed untouchable in polite political circles, the persona non grata of the year has to be Rep. Todd Akin, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri. So swift and thorough was Akin’s shunning by his fellow Republicans after his infamous midsummer gaffe—“legitimate rape,” he told a TV interviewer, rarely results in pregnancy because a woman’s body can shut down and prevent conception—that the smart money had Akin out of the race by Labor Day.Akin was publicly urged to go away by his party’s presidential nominee, Mitt Romney,

First Lady urges UNC crowd
to 'get to work'
as election approaches

NewsObserver [Raleigh,NC], by John Root Original Article

Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 10/17/2012 5:57:29 AM Post Reply

Three weeks before Election Day, first lady Michelle Obama sought to inject a sense of urgency into a crowd of college students Tuesday, telling them the presidential race “could all come down to what happens in a few key states like right here in North Carolina.” She called the election a stark “choice about our values and our hopes and our aspirations,” and leveled criticism at Republican priorities. “So for the next 21 days, we’re going to need you all to work like you’ve never worked before,” Obama said to loud applause from the 5,700 gathered

25 years ago, 'Baby Jessica'
McClure freed from Texas well

New York Daily News, by Joe Ellingham Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/17/2012 5:50:50 AM Post Reply

It was 25 years ago Tuesday that the nation’s attention was focused on the back yard of a home in Midland, Texas. On Oct. 14, 1987, “Baby Jessica” McClure, just 18 months old, fell into an 8-inch-wide abandoned well in her aunt’s yard while playing with other kids and became trapped. For the next 58 hours, a team of rescuers worked nonstop to free the tiny tot stuck 22 feet underground. On Oct. 16, Jessica was freed. Aside from minor injuries, she was fine. The Midland Miracle baby grew up to graduate high school

Electric Car Crash

Wall Street Journal, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/17/2012 5:40:14 AM Post Reply

Mitt Romney quipped in the first Presidential debate that the problem with the Obama Administration's green energy investing isn't that it tried to pick winners and losers, but that "you pick the losers." He was being generous. Another big green Administration favorite went belly-up on Tuesday with the Chapter 11 filing by battery-maker A123 Systems Inc. Massachusetts-based A123 is—or was—part of President Obama's grand design to build a U.S. electric-car industry more or less from scratch. The company was founded by entrepreneurs in 2001 to make lithium ion phosphate batteries and attracted private investment

Barack Obama did
what he had to do

BBC News [UK], by Mark Mardell Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/17/2012 5:37:59 AM Post Reply

The absent warrior has returned. President Obama redeemed himself. This was a different format to the first debate, and it could have been a different president on stage. Undecided New York voters asked the questions and got strong, clear statements of policy from both candidates. It is not so much that Obama won, as that he didn't lose this time. He did what he had to, and perhaps some more. He was confident, combative and strong. Supporters will feel that he's back. Mitt Romney's supporters won't be disappointed either. He put in a solid performance, nearly as good as last time

Memo To Michelle: What A
'Huge Recovery' Looks Like

Investors Business Daily, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 10/17/2012 5:34:22 AM Post Reply

Michelle Obama recently described this recovery as "huge." Maybe she forgot what decade it is. The Reagan recovery in the '80s was huge. But the one her husband's policies have given us? Not so much. A Washington, D.C., hip-hop station host asked Michelle to "in your words, tell us what you think the state of the union is in right now?" Her answer: "I mean, we are seeing right now that we are in the midst of a huge recovery. Right? Because of what this president has done." We wholeheartedly agree with the first lady

Thoughts on the second
presidential debate

Washington Examiner [DC], by Michael Barone Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/17/2012 5:29:36 AM Post Reply

I compared the first presidential debate to the Battle of Little Big Horn. This second presidential debate seemed to me like one of those Civil War battles—I’m not enough of a Civil War buff to say which one—in which both armies battered each other but neither came out a clear victor and the war went on. This strikes me as one of those presidential debates, like most presidential debates, in which most Democratic voters believe the Democratic candidate won and most Republican voters believe the Republican candidate won. Barack Obama was clearly more engaged, more involved and even somewhat more informed

Obama’s handling of Benghazi crisis
suggests he’s unfit to be president

Daily Caller, by Fred J. Eckert Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/17/2012 5:24:44 AM Post Reply

Here’s a little test to tell whether someone is unfit to be president of the United States: Suppose the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, has just been ravaged in an attack on the eleventh anniversary of 9/11 that has resulted in the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. Suppose U.S. intelligence operations claim this occurred because of a spontaneous demonstration about a YouTube video that somehow spun out of control. Suppose the U.S. State Department claims that no such demonstration occurred and that the attack and murders were the result of a well-coordinated terrorist attack.

US presidential debate: Barack Obama
fights back against Mitt Romney

Telegraph [UK], by Jon Swaine Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/17/2012 5:23:32 AM Post Reply

Barack Obama struck back with a clear victory over Mitt Romney in the second presidential debate, aggressively confronting his Republican challenger during a bad-tempered showdown in New York. Seeking to recover from his slide in opinion polls, the US president challenged Mr Romney on a string of prominent campaign issues that he chose to ignore during his feeble showing in the first debate. He accused Mr Romney of attempting to sell voters a “sketchy deal”, devoid of economic policy detail, that he would never have accepted in his former career as a venture capitalist. “And neither should you, the American

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