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Pension Envy: Who Has More—
Obama or Romney?

CNBC, by Jeff Cox Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/18/2012 7:32:54 PM Post Reply

When it comes to the presidential candidates' pensions, size matters in more ways than one.Retirement packages sparked one of a series of confrontations during the Tuesday debate between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. The exchange took place during a discussion of China policy, with the president accusing the former Massachusetts governor of hypocrisy when it came to tough talk against the nation that boasts the world's second-largest economy.

Poll shows Romney leading
in blue Pennsylvania

Washington Examiner [DC], by Susan Ferrechio Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/18/2012 7:27:31 PM Post Reply

A new poll shows Republican Mitt Romney leading in Pennsylvania, a state that Republicans had all but written off just weeks ago but which is now listed as a toss up by the Real Clear Politics website. Susquehanna Polling and Research provided The Washington Examiner with a poll it conducted for state party officials that shows Romney with a 49 percent to 45 percent lead over President Obama. It's the first poll to show Romney leading among likely voters in the Keystone State. "The polling is very clear that the race is certainly up for grabs and Republicans

Obama's Daily Show shocker:
'If 4 Americans get killed, it's not optimal'

Investor's Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm Original Article

Posted By: SurferLad- 10/18/2012 7:26:24 PM Post Reply

President Obama, as he's been doing a lot recently to connect with Americans in their living or bedrooms, has been making numerous fluff TV appearances -- The View, David Letterman and today he took Air Force One to New York City to tape an evening appearance with Jon Stewart on Comedy central's Daily Show.Maybe he should have stayed in his own living room.

Coal miners blast Obama over
campaign ad's digs at Romney

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 7:22:32 PM Post Reply

Coal miners in southeastern Ohio are blasting an ad from President Obama that claims they were forced to "be props in (Mitt) Romney's commercial." (Snip) A group of 500 miners has now penned a letter and released a video insisting that no one was forced to attend the rally and demanding that the Obama campaign disavow the ad. The workers at Century mine, in Beallsville, Ohio, which is operated by Murray Energy subsidiary American Energy Century, said they "voluntarily and enthusiastically" attended the event."These ads state that we were forced to attend this rally, and that is blatantly false," coal

Issa to issue subpoena over
ObamaCare documents

Fox News, by Judson Berger & Chad Pergram Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 7:10:08 PM Post Reply

Republican Rep. Darrell Issa plans to press ahead with a subpoena for health department documents on a program he claims is being used to "buy" the election by hiding the effects of ObamaCare. The Department of Health and Human Services handed over reams of material just minutes before a 5 p.m. ET deadline Thursday in response to Issa's demand 24 hours earlier. However, Issa's office called the cache "embarrassing," insufficient and not responsive to the congressman's request. The subpoena is expected to go out Friday morning.

Rick Perry on The Road
Again…For Mitt Romney

ABC News, by Arlette Saenz Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/18/2012 7:06:41 PM Post Reply

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is dusting off the cowboy boots and hitting the trail this weekend for his once bitter rival Mitt Romney. Catherine Frazier, a spokesperson for Perry, confirms to ABC News that the Texas governor will campaign for Romney on a two-day western swing through the battleground states of Colorado and Nevada on Sunday and Monday. On Sunday, Perry, who dropped out of the Republican presidential primary in January, will hold a meet and greet with volunteers in Colorado Springs, Colo., speak to a group of veterans in Pueblo, Colo., and attend

The Obama-Crowley Set-Up

National Review Online, by John Yoo Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/18/2012 7:03:46 PM Post Reply

Most observers seem to agree that the Barack Obama–Mitt Romney–Candy Crowley debate over whether the attack on our Benghazi consulate resulted from terrorism was the low point for the Republican candidate. While Romney turned out to be right on the substance, he was clearly flustered by Crowley’s intervention in Obama’s favor on the question of the president had called the attack an act of terror the day after. An old-time political hand in D.C., whom I know and who has advised and worked on many campaigns, is utterly convinced that the exchange was a setup

How can rudeness be criminal?
The best insults are pure poetry

Telegraph [UK], by Tom Chivers Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/18/2012 6:41:29 PM Post Reply

You bull’s pizzle, you stock-fish!” “Thou whoreson zed! Thou unnecessary letter!” “Thou sodden-witted lord!” “Thou hast no more brain than I have in mine elbows.” “I think thy horse will sooner con an oration than thou learn a prayer without book.” That Shakespeare chap, he knew how to insult someone, as that little medley of some of his greatest hits shows. But would he have got away with it today? Rowan Atkinson, who in his role as Blackadder was the purveyor of some of the 20th century’s greatest insults (“He’s about as effective as a cat-flap in an elephant house”)

Qaeda Leader Reported
Dead In Yemen Attack

New York Times, by Nasser Arrabyee Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/18/2012 6:37:15 PM Post Reply

SANA, Yemen — A drone fired on a group of people preparing to attack Yemeni troops on Thursday, killing at least nine, including a man identified as a leader of the local branch of Al Qaeda, according to Yemeni and security officials, who said the aircraft was American-operated. The strike took place less than a mile from a Yemeni brigade’s position in the southern province of Abyan, the officials said, adding that troops from the brigade found and defused an explosive belt that was wrapped around the waist of one of the dead, identified as Nader al-Shaddadi,

Anti-Obama Filmmaker
Dinesh D'Souza Resigns
Following Affair Accusation

Reuters, by Russell Goldman Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/18/2012 6:31:43 PM Post Reply

Dinesh D'Souza, the evangelical scholar who made a name for himself attacking President Obama in books and a movie, has resigned as president of a New York Christian college following allegations of marital infidelity. D'Souza's departure comes just two days after the Christian magazine "World" reported that the married professor was seen sharing a hotel room and introducing another woman as his fiancee at a recent conference in South Carolina. "After careful consultation with the Board and with Dinesh, we have accepted his resignation to allow him to attend to his personal and family needs.

On ‘Daily Show with
Jon Stewart,’ Obama defends
Libya response, jokes about Biden

Washington Post, by David Nakamura Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/18/2012 6:20:38 PM Post Reply

NEW YORK — President Obama paid a call on “The Daily Show” on Thursday, submitting himself to the ritual of acerbic host Jon Stewart’s mix of tough questions and mock serious quips in an effort to reach a wide audience of potential voters less than three weeks before the election. Stewart made Obama laugh several times, but he also pressed Obama on why his administration appeared “confused” in its response to the terror attacks on American diplomatic personnel in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11. The White House first said the attacks were in response to an anti-Muslim Internet video

Romney campaign enlists
over 300 military generals

Human Events, by Hope Hodge Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/18/2012 6:06:17 PM Post Reply

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced this week he was beefing up his campaign with some top brass: more than 300 retired general and flag officers, who will serve in a consultant role on his campaign’s military advisory panel. The list, which contains more than two dozen retired four-stars, includes Gens. James Conway and Paul X Kelley, former commandants of the Marine Corps; Army Gen. Tommy Franks, who led the initial assault of the Taliban in Afghanistan following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and oversaw the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003; and Army Gen. James Joseph Lindsay,

Romney campaign begins
shifting out of North Carolina

CNN, by Peter Hamby Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/18/2012 6:02:24 PM Post Reply

Middleburg Heights, Ohio (CNN) - In a clear sign the campaign is confident about putting North Carolina back in the Republican column this year, Mitt Romney's campaign is moving its spokesman out of the state and plans to shift more staffers out in the coming days. The spokesman, Robert Reid, will be moved to Ohio, which is increasingly viewed by both campaigns as the central battleground of the 2012 race. "With the increasingly widening polls in North Carolina, we will continue to allocate resources, including key senior staff, to other states," said Romney spokeswoman Sarah Pompei. The campaign is not

CNN blames ‘Romney supporters’
for Candy Crowley controversy

Daily Caller [Washington DC], by Jeff Poor Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/18/2012 6:00:51 PM Post Reply

Despite facing serious backlash for correcting Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on the White House’s response to the Libya crisis during Tuesday’s presidential debate — and then admitting the candidate was “right in the main” on the issue — debate moderator Candy Crowley just received a ringing endorsement from her boss. According to an email distributed in the CNN office and obtained by TMZ, CNN Vice President Mark Whitaker spoke glowingly of Crowley and her performance. Whitaker also blamed “Romney supporters” for the criticism of Crowley. Full text of the email (via TMZ):

Obama: Benghazi Murders 'Not Optimal'

Breitbart's Big Government, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/18/2012 5:50:50 PM Post Reply

Today, according to the White House pool report, President Obama told Jon Stewart during a Comedy Central Daily Show taping that the deaths of our ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were “not optimal.” This comes just weeks after President Obama told CBS News’ Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes that the murders of four Americans in Benghazi were “bumps in the road.” By way of contrast, President Obama described the YouTube video “The Innocence of Muslims,” which had nothing to do with the Benghazi attacks, as “crude and disgusting,” an “insult,”

Obama Downsizes Election Night Venue

Daily Beast, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/18/2012 5:44:57 PM Post Reply

It’s his party, and he’ll make it small if he wants to. President Obama’s election-night rally will be held at Chicago’s McCormick Place, the Chicago Tribune reports, a venue that will accommodate a significantly smaller celebration than his 2008 event in Grant Park, which drew an estimated 240,000 people. Because it’s an indoor location, McCormick Place will also allow for tighter security. The venue was used to host the NATO summit in May, successfully carrying out what Homeland Security called a “national special security event.”

'I'm pro-life and I'm
happy to say that': Ann
Romney stands up to the
ladies of The View as she
discusses her stance on abortion

Daily Mail (UK), by Hugo Gye & Meghan Keneally Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/18/2012 5:39:28 PM Post Reply

The wife of the Republican presidential candidate gave a passionate defense of the pro-life stance held by her and her husband during an appearance on daytime talk show The View. Ann Romney said she will not be the one making the decisions but her husband, who is now running as a pro-life candidate in spite of serving as a pro-choice governor of Massachusetts. 'The good news is, I'm not running for office and I don't have to say what I feel. But I am pro life. I'm happy to say that,' she said.

Two More Brutal Biden
Gaffes on Campaign Trail

Breitbart's Big Government, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/18/2012 5:37:08 PM Post Reply

Two epic gaffes at one campaign stop. First, Vice President Joe Biden told a group of supporters that Paul Ryan "has written a book called The Young Guns with two other members of the House, no these are Republican leaders in the House. You had, unfortunately, the bullets are aimed at you.” Then he lost track of which version of planet Earth he's on and wondered who in the audience had served in our war with Iran. So which is it snorting, cackling, unhinged Slow Joe? Are Romney and Ryan going to "put y'all in chains" or

CNN's Yellin: Romney's
'Binder' Comments Sounded
'Almost Like' Women Are
'Mail-Order Product' Out of 'Binders'

Newsbusters, by Matt Hadro Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/18/2012 5:34:37 PM Post Reply

Not 24 hours after Tuesday's presidential debate, CNN's Jessica Yellin was working the Obama spin on Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" comment. "You know, it made it sound almost like working women are some mail-order product you can order out of colored binders," she ridiculously claimed on Wednesday's Anderson Cooper 360. CNN's White House correspondent played right into the White House talking points. [Video coming soon. Audio here.]here.] "And, you know, there are so many directions you can go. What did the tabs in that binder say

Pennsylvania councilman,
19, jailed after stealing
Romney campaign signs

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Hazymac- 10/18/2012 5:31:59 PM Post Reply

A 19-year-old Pennsylvania councilman reportedly remains behind bars after allegedly stealing Mitt Romney campaign signs and damaging a farm field. The Express-Times reports that Alburtis Councilman Kyle A. Bower was arraigned Wednesday on charges stemming from the Oct. 3 incidents and sent to Lehigh County Prison. A judge set Bower’s bail at $5,000, but the teenager won’t be released from custody even if he posts it due to a probation violation. Bower, a Democrat less than a year into his first borough council term, is on probation after pleading guilty to escape and stalking

President Obama, Mitt
Romney To Make With The
Funny At Al Smith Dinner

New York Daily News, by Celeste Katz Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/18/2012 5:28:08 PM Post Reply

Here's the extended remix of the piece I had in today's print editions previewing tonight's Al Smith Dinner. Look for more coverage this evening! Just two days after trading ferocious attacks during a bare-knuckled Hofstra University debate, President Obama and Mitt Romney will share a New York stage again Thursday night -- but this time, it's all in the name of fun and good works. Former New York Gov. Al Smith never made it to the White House, but the annual charity gala that bears his name has been a can't-miss-it event for presidential hopefuls for 67 years.

Campfire Stories of the
‘Preference Cascade’ That
Haunts Campaigns

National Review Online, by Jim Geraghty Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/18/2012 5:28:00 PM Post Reply

When campaign strategists and political analysts go out on camping trips — they do, you know — they end the night by gathering around the campfire and telling stories of a terrifying, unstoppable, voracious and mysterious force that preys on vulnerable political campaigns: the Preference Cascade. “The Preference Cascade only stalks totalitarian regimes,” the skeptics say. “I’ve read Glenn Reynolds’ field reports and eyewitness accounts, about how the Preference Cascade needs a lot of unexpressed emotion to feed upon. ‘A totalitarian regime spends a lot of effort

Firewall in ruins?

Washington Examiner [DC], by Michael Barone Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/18/2012 5:00:35 PM Post Reply

Major Garrett at National Journal has a good post-second debate column in which he reports that the Obama campaign seems to have abandoned most of its three-state (Florida-Ohio-Virginia) firewall. Those are the three states with 60 electoral votes—Obama’s weakest 2008 states except for Indiana and North Carolina—which the Obama campaign has been pummeling for months with anti-Romney TV spots. The idea is that if they could hold these three states and all those Obama carried with higher percentages in 2008 Obama would have 332 electoral votes, and could afford to lose a small state here or there.

Hey Obama, Your
Firewall is On Fire

PJ Media, by Bryan Preston Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/18/2012 4:49:21 PM Post Reply

The word you may be looking for after reading the following is “Wow.” Or something more colorful. North Carolina is looking very good for Team Romney, so good that they’re shifting a key asset to Ohio. The spokesman, Robert Reid, will be moved to Ohio, which is increasingly viewed by both campaigns as the central battleground of the 2012 race. “With the increasingly widening polls in North Carolina, we will continue to allocate resources, including key senior staff, to other states,” said Romney spokeswoman Sarah Pompei. The move comes none too soon. A new poll out

Crowley’s Obama Favoritism Completely
Discredits Her As A Journalist

CBS Baltimore, by Scott Paulson Original Article

Posted By: MPierson- 10/18/2012 4:48:42 PM Post Reply

There were so many blatant signs of Obama-favored bias displayed by CNN political correspondent Candy Crowley that one scarcely knows where to begin. Now that the second presidential debate is history – being legitimately called the liveliest presidential debate in history – people are having time to look past the drama and way past the performances to see what actually happened that caused such a difference between Romney’s huge win in the first debate and his extremely narrow win in the second.

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