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Lawmakers Grill Obama: Was
Lax Security at U.S.
Libya Post a Political Ploy?

New American, by Alex Newman Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 7:20:38 PM Post Reply

As fallout from the deadly September 11 terror strike on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya continues to grab headlines, GOP lawmakers sent a letter to President Obama suggesting the Benghazi tragedy potentially could have been avoided or at least minimized if not for political posturing — an administration policy aimed at concealing the disastrous results of American military intervention there. Now Congress wants answers. Among a wide range of concerns, the Republican congressmen want to know why security at the compound was so ineffective despite repeated warnings about the extreme and growing threats. The letter also demands to know

D+7 PPP Iowa Poll:
Obama Leading by One

Breitbart's Big Government, by Tony Lee Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 7:10:48 PM Post Reply

Public Policy Polling (PPP), the liberal polling outfit, conducted a D+7 poll this weekend that found President Barack Obama with a one-point lead over Mitt Romney (49%-48%) in Iowa. Romney led by 8 points among independents. On Friday, PPP released an R+4 poll that had Romney leading by one, which means after an 11-point swing in its sample, Obama only gained 2 points in Iowa. (Snip) In 2010, Republicans had a four-point advantage while Democrats had a one-point advantage in 2008, when enthusiasm for Obama's candidacy was at its peak. So it is fair to assume that the partisan breakdown

Romney thinking of running
30-minute “closing argument”
ad in battleground states?

Hot Air, by Allahpundit Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 7:06:50 PM Post Reply

An intriguing pair of tweets from a Fox News producer given the sourcing. Sounds like they are, or were, thinking about doing this, but maybe are debating whether the home-stretch budget will allow it. Senior Romney aides confirm to Carl Cameron that they are planning to run a 30-minute infomercial in key battleground states (Snip) Obama’s running a 30-minute ad this week too, in the guise of a half-hour MTV interview to air this Friday. The network’s also invited Romney but it’s O whose chances depend upon turning out young voters. Awfully nice of Viacom to give him a pipeline

President Obama’s remarkable
Holocaust cheapshot

Human Events, by David Harsanyi Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 6:59:54 PM Post Reply

During the third — and mercifully, final — presidential debate, Republican candidate Mitt Romney, as expected, hit Barack Obama for his awful record on Israel. The president was ready. (Snip) . No, Romney didn’t visit Yad Vashem in 2008, but he did unequivocally call Jerusalem the capital of Israel in 2012. One of these things is deeply meaningful to Barack Obama; the other is meaningful to Israel. Instead, the administration berated Romney for his stand on an undivided Jerusalem — and, actually, it’s been berating Israel three years running for failing to be pliable in the face of extremism and anti-Semitism.

Reuters Poll: Obama Is Going To
Trounce Mitt Romney
In A Landslide

Business Insider, by Brett LoGiurato Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 6:55:37 PM Post Reply

With two weeks to go before Election Day, a new Reuters/Ipsos forecast released today predicts an Electoral College landslide for President Barack Obama over Republican rival Mitt Romney. Obama leads Romney by a point in the Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll, 47-46. But results from Ipsos' tracking in key swing states leads to a projection of a much bigger Electoral College victory. The Ipsos projection has Obama winning the big three swing states of Florida, Ohio and Virginia. Ipsos' final Electoral College score: 332-206.

Romney Likens Obama
Campaign to Sinking Ship

ABC News, by Emily Friedman & Shushannah Walshe Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 6:51:37 PM Post Reply

Henderson, Nev. - In his first appearance since the final presidential debate, Mitt Romney stormed into the battleground state of Nevada and characterized President Obama’s campaign as a sinking ship. “These debates have super-charged our campaign,” Romney said during the first of two joint appearances today with running mate Paul Ryan. “There’s no question about it, we’re seeing more and more enthusiasm, more and more support.” “He’s been reduced to try to defend characters on Sesame Street and word games of various kinds, and then misfired attacks after one and another,” Romney said of Obama. “You know the truth is

Obama debate jab implies bayonets
obsolete, but don't tell it to the Marines

Fox News, by Greg Wilson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 6:48:05 PM Post Reply

President Obama made bayonets sound like buggy whips at Monday’s presidential debate, but the fact is they’re still standard issue for Marines. The knives, which fit on the end of a rifle barrel and have been around since the 17th century, are not just there for when the ammo runs out and the enemy is close. According to the U.S. Army, the M9 bayonet serves as “a hand weapon, as a general field and utility knife, as well as a wire cutter together with its scabbard, and as a saw.” (Snip) Miller, 64, a Vietnam veteran who served in the

Romney Ekes Out Bragging
Rights; For Obama, Approval
Slips Below 50%

ABC News, by Gary Langer Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 6:45:52 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney eked out bragging rights in the latest ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll, claiming 49 percent support among likely voters vs. Barack Obama’s 48 percent – Romney’s first numerical edge, however slight, since before the party conventions. (Snip) Underscoring Obama’s challenges two weeks before Election Day, his job approval rating now stands at 49 percent among likely voters, its lowest since late September (48 percent) and trouble for him to the extent that the election is a referendum on his performance. Among previous incumbents, George W. Bush dipped to 50 percent among likely voters – but not lower –

Debates deliver favorability edge to
Romney; now above 50% in rating

Washington Times, by Stephen Dinan Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 6:41:19 PM Post Reply

Bocan Raton, Fla. - Mitt Romney crossed a major threshold early this week, moving above 50 percent in his favorability rating with voters, according to the Real Clear Politics average of polls — and for the first time in the campaign he now leads President Obama on that measure. (Snip) Tom Jensen, director of Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm, said Mr. Romney’s favorability surge “really has been remarkable.” “It was inevitable that Republicans were going to warm up to him once he became their nominee, but ever since his big victory in the first debate, his numbers with independents

October Surprise Revealed: Gloria
Allred Heads To Court,
Attempts To Unseal Mitt Romney
Testimony And Lift Gag Order

Radar Online, by Jen Heger Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 6:33:48 PM Post Reply

Famed civil rights attorney Gloria Allred will be in a Boston area courtroom Wednesday in an attempt to unseal the sworn testimony given by Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, in a prior court case, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting. "The Boston Globe is headed to court tomorrow morning for an emergency hearing in an attempt to obtain a court order to unseal the sworn testimony given by Mitt Romney in a prior court case and to lift a gag order so that the parties can speak about Romney. Gloria Allred will be in court representing one of the parties in the

Police: Burn wounds self-inflicted

(Monroe La) News Star, by Greg Hilburn Original Article

Posted By: DaddyO- 10/23/2012 6:25:17 PM Post Reply

Police in Winnsboro are announing at a news conference that they believe Sharmeka Moffitt fabricated a story about being attacked and burned Sunday night at Civitan Park in Winnsboro by three men who wrote “KKK” on the hood of her car. Moffitt, 20, told police she was walking on a park trail when she was attacked and set afire by three men wearing white T-shirt hoodies. She remains at LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport in critical condition.

Fox News Has Highest Telecast Ever
with Final Presidential Debate - Thread Closed

Newsmax, by Chris Ariens Original Article

Posted By: whiskey- 10/23/2012 6:16:30 PM Post Reply

NBC was the most-watched network for the final presidential debate last night with 12.391 million viewers tuning in. ABC was next with 11.730 million, according to Nielsen Fast National numbers. But the 11.474 million that watched on Fox News were enough to give the network its most-watched telecast ever.

Teenage brothers charged
in NJ girl's death

Associated Press, by Geoff Mulvihill Original Article

Posted By: BaseballFan- 10/23/2012 6:09:28 PM Post Reply

CLAYTON, N.J. — Two teenage brothers were charged Tuesday with murdering a 12-year-old girl who had been missing since the weekend, prompting a frantic search by her small hometown until her body was found stuffed into a home recycling bin. The boys' mother played a part in cracking the case involving Autumn Pasquale, Gloucester County prosecutor Sean Dalton said at a news conference. She came forward with information about a posting on a son's Facebook account, leading police to the boys, Dalton said. The girl appeared to have been strangled, he said.

Me, Myself & I

National Review Online, by Peter Kirsanow Original Article

Posted By: duhem- 10/23/2012 6:09:05 PM Post Reply

He killed Osama bin Laden. He ended the war in Iraq. He can lower oceans and heal the planet. He has a better command of policy than his policy advisers and can craft better speeches than his speech writers; indeed, he told Harry Reid, “I have a gift.” Such self-regard is no surprise from a man able to coax two autobiographies out of life experiences equivalent to about 45 minutes in SEAL Team Six.

Feds to monitor early
voting in 2 Texas counties

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/23/2012 5:39:20 PM Post Reply

AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. Justice Department says it will monitor portions of the early voting period for the Nov. 6 general election in Dallas and Harris counties to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act. The Justice Department said Friday its personnel will monitor polling place activities in those two counties. The department deploys hundreds of observers every year to monitor elections across the country. Early voting begins Monday across Texas. The Voting Rights Act prohibits discrimination.

Tropical storm Sandy
scenarios: Northeast smash or
out to sea most likely

Washington Post, by Jason Samenow Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/23/2012 5:24:17 PM Post Reply

Some computer models continue to simulate a crushing storm for early next week near or close to the East Coast. The explosive storm develops as tropical storm (or hurricane) Sandy merges with a powerful cold front charging towards the East Coast late this weekend. Although a historic storm is a possibility, the storm could deliver just a glancing blow or even miss the East Coast entirely. And for residents of the mid-Atlantic (including Washington, D.C. and points further south), a direct hit is not particularly likely although it cannot be ruled out. Residents of the Northeast, perhaps, should be most concerned.

Mitt leaves prez speechless

Boston Herald, by Howie Carr Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/23/2012 5:12:37 PM Post Reply

The lesson of these three debates is, Barack Obama is a pretty good campaigner when he’s going after a higher office. But as an incumbent, he’s looking more and more like Jimmy Carter. He’s a nowhere man. Mitt Romney won again, by laying back, letting the president take his snarky shots and smiling until it was his turn. Right at the top, Mitt didn’t even take a swing at the Libya fiasco, which moderator Bob Schieffer grooved him like a high, hard fastball.

2008 Called. It Wants to Know
What Happened to
Barack Obama.

Gawker, by John Cook Original Article

Posted By: DaddyO- 10/23/2012 4:52:49 PM Post Reply

One of the many little thrills of being a part of the Obama campaign four years ago was a deep and abiding sense that, finally, a political leader had come along who could live up to our highest aspirations. Yes, Obama was cool and played basketball and was conversant in ironical youth culture, but when it came down to it, he was overwhelmingly serious. The other guys were hauling unlicensed plumbers onstage and suspending their campaign at the drop of a hat, but Obama kept his eyes on the prize and played the grown-up. Now he's talking about "Romnesia."

Campaign Moods Shift as
Contest Tightens

New York Times, by Jim Rutenberg & Jeff Zeleny Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/23/2012 4:51:56 PM Post Reply

BOCA RATON, Fla. — With a last aggressive debate performance behind him and 14 grueling days ahead, President Obama is now facing what he worked so hard to avoid: a neck-and-neck race with a challenger gaining ground when it matters most. Over the last month, through the debates and a gradual moderation of the conservative tone he struck during the Republican primaries, Mitt Romney undermined the Democrats’ expensive summertime work of casting him as the candidate of and for the rich, emerging as a far more formidable opponent than Mr. Obama had ever expected.

Insane Anglo Warlord

Wall Street Jounal, by James Taranto Original Article

Posted By: BamaMan- 10/23/2012 4:46:33 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney missed a golden opportunity during last night's debate. "The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back," Barack Obama said. The perfect comeback would have been: "Oh yeah? Well, the ocean called, and they're running outta ships!" True, Romney delivered a version of this zinger, but much later. His timing was all wrong. Oh well, maybe Romney can arrange another meeting with the president and get it right this time. We understand Obama will be in Ohio.

Dow tumbles 240 points
to seven-week low

CNN Money, by Emily Jane Fox Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 4:37:07 PM Post Reply

New York - Stocks sold off Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average sliding nearly 240 points to a seven-week low following a slew of disappointing earnings. All but two of the Dow's 30 components were in the red. Only Intel (INTC, Fortune 500) andMicrosoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) eked out small gains. (Snip) Tuesday's sell-off came after three major U.S. industrial companies missed earnings expectations, igniting worries that the global economy might be on shakier ground than previously suspected. "Our trading partners have bigger economic issues than even we have, and that's why we saw September drop off significantly for

A Perfectly Plausible President

Wall Street Journal, by Bret Stephens Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/23/2012 4:32:32 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney needed to pass the usual tests for Republican presidential candidates in his debate Monday night with President Obama. There was the Ford test (alternatively known as the Palin/Cain/Perry test): Would Mr. Romney say something so obviously misinformed, so manifestly silly, so revealingly ignorant as to disqualify him from serious consideration as a prospective commander-in-chief? He said nothing of the sort. There was the Goldwater test (unfairly named, but reputations are stubborn things): Did Mr. Romney make pronouncements so belligerent as to make ordinary people fear for their children's safety—

Obama: 'Michelle and I
Will Be Fine No Matter
What Happens' in the Election

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/23/2012 4:30:58 PM Post Reply

In his latest fundraising email to supporters, President Barack Obama says, "Michelle and I will be fine no matter what happens" in the election. Instead, Obama's trying to win the contest "for our country and middle-class families." Here's the full pitch: I don't want to lose this election. Not because of what losing would mean for me -- Michelle and I will be fine no matter what happens. But because of what it would mean for our country and middle-class families. This race is very close.

Battleground Dispatches: Sequestration
a 'Main Street' Issue in Virginia

PBS, by Mike Melia and Beth Garbitelli Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/23/2012 4:28:07 PM Post Reply

In the battleground state of Virginia, voters are not only eyeing the candidates on the ballot, but looking beyond Election Day at the prospect of severe cuts to the federal budget triggered by the debt-ceiling stalemate last year. Known as sequestration, the automatic cuts set in motion by the Budget Control Act of July 2011 would reduce the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) by $215 billion and cost the country 2.14 million jobs, according to analysis by economist Stephen Fuller at George Mason University, funded by the Aerospace Industries Association. The issue of sequestration, particularly cuts to defense

Debate indiscipline, an
inherent problem for Democrats

Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/23/2012 4:26:07 PM Post Reply

If there’s a common takeaway from the four debates of this presidential cycle, it’s the indiscipline of Barack Obama and Joe Biden. The problem manifested itself in different ways in different debates. In the first debate, Obama apparently lacked the discipline to treat the event with the seriousness it required. He seemed comparatively unprepared, unwilling to treat Romney as a serious opponent until it was too late, and unable even to strike a serious pose for the camera. Biden’s performance in the vice presidential debate became an instant legend in the annals of indiscipline.

Levin Legal Group Sues EPA For
Records Of Controversial Regs
Delayed Until After Election

Cybercast News Service, by David James Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 4:25:25 PM Post Reply

Mark Levin says his legal group is suing the EPA to obtain records about the controversial regulations the EPA is "sitting on until after the election and ready to unleash." On Monday's radio show, Levin announced and explained the importance of the lawsuit: “As most of you know, I run a little legal foundation. And it is a little legal foundation. It’s called Landmark Legal Foundation. And today we filed a suit in Federal court in Washington D.C against the Environmental Protection Agency. (Snip) “So today the EPA turned it down, we had a lawsuit ready to go because we

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