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White House told of militant claim
two hours after Libya attack: emails

Reuters, by Mark Hosenball & Susan Cornwell Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 10/23/2012 9:37:35 PM Post Reply

Washington - Officials at the White House and State Department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 that an Islamic militant group had claimed credit for the attack, official emails show. The emails, obtained by Reuters from government sources not connected with U.S. spy agencies or the State Department and who requested anonymity, specifically mention that the Libyan group called Ansar al-Sharia had asserted responsibility for the attacks. The brief emails also show how U.S. diplomats described the attack, even as it was still under way, to Washington.

Obama to talk
with MTV on Friday

USA Today, by David Jackson Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/23/2012 9:24:43 PM Post Reply

President Obama will try to hit young voters where they live -- on MTV. The president will headline Ask Obama Live: An MTV Interview With the President at 5 p.m. ET Friday, the music television network said today. "The half-hour special will feature MTV News correspondents Sway Calloway, who will sit down with the president in the White House, and Andrew Jenks, who will be on the ground at a college campus in Washington, D.C., with a group of young voters," MTV said. MTV said viewers can submit possible questions on its Facebook page.

Biden's Brother Awarded
Lucrative Gov't Contracts:
Media Silent Thus

Newsbusters, by Ryan Robertson Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/23/2012 9:06:55 PM Post Reply

The rampant crony capitalism of the federal government simply can't be ignored anymore, but the media has made a habit out of selectively picking and choosing what it wants to report on with this administration. This latest example may ultimately be ignored and denied too however, because it involves the brother of our current vice president. According to Charlie Gasparino of Fox Business, a subsidiary of the construction company called Hill International was handpicked last year to oversee the building of at least 100,000 affordable homes in decimated areas of Iraq. When asked why his company was chosen

Republicans try to sink
the president over his
comment on Battleship

The Hill [Washington DC], by Carlo Muñoz Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/23/2012 9:01:38 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney’s campaign on Tuesday launched a rhetorical broadside against President Obama for his debate-night zinger on the future of the Navy, hoping to use the comment to sink the president’s chances in a pair of key swing states. During an exchange in Monday night’s final presidential debate, Obama delivered one of the more memorable lines when he parried Romney’s charge that the Navy is becoming weaker under the president’s leadership. “You mentioned the Navy … and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916,” Obama said. “Well, Governor, we also have fewer

Romney Shredded Obama's
Foreign Policy Failures

Investor's Business Daily, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/23/2012 8:53:30 PM Post Reply

Debate: The pundit class thinks Barack Obama "won" Monday's foreign-policy debate. Apparently they didn't hear Mitt Romney's devastating — and unchallenged — critiques of Obama's massive foreign-policy failures. We'll admit we would have preferred the more aggressive Romney from Debate 1 showed up in the last of the three presidential showdowns and that he had forcefully attacked Obama's handling of the Benghazi disaster, among other things. But Romney's goal was obvious: He wanted to come across as a credible leader on the world stage, someone who would steadfastly protect our national security.

Obama Pushed Sequestration
And Defense Spending Cuts

Investor's Business Daily, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/23/2012 8:49:56 PM Post Reply

Defense Spending: Despite debate assertions, our commander in chief has in fact presided over a shrinking Navy and an Air Force with planes older than their pilots. And what's worse, he planned it that way. When Mitt Romney accurately said that under President Obama the U.S. Navy had fewer ships than in 1917, our commander-in-chief petulantly and contemptuously responded, "Well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military has changed."

Post-ABC tracking poll:
Romney 49 percent, Obama 48

Washington Post, by Jon Cohen Original Article

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

The new Washington Post-ABC News national tracking poll has 49 percent of likely voters supporting Republican Mitt Romney, and 48 percent President Obama, a seesawing result that shows the continued narrowness of the contest. The change from yesterday’s Post-ABC tracking poll, which showed the race 49 to 48 percent the other way, is statistically insignificant, and the numbers do not include any public reaction to the third and final presidential debate Monday night. Almost all of Monday’s interviews were conducted before the debate started. But there are fledgling signs of a fresh advantage for the challenger.

Obama admin threatened with
subpoenas for details
on Delphi pensions

Daily Caller, by Matthew Boyle Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 7:57:05 PM Post Reply

House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Dave Camp threatened Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and President Barack Obama on Tuesday: Cough up the Delphi documents or get served with subpoenas. “This is my third letter requesting that the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) come clean about its involvement in the decision-making that led to certain Delphi pension beneficiaries being treated differently during the 2009 General Motors Company (GM) bailout,” Camp wrote in a Tuesday letter to Geither. “To date, Treasury has provided two demonstrably incomplete productions consisting of little more than publicly available documents, redacted e-mails, ex post facto rationale

McCain hammers Obama’s
“lack of maturity”

Hot Air, by Ed Morrissey Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 7:50:01 PM Post Reply

Earlier today, I participated in a conference call with Senator John McCain, arranged by Mitt Romney’s campaign as an answer session after the debate. McCain came out attacking Obama for several statements made during the debate, both in McCain’s brief opening remarks and the Q&A session that came afterward. (Snip) McCain traveled to Iraq along with other members of Congress, he stated, in an attempt to close a deal that would have kept thousands of troops in the country. Furthermore, McCain said “I was stunned” by Obama’s remarks on sequestration, since Obama hadn’t bothered to work with Congress at all

U.S. may soon become
world's top oil producer

CBS News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 7:45:01 PM Post Reply

New York - U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the U.S. could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest producer. Driven by high prices and new drilling methods, U.S. production of crude and other liquid hydrocarbons is on track to rise 7 percent this year to an average of 10.9 million barrels per day. This will be the fourth straight year of crude increases and the biggest single-year gain since 1951. The boom has surprised even the experts. (Snip) The Energy Department forecasts that U.S. production of crude and other liquid hydrocarbons, which includes biofuels, will average

Kudlow: Did Ben Bernanke
Just Kill the Bull?

CNBC, by Lee Brodie Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/23/2012 7:44:01 PM Post Reply

For quite some time the Fed chairman has been viewed as a driving force behind the rally, but on Tuesday that may have changed – permanently. That's because a New York Times report said that Chairman Ben Bernanke has told close friends he probably will not stand for a third term at the central bank. Officially, Bernanke has not commented publicly and his term doesn’t end for well over a year - in 2014 – but nonetheless, the developments may be a game changer.

Dow Chemical to slash
2,400 jobs, close 20 plants

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/23/2012 7:33:25 PM Post Reply

MIDLAND, Mich.- The Dow Chemical Co. says it will eliminate about 2,400 jobs and close roughly 20 manufacturing facilities as part of a restructuring plan aimed at coping with slowing economic growth in Europe and elsewhere. The manufacturing giant said Tuesday that the job cuts amount to 5 percent of the company's workforce worldwide. Dow expects the strategy will result in roughly $500 million in annual cost savings by the end of 2014.

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.

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