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Americans See Different Strengths
in Obama and Romney

Gallup, by Lydia Saad Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/29/2012 2:48:54 PM Post Reply

Princeton, NJ - When asked to identify the greatest strength of President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in an open-ended fashion, U.S. registered voters tend to name various personality and character traits for Obama, led by excellent speaking and communication skills (11%) and for "helping the less fortunate" or being "for the people." Romney's perceived strengths tend more toward his economic experience, including being a "good businessman" (16%) and being "good at handling finances/budgets" (4%). Relatedly, 11% cite his economic policies.

Jarrett: Obama to Change
Washington by Spending
More Time Away

PJ Media, by Bridget Johnson Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/29/2012 2:42:41 PM Post Reply

Senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said that in a second term, President Obama would change Washington by spending even more time away from D.C. “I think everybody grows. Everybody matures. Everybody develops their, you know, their confidence,” Jarrett said of the first term in an interview airing this morning on MSNBC. “As I think one of the things that he has said upon reflection is that he’s going to spend a lot more time traveling around the country,” she said after a New Hampshire rally. “A day like today is energizing, and the American

The Poor Tax

Washington Free Beacon, by Andrew Evans Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/29/2012 2:39:33 PM Post Reply

Welfare spending is higher than ever but the money is going to people living above the poverty line—and this redistribution is actually hurting America’s economic recovery, according to a new book. Casey Mulligan, an economics professor at the University of Chicago and the author of The Redistribution Recession: How Labor Market Distortions Contracted the Economy, argues “at least half, and probably more, of the drop in aggregate hours since 2007 would not have occurred, or at worse would have been short-lived, if the safety net had been constant.” President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill largely contributed to the growth in welfare

Is a General losing his
job over Benghazi?

Washington Times, by James S. Robbins Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/29/2012 2:32:38 PM Post Reply

(Updated 10/29) Is an American General losing his job for trying to save the Americans besieged in Benghazi? This is the latest potential wrinkle in the growing scandal surrounding the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack that left four men dead and President Obama scrambling for a coherent explanation. On October 18, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta appeared unexpectedly at an otherwise unrelated briefing on “Efforts to Enhance the Financial Health of the Force." News organizations and CSPAN were told beforehand there was no news value to the event and gave it scant coverage. In his brief remarks Mr. Panetta said,

Black voters may hold
key to White House

Agence France-Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/29/2012 2:29:43 PM Post Reply

New York - One thing that won't keep President Barack Obama awake at night ahead of 6 November is whether America's blacks still have his back. They adore him. But will they actually show up to vote on election day? For the president, that's where electoral nightmares could begin. (Snip) Although blacks make up only 12% of the population, their unusually high 65% turnout in 2008 helped push Obama over the top. A dip this time could help drag him down, just as it did during the 2010 midterm congressional elections when Republicans trounced Democrats.

Benghazi - October Surprise

Jerusalem Post [Israel], by Gadi Adelman Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/29/2012 2:28:16 PM Post Reply

The terrorist attack on the Benghazi Consulate and CIA annex on 9/11 were continually blamed on a YouTube video by the Obama Administration. Now as the facts emerge the truth is horrendous and beyond belief. I sat down with a former CIA operative of 20 years, Clare Lopez, for a candid interview of why. First, the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was blamed on the YouTube video “Innocence of Muslims”. According to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, it caused a demonstration out in front of the U.S. Consulate that “began spontaneously” and “then spun out of control”,

Obama Underperforming
in Ultra-Liberal California

Breitbart's Big Government, by Tony Lee Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/29/2012 2:24:55 PM Post Reply

Even in ultra-liberal California, a state Barack Obama won by a record 24 points in 2008, Obama only has a 14-point lead over Mitt Romney. Enthusiasm for Obama's reelection is down considerably. According to a USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll, Obama leads Mitt Romney, 54%-40%, but his lead is "diminished" because of his failure in 2012 to "pull in people who don't traditionally support Democrats." More than half of Californians (51%) also thought the nation was moving in the wrong direction under Obama.

Obama floats plan for a
'secretary of Business'
if he wins second term

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Peter Schroeder Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/29/2012 2:23:01 PM Post Reply

President Obama says he would like to establish a "secretary of Business" if he wins a second term. In an interview with MSNBC, the president said he wants to consolidate a number of business and trade-related agencies, creating a "one-stop shop" for oversight. "I’ve said that I want to consolidate a whole bunch of government agencies. We should have one secretary of Business, instead of nine different departments that are dealing with things like giving loans to SBA [the Small Business Administration] or helping companies with exports," he said in an interview with MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough.

President Obama Says ‘If Somebody
Didn’t Do Their Job’ Regarding
Benghazi Attack, ‘They’ll be Held
Responsible’

ABC News, by Jake Tapper Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/29/2012 2:19:53 PM Post Reply

In an interview that aired today, President Obama said that “if we find out that there was a big breakdown and somebody didn’t do their job” regarding the attack on the U.S. outposts in Benghazi, Libya, “then they’ll be held responsible.” The president made his comment on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” The president acknowledged that “there’s all kinds of legitimate questions to ask because any time a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans who are serving our country get killed we have to figure out what happened and fix it – and most importantly we have to bring those folks who
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Obama recruits door-to-door
campaigners with election night offer

Chicago Tribune, by Christi Parsons Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/29/2012 2:15:45 PM Post Reply

Washington - Supporters who want to spend election night with President Obama can earn a ticket with a chore: two days of door-knocking to help turn out the vote in neighboring Wisconsin. Locking down Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes is an important part of Obama’s path to victory, but it won’t come easy. (Snip) But the tickets-for-chores scheme has worked for the Obama campaign before, putting more than 6,000 volunteers to work in the days before the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina. “We want to make sure we’re using every opportunity, right up to the end,” said one campaign official,
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Researchers break open voting
machines in test of security

Chicago Sun-Times, by Dan Rozek Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/29/2012 2:12:28 PM Post Reply

Using a straightened paper clip, Jon Warner needed fewer than 10 seconds to pop a crucial component out of the touch-screen voting machine. The simple manuever exposed a green circuit board — opening the machine to electronic sabotage that could steal or alter votes cast on it, said Warner, a security researcher at Argonne National Laboratory near suburban Lemont. “You can reach inside and do lots of damage pretty easily,” agreed Warner’s boss, Roger Johnston, after the recent demonstration, which they said illustrates a weakness that could be exploited to attack the commonly used machines.But Chicago and suburban election officials

NBC’s Chuck Todd Weighs In
On Potential For Hurricane
Sandy To Delay Election

Mediaite, by Noah Rothman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/29/2012 2:11:47 PM Post Reply

NBC News’ Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd joined MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell on Monday where he was asked if Hurricane Sandy had the potential to delay the presidential election in eight days. Todd replied that, while it would be a drastic measure, there is a precedent for such a move. He said that, after September 11, 2001, New York City postponed the mayoral race — affected localities may have to consider similar contingencies to accommodate voters. (Snip) "What happens if we get to election day and we don’t have power,” Mitchell asked. “Is there a
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Hurricane Sandy: Christian
Preacher John McTernan
Blames Gays, Obama and
Romney for Frankenstorm

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

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/29/2012 2:04:43 PM Post Reply

A Christian preacher has blamed homosexuals and President Obama for Frankenstorm Hurricane Sandy as it slams into the east coast of the US. On his website Defend and Proclaim the Faith, chaplain John McTernan said the storm was God's judgment on gays and punishment for Obama's recent backing of same-sex marriage. He also attacked Obama's Republican rival, Mitt Romney. "Obama is 100 percent behind the Muslim Brotherhood which has vowed to destroy Israel and take Jerusalem," the preacher claimed. "Both candidates are pro-homosexual and are behind the homosexual agenda. America is under political judgment and the church does not know it.
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NPR Stations Air Poison: Pro-GOP
Women are 'Battered,' Romney's
'White Supremacist Ticket'

NewsBusters, by Tim Graham Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/29/2012 1:58:51 PM Post Reply

When conservative tax dollars support public radio stations across America, what kind of programming gets aired? One radical show is “Smiley and West,” which is distributed by Public Radio International. This weekend, PBS star Tavis Smiley was too busy, so they replaced him with Julianne Malveaux – the loud-mouthed wacko who infamously announced on the PBS show To The Contrary that someone should feed Clarence Thomas a lot of cholestrol so he dies young. So much for civility. It was a freaky show, with Malveaux not only emitting the usual charge that the polls are only close

More Welfare Recipients Above
Poverty Line than Below It

National Review Magazine, by Eliana Johnson Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/29/2012 1:55:21 PM Post Reply

In the Fall 2012 issue of National Affairs, George Mason University Professor David Armor and post-doctoral fellow Sonia Sousa present astonishing but little-known data on the expansion on the welfare state under President Obama. Armor and Sousa get to the heart of the problem, tracing the growth of entitlements to the expansion of eligibility for them: More Americans above the poverty line than below it are now receiving the benefits of our largest and most expensive welfare programs. Take the case of food stamps. Newt Gingrich dubbed Obama the “food stamp president,”

Obama Fans Quick
to Pounce on Fake
Racist Picture

National Review Magazine, by Greg Pollowitz Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/29/2012 1:30:50 PM Post Reply

Here’s the picture, that was making the rounds: a pretty, white, racist sorority girl from Alabama. Via Bluegrass Pundit. The problem is, it wasn’t true. The woman above is a Democrat, voting for Obama and is in college in Connecticut. This is her Halloween costume. She’s a tea-partier, get it? They’re so cute at this age. To paraphrase a line from P. J. O’Rourke, “I wonder if she’ll still think this is as funny when she graduates from college and can’t get a job in the Obama economy.”

Is Obama's relentless use of
the espionage act keeping
whistle blowers silent?

Washington Times, by Kerry Picket Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/29/2012 1:29:32 PM Post Reply

*Updated In light of Americans who are demanding answers from the Obama administration on why four Americans were denied help for military assistance when the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi was under attack, there is little chance that any whistle-blower with first hand information will step forward as long as President Barack Obama is still in office. Republicans are demanding the administration turnover material, including video, that explain what happened in Benghazi, but the President is more likely to cite executive privilege and use the hammer of his Justice Department to keep anybody who knows anything quiet.

Sandy a ‘once in a lifetime event’

Philadelphia Inquirer, by Anthony R. Wood Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/29/2012 1:16:52 PM Post Reply

Sandy, taking dead aim on the South Jersey's fragile barrier islands on a rare if not unprecedented path, is on a course to become the first hurricane to make landfall in New Jersey in 109 years. For the Shore, and the entire Philadelphia region, the path couldn't be much worse. Coinciding with a tide-swelling full moon, Sandy is to smash tidal records all along the Jersey coast. East Coast tropical-storm threats are nothing new in September and October, but no one could recall a hurricane paralleling the coast and then making a hard left at New Jersey.

The Des Moines Register's
Practical Joke

Daily Beast, by Michael Tomasky Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/29/2012 1:11:00 PM Post Reply

This Romney endorsement editorial, if you actually bother to read it, is little more than a practical joke. First of all, it has all the hallmarks of having been ordered by the publisher over the objections of the editorial board. Normally, a sentence like "the Register’s editorial board, as it should, had a vigorous debate over this endorsement," translated into blunt English means: "Our idiot publisher forced this tripe down our throats, and we're counting on you the more knowledgeable readers to understand this."

Early briefings on Libya strike
focused on Al Qaeda, before
story changed

Fox News, by Catherine Herridge Original Article

Posted By: Snuph- 10/29/2012 1:09:18 PM Post Reply

Two days after the deadly Libya terror attack, representatives of the FBI and National Counterterrorism Center gave Capitol Hill briefings in which they said the evidence supported an Al Qaeda or Al Qaeda-affiliated attack, Fox News has learned. The description of the attack by those in the Sept. 13 briefings stands in stark contrast to the now controversial briefing on Capitol Hill by CIA Director David Petraeus the following day -- and raises even more questions about why Petraeus described the attack as tied to a demonstration.
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Romney cancels events,
urges supporters to donate
to Red Cross

Los Angeles Times, by Seema Mehta Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/29/2012 1:08:23 PM Post Reply

AVON LAKE, OHIO- Mitt Romney on Monday canceled some campaign events because of Hurricane Sandy and urged supporters to donate to the American Red Cross. “I want to mention that our hearts and prayers are with all the people in the storm's path. Sandy is another devastating hurricane by all accounts, and a lot of people are going to be facing some real tough times as a result of Sandy's fury,” he said. “And so if you have the capacity to make a donation to the American Red Cross, you can go online and do that.

NYU terrorism class asks students
to plot terrorist attack

New York Post, by Doug Auer & Kevin Sheehan Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/29/2012 1:07:38 PM Post Reply

It’s Terrorism 101. A New York University class on transnational terrorism is requiring students to “hypothetically plan a terrorist attack” — and shocked cops say the outrageous lesson plan is an insult to the officers killed on Sept. 11. The controversial course, taught by former Navy criminal investigator Marie-Helen Maras, asks the pupils to “step into [a terrorist’s] shoes” and write a 10- to 15-page paper on their battle plan. “Some of the most notorious terrorists, including Anwar al-Awlaki, got their start on American campuses. It looks like after the CIA killed al-Awlaki,

New UN "atlas" links evidence
for climate change on spread
of disease

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/29/2012 1:01:38 PM Post Reply

GENEVA – The two U.N. agencies for health and weather services have created a new "atlas" of scientific data that they say offers fresh evidence of the links between climate change to outbreaks of meningitis, malaria and other diseases. The World Health Organization director-general says the manual, which includes maps, tables and graphs, provides a practical guide to "climate-sensitive diseases" that decision-makers and leaders can use as a tool for prevention. Dr. Margaret Chan told reporters Monday in Geneva that 80 percent of the infectious diseases currently found in humans have come from

Ann Romney: America needs
a 'grown-up' who understands
the economy

The Hill [Washington DC], by Alicia M. Cohn Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/29/2012 1:01:06 PM Post Reply

Ann Romney earlier this year at a private fundraiser described Mitt Romney as the "grown-up" the country needs to repair the economy and prevent an economic collapse in the style of Greece. "You know — the ship's going over the waterfall; it's almost there," the former Massachusetts first lady said in March at a private fundraiser in Orange County, Calif., according to audio obtained by Mother Jones and published Monday. "And we look what's happening in Greece, and we look what's happening around the world, we look what's happening internationally. This is a frightening world, and we need a grown-up,

Forget Abortion! NPR Promotes
The 'Rights' and 'Souls' of Plants

NewsBusters, by Tim Graham Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/29/2012 12:53:10 PM Post Reply

As liberal reporters obsess and nearly faint in the waning days of the campaign that conservatives would dare to assert a right to life for a human being conceived in rape, NPR.org offers a better idea: Plants deserve rights. The NPR headline: “Recognizing the Right of Plants to Evolve.” Unborn babies have no rights...unlike the sensitive weeds in your garden? Pro-choice, but anti-chili pepper? Linton Weeks never mentioned abortion in this philosophical exploration as he began: If proposals calling for rights for animals are on the table, why not rights for other living things? Plants, for instance.

Rahm Emanuel to 4th Grader:
After The Election, I'll Tell
You Some Funny Stories’
About Obama

Cybercast News Service, by Patrick Burke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/29/2012 12:49:40 PM Post Reply

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who formerly served as President Barack Obama's White House chief of staff, promised a Florida fourth-grader interviewing him that "after the election"--but not before--he would tell him some funny stories about President Obama. Jaylen Williams, a student in West Palm Beach, asked Emanuel on October 22: “Do you have any funny stories you can tell us about President Obama?” Emanuel, who was visiting an Obama campaign office, responded: “Funny stories about the president? Well, let's see, I'm trying to think -- there's all kinds of stories, I mean things that we

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