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Wrap up: The second debate; Update: Obama wins CBS insta-poll narrowly, but Romney wins big on economy; Update: Actually, Romney had a point, says Crowley
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/10/16/wrap-up-the-second-debate-n202201
– Romney seemed unprepared for the pushback from Obama and his pal Candy on what he said about “acts of terror” in the Rose Garden on … CharlieKayeCBS: In the @CBSNews Instant Poll, 65% say Romney won on the issue of the economy. 34% say Obama won on the economy … Update: I didn’t see it, but the word on Twitter is that Frank Luntz’s focus group tonight on Fox was simply brutal to Obama.…
Open thread: The second debate
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/10/16/open-thread-the-second-debate-n202195
Benghazi is one obvious line of attack. … Another, I hope, is Mitt trying to pin Obama down on what exactly he intends to do with a second term. … Obama, who’s been banking on a vanishing “likeability gap” with Romney to put him over the top, really can’t.…
Obama spokesman: Of course he's ultimately responsible for security in Benghazi
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/10/16/obama-spokesman-of…hes-ultimately-responsible-for-security-in-benghazi-n202189
– Expect Romney to tell Obama to man up and come clean about what he knew; expect Obama to hem and haw and then perform some “buck stops … Two clips for you, the first of Psaki and Shep and the second, via RCP, of Obama ducking a question about whether Hillary’s to blame … for Benghazi.…
Rice: My talking points were "purely a function of what was provided to us" by intelligence
https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2012/10/16/rice-my-talking…function-of-what-was-provided-to-us-by-intelligence-n202187
– State Hillary Clinton took (pretty much symbolic, showy) responsibility for the security failings during the terrorist attack in Benghazi … criticizing a few individuals’ impetus for posting a mean video (“the future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam,” Obama … Somebody still has a lot of explaining to do; we’ll see if we can glean anything from Romney’s plans to ask Obama to “man up” on the…
Hillary in 2008: "That buck stopped in the Oval Office"
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/16/hillary-in-2008-that-buck-stopped-in-the-oval-office-n202167
– The same woman who just took responsibility for this administration’s failures in Benghazi, as it turns out.   … Bottom or Langley: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took “responsibility” for the lack of security at U.S. consulate in Benghazi … But in 2008, then Senator Clinton criticized then Senator Obama during the Democratic primary seizing on comments Obama had made about…
Hillary: I take responsibility for Benghazi
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/10/15/hillary-i-take-responsibility-for-benghazi-n202161
– Clinton insisted President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are not involved in security decisions, Clinton said. … Here’s the real question: Did Obama put Hillary up to this or did she do it on her own initiative to put O on the spot? … Expect Romney to hammer that point, especially given how much he enjoys playing the Clintons off of Obama.…
NYT: Most weapons shipments to Syrian rebels are flowing to jihadists, not secularists
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/10/15/nyt-most-weapons-s…rian-rebels-are-flowing-to-jihadists-not-secularists-n202152
– But Obama rejected suggestions by several senators that he lead an intervention. … Fixed on his campaign slogan that “the tide of war is receding” in the Middle East, Obama claims that intervention would only make … make that point often and loudly at the foreign policy debate next week, if only in the course of his criticism of security in Benghazi
Giuliani: The WH is trying to "run out the clock" on Benghazi investigation
https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2012/10/15/giuliani-the-wh…rying-to-run-out-the-clock-on-benghazi-investigation-n202147
– Soledad O’Brien tries to challenge him on his uncomortable-for-the-Obama-administration version of events and indict his use of “coverup … ” as too harsh a term, but he’s just not having it: The coverup of Benghazi is startling. … I mean, the reality is, he said, ‘ … As Giuliani points out, the reality of what happened in Benghazi is just the tiniest bit inconvenient for Team Obama’s “I have killed…
Lindsey Graham: Obama administration misleading, covering up on Benghazi attack
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/15/lindsey-graham-ob…nistration-misleading-covering-up-on-benghazi-attack-n202141
– Graham told Schieffer that the Obama administration was deliberately deceptive, and that the incident shows the incompetence of the … Graham gets in a shot at Obama himself, noting that the President made an appearance on the David Letterman Show two days after Rice … Meanwhile, The Hill publishes a timeline of the events leading up to the Benghazi attack which puts the YouTube video in its proper…
Video: Axelrod won't specify if Obama held national-security meeting after Benghazi attack
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/15/video-axelrod-won…held-national-security-meeting-after-benghazi-attack-n202140
– own QOTD, Fox News’ Chris Wallace asks the question everyone except the media has been asking since the terrorist attack on our Benghazi … Wallace doesn’t get to ask Barack Obama whether or not he bothered to hold a national-security meeting in the aftermath of the attack … The question wasn’t whether Obama gave an order; it’s whether he bothered to make time to find out what happened.  …
Obamateurism of the Day
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/15/obamateurism-of-the-day-847-n202136
– Where was President Obama? … Obama appeared on the Miami radio station Y100 Friday,  where he weighed in on the Mariah Carey v. … In this case, Obama picked the right man for the interview.  …
Quotes of the day
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/10/14/quotes-of-the-day-1172-n202135
– presidential nominee Mitt Romney this morning on “This Week” for his use of the deadly incident in Libya to criticize President Obama … When did the president learn there was no mob in Benghazi protesting the film? 7. … *** There was no “intelligence” suggesting a movie protest in Benghazi.…
Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/14/poll-what-was-the-obamateurism-of-the-week-162-n202126
– Goes to Las Vegas fundraiser after attack on Benghazi consulate No time to meet with Netanyahu, makes time for the Pimp with a Limp … If you see a foul-up by Barack Obama, e-mail it to me at [email protected] with the quote and the link to the Obamateurism. … And unlike Slate, I promise to end the feature when Barack Obama leaves office.…
Open thread: Sunday morning talking heads
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/10/14/open-thread-sunday-morning-talking-heads-43-n202120
– Axelrod/Gibbs/Gillespie battle o’ the talking points, alas, but Darrell Issa’s preview on “Meet the Press” of the next round of Benghazi … Norton Smith, presidential historian; George Will, ABC; Donna Brazile, Democratic strategist Fox News Sunday: David Axelrod, Obama … Washington Post; Laura Ingraham, radio show host; Jeff Zeleny, New York Times CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Senior Obama
Quotes of the day
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/10/13/quotes-of-the-day-1171-n202125
– The Obama campaign keeps complaining about how Romney-Ryan have politicized this issue, but in fact the Obama campaign has played this … So media outlets fret that Benghazi could be “bad” for Obama — by which they mean he might be hitting the six-figure lecture circuit … The Obama lies about Benghazi and Biden's deliberate lies Thursday night should be a bigger scandal than Nixon — Newt Gingrich (@…
New Obama ad: Few presidents have faced so many challenges
https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2012/10/13/new-obama-ad-few-presidents-have-faced-so-many-challenges-n202118
– The Obama campaign released a new ad this morning in which we’re treated to an epical presentation of President Obama’s hard-fought … Sure, I’ll grant that President Obama “inherited” a financial crisis, an economic recession, and the War on Terror — but our economy … has seen little-to-nothing more than stagnation for almost four years now, and as evidenced by the recent attacks in Benghazi, we…
Romney lands the coveted Lindsay Lohan endorsement
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/10/12/romney-lands-the-coveted-lindsay-lohan-endorsement-n202104
– be all the Lindsays of the world are watching, if they’re watching that much, and between the economic news and the news from Benghazi … We’re now eight days out from Denver and Gallup’s tracker stands at Romney 49, Obama 47, a point higher for Romney than yesterday and…
Is the White House throwing Hillary under the bus on the Benghazi attack?
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/10/12/is-the-white-house…hrowing-hillary-under-the-bus-on-the-benghazi-attack-n202103
– It’s State that’s responsible for protecting U.S. diplomats in the field, which means if the buck doesn’t stop with Obama here, then … The committee will also examine the apparent Obama administration cover-up that followed the Benghazi attack. … Her husband, who’s out on the trail for Obama as I write this, may be even more popular than she is.…
Columbus Dispatch editorial rips Obama administration "incompetence or dishonesty" on Benghazi
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/12/columbus-dispatch…dministration-incompetence-or-dishonesty-on-benghazi-n202094
– White House’s “incompetence or dishonesty” in their handling of security in Libya and the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the Benghazi … deaths of four Americans in the attack a “preventable tragedy” — in fact, that’s the title of the editorial — the editors blast Obama … on Benghazi, and its lack of attention to security in one of the most dangerous corners of the world.  …
Intel sources: Video from Benghazi attack debunks administration claim about protests
https://hotair.com/marykatharine/2012/10/12/intel-sources-vi…i-attack-debunks-administration-claim-about-protests-n202095
– I can heartily recommend everything Eli Lake of Newsweek has written on the Benghazi attack. … Today, he reports that the FBI and administration are examining closed-circuit video from the Benghazi compound at the time of the … There was no protest at the Benghazi consulate that day: Video footage from the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya, taken…
Gingrich: Biden's Benghazi response will "haunt" Obama
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/12/gingrich-bidens-benghazi-response-will-haunt-obama-n202092
– However, he tells CBS that Biden’s deception on Benghazi will “haunt” Barack Obama in the final three weeks: Gingrich, who appeared … on “CBS This Morning” alongside Democratic former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, accused the Obama administration of knowingly … “Biden on Benghazi was so wrong last night it will haunt them,” Gingrich told CTM hosts Norah O’Donnell and Charlie Rose.…
Video: Biden lied about voting against wars
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/12/video-biden-lied-about-voting-against-wars-n202086
– Considering the Obama administration’s constant prevarications on the Benghazi terror attack, though, this kind of lie might stick…
Biden: Hey, none of us knew that the Benghazi consulate wanted more security! Update: CBS News: Biden's got some clean-up to do on Libya; Update: White House: No, really, we had no idea
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/12/biden-hey-none-of…new-that-the-benghazi-consulate-wanted-more-security-n202089
– When Martha Raddatz opened the event by talking about Libya, Paul Ryan hammered the Obama administration for not heeding the calls … The Obama administration has been under fire for initially linking the attack on the U.S. … So … it’s official that no one at the White House had a clue what was happening in a mess Obama helped create in eastern Libya?…
Congressman: State, Defense forced Benghazi survivors to sign non-disclosure agreements
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/07/18/congressman-state…benghazi-survivors-to-sign-non-disclosure-agreements-n208338
– Frank Wolf (R-VA) accused the State and Defense Departments of forcing survivors of the Benghazi attack to sign non-disclosure agreements … to impose silence on the survivors continued until very recently, Wolf alleges, which he says “raises serious concerns” about the Obama … It also raises serious concerns about the priority of the administration’s efforts to silence those with knowledge of the Benghazi
Nat'l Journal wonders: Have we already hit Peak Hillary?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/07/11/natl-journal-wonders-have-we-already-hit-peak-hillary-n208174
– As the rest of the Obama presidency unfolds, the nostalgia for the Clinton era may rise, but politicians don’t win nominations on nostalgia … After Benghazi, Hillary won’t be able to run any more “3 AM phone call” ads skewering a lack of experience, and the probe into the…
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