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    • Obama as George Costanza: Behind the scenes of Obama’s debate recovery

      By Jake Tapper, Richard Coolidge & Sherisse Pham | Power Players – 4 hrs ago

      Political Punch

      A recent Obama rally in the battleground state of Colorado turned into something of a Seinfeldian air. Not because it was about nothing, it wasn't. But because the president responded to attacks from challenger Mitt Romney in a way he had not done during Wednesday's debate -- when 67 million Americans were watching.

      On that night, Romney told the president, "You said you get a deduction for taking a plant overseas. Look, I've been in business for 25 years. I have no idea what you're talking about. I maybe need to get a new accountant."

      For all the talking by the Obama campaign about Romney's taxes and off shore accounts, the president didn't say anything. Not a thing!

      Until 14 hours later.

      "The guy on stage last night, he said that he doesn't even know that there are such laws that encourage outsourcing. He's never heard of them, never heard of them, never heard of tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. He said that if it's true, he must need a new

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    • Taking aim: Animal tales from the campaign trail

      By | Power Players – Fri, Oct 5, 2012

      Politically Foul

      It's not only campaign season; fall is also hunting season. Let the bullets and arrows fly!

      Montana Democratic Senator Jon Tester is in a tough battle for his seat against Republican Montana Representative Denny Rehlberg. In this red state, Tester can't count on Obama's coattails to pull him to victory. And, with approval ratings of Congress in the basement, Tester wants to talk less about his time in Washington and more about his time in the duck blind.

      Tester has , er, mounted an effort to remind voters that he increased hunters' access on federal lands and fought Obama on hunting regulations by releasing an ad filled with endorsements from talking animal heads mounted to a hunter's  cabin wall.

      "Jon stood up for hunters in Montana," a stuffed duck says in the ad. A grey wolf rug growls at the  duck, which goes on to says, "Jon even took on the Obama administration over gray wolves."

      Both Tester and Rehlberg support the "Sportsmen Act of 2012" which would allows

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    • Bottom Line: How will debate impact voting?

      By | Power Players – Thu, Oct 4, 2012

      Bottom Line

      We received hundreds and hundreds of questions about last night's presidential debate in Colorado.

      Daria Roithmayr ‏tweeted: "@GStephanopoulos So did POTUS's "play it safe" strategy end up being dangerous to a significant but not yet comfortable lead?"

      And Mary Faggiano wrote to say "I think Romney was amazingly confident tonight. I have to admit I was impressed by his responses and the way he presented himself. I'm wondering what the polls tell us after tonight's debate?"

      The overnight polls showed that Mitt Romney was the clear winner. Here's why and what to look for in the next few days:

      Please keep your questions coming all week. And tune into GMA and "This Week" on Sunday for a great roundtable: James Carville, Mary Matalin, Peggy Noonan and Paul Krugman.

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    • Are you ready to rumble? What Mitt Romney needs to accomplish in the presidential debates

      By Rick Klein, Amy Walter, Richard Coolidge & Sherisse Pham | Power Players – Wed, Oct 3, 2012

      Top Line

      It is debate day, and the expectations game has been fierce. Voters have heard both sides essentially say the other guy is the better debater, while their own guy has trouble at the podium.

      Realistically, the pressure is on Mitt Romney, he is the one who is down in this election right now, the candidate that needs to make a splash. Even the voters believe that Romney is the underdog -- in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, registered voters believe that President Obama will win this debate by a two to one margin.

      Romney's challenge will be to change the focus of his campaign. So far, the election has been completely on Romney's failings and his campaign has appeared incapable of getting on the offensive. In the debate, Romney needs to make the campaign about a choice, or a referendum on Obama and his handling of the economy. The Republican hopeful also needs to pivot to what he is going to do specifically. If Romney does not have those specifics ready to go when he is

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    • True or false? Fact checkers expect to be busy during Obama, Romney debate

      By Jonathan Karl, Richard Coolidge & Sherisse Pham | Power Players – Tue, Oct 2, 2012

      Spinners and Winners

      Voters have seen the Obama and Romney campaigns be cavalier with facts this year. So much so, that some of the leading fact checkers believe 2012 could be the worst election season when it comes to campaigns' willingness to lie and misrepresent.

      "As a journalist who has been covering this stuff for more decades then I'll admit to, I have not seen it any worse. It's pretty bad," says Brooks Jackson, director of Factcheck.org.

      The campaigns want to make themes no matter what, adds Bill Adair, editor at PolitiFact, "and they are going to sometimes stretch the truth to make those points because they have to hit those themes."

      Neil Newhouse, who works for the Romney campaign, outright dismissed fact checkers at an ABC News/Yahoo! News forum.

      "Fact checkers come with their own sets of beliefs," said Newhouse. "We are not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers."

      But the cold shoulder treatment has not stopped fact checkers from calling out falsehoods from

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