"Well, two things. I mean, you know, the debate, I think it's fair to say I was just too polite, because, you know, it's hard to sometimes just keep on saying and what you're saying isn't true," Obama said on the Tom Joyner Morning Show on Wednesday. "It gets repetitive. But, you know, the good news is, is that's just the first one. Governor Romney put forward a whole bunch of stuff that either involved him running away from positions that he had taken, or doubling down on things like Medicare vouchers that are going to hurt him long term.... And, you know, I think it's fair to say that we will see a little more activity at the next one."

Good Lord, man, wake up!  Sounds like the perfesser hasn't learned a g*d damn thing.

Read Charlie Pierce today and weep.

I have so many education questions now.  Do children of other countries do better because their parents have more time to be involved in their study time?  Because they have more resources?

Josh has everything he needs. What are the other kids doing?  We are tech saturated, great printer, professional paper cutter for projects, three devices to get on the internet with.  He has so far done two Powerpoints, he has done three projects requiring poster board and proper citation, he is doing things I never dreamed of doing at his age.  His grades are great.  What are his other less fortunate classmates doing?  How do they crank this stuff out when your mom is single and working two jobs and you have one computer and you steal internet access in the apartment building, and who could afford printer ink in their house?  I see another giant class gap looming before me.

Scott was at a Florida Cabinet meeting on Tuesday when he publicly announced a toll-free hotline's 866 number, but mixed up the numbers, according to WUSF News.

A spokesperson for Scott said he inadvertently released the wrong number, and the correct number for the Florida Fungal Meningitis Hotline is 866-523-7339.

"I don't trust Romney. He shouldn't make my son's death part of his political agenda. It's wrong to use these brave young men, who wanted freedom for all, to degrade Obama."

And Glen Doherty's best friend of two decades, Elf Elefsen, recalls his buddy's account of his introduction to the GOP presidential nominee:

"He said it was very comical. Mitt Romney approached him ultimately four times, using this private gathering as a political venture to further his image. He kept introducing himself as Mitt Romney, a political figure. The same introduction, the same opening line. Glen believed it to be very insincere and stale. [...] He said it was pathetic and comical to have the same person come up to you within only a half hour, have this person reintroduce himself to you, having absolutely no idea whatsoever that he just did this 20 minutes ago, and did not even recognize Glen's face."

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | October 10, 2012
State legislator criticized for comments on rape - "A state representative is drawing heat for saying that his father had told him when he was young that "some girls rape easy" as a way to warn him that a woman could agree to sex but then later claim that it wasn't consensual. Freshman Rep. Roger Rivard (R-Rice Lake) in December discussed a case with the Chetek Alert newspaper in which a 17-year-old high school senior was charged with sexual assault for having sex with an underage girl in the school's band room. The newspaper quoted him as saying his father warned him, 'Some girls rape easy' - meaning after the fact they can change what they say about whether sex was consensual. On Wednesday, Rivard told the Journal Sentinel the article did not provide full context of his comments and that his father's exact words had been slightly different from how they appeared in the Chetek Alert."

For the record, what Rep. Rivard actually said was as follows:

"He also told me one thing, 'If you do (have premarital sex), just remember, consensual sex can turn into rape in an awful hurry.' Because all of a sudden a young lady gets pregnant and the parents are madder than a wet hen and she's not going to say, 'Oh, yeah, I was part of the program.' All that she has to say or the parents have to say is it was rape because she's underage. And he just said, 'Remember, Roger, if you go down that road, some girls,' he said, 'they rape so easy.' What the whole genesis of it was, it was advice to me, telling me, 'If you're going to go down that road, you may have consensual sex that night and then the next morning it may be rape.' So the way he said it was, 'Just remember, Roger, some girls, they rape so easy. It may be rape the next morning.' So it's been kind of taken out of context."

Rep. Rivard -- who's locked in a tight race for re-election against Democrat Stephen Smith -- then issued even more clarification about three hours later:

"Sexual assault is a crime that unfortunately is misunderstood and my comments have the potential to be misunderstood as well. Rape is a horrible act of violence. Sexual assault unfortunately often goes unreported to police. I have four daughters and three granddaughters and I understand the importance of making sure that awareness of this crime is taken very seriously."

Romney and Obama remain in a virtual tie in Virginia and Florida, and the Democratic incumbent maintains a slight advantage in Ohio.

Romney saw his largest gain in Virginia, where he now edges the president 48 percent to 47 percent, a 3-point reversal from last week's poll, released the day of the first presidential debate. The spread is within the poll's margin of error.

Florida went from O 47 R 46 to O 48 R 47.  And Ohio is O 51 R 45.  When early voters are taken out of the equation (the article provides explanation of this) Obama leads 48-46.