$ 0 0 State Department report praised diplomatic security before Benghazi attack (Washington Times – Shaun Waterman) *Lead Story* Obama Spending, Not Bush Tax Cuts, Drives Deficit (Investor’s Business Daily – John Merline) *Must Read* Statistical anomaly corrected: Jobless claims explode (Human Events – John Hayward) Report: Welfare government’s single largest budget item in FY 2011 at approx. $1.03 trillion (Daily Caller – Caroline May) Wargaming the Electoral College (PJ Media – Stephen Green) Planned Parenthood Buys $5.7M Total in Ads as Women Move to Romney (Breitbart – Dr. Susan Berry) 2,000 Dead People Got Food Stamps (CNS News – Elizabeth Harrington) *Must Read* Obama’s ‘war on women’ canard is not fooling women (Washington Examiner – Timothy P. Carney) Bully Tactics: Rep. Cummings Abusing Power by Intimidating Voter Integrity Group True the Vote (Townhall – Katie Pavlich) It’s Past Time to Stop Blaming Bush (The American – Steve Conover) Confirmed: Taxpayers expected to get little-to-nothing back on Solyndra’s $500 million+ loan guarantee (Hot Air – Erika Johnsen) Push for new members opens SEIU chapter up to charges of extortion (Washington Free Beacon – Bill McMorris) Benghazi: Four Americans Died, Obama Lied, And The Press Complied (Forbes – Bill Flax) Freedom of Speech Is Never Safe,Not even in America (Reason – John Stossel) Japanese Nationalists Rattle the Cages (American Interest – Walter Russell Mead) For Obama and Romney, small New Hampshire could have a big impact (Washington Post – Dan Balz) AARP Tries to Squelch Talk on Payroll-Tax Holiday (Wall Street Journal – John D. McKinnon) Obama Discusses Benghazi With Jon Stewart: ‘If Four Americans Get Killed, It’s Not Optimal’ (The Blaze – Jason Howerton) Newsweek to cease print, go digital-only in 2013 (Yahoo – Dylan Stableford) Red-hot Tensions In East China Sea Thrust Sino-Japanese Relations Onto World Stage Part 2 (Energy Tribune – Tim Daiss) Charles Schwab to Newsmax: Obama’s Economics Crushing Seniors (Newsmax – Jim Meyers and John Bachman) When Did Obama First Learn Benghazi Attack Wasn’t Related to YouTube Video Protest? (Weekly Standard – John McCormack) *Must Read*