Last we heard from Dinesh D’Souza he was the guy who made the conspiracy theorist “2016: Obama’s America” movie showing in theaters around the country. He’s the also the President of something called The King’s College, which is committed to “to the truths of Christianity and a biblical worldview.” Now one of the top evangelical magazines in the country, World, is saying he may be in a bit of trouble himself for his “relationship to a woman not his wife.”

Kyle Leighton looks at the post-debate electoral map.

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The Romney campaign’s getting some unwanted attention today over an ad in which Mitt Romney himself makes some specious claims about the job-creating potential of different elements of his five-point economic plan.

Add it all up, and that plan will create 12 million jobs, Romney said.

When the Washington Post asked for supporting research, the Romney camp sent over a few studies that, it turns out, don’t really back up Romney’s claims at all.

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Mitt Romney opens up a 4-point lead over Barack Obama among likely voters in today’s Gallup tracking poll.

The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Ohio’s Republican secretary of state, clearing the way for early voting right before Election Day and handing the Obama campaign a significant victory.

Richard Williamson is Mitt Romney’s top foreign policy advisor, the guy who orchestrated Romney’s original effort to exploit the attack in Libya before it was even clear the US Ambassador had died. Now he’s saying that Romney will insist Obama “man up” and take responsibility for the Ambassador’s death at tonight’s debate. Read More

Funeral services will be held at noon today in Philadelphia for longtime Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, who died over the weekend at age 82. Vice President Joe Biden will attend.

Photos from Specter’s long political career, which began as Philadelphia district attorney.

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As I mentioned yesterday, it’s likely that if Mitt Romney wins on November 6th, he’ll move to abolish Medicare in the spring and replace it with a voucher system. That’s in addition to repealing the Affordable Care Act and pushing through a major upper income tax cut. Read More

The new national PPP poll sponsored by Daily Kos and SEIU shows Mitt Romney with a 4 point lead over Barack Obama, hitting the 50% mark.