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Oct

The Week Ahead

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(University of Wisconsin, October 4, MSNBC)

Saturday: The President will travel to Williamsburg, Virginia (departs White House 1:45, arrives Williamsburg 2:30)

Sunday: No public events scheduled

Monday: Remains in Williamsburg

Tuesday: Travels to Hempstead, New York where he will participate in the second Presidential Debate at Hofstra University. The First Lady will also attend. The President will return to Washington, DC later in the evening

Wednesday: Travels to Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Athens, Ohio for campaign events. He will return to Washington, DC in the evening

Thursday: Travels to Manchester, New Hampshire for a campaign event. Also on Thursday, the President will deliver remarks at the 67th Annual Alfred. E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City. He will return to Washington, DC in the evening

Friday: Travels to Camp David where he will remain overnight

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Oct

Rise and Shine

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NYT Editorial: … From the beginning of his run for the Republican nomination, Mr. Romney has offered to transfigure himself into any shape desired by an audience in order to achieve power. In front of massed crowds or on television, he can sound sunny and inclusive, radiating a feel-good centrism. His “severely conservative” policies and disdain for much of the country are reserved for partisans, donors and the harsh ideologues who clutter his party’s base. This polarity is often described as “flip-flopping,” but the word is too mild to describe opposing positions that are simultaneously held.

…. He hasn’t abandoned or flip-flopped from the severe positions that won him the Republican nomination; they remain at the core of his campaign … All he’s doing is slapping whitewash on his platform. The immoderation of his policies, used to win favor with a hard-right party, cannot be disguised.

…. There isn’t really a Moderate Mitt; what is on display now is better described as Convenient Mitt. Anyone willing to advocate extremism to raise money and win primaries is likely to do the same to stay in office.

Full editorial here

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