October 4, 2012: Morning
- For the second straight day, Turkish military pound Syrian targets while politicians say they don't want war.
- The best, and in many ways the intended, way to watch the presidential debates is with the sound off.
- Factual examination of the debate's claims and counterclaims.
- Carville: "President Obama came in, he wanted to have a conversation. Mitt Romney came in with a chainsaw."
- Proper technique of "the pivot" explained, or, how to dodge a question.
- Thirty-five percent said the debate made them more likely to vote for Romney; 47 percent said it would have no effect.
- People who didn't watch the debate last night: Persuadable voters.
- Amish man says the Amish got no beef with the Mormons, but there ain't a whole lot of voting going on.
- Mirror-image photographs of the candidates from the campaign trail.
- Kissinger calls candidates' China-bashing "extremely deplorable.”
- If you're the kind of voter who plans to leave the country should your man lose, JetBlue will be happy to fly you out.
- Cat "Omar" runs away after a British couple spent £6,000 rescuing him from the Arab Spring.
- Dennis Mahoney on the five best horror movies you've never heard of.
- Fran Lebowitz doesn't believe her three-decade-long writer's block is permanent.