Balance Of Power

Lost In The Barrio
Lost amid the election-year wrangling over the militants’ attack on the United States Mission in Benghazi, Libya, is a complex back story involving growing regional resentment against heavily armed American private security contractors, increased demands on State Department resources and mounting frustration among diplomats over ever-tighter protections that they say make it more difficult to do their jobs. (NYT, 10/12/2012)

Pressed over its disinterest in the Obama administration's changing story surrounding the death of Americans in Libyan (even its 'public editor' notes the paper's lapses) The New York Times runs a lead article...on the role of private security forces in the Middle East. They then check the box that says 'Libya' and move on to important topics like whether Mitt Romney is telling the truth. 

Referential
The White House tried to explain Mr. Biden’s comments by saying that diplomatic security requests were handled by the State Department, not the White House. “The vice president was speaking about himself, the president and the White House,” said Jay Carney, the White House press secretary. “He was not referring to the administration.” (NYT, 10/12/2012)

So Biden and Obama are not 'the administration?' This just keeps getting better!

Exchanged
But Mr. Biden repeatedly mocked and interrupted Mr. Ryan, leading Republicans to use words like “unhinged,” “buffoon” and “disrespectful” in the hours after the fast-paced, 90-minute exchange ended. (NYT, 10/12/2012)

Note to the Times: Lots of honest Democrats also thought Biden's performance was disgraceful. With time, RedStateVT believes that Biden's behavior will be viewed as the single most outlandish performance by a U.S. politician in a debate in American history.

Benefit Of Hindsight
Can you think of any comments you have made on TV or on the radio that you now regret saying in hindsight?

Coulter: No. 

Why we love Ann Coulter. 

(OK, we lied. There are many reasons that we love Ann Coulter.)

(abcnews.go.com, 10/12/2012)