The day after the attack

The Administration spent days trying – hoping – that an

inflammatory U.S. anti-Muslim video sparked a spontaneous

attack. Even as it became clear that it was a sophisticated

planned strike by militias possibly linked to al Qaeda, the

Administration continued to blame the video.

In Tuesday night’s second presidential debate, we also

learned that President Obama isn’t beyond twisting what he

said then to make him sound better now:

Obama: The day after the attack, governor, I stood in the

Rose Garden and I told the American people in the world that

we are going to find out exactly what happened. That this was

an act of terror and I also said that we’re going to hunt

down those who committed this crime…

Romney: I think interesting the president just said something

which – which is that on the day after the attack he went

into the Rose Garden and said that this was an act of terror.

Obama: That’s what I said.

Romney: You said in the Rose Garden the day after the attack,

it was an act of terror? It was not a spontaneous

demonstration, is that what you’re saying?

Obama: Please proceed governor.

Romney: I want to make sure we get that for the record

because it took the President 14 days before he called the

attack in Benghazi an act of terror.

Obama: Get the transcript.

So we did. According to that transcript, here’s what Obama

said in the Rose Garden Sept. 12 at the end of his five-

minute statement:

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Why was agricultural land acquired for a public purpose given
to a private NGO run by Gadkari?
BJP |
To experiment with sugarcane crops in the region where it did
not grow. For the purpose, saplings of sugarcane were planted
to be given to farmers at a subsidized rate of Rs 5 against
the standard Rs 11. The land was leased for 11 years water?
2) Why were rules of the Vidharbha Irrigation Development
Corporation violated and the VIDC secretary's objections
overruled in that decision?
BJP |
That should be asked to the Maharashtra govt and those
present in the meeting
3) Was there a quid pro quo between Gadkari and NCP's Ajit
Pawar who was heading the irrigation department?
BJP |
We are having to bend backwards to find out what the quid pro
quo was... have not found out
4) Why was water from dams meant for farm land irrigation
diverted to sugar and power plants?
BJP |
Only 0.85% that is less than 1 % water was used for the
project, which is meant to benefit farmers

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Others focus on mistakes they believe Davis made during the primaries. "My criticism of the current operation," says one McCainiac, "is that it's much more inclined to figure out what the senator wants and then organize that, as opposed to doing what's in his best interest to win." This McCainiac cites the use of Joe Lieberman, who often served as McCain's travel companion rather than as a surrogate: "McCain likes to have some people with him, but it didn't make sense to have Lieberman with him. You could have had twice the benefit if Lieberman went someplace else. But John didn't feel that way." Complains one Republican leader: "There's got to be someone or some people around with the kind of crazy cojones or attitude to tell the candidate no. Charlie's not going to do it because lobbyists by nature don't do that; they're in the making-friends business. And Mark [Salter] can only do it so much."
Even more pronounced is the griping about Davis's plans for the future. Now that Davis is in charge, he's taken his old decentralized strategy--the one Weaver and Nelson killed--off the shelf. As The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder first reported, the campaign will feature ten different regional offices that will be run as ten different campaigns. The offices will be helmed by regional managers who will have enormous autonomy--including the power to hire and fire and build their own field programs. As Charlie Black told me, "A presidential campaign is a series of statewide races. ... Because of the electoral college, you have to win individual states. The smartest way to approach that is to run statewide campaigns with smart people and experienced people, just like you were running a campaign for governor or U.S. senator."