The enthusiasm gap: Matt Bai on the problem of Obama's stage presence.

And it's a problem why exactly? Because 67 million people watched the first debate.

Now he tells us: Romney says that 47 percent stuff was "completely wrong."

Obama on the debate: He enjoyed meeting "this very spirited fellow who claimed to be Mitt Romney.”

If you think it's bad for newspapers in America: Try Israel, where the print world is in even greater turmoil—in part because Sheldon Adelson (yes, that Sheldon Adelson) is now printing a free national newspaper. Wonder what he wants...

SPEAA vs. Boeing: An olive branch?

Sanders vs. McCloud: The Seattle Times takes a look. (And here's our look from August.)

Tuba man killer: Back in jail, yet again.

Horse meat tartare: It shall not be on the menu in New York.

And courtesy of Goldy, who writes: "One of the huge advantages Democrat Jay Inslee has over Republican Rob McKenna in Washington's governor's race is that he is Jay Inslee. Watch the two candidates' introductory ads side-by-side with the sound off, and imagine which one will prove more appealing to voters."