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Daybreak: Let the Debates Begin

Plus Alan Gross gets a visit from Cuban Jewish leaders

by
Adam Chandler
October 03, 2012
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama Set to Square Off in Tonight's Presidential Debate(USA Today)
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama Set to Square Off in Tonight's Presidential Debate(USA Today)

• The Washington Post takes a look at the moderators at past presidential debates–a few of whom have been members of the Tribe–and assess a formula for success ahead of tonight’s first debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. [WaPo]

• Alan Gross, the contractor who remains imprisoned in a Cuban military jail, received a visit from two Cuban Jewish leaders to mark the High Holidays [JTA]

• Baseball player Adam Greenberg made his unlikely return to baseball in last night’s game between the Mets and Marlins. After being seriously injured by a pitch in his first-ever at-bat seven years ago, Greenberg bat once for the Marlins, striking out. [NYT]

• Reported sniping between Israeli leaders Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak may signal that early elections may be coming to Israel. [Times of Israel]

• A second charge of rape against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, this one in France, has been dropped by prosecutors. [NYMag]

Adam Chandler was previously a staff writer at Tablet. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Slate, Esquire, New York, and elsewhere. He tweets @allmychandler.