Evening eats

a. CNN: Obama 50% Romney 47%.

b. Romney promises a "new course for the Middle East."

c. Trump wants Romney to go birther at the debate.

d. Ad hits Romney on wind in Colorado.

e. Mark Halperin: Media hasn't challenged Obama's record.

f. Paul Ryan: Swing states won't punish us for Medicare reform.

g. Gawker's John Cook thinks Romney is unfairly portrayed as a hapless loser.