Dueling Conspiracy Theories on Jobs Numbers, Debate Cheating

Friday, October 5th is turning into conspiracy theory day on the campaign trail, with both sides suspicious of each other after a potentially game changing debate Wednesday night.

First up, former General Electric CEO Jack Welch set off a firestorm by tweeting an accusation that the Obama campaign manipulated the sub-8% unemployment rate announced this morning. The narrative was quickly adopted on Fox News.

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On the other side, there's a video that appeared on YouTube last night showing slow-motion footage of Mitt Romney slyly pulling notes out of his pocket and dropping them on his debate podium. Debate rules state: "No props, notes, charts, diagrams, or other writings or other tangible things may be brought into the debate by any candidate."

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