Morning Must Reads: Surprise

Republicans are feeling better about the campaign, and everybody’s paying more attention.
The origins of the gender gap might surprise you.
Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock says pregnancy from rape “is something God intended to happen.”
~~Obama’s gives convincing re-election argument no one will ever hear.~~ The Obama campaign has released the transcript.
What Romney’s “path to the sea” remark says about the Middle East’s strategic geography.
Can campaigns manipulate prediction markets?
And this man is the U.S. government’s digital enemy.