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Washington Post:
Washington Post endorsement: Four more years for President Obama — View Photo Gallery — Washington Post endorsements in 2012: A roundup of the Post editorial board's picks for November 6, including Virginia's and Maryland's Senate and House races, Maryland's referenda, and the D.C. Council race
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The Hill, NewsBusters.org, GOP 12, Hot Air, Politico, The Caucus, Election 2012, Rumproast, Little Green Footballs and The Lonely Conservative
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CBS News:
Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for president — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — (CBS News) Former Secretary of State Colin Powell broke with the Republican party during the 2008 election, to endorse then-candidate Barack Obama for president, calling Obama a “transformational figure.”
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
McCain: Powell ‘harmed’ his legacy by endorsing Obama — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) ripped Colin Powell for endorsing President Obama again, saying the former Secretary of State had “harmed” his legacy by doing so. — “General Powell, you disappoint us and you have harmed your legacy …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 24: In Polls, Romney's Momentum Seems to Have Stopped — The term “momentum” is used very often in political coverage — but reporters and analysts seldom pause to consider what it means. — Let me tell you what I think it ought to mean: that a body in motion tends to stay in motion.
Associated Press:
AP-GFK POLL: ROMNEY ERASES OBAMA LEAD AMONG WOMEN — WASHINGTON (AP) — What gender gap? — Less than two weeks out from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney has erased President Barack Obama's 16-point advantage among women, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows.
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Joe Scarborough / Politico:
Two new polls scream ‘advantage Obama’ — Two polls released yesterday show President Obama stubbornly clinging to his electoral advantage. TIME Magazine released a new Ohio poll that has Mitt Romney trailing in the Buckeye State by 5 points. Last week's NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist survey also had Romney behind by 5.
Mike Allen / Politico:
ROMNEY TRANSITION PLANS: early Dem outreach; pragmatism over ideology — Obama, Bill Clinton to barnstorm together — POTUS sees grand bargain by summer — FIRST LOOK - Rolling Stone cover, “Obama and the Road Ahead: The Rolling Stone Interview,” by Douglas Brinkley: “We arrived at the Oval Office …
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Guardian, CNN, Hit & Run, Yellow Hammer Politics and Gawker
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama: Romney's a ‘Bulls—’
Obama: Romney's a ‘Bulls—’
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Hot Air, Althouse and Jammie Wearing Fools
Amy Sullivan / The New Republic:
Why Liberals are Misreading Mourdock — Let's get one thing straight from the start. I am not defending Richard Mourdock's position on abortion, including his opposition to a rape exception. So take that twitchy finger off the “send” button. However, I do want to examine …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
In Defense of Richard Mourdock
In Defense of Richard Mourdock
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Fox News:
NYPD officer plotted to kidnap, cook and eat women, authorities say — NYPD officer Gilberto Valle was arrested Thursday after it was discovered that he had plotted to kidnap and cook over 100 women.FACEBOOK — A New York City police officer plotted to kidnap, cook and eat women …
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Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Gilberto Valle Accused in Plot to Kidnap Women and Cook Them
Gilberto Valle Accused in Plot to Kidnap Women and Cook Them
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CBS New York and The Raw Story
Pablo Sandoval / detroitnews.com:
Mitt Romney for President — (Charles V. Tines / The Detroit News) — Americans will be making two choices when they cast their presidential ballots on Nov. 6. They will be selecting the individual who will lead the nation over the next four years, a period that promises to be every bit as challenging as the past four.
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CNN, Michelle Malkin, theGrio, Mediaite and The PJ Tatler
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama lead in Virginia up to 5 points — A new Public Policy Polling survey in Virginia, conducted on behalf of Health Care for America Now, finds Barack Obama expanding his lead in the aftermath of his debate victory Monday night. He now has 51% to 46% for Mitt Romney, up from a 49/47 advantage last weekend.
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Jon.Ralston / Ralston Reports:
My column: Why Romney hasn't surrendered Nevada — Mitt Romney campaigned in Nevada today for the second consecutive day. The question is: Why? — Any reasonable analysis of the early voting numbers so far shows that the Democratic machine is crushing the Republicans' Rube Goldberg contraption.
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Daily Kos, No More Mister Nice Blog and First Read
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
How the Right Wing Lost in 2012 — How the right wing lost in 2012 — The right wing has lost the election of 2012. — The evidence for this is overwhelming, yet it is the year's best-kept secret. Mitt Romney would not be throwing virtually all of his past positions overboard …
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American Prospect, Prairie Weather and The Reaction
Josh Barro / Bloomberg:
The Presidential Candidate Who Would Destroy the Economy — Reason Magazine has put out its pre-election compilation of its writers' statements about whom they will be voting for and why. The Reason staffers are more unanimous than usual in their support for the Libertarian Party nominee, Gary Johnson.
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Hit & Run, Firedoglake and The Volokh Conspiracy
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
CEO's Bold Plan to Fix the Debt by Lowering Their Own Taxes — Mark Warner and Saxby Chambliss are the two Senators most hopeful of replacing Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson should they ever die or meet a poor person and get a spark of empathy. Warner and Chambliss are charter members of the Gang of Six …
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Washington Post and Hullabaloo
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Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
For Clinton as Top Diplomat, Tumultuous Closing Chapter — Hillary Clinton's final weeks as Secretary of State were supposed to be more of a victory lap. But that quickly changed after the disastrous events in Benghazi. WSJ's Monica Langley and Jerry Seib discuss the end of her tenure and future prospects.
Murray Waas / The Boston Globe:
Romney rejected new birth certificates for gay parents — As governor, he ordered review for each child — It seemed like a minor adjustment. To comply with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that legalized gay marriage in 2003, the state Registry of Vital Records and Statistics …
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Advocate, Poliglot, AMERICAblog, Towleroad News #gay and Daily Kos
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Pennsylvania Bill Would Reduce Welfare Benefits For Women Who Cannot Prove They Were Raped — A Pennsylvania House bill seeks to limit the amount of TANF assistance that low-income women receive based on the amount of children they give birth to while covered under the program.
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The Raw Story, Clutch Magazine, theGrio, Addicting Info and FIRST DRAFT
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Bam $ite unplugged — The Chinese government has blocked access to a Web site used as a conduit for donations to President Obama's re-election, The Post has learned. — The action comes following a report in Sunday's Post that the Obama.com site had been registered to Robert Roche …
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The PJ Tatler, The Jawa Report, Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
Fox News:
Interview shows Obama downplayed mob violence explanation day after Libya attack — The public understanding of when the Obama administration knew, or should have known, the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was terrorism got even muddier Wednesday. — As newly released emails showed …
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BREITBART.COM, The PJ Tatler and Sweetness & Light
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Fred Lucas / CNSNews:
WH: ‘We Decline to Comment’ on When Obama Learned of E-Mails, Met With NSC on Benghazi
WH: ‘We Decline to Comment’ on When Obama Learned of E-Mails, Met With NSC on Benghazi
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Power Line, protein wisdom, Atlas Shrugs and Weasel Zippers
Dustin Siggins / The Daily Caller:
Wisconsin GOP campaign worker hospitalized after apparent gay-bashing assault — MADISON, Wisc. — A bitter and contentious Wisconsin congressional race saw a new level of antagonism Wednesday morning when an openly gay Republican campaign worker became the victim of an apparent hate crime.
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Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
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