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9:45 PM ET, October 26, 2012

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Jennifer Griffin / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sources say  —  Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. Consulate and subsequent attack several hours later …
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Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Hurricane Sandy may be unprecedented in East Coast storm history  —  European model simulation for Hurricane Sandy - on its approach to the mid-Atlantic - with a minimum pressure of 934 mb.  (Weatherbell.com) With computer models locked in on the eventuality of a punishing blow for East Coast …
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Bob King / Reuters:
Election in Sandy's shadow
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Associated Press and CNN
John H. Cushman Jr / New York Times:
Dying Satellites Could Lead to Shaky Weather Forecasts
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Brian McNoldy / Washington Post:
Hurricane Sandy on collision course with mid-Atlantic and Northeast
Discussion: The Fix and Election 2012
Molly Waldron / Local News:
Senator Harry Reid hospitalized after crash in Las Vegas  —  Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — Senator Harry Reid was hospitalized after a crash on Interstate 15 Friday.  —  The crash happened just after 1 p.m. on I-15 northbound near Sahara, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
Discussion: The Raw Story, Mediaite and AMERICAblog
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Mike Blasky / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Sen. Reid taken to UMC for minor rib injuries following car accident
Discussion: Influence Alley
CNN:
Harry Reid hospitalized after car crash, in good condition
Discussion: This Just In and Capital Tonight
Associated Press:
Sen. Harry Reid taken to hospital after Las Vegas rear-end car crash involving 6 vehicles
Politico:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doing fine after car accident
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Las Vegas Sun News:
'He's OK'; Reid's motorcade involved in five-vehicle accident
Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Ronald Reagan Made A ‘First Time’ Voting Joke 32 Years Before Lena Dunham Did  —  Some conservative were outraged Thursday, when the Obama campaign posted a Web ad starring Lena Dunham, creator of the TV show “Girls,” in which she speaks about her “first time” voting, using innuendo to compare it to a girl losing her virginity.
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Lou Cannon / Washington Post:
Reagan campaigns like a man who's won  —  CHICAGO — Ronald Regan campaigned in politically crucial Great Lakes states today, acting more and more like a man who thinks he has already clinched the election.  —  While continuing to hammer away at President Carter's economic record …
Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA CAMPAIGN TO GIRLS: HAVE SEX WITH VOTE FOR O
BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Exaggerates Size Of Nevada Event With Altered Image  —  At best, the official Romney Instagram account posted a really bad panorama.  —  Zeke Miller  —  a half hour ago  —  61 responses
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Petraeus Throws Obama Under the Bus  —  Breaking news on Benghazi: the CIA spokesman, presumably at the direction of CIA director David Petraeus, has put out this statement: “No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate. ”
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama 50%-Romney 46% in Ohio  —  (CNN) - With a week and a half to go until Election Day, a new poll indicates the race for arguably the most important battleground state remains very close.  —  According to a CNN/ORC International survey released Friday, President Barack Obama holds …
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Live Polls Show Obama With Bigger Leads In Ohio (CHART)
Discussion: Addicting Info
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Romney economic speech at company that received stimulus funds
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Dem's amendment would give 29 more electoral votes to popular vote winner  —  The head of the House Democratic campaign arm this week proposed a Constitutional amendment that would give the winner of the popular vote in the presidential race an additional 29 electoral votes.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 25: The State of the States
Rasmussen Reports:
A Commentary By Scott Rasmussen
Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
Romney: 'Some Gays Are Actually Having Children.  It's Not Right on Paper.  It's Not Right in Fact.' … LGBT , Civil Rights , Mitt Romney , Elections 2012 , Gay Marriage , Politics , Gay Marriage , Boston Globe , Gay Voices News , Mitt Romney Lgbt Rights , Murray Waas , Romney For President …
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Obama's Ground Game Advantage May Not Be As Big As It Looks  —  The chart below has been making the rounds over the past couple of days.  It shows how many field offices each campaign has in the top ten swing states, and it's pretty stunning.  Obama has twice as many offices as Romney in Virginia.
Discussion: Wonkblog and Prairie Weather
Josh Hicks / Washington Post:
Obama's ‘Tonight Show’ remark: Planned Parenthood provides mammograms  —  “You've got issues like Planned Parenthood, where that organization provides millions of women cervical-cancer screenings, mammograms, all kinds of basic health care.”  —  President Obama appeared on “The Tonight Show” …
Christopher Collins- / Examiner:
Clinton asked for more security in Benghazi, Obama said no  —  Last night, it was revealed that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had ordered more security at the U.S. mission in Benghazi before it was attacked where four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens were murdered …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
2012 U.S. Electorate Looks Like 2008  —  Composition of electorate by race, age, gender essentially the same  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The composition of the electorate for the 2012 presidential election is looking quite similar to what it was in 2008 as well as 2004, according to an analysis …
Jilian Fama / ABCNEWS:
Man Gets Romney ‘R’ Tattooed On His Face For $15,000  —  Some say that campaign ads are getting just ridiculous.  But now it's taken a turn to the truly bizarre.  An Indiana man has auctioned off space on the side of his head, where he tattooed Mitt Romney's presidential campaign “R” logo in a 5-by-2-inch spot for a bid of $15, 000.
Discussion: Gawker, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Erick Erickson / The Atlantic Wire:
Conservatives Get All Hot and Bothered Over Obama's Suggestive New Ad  —  President Obama teamed up with the most divisive 26-year-old in the world to make a suggestive ad encouraging young people to vote, but it seems to have upset some old conservative men on Twitter.
Scott Travis / The Huffington Post:
College Tuition Should Vary By Degree, Florida State Task Force Says … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Rick Scott, University Of Florida, College Tuition, Florida State, Florida Education, Florida Higher Education, Florida University System, Rick Scott Tuition, Stem, Tuition By Degree, Miami News
 
 
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama tells MTV music can ‘set the world on fire’
Discussion: Politico
Julie Bykowicz / Bloomberg:
Ohio Sees Enough Campaign Ads to Air Nonstop for 80 Days
Discussion: msnbc.com and First Read
James Richardson / Georgia Tipsheet:
Despite predictions of disenfranchisement, black voter participation in GA above 2008 levels
Discussion: Politico and The PJ Tatler
South Florida:
Sun Sentinel endorses Mitt Romney for president
Discussion: Hot Air and Wake up America
Robert Costa / National Review:
McCain: Powell ‘Got Us Into Iraq’
Matt Higgins / CBS DC:
Panetta: Critics ‘Monday Morning Quarterbacking’ White House Handling Of Libya Attack
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and Weekly Standard
 Earlier Items: 
Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama offers to walk dog, wash car to get a deal with Congress
Discussion: Mediaite and Jammie Wearing Fools
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Remote U.S. base at core of secret operations
Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
Transcript of 1944 Bretton Woods Conference Found at Treasury
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama's fanciful claim that Congress ‘proposed’ the sequester
Discussion: Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
David Brooks / New York Times:
What Moderation Means  —  Over the past month, Mitt Romney …
 

 
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