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Kyle Clark / KUSA-TV:
9NEWS questions President Obama on Libya attack — KUSA - President Barack Obama would not directly address questions from 9NEWS on whether Americans under attack in Libya were denied requests for assistance during the September 11th terror attack. — President Obama discussed the situation …
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama: Election ‘has nothing to do’ with Libya deaths — President Obama again on Friday defended his administration's handling of the attack that killed four Americans in Libya, and said he's not holding back information ahead of Election Day. — “The election has nothing …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 25: The State of the States — Thursday was a busy day for the polls, with some bright spots for each candidate. But it made clear that Barack Obama maintains a narrow lead in the polling averages in states that would get him to 270 electoral votes. Mr. Obama also remains roughly tied …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Romney, Obama could split popular and electoral college vote, polls suggest — Most polls at this moment suggest GOP nominee Mitt Romney is in the lead nationally, but surveys in the nine or so swing states are registering a narrow advantage for President Obama.
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Obama, Clinton backed reforms to Electoral College after Bush v. Gore — President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are among the politicians whose past criticisms of the Electoral College system would draw new scrutiny if there is a split verdict in this year's presidential election.
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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. ”
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
Lena Dunham, Lesley Gore, And The Importance Of Voting On November 6 — Whatever you think of Lena Dunham, or the actual efficacy of the playful voter turnout ad she cut for President Obama in which she compares voting for the first time to losing your virginity—which, if you're a civics nerd …
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Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Benghazi bungle requires act of urgent political hygiene — “We're going to have that person arrested and prosecuted that did the video,” said Hillary Clinton. No, not the person who made the video saying that voting for Barack Obama is like losing your virginity to a really cool guy.
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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.
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Mike Blasky / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Sen. Reid taken to UMC for minor rib injuries following car accident
Sen. Reid taken to UMC for minor rib injuries following car accident
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Las Vegas Sun News:
'He's OK'; Reid's motorcade involved in five-vehicle accident
'He's OK'; Reid's motorcade involved in five-vehicle accident
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Politico:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doing fine after car accident
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doing fine after car accident
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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.
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Thomas Fitzgerald / Philly.com:
Poll: Obama still ahead in Pa., but Romney up — President Obama holds a six-point lead over Mitt Romney in a new Inquirer Pennsylvania Poll with just over nine full days of campaigning left for the Republican nominee to make a play for the state. — Obama was the choice of 49 percent of likely voters …
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Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Duckworth has 10 percentage point lead over Walsh — Democratic congressional candidate Tammy Duckworth has opened a double-digit lead over freshman Republican Rep. Joe Walsh, an edge fueled by a huge advantage among female voters as women's issues have taken center stage, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows.
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Live Polls Show Obama With Bigger Leads In Ohio (CHART) — How tight is the presidential race in Ohio? It depends who's polling. — Surveys of the Buckeye State have been all over the board in recent weeks as the election draws near. While most show President Obama with the lead …
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.
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Rush Limbaugh:
We Don't Need Conspiracy Theories to Explain What Happened in Libya — RUSH: So the father of the slain SEAL, “Who made the decision not to save my son?” This kind of thing is what opens the door to all kinds of theories. And you can plug whatever theory in you want to explain this.
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Cds / China Daily Show:
Man who is shocked at Wen Jiabao family fortune discovered in Chinese village — After hearing of the news, Mo told this reporter ‘No way’ and ‘Get the f**k outta here’ — LANZHOU (China Daily Show) - An adult male who expressed astonishment at the recent revelations surrounding Chinese …
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