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Paul Krugman:
Fortune Favors the Brave — For a few days there the Romney campaign was boasting a lot about having Big Mo — and the press corps actually fell for it, briefly. At this point, however, the reality seems to be sinking in: if Romney has Big Mo, it looks like this:
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The New Republic
Associated Press:
AP poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks — Associated Press/Pablo Martinez Monsivais - FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks to supporters at a campaign event at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport, in Cleveland Ohio. ...more
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The Daily Dish, The Agonist and Althouse
Mugsy / Crooks and Liars:
OMG! Birther Morons Tout Hilariously Faked Video of Obama Birth as Real — Okay, so there this video going viral on the Right purporting to be actual footage of Barack Obama's birth taking place in a hospital in Kenya. — I kid you not. — The footage is supposedly a VHS transfer …
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TheBlaze.com, Pirate's Cove, Althouse and Slate
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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Talking Points Memo, The Moderate Voice, Wonkblog, Liberal Values and The Hill
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Obama, Clinton backed reforms to Electoral College after Bush v. Gore
Obama, Clinton backed reforms to Electoral College after Bush v. Gore
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No More Mister Nice Blog and ABCNEWS
KMOV-TV:
Poll: Akin, McCaskill locked in statistical dead heat — ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) — A new poll shows the Missouri Senate race is too close to predict a winner. — The News 4, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star poll shows Senator Claire McCaskill with a 2 percent lead over Congressman Todd Akin …
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Ballot Box and The Daily Caller
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Akin unveils harshest attack ad yet
Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Colin Powell's Former Chief Of Staff: ‘My Party Is Full Of Racists’ — Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, the former Chief of Staff to General Colin Powell, appeared on The Ed Show Friday night, where he responded to Romney surrogate John Sununu's recent remark that Powell's endorsement of the President may be based on race.
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The Fix and Weasel Zippers
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Peter Finocchiaro / The Huffington Post:
Lawrence Wilkerson, Former Colin Powell Aide, Blasts Sununu, GOP, As ‘Full Of Racists’
Lawrence Wilkerson, Former Colin Powell Aide, Blasts Sununu, GOP, As ‘Full Of Racists’
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New York Magazine and Gawker
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Rubio: Obama's Ideas Are “The Ideas Of Countries People Come Here To Get Away From” — His family left Cuba. The Florida Senator was introducing Romney in Florida on Saturday. — Source: youtube.com — UPDATE: On Mitt Romney's campaign plane shortly after the rally, Rubio was asked what he meant by the comments.
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Taegan Goddard's … and The Buzz Florida Politics Feed
WISH-TV:
Church sign defaced with anti-Romney message — HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) - A viewer used Report !t to send our sister station WANE pictures of the sign in front of the South Broadway Church of Christ in Huntington on Friday. — One side of the sign read “Christ voted Democrat” and the other read “Romney hates women”.
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Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
State polling averages support Obama camp's view of the race — This presidential race remains a national dead heat, and Mitt Romney could still very well become our next president. But right at this moment, it needs to be reiterated that the state polling averages support the Obama campaign's view …
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Taegan Goddard's …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 25: The State of the States
Oct. 25: The State of the States
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The PJ Tatler, Prairie Weather, Connecting.the.Dots, AMERICAblog, Business Insider and The Other McCain
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
Obama: Election ‘has nothing to do’ with Libya deaths
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americanthinker.com, Sister Toldjah, Pirate's Cove, Scared Monkeys, The Greenroom, Israpundit, Doug Ross and Newsy
Sara Marie Brenner / Human Events:
IS VOTER FRAUD BEING COMMITTED IN OHIO? — RESIZE: — COLUMBUS, Ohio — In Ohio, a person can register to vote up to 30 days before the election, with absentee voting starting 35 days before the election. The 5 day overlap is referred to as the “golden week” — the days during which someone …
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Plunderbund, Instapundit and Power Line
Los Angeles Times:
Romney spends big on firms tied to aides — Mitt Romney's campaign has paid $134.2 million to political firms with ties to his senior staff, for consulting and other services. — Mitt Romney campaign advisor Eric Fehrnstrom talks to reporters after the second presidential debate at Hofstra University.
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The Agonist and Seeing the Forest
Dean Chambers- / Examiner:
The far left turns to Nate Silver for wisdom on the polls — Screen shot of the New York Time political blog of Nate Silver. — Credits: FiveThirtyEight.com — While many conservatives look to former Clinton political consultant Dick Morris to understand the polls and political surveys …
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The Reaction, Outside the Beltway, TBogg and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Alan Carter / CBS Los Angeles:
Vandal Keys ‘Obama’ Into 2 Cars In Alta Loma — ALTA LOMA (CBS) — A case of campaign vandalism is under investigation Friday in Alta Loma. — Someone keyed the word “Obama” into two cars and slashed seats in another outside a residence that had Mitt Romney campaign signs.
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Weasel Zippers and Instapundit
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
White House considering new tax cut — The White House is weighing the idea of a tax cut that it believes would lift Americans' take-home pay and boost a still-struggling economy, according to people familiar with the administration's thinking, as the presidential candidates continue battling …
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Hot Air, Washington Examiner and Firedoglake