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New York Times:
Barack Obama for Re-Election — The economy is slowly recovering from the 2008 meltdown, and the country could suffer another recession if the wrong policies take hold. The United States is embroiled in unstable regions that could easily explode into full-blown disaster.
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Matt Stoller / Salon:
The progressive case against Obama — Bottom line: The president is complicit in creating an increasingly unequal — and unjust — society — A few days ago, I participated in a debate with the legendary antiwar dissident Daniel Ellsberg on Huffington Post live on the merits of the Obama administration …
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Third Party Nihilism: The Arguments Can Always Get Worse! — To its credit, the occasional inexplicable book-plugging interview aside Salon no longer promotes Camille Paglia. Alas, it is now fairly regularly publishing Matt Stoller, who is sort of Paglia but 1)with fewer references to Madonna …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 26: State Poll Averages Usually Call Election Right — The FiveThirtyEight forecast model has found the past several days of battleground state polling to be reasonably strong for Barack Obama, with his chances of winning the Electoral College increasing as a result.
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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 …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
David Axelrod On 2012 Campaign: Trajectory Of Race Is Set
David Axelrod On 2012 Campaign: Trajectory Of Race Is Set
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Ten Questions for the White House — Friday, in response to questions regarding the events of September 11 in Benghazi, President Obama said this: “Nobody wants to find out more what happened than I do. But we want to make sure we get it right, particularly because I have made a commitment …
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
White House considering new tax cut
White House considering new tax cut
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Spare Me — Karen Tumulty has a piece in tonight's Post on the non-trivial chances that we could have a split between the popular vote and the electoral college. — I don't want to make this about her because it's a very timely question and clearly it's already getting canvassed and frothed up by partisans.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Romney, Obama could split popular and electoral college vote, polls suggest
Romney, Obama could split popular and electoral college vote, polls suggest
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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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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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Doug Ross
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Todd Akin draws closer to Claire McCaskill in Missouri Senate poll — • By Kevin McDermott kmcdermott@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8268 — ST. LOUIS • Congressman Todd Akin has dramatically narrowed the lead of Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri's nationally watched Senate race, according to a new poll.
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KMOV-TV:
Poll: Akin, McCaskill locked in statistical dead heat
Poll: Akin, McCaskill locked in statistical dead heat
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Akin unveils harshest attack ad yet
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Losing from Behind — On September 11, 2012, Rasmussen Reports had President Obama's job approval at 52 percent approve, 47 percent disapprove. Today, October 27, the numbers have reversed—47 percent approve, 52 percent disapprove. The economic news over these past six weeks …
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Associated Press:
AP poll: A slight majority of Americans are now expressing negative view of blacks — WASHINGTON — Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans …
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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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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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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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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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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Republican upset brewing in RI-01 (Patrick Kennedy's former seat) — Democrat David Cicilline appears to be crumbling under devastating ads run by Brendan Doherty highlighting Cicilline's mismanagement of Providence when he was Mayor, his lies during the 2010 congressional campaign …
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Gregory Wallace / CNN:
Obama's birth certificate quip — (CNN) - It's back: President Barack Obama's birth certificate. — But instead of Donald Trump - a famous “birther” who posted online this week a video asking Obama to go public with his college records and passport - it was Obama himself raising the issue.
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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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