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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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:

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …