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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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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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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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Olivier Knox / Associated Press:
Obama did not deny requests for help in Benghazi: Aide — The White House on Saturday flatly denied that President Barack Obama withheld requests for help from the besieged American compound in Benghazi, Libya, as it came under on attack by suspected terrorists on September 11th.
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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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Hot Air, Washington Examiner and Firedoglake
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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American Prospect
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Romney lands key endorsement in crucial swing state - Iowa — (CNN) - The Des Moines Register, Iowa's largest newspaper, endorsed Mitt Romney for president Saturday, reversing its 2008 support for President Barack Obama and marking the first time the paper has endorsed a Republican in 40 years.
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Josh Jordan / National Review:
The Two Polls That Have Chicago Terrified — For all of the polls that are flying out almost hourly now, there are two common trends emerging: Mitt Romney is leading independents by healthy margins, and who holds the overall lead is entirely dependent on the party split within the sample.
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The Daily Dish, Moe Lane, Wake up America and GayPatriot
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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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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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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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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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
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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New York Magazine, Gawker and The Hinterland Gazette
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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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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