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10:50 AM ET, October 27, 2012

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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 …
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. ”
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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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.
Discussion: ABCNEWS
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 …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh, BuzzFeed and Politico
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.
Discussion: Power Line
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.
Discussion: The Raw Story, Mediaite and AMERICAblog
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Mike Blasky / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Sen. Reid taken to UMC for minor rib injuries following car accident
Discussion: Influence Alley
Associated Press:   Sen. Harry Reid taken to hospital after Las Vegas rear-end car crash involving 6 vehicles
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.
John H. Cushman Jr / New York Times:
Dying Satellites Could Lead to Shaky Weather Forecasts  —  WASHINGTON — The United States is facing a year or more without crucial satellites that provide invaluable data for predicting storm tracks, a result of years of mismanagement and underfunding, according to several recent official reviews.
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Bob King / Reuters:
Election in Sandy's shadow
Discussion: Politico, Associated Press, ABCNEWS and CNN
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Barring Some Sudden Change, Romney Will Win the Popular Vote  —  Barring some dramatic change in the final ten days or so, Mitt Romney will win the popular vote in the 2012 presidential election.  —  In the 22 national head-to-head polls with Romney conducted in the month of October …
BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Exaggerates Size Of Nevada Event With Altered Image  —  At best, the official Romney Instagram account posted a really bad panorama.  —  Zeke Miller  —  a half hour ago  —  61 responses
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.
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.
Discussion: Nice Deb
Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
Romney: 'Some Gays Are Actually Having Children.  It's Not Right on Paper.  It's Not Right in Fact.' … LGBT , Civil Rights , Mitt Romney , Elections 2012 , Gay Marriage , Politics , Gay Marriage , Boston Globe , Gay Voices News , Mitt Romney Lgbt Rights , Murray Waas , Romney For President …
 
 
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
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Julie Bykowicz / Bloomberg:
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Discussion: msnbc.com and First Read
James Richardson / Georgia Tipsheet:
Despite predictions of disenfranchisement, black voter participation in GA above 2008 levels
Discussion: Politico and The PJ Tatler
South Florida:
Sun Sentinel endorses Mitt Romney for president
Discussion: Hot Air
Robert Costa / National Review:
McCain: Powell ‘Got Us Into Iraq’
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Remote U.S. base at core of secret operations
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AC-130U Gunship was On-Scene in Benghazi, Obama Admin Refused to Let It Fire (Updated)
 

 
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
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