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Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Hurricane Sandy: 5 political questions — The presidential campaigns are publicly hitting pause on East Coast electioneering as Hurricane Sandy spirals toward Atlantic beaches, but privately political professionals are starting to assess important questions about how it might affect next week's elections up and down the ballot.
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Capital Tonight and The Atlantic Online
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James Barron / New York Times:
Hurricane Sandy Predicted to Bring ‘Life-Threatening’ Surge — Hurricane Sandy, a menacing monster of a storm that forecasters said would bring “life-threatening” flooding, churned toward some of the nation's most densely populated areas on Sunday, prompting widespread evacuations and the shutdown of New York City's transit system.
DealBook:
Bracing for Storm, U.S. Stock Markets to Close
Bracing for Storm, U.S. Stock Markets to Close
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Gothamist and New York Magazine
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Gingrich: Obama Cancels Campaign Trips Due to Hurricane, Didn't Cancel Them Over Benghazi
Gingrich: Obama Cancels Campaign Trips Due to Hurricane, Didn't Cancel Them Over Benghazi
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
A Desperate, Deceptive Gambit for Romney in Ohio — How desperate is Mitt Romney to win Ohio? Before you answer, pay attention to what he and his campaign have been saying about the auto industry in the last few days. — As you may have heard, Romney on Thursday scared the bejeezus …
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Romney Auto Bailout Ad Tells Four Myths In 30 Seconds
Romney Auto Bailout Ad Tells Four Myths In 30 Seconds
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PERRspectives, The New Civil Rights Movement, The Raw Story, Liberal Values and Addicting Info
George Stephanopoulos / ABCNEWS:
Andrew Sullivan: Mitt Romney ‘Like an Alien That Ripped Off His Mask’ at Debates — The Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan blasted Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as a “brand new candidate” following this month's presidential debates, saying on the “This Week” roundtable that Romney …
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The Raw Story
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
MEDIA BLACKOUT: ASIDE FROM FOX, SUNDAY NEWS HOSTS FAIL TO RAISE BENGHAZI — The mainstream media's silence on the Benghazi disaster reached deafening levels on Sunday, as hosts of four out of the five major news shows—with the exception of Fox News Sunday—failed to raise the issue.
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National Review, Michelle Malkin, Nice Deb and Doug Ross
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
McCain: White House Libya response either a ‘cover-up’ or ‘incompetence’
BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Brushes Off “538” Projections — Nate Silver's newest reader: Stu Stevens. — Source: charlierose.com — CELINA, Ohio — As Mitt Romney's campaign works to exude confidence in the home stretch, one wonky, liberal, self-made New York Times election forecaster has emerged as a particularly tricky obstacle.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
al Qaqaa and Benghazi: That Was Then, and This Is Now — I wrote yesterday about the media effort to help the Obama administration cover up the Benghazi scandal. That scandal includes at least three elements: 1) the administration's failure to provide adequate security for our personnel there …
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GayPatriot and Althouse
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Obama's independent problem — President Obama has a problem with independents. And it's not a small problem. — In the last three releases of the tracking poll conducted by The Washington Post and ABC News, Obama has trailed former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney among independent voters by between 16 and 20 percentage points.
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American Power, The Fix, The Monkey Cage, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, GayPatriot and Ballot Box
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney In GOP Debate: Shut Down Federal Disaster Agency, Send Responsibility To The States … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Politics News, Fema, Frankenstorm 2012, Hurricane Sandy 2012, Hurricane Sandy Fema …
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Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic Online, Rumproast and AMERICAblog
Bookworm Room:
The Obama Curse strikes again: Detroit Tigers lose the world series — Not only did the Detroit Tigers lose the world series, they lost spectacularly, with the Giants winning in a solid four game streak. I predicted this outcome a few days ago, not because I know anything about baseball …
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Israel Matzav
J. Bradford DeLong / Brad DeLong:
inequality: Living in the Second Gilded Age — For the San Francisco Chronicle: — A third of a century ago, all of us economists confidently predicted that America would remain and even become more of a middle-class society. The high income and wealth inequality of the 1870-1929 Gilded Age …
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San Francisco Chronicle, Economist's View and Daily Kos
msnbc.com:
October 28:Kasich, Walker, Hickenlooper, Dionne, Maddow, Fiorina, Brooks and Todd — Below: — MR. DAVID GREGORY: This morning on MEET THE Press, just nine days to go. A special focus on the battleground states where this election will be won. — The final push has President Obama …
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Crooks and Liars, PoliticusUSA and NewsBusters.org blogs
The / TheGazette:
Gazette endorsement for president: Romney — President Barack Obama has made his mark during his historic first term. The Affordable Care Act of 2010, a massive overhaul of the health care system that has some features we support. A stimulus measure that the majority of economists …
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The PJ Tatler
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Lee Enterprises / Quad City Times:
Our presidential endorsement: Ready for change
Our presidential endorsement: Ready for change
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Hot Air, The Fix, The Lonely Conservative, National Review and Power Line
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Virtual tie in ... Minnesota? — I'd be the first to tell people that my state is a quadrennial sucker bet for Republicans. In 2008, no one thought we had a prayer, but in 2000 and 2004, Republicans actually thought they had a chance to break the Democrats' presidential winning streak, as the state last went to the GOP in 1972.
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The Greenroom, Scared Monkeys, GayPatriot, small dead animals, Blue Crab Boulevard and americanthinker.com
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Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minnesota Poll: Obama leading, but Romney sees gains
Minnesota Poll: Obama leading, but Romney sees gains
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The Fix, Outside the Beltway and Ballot Box