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6:30 AM ET, October 29, 2012

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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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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
Discussion: Gothamist and New York Magazine
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Gingrich: Obama Cancels Campaign Trips Due to Hurricane, Didn't Cancel Them Over Benghazi
Associated Press:
OBAMA CANCELS CAMPAIGN EVENTS TO MONITOR STORM
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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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 …
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Andrew Sullivan To ABC: If Romney Wins Florida And VA, It's The ‘Confederacy’
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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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.
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 …
Discussion: 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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: 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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Lee Enterprises / Quad City Times:
Our presidential endorsement: Ready for change
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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Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minnesota Poll: Obama leading, but Romney sees gains
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Minnesota, Now In Play
 
 
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Associated Press:
Former suspect in Etan Patz case to go free
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Steven Swinford / Telegraph:
Girls of 13 given birth control jab at school without parents' knowledge
Discussion: BBC
Media Decoder:
Times Reaches Tentative Deal With Newspaper Guild
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Benghazi: A Reader Assesses the Evidence [Updated]
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Panetta Doctrine  —  The Secretary of Defense in his best grown-up voice says:
Discussion: Hot Air
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Gallup daily: Romney leads Obama 50-46 among likely voters
 Earlier Items: 
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Kasich: Romney will carry Ohio
Yahoo! News:
Insurers nervous over prospect of a Romney victory
Discussion: AMERICAblog and The Agonist
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Poll: Romney, Obama tied at 49-49 in Ohio
Discussion: The Hill, CNN, First Read and WMAZ-TV
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Why I Am Pro-Life  —  HARD-LINE conservatives have gone …
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
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