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2:50 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  —  Updated  —  All United States stock and options markets will close on Monday as Hurricane Sandy approaches, reversing course as Wall Street braces for the storm to barrel through the heart of the country's financial center.
Discussion: New York Magazine and Gothamist
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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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Romney Auto Bailout Ad Tells Four Myths In 30 Seconds  —  As Mitt Romney continues to struggle to explain his various positions on the auto rescue that saved General Motors and Chrysler, his presidential campaign has released an ad about the bailout that is littered with falsehoods and misdirections.
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: Crooks and Liars
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Andrew Sullivan To ABC: If Romney Wins Florida And VA, It's The ‘Confederacy’  —  During this Sunday's edition of ABC's This Week, Daily Beast writer Andrew Sullivan claimed that if Republican nominee Mitt Romney wins back Florida and Virginia in the upcoming 2012 presidential election …
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.
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Kasich: Romney will carry Ohio  —  Gov. John Kasich predicted on Sunday that Mitt Romney will come out on top in Ohio on Election Day.  —  “I believe right now we are currently ahead, internals show us currently ahead,” Kasich said on NBC's “Meet the Press.”
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Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:   Poll: Romney, Obama tied at 49-49 in Ohio
Bernie Becker / Ballot Box:   Gov. Kasich downplays role of auto bailout in Ohio's recovery
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
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’
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
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 …
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 …
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 / 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
Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9 poll: I-4 voters back Romney 51-45  —  A campaign sign promotes Mitt Romney outside Republican Party headquarters along Semoran Boulevard in a mostly Hispanic area of Orlando on Thursday.  —  It has been a fundamental rule of Florida politics for decades …
 
 
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
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Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Gallup daily: Romney leads Obama 50-46 among likely voters
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