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1:35 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.
Andy Lagomarsino / NewJerseyNewsroom.com:
Hurricane Sandy makes National Weather Service ‘go Jersey’ in warning … At 2:41 p.m., The National Weather Service in Mount Holly, N.J. issued this public information statement.  It is very blunt language and written in all caps.... after all, this is New Jersey.  Consider this a “get the hell out of the beach,” NWS style.
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
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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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 27: Minnesota Moonlights as Swing State, but Ohio and Virginia Are More Crucial  —  With the election so close, Saturday is no longer a day of rest for pollsters.  Eight polls were released from potentially competitive states:  —  This is a diverse group of polls that does not really lend itself to a snappy summation.
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
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 …
Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minnesota Poll: Obama leading, but Romney sees gains  —  The president's 3-point lead in state is within poll's margin of error.  —  As the presidential race tightens across the country, a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll has found that it is narrowing here as well, with President Obama holding …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Virtual tie in ... Minnesota?
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:   Poll: Romney, Obama tied at 49-49 in Ohio
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Minnesota, Now In Play
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: 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.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Nice Deb
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
McCain: White House Libya response either a ‘cover-up’ or ‘incompetence’
Discussion: Wake up America
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 …
Lee Enterprises / Quad City Times:
Our presidential endorsement: Ready for change  —  We invested heavily in hope back in 2008.  —  Our 2012 endorsement of Mitt Romney comes with an imperative for change.  —  The change that we'd hoped would elevate our economy wound up woefully short.  The presidential gambit …
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The / TheGazette:
Gazette endorsement for president: Romney
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Panetta Doctrine  —  The Secretary of Defense in his best grown-up voice says:  —  It seems obvious that Panetta is trying protect Obama from responsibility for the Administration's Benghazi response.  I don't think that works.  The decision to outsource the call is still a presidential decision.
Discussion: Hot Air
Media Decoder:
Times Reaches Tentative Deal With Newspaper Guild  —  The New York Times said Sunday night that it had reached a tentative agreement with the Newspaper Guild, setting the stage for a new labor contract after more than 18 months of negotiations.  —  In a message to the staff, the executive editor …
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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Bernie Becker / Ballot Box:   Gov. Kasich downplays role of auto bailout in Ohio's recovery
 
 
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Benghazi: A Reader Assesses the Evidence [Updated]
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Gallup daily: Romney leads Obama 50-46 among likely voters
Yahoo! News:
Insurers nervous over prospect of a Romney victory
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