memeorandum: Hurricane Sandy Predicted to Bring ‘Life-Threatening’ Surge (James Barron/New York Times)

3:55 PM ET, October 29, 2012

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James Hohmann / Politico:

Battleground Tracking Poll: Obama retakes lead — MARION, Ohio — With eight days to go until the election, President Barack Obama has recaptured a narrow national lead over Mitt Romney, riding increased support from women and an edge in early voting. — A new POLITICO/George Washington …

Discussion: Hot Air, GOP 12, Taylor Marsh, Washington Wire and National Review

Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:

New Projection of Election Results: Romney 52, Obama 47 — The bipartisan Battleground Poll, in its “vote election model,” is projecting that Mitt Romney will defeat President Obama 52 percent to 47 percent. The poll also found that Romney has an even greater advantage among middle class voters, 52 percent to 45 percent.

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Impact of Hurricane Sandy on Election Is Uncertain — I'm not sure whether I render the greater disservice by contemplating the political effects of a natural disaster — or by ignoring the increasingly brisk winds whipping outside my apartment in Brooklyn.

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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:

CNN Poll: Romney 50% - Obama 49% in Florida — (CNN) - With eight days to go until Election Day, a new survey indicates an extremely close race for Florida's 29 electoral votes. — According to a CNN/ORC International poll released Monday, 50% of likely voters in the Sunshine State …

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Daniel Strauss / Ballot Box:
Romney holds slim lead on Obama in latest national tracking poll

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Obama's independent problem

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Eric Morath / Real Time Economics:

Labor Department ‘Working Hard’ to Ensure Jobs Report Released on Time — UPDATE: The U.S. Labor Department on Monday said it is “working hard to ensure the timely release” of the October jobs report, saying it intends to released the report on schedule Friday despite Hurricane Sandy.

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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
OUTRAGEOUS: LABOR DEPARTMENT MAY DELAY JOBS REPORT

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James Barron / New York Times:

Hurricane Sandy Predicted to Bring ‘Life-Threatening’ Surge — Hurricane Sandy grew stronger before dawn on Monday as it churned northward through the Atlantic Ocean en route to what forecasters agreed would be a devastating landfall, possibly within 100 miles of New York City.

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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney campaign bus to deliver supplies to storm-relief centers

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BuzzFeed: Romney Calls On Supporters To Donate To Relief Efforts

Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Hurricane Sandy: 5 political questions

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Gregory J. Krieg / ABCNEWS:
Hurricane Politics: Obama and Romney Play It Safe

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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
How Much Will Hurricane Sandy Cost the U.S. Economy?

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David Jackson / USA Today:
Obama cancels campaign events, to speak at 12:45 p.m.

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Gregory Wallace / CNN:
Romney campaign aids Sandy relief effort

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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 …

Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Team Mitt: He wouldn't cut FEMA

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David Corn / MoJo Articles:

Romney to Business Crowd: Obama Sees You As an “Evil” — The GOP candidate—and his wife—are caught on tape at a private fundraiser dismissing the president as not a “grown-up” and an arch foe of commerce. — Ever since I revealed Mitt Romney's 47 percent rant, tips and tapes have come through the transom—including this and this.

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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill: Ann Romney: America needs a ‘grown-up’ who understands the economy

Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:

Misleading Romney Auto Ad Backfires With Media — Mitt Romney's final attempt to swing Ohio polls in his direction is a bit too much for a number of political reporters, and is now facing an aggressive response from the Obama campaign. — In news articles, tweets, and other media …

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BuzzFeed:
Romney Camp Defends Auto Bailout Ad

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Noah Bierman / The Boston Globe:

Senate race in dead heat, new Globe poll shows — A new Boston Globe poll shows the race between Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren in a dead heat, with ample opportunity for both candidates to win the nation's most expensive Senate race eight days from now.

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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

Presidential Race Dead Even; Romney Maintains Turnout Edge — Obama 47%-Romney 47% — OVERVIEW — As the presidential campaign enters its final week, Barack Obama has failed to regain much of the support he lost in the days following the first presidential debate and the race …

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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads 51-47 in Ohio

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Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:

Shocking Footage Emerges of Mitt Romney Spouting His Bigoted Bile Against Gays (VIDEO) … Mitt Romney , Gay Marriage , LGBT , Politics , Gay Marriage , Video , Gay Parenting , Romney-Ryan 2012 , Election 2012 , Evangelicals , Gay Adoption , Gay Voices , Marriage Equality , Massachusetts …

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Samuel Popkin / American Prospect:

Nate Silver, Artist of Uncertainty — We're heading into the last week of a tight presidential campaign, and polls are coming in too fast to count. Partisans everywhere are desperate for omens. But at moments like these, it's people who care most intensely that the “right outcome” …

Steve Kornacki / Salon:

Voted least popular? — Obama could win in a split vote. But to the GOP, any Democratic victory is illegitimate, whatever the details are — We all remember that George W. Bush became president 12 years ago despite receiving 543,816 fewer votes than Al Gore.

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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:

In Morning Joe Interview, Obama Talks Libya And Ideas ‘I Stole From A Massachusetts Governor’ — As mentioned earlier, Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski spoke with President Barack Obama during a New Hampshire campaign stop in a segment aired early Monday morning.

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Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
Obama, In Morning Joe Interview, Predicts War Inside Republican Party If He Is Reelected

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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:

Obama floats plan for a ‘secretary of Business’ if he wins second term — President Obama says he would like to establish a “secretary of Business” if he wins a second term. — In an interview with MSNBC, the president said he wants to consolidate a number of business and trade-related agencies …

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Katie Glueck / Politico:

Oliver Stone's new book rips Obama — A new book from filmmaker Oliver Stone offers a scathing critique of President Barack Obama's time in office. — Stone, who wrote “The Untold History of the United States” with historian Peter Kuznick, puts forth a liberal interpretation of American history …

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Bill Carter / Media Decoder:

Anderson Cooper Talk Show Won't Return for a Third Season — The syndication arm of the Warner Brothers studio has decided that there will not be a third season of “Anderson,” the daily talk show hosted by Anderson Cooper. — Citing disappointing ratings, a studio executive …

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