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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 …
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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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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.
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 Poll: Romney 50% - Obama 49% in Florida
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads 51-47 in Ohio
Obama leads 51-47 in Ohio
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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
OUTRAGEOUS: LABOR DEPARTMENT MAY DELAY JOBS REPORT
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JohnMcTernan / John McTernan's Insights:
URGENT: Prayer Tonight — The Solemn Assembly — Joel 1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, — Commentary — The hurricane that is going to hit 21 years to the day from the Perfect Storm
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney campaign bus to deliver supplies to storm-relief centers
Romney campaign bus to deliver supplies to storm-relief centers
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Joe Morgan / Gay Star News:
Christian preacher blames gays for Hurricane Sandy
Christian preacher blames gays for Hurricane Sandy
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James Barron / New York Times:
Hurricane Sandy Predicted to Bring ‘Life-Threatening’ Surge
Hurricane Sandy Predicted to Bring ‘Life-Threatening’ Surge
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
How Much Will Hurricane Sandy Cost the U.S. Economy?
How Much Will Hurricane Sandy Cost the U.S. Economy?
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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 …
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Team Mitt: He wouldn't cut FEMA
Team Mitt: He wouldn't cut FEMA
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
How Romney And Ryan Would Severely Impair Disaster Relief Efforts
How Romney And Ryan Would Severely Impair Disaster Relief Efforts
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Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
Mitt Romney in 2011: ‘We Cannot Afford’ Federal Disaster Relief
Mitt Romney in 2011: ‘We Cannot Afford’ Federal Disaster Relief
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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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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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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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Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
Obama, In Morning Joe Interview, Predicts War Inside Republican Party If He Is Reelected … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Barack Obama , House Republicans, Mitch McConnell, GOP, Elections 2012, Video, Election 2012, Obama Morning Joe, Obama Morning Joe Interview, Obama Republican Party, Politics News
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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
In Morning Joe Interview, Obama Talks Libya And Ideas ‘I Stole From A Massachusetts Governor’
In Morning Joe Interview, Obama Talks Libya And Ideas ‘I Stole From A Massachusetts Governor’
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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” …
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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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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Skschust / CBS New York:
Crane Collapses From Building Under Construction In Midtown — NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - The FDNY is at a high-rise under construction in Midtown where a crane has collapsed. — The call came in around 2:30 p.m. Monday at the building on West 57th Street. The top of the crane …
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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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