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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Gov. Christie praises Obama response to Hurricane Sandy as ‘outstanding’ — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) praised President Obama's work to help states battered by Hurricane Sandy as “outstanding” Tuesday, but cautioned that the recovery would be a prolonged effort.
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Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
Bush's FEMA Director During Katrina Criticizes Obama For Responding To Sandy Too Quickly — Former FEMA Director Michael Brown offered criticism of President Obama's early responses to Hurricane Sandy yesterday, including a dig at the administration's response to last month's attack in Libya.
Sam Levin / The Latest Word:
Michael Brown, ex-FEMA head, has advice, criticism for Obama about Hurricane Sandy — Colorado is not facing any danger from Hurricane Sandy, but the effects of the storm can still be felt here, with the Obama and Romney camps canceling scheduled rallies. Today, we decided to check …
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New York Times:
A Big Storm Requires Big Government — Most Americans have never heard of the National Response Coordination Center, but they're lucky it exists on days of lethal winds and flood tides. The center is the war room of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where officials gather to decide …
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Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Refuses To Talk About FEMA After Hurricane Sandy Event
Mitt Romney Refuses To Talk About FEMA After Hurricane Sandy Event
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Crooks and Liars, Election 2012, The Daily Beast, Slate, Daily Kos, AMERICAblog, Washington Post and Politico
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney and Ryan announce ‘storm relief’ efforts for Tuesday
Romney and Ryan announce ‘storm relief’ efforts for Tuesday
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Hurricane Sandy 2012: Chris Christie heaps praise on Obama
Hurricane Sandy 2012: Chris Christie heaps praise on Obama
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The Caucus, Wall Street Journal and The Daily Dish
Geneva Sands / The Hill:
Christie: I don't give ‘a damn’ about presidential politics right now
Christie: I don't give ‘a damn’ about presidential politics right now
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Jammie Wearing Fools
Felicia Sonmez / Election 2012:
Romney Ohio campaign event turns into storm relief effort
Romney Ohio campaign event turns into storm relief effort
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New York Magazine
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Christie praises Obama, doesn't ‘give a damn’ about Romney photo op
Christie praises Obama, doesn't ‘give a damn’ about Romney photo op
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Addicting Info, Wonkette and CNN
CNN:
TRENDING: Romney speaks with FEMA
TRENDING: Romney speaks with FEMA
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The Agonist, The Mahablog, The Fix and First Read
BuzzFeed Politics:
How One Well-Connected Pseudonymous Twitter Spread Fake News About Hurricane Sandy — The twitter user @comfortablysmug is one of a handful of pseudonymous Manhattan professionals who keep their widely-followed Twitter voices separate from their careers. His bio describes him as “My Interests …
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Stuef / BuzzFeed FWD:
Shashank Tripathi, Last Night's Twitter Villain @ComfortablySmug — This post is now <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/ jackstuef/the-man-behind-comfortablysmu g- hurricane-sandys">available on BuzzFeed FWD</a>, which was down for a time due to Sandy. — During the storm last night …
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BuzzFeed:
The Man Behind @ComfortablySmug, Hurricane Sandy's Worst Twitter Villain — He's a hedge fund analyst, Republican political consultant and deliberate spreader of false information. — During the storm last night, user @comfortablysmug was the source of a load of frightening but false information …
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Hullabaloo
New York Times:
Storm Barrels Through Region, Leaving Battered Path — As Hurricane Sandy churned inland as a downgraded storm, residents up and down the battered mid-Atlantic region woke on Tuesday to lingering waters, darkened homes and the daunting task of cleaning up from once-in-a-generation storm surges and their devastating effects.
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Rich Beeson / mittromney.com:
Memo: Pennsylvania — Rendell: ‘Startling upset’ for Romney ‘a possibility’ in Pennsylvania — When Governor Ed Rendell made these comments last week, he was clearly sending a desperate call to Chicago for help in the Keystone State. At the time, his comments were met with derision …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney starts reserving time in Pennsylvania for last two days of race (Updated)
Amy Walter / ABCNEWS:
ABC News Moves Pensylvania, Minnesota from ‘Safe’ to ‘Lean’ Obama
ABC News Moves Pensylvania, Minnesota from ‘Safe’ to ‘Lean’ Obama
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Weasel Zippers, Politico, The PJ Tatler, Hot Dish Politics, NewsBusters.org blogs and americanthinker.com
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
In U.S., 15% of Registered Voters Have Already Cast Ballots — Early voting highest in the West and among seniors; similar by party ID — PRINCETON, NJ — Fifteen percent of registered voters nationwide have already cast their ballots in this year's election, according to Gallup Daily tracking for the week ending Oct. 28.
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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
GALLUP SHOCK: ROMNEY UP 52-45% AMONG EARLY VOTERS
GALLUP SHOCK: ROMNEY UP 52-45% AMONG EARLY VOTERS
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Plain Dealer:
Flailing in Ohio, Romney rolls out Jeep ploy: editorial — Mitt Romney is desperate to convince Ohio voters that he's the candidate most committed to the U.S. auto industry — no matter how much confusion he must sow to do it. — Last week, Romney recklessly told a large audience in Defiance …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney expands false Jeep-to-China ad campaign
Romney expands false Jeep-to-China ad campaign
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
4 Pinocchios for Mitt Romney's misleading ad on Chrysler and China
4 Pinocchios for Mitt Romney's misleading ad on Chrysler and China
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Jennifer Maloney / Metropolis:
More Than 80 Homes Destroyed in Breezy Point, Queens … At least 80 flooded homes were destroyed by fire Monday night in Breezy Point, a neighborhood on the tip of New York's Rockaway Peninsula. Hundreds of homes in this Queens neighborhood suffered flood damage and at least five houses …
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Chris Bragg / Crain's New York Business:
The Insider: Rep. Bob Turner's home lost to fire
The Insider: Rep. Bob Turner's home lost to fire
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NPR:
NPR Poll Finds Presidential Race Too Close To Call … The latest and last NPR Battleground Poll for 2012 shows former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holding the narrowest of leads in the national sample, but trailing President Obama in the dozen states that will decide the election.
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
NPR: 8-point swing puts Romney in front
NPR: 8-point swing puts Romney in front
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Weasel Zippers
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: Romney Campaign Training Poll Watchers To Mislead Voters In Wisconsin — Mitt Romney's campaign has been training poll watchers in Wisconsin with highly misleading — and sometimes downright false — information about voters' rights. — Documents from a recent Romney poll watcher …
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BuzzFeed, The Raw Story and The Maddow Blog
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Upside of Opportunism — Let's try to imagine what the world would look like if President Obama is re-elected. — Washington over the next four years would probably look much as it has over the last two: Obama running the White House, Republicans controlling the House and Democrats managing the Senate.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
The president who seems not to care — One of the more melancholy moments of the presidential campaign occurred for me in a screening room. The film was Rory Kennedy's documentary about her mother, Ethel — the widow of Robert F. Kennedy. Much of it consisted of Kennedy-family home movies …
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Surrogate Reassures Ohio Voters: Roe v. Wade Safe Under Romney — In the frenetic push to win all-important Ohio, Mitt Romney's campaign is saying a lot of things to a lot of people. And on Monday, a top Romney surrogate told a group of Jewish voters in the Buckeye State …
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