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8:15 PM ET, October 31, 2012

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Dick Morris / The Hill:
Opinion: Here comes the landslide  —  Voters have figured out that President Obama has no message, no agenda and not even much of an explanation for what he has done over the past four years.  His campaign is based entirely on persuading people that Mitt Romney is a uniquely bad man …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Through the Looking Glass  —  I know, I know: everybody knows Dick Morris is a lying, spin-mad hack, so why would I pay any attention to what he's saying?  Here's why: everybody does not know (or more likely, care) that Morris is full of it, which is why he has a column in a respectable publication …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads 50-45 in Ohio
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Poll: Obama up by 8 in Wisconsin
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
After Brutal Polling Day, Romney Team Reassures That They'll Win  —  Mitt Romney's top staff offered reporters an endless number of reasons they're going to beat President Obama, on a conference call Wednesday.  Not included on their list of Romney advantages: a clear lead in the polls.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 30: What State Polls Suggest About the National Popular Vote  —  Mitt Romney and President Obama remain roughly tied in national polls, while state polls are suggestive of a lead for Mr. Obama in the Electoral College.  Most people take this to mean that there is a fairly good chance …
Nate Cohn / The New Republic:
Romney's Window In Ohio Is Closing
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Joe Biden: “Are You Indian?”  Man: “American!”  —  Awkward exchange on the campaign trail in Florida.  —  Image by The Oshkosh Northwestern, Joe Sienkiewicz / AP  —  Vice President Joe Biden had an awkward exchange at a stop at a restaurant in Sarasota, Fla. today.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Biden already thinking about 2016  —  Election Day isn't for another six days, but Vice President Biden is already thinking about 2016.  —  Appearing at an eatery in Florida on Wednesday, Biden was chatting by phone with a Republican voter when the vice president half-jokingly …
CNN:
TRENDING: Biden: 'You'll vote for me in 2016'
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden: 'I'm Going to Give You the Whole Load Today'
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
As Biden Attacks Romney, White House Says It's “Not A Time For Politics”
Discussion: The Greenroom and Hot Air
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Why Exactly Is Chris Christie Subverting Mitt Romney?  —  Chris Christie is love-bombing President Obama — the man he labeled clueless just last week — and Maureen Dowd is asking why: … Here are three theories about Christie:  —  1) The first, most benign theory: Christie, in my experience …
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BuzzFeed:
President Obama And Chris Christie Tour Storm Damage  —  The president and the New Jersey governor toured the absolutely devastated New Jersey seaboard from Marine One Wednesday.  —  President Obama and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate step off Airforce One and meet with Governor Christie.
Ginger Gibson / Politico:
Chris Christie aide denies rift with Mitt Romney  —  A source close to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — who has praised President Barack Obama in the wake of superstorm Sandy — dismissed any notion that the GOP governor is harboring any ill-will toward Mitt Romney.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Final CBS/NYT/Q-polls in OH, FL, VA show Obama up ...  We're down to the final week of the election, where we'd normally expect to see pollsters fine-tuning their samples in order to get the most predictive survey results ahead of the election.  It's refreshing, therefore …
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Craig Gilbert / JSOnline:
Obama leads Romney in Wisconsin in new Marquette poll
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Poll: Obama up 5 points in Ohio, holds narrower leads in Virginia, Florida
David Weigel / Slate:
Quinnipiac: Obama Leads in Ohio, Pennsylvania Is Obama's
Discussion: Hot Air, The PJ Tatler and GOP 12
BuzzFeed:
The Making Of Romney's Storm Relief Event  —  A scramble to depoliticize a political campaign, and $5,000 in supplies from Wal-Mart.  “Just grab something.”  —  Image by Brian Snyder / Reuters  —  DAYTON, Ohio — The last-minute decision by Romney high command Monday to suspend politics …
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Romney Campaign Staged Donations At Storm Relief Event
Discussion: AMERICAblog, Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Steve King: Hurricane Sandy Aid Must Have Strings Attached To Avoid Waste On ‘Gucci Bags’ … FOLLOW:  —  Steve King, Elections 2012, Natural Disasters, Steve King, Video, Christie Vilsack, Christie Vilsack 2012, Disaster Relief, Hurricane Sandy 2012, Hurricane Sandy 2012, Iowa 2012 …
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BuzzFeed:
Gay Rights Group Files Complaint Over Tuesday's Text Messages  —  “It's unacceptable to launch these types of despicable attacks from dark corners,” a Human Rights Campaign spokesman said about the Federal Communications Commission complaint filing.  —  Via: @cyrsucker
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Gingrich: Senator told me networks may have White House emails commanding counterterrorism group to stand down on Benghazi rescue  —  On Tuesday night's “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” on the Fox News Channel, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said that major news networks might …
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Jack Kelly / Real Clear Politics:
Benghazi Coverup Much Worse Than “Third-rate Burglary”
Discussion: Free Beacon
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Petraeus and Panetta Speak—But Not the President
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Case for Obama: Why He Is a Great President.  Yes, Great.  —  I decided to support Barack Obama pretty early in the Democratic primary, around spring of 2007.  But unlike so many of his supporters, I never experienced a kind of emotional response to his candidacy.
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Daily Dish
Mark Memmott / NPR:
Dear Little Girl: Sorry We Made You Cry About ‘Bronco Bamma’ And Mitt Romney … Oh my goodness, do we feel bad now:  —  “A 4-year-old Fort Collins girl expressed her frustration over the seemingly never-ending presidential campaign,” Denver's 9News reports.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
The tea party gets a news site  —  Tea Party conservatives are getting their very own news site.  —  The Tea Party News Network, self-described as “the only trusted news source and the antidote to mainstream media bias,” is already live but will announce its launch tomorrow morning, with plans to start live video on election day.
Wonkblog:
INTERACTIVE: Make Mitt Romney's tax plan add up!  —  The two parties may not agree on much, but they do agree on this: It's time to reform the tax code.  —  The last time the tax code got a deep clean was 1986.  Since then, it has been clogged up with deductions, credits and loopholes …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Economix
Christopher Robbins / Gothamist:
Outrage In The Powerless Zone: A Dispatch From Downtown Manhattan  —  Mayor Bloomberg said last night that we've come to “the end of the downside” of Hurricane Sandy—hey, if you can spare $150 and a cab ride, you can join him at the very first Brooklyn Nets game tomorrow.
 
 
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Facebook admits error in censoring anti-Obama message
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
In Deadlocked Race, Neither Side Has Ground Game Advantage
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Joseph B. White / Washington Wire:
Romney Campaign Stands By Auto Bailout Ads
Discussion: The Hill and The Hill
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
GOP super-PAC flips to support Akin
Discussion: Politico
Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
Anger Aside, Voters Favor D.C. Status Quo
Discussion: msnbc.com, Daily Kos and BobKrumm.com
Addiestan / AlterNet:
Major Retailer Urges Workers To Take ‘Civics Course’ With Anti-Obama Content
Discussion: American Prospect and Hullabaloo
Bobby Cervantes / Politico:
Iowa warns international observers of arrest
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Donnelly up seven over Mourdock in internal poll
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Rush Limbaugh:
Why the Media Shelters Obama
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Case Against Romney: At Heart, He's a Delusional One-Percenter
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Messina gives up on Arizona
New York Times:
For Years, Warnings That It Could Happen Here
New York Times:
Once-Rare Response Is Now Routine and Overused
Discussion: Hot Air and Wall Street Journal
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
1 week, 2 versions of reality
Discussion: CNN, ABCNEWS and AEIdeas
 

 
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