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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 …
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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Nate Cohn / The New Republic:
Romney's Window In Ohio Is Closing
Romney's Window In Ohio Is Closing
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Craig Gilbert / JSOnline:
Obama leads Romney in Wisconsin in new Marquette poll
Obama leads Romney in Wisconsin in new Marquette poll
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Marquette Law School Poll, BobKrumm.com and Outside the Beltway
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Poll: Obama up 5 points in Ohio, holds narrower leads in Virginia, Florida
Poll: Obama up 5 points in Ohio, holds narrower leads in Virginia, Florida
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads 50-45 in Ohio
Obama leads 50-45 in Ohio
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New York Times, PoliticusUSA and Politico
David Weigel / Slate:
Quinnipiac: Obama Leads in Ohio, Pennsylvania Is Obama's
Quinnipiac: Obama Leads in Ohio, Pennsylvania Is Obama's
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Hot Air, The PJ Tatler and GOP 12
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.
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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 …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden: 'I'm Going to Give You the Whole Load Today'
Biden: 'I'm Going to Give You the Whole Load Today'
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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.
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Ginger Gibson / Politico:
Chris Christie aide denies rift with Mitt Romney
Chris Christie aide denies rift with Mitt Romney
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The ‘I’ of the Storm — The dramatic homestretch ad …
The ‘I’ of the Storm — The dramatic homestretch ad …
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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 …
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
Romney Campaign Staged Donations At Storm Relief Event
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Storm Response Earns Obama Praise Amid the Election's Deadlock Drama — President Barack Obama, accompanied by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, second from left, and others, speaks about superstorm Sandy during a visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters in Washington, Oct. 31, 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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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
GoDaddy suspends GOP ad firm's websites for anti-Obama texts
GoDaddy suspends GOP ad firm's websites for anti-Obama texts
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Steve Friess / Politico:
Anti-Obama texts traced to conservative activist
Anti-Obama texts traced to conservative activist
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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”
Benghazi Coverup Much Worse Than “Third-rate Burglary”
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Petraeus and Panetta Speak—But Not the President
Petraeus and Panetta Speak—But Not the President
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AEIdeas, Hot Air, Taylor Marsh and Instapundit
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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O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
King, Vilsack debate federal aid for Hurricane Sandy
King, Vilsack debate federal aid for Hurricane Sandy
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Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and Wonkette
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.
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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.
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.
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
In Deadlocked Race, Neither Side Has Ground Game Advantage — Early Voting Also Tied — OVERVIEW — Just as the presidential race is deadlocked in the campaign's final days, the candidates are also running about even when it comes to the ground game. Voters nationally …
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