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Diane Glidewell / mymcr.net:
Civil rights icons pump Obama in Forsyth — Lowery: Don't think whites going to heaven — UPDATED TO INCLUDE MAYOR'S COMMENTS: 5 p.m. — Two icons of the civil rights movement visited Forsyth on Saturday to campaign for the reelection of Barack Obama.
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Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
Yeah, me too. — Question: How do you lay a guilt trip on somebody who's already damned? Hey, white folks, if you're headed to Hell regardless, you may as well vote the way you want. — Hat tip to the Georgia Tipsheet, which notes that last week, Lowery said: “If Obama was white …
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Pastor who prayed at Obama's inauguration says all white people will go to hell … Obama awarded Lowery the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 / AP — Pastor Joseph Lowery, a civil rights movement hero who delivered the benediction at President Obama's inauguration …
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Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Obama's inauguration reverend: All whites are going to hell
Obama's inauguration reverend: All whites are going to hell
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Sifting the Numbers for a Winner — A crucial element: the mix of Democrats and Republicans who show up this election. — It comes down to numbers. And in the final days of this presidential race, from polling data to early voting, they favor Mitt Romney. — He maintains a small but persistent polling edge.
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Tom Holbrook / The Numbers:
A Partisan Advantage for Obama? — As I pointed out at the end of August, I see political and economic context of the election as favoring Mitt Romney, though not overwhelmingly so. In fact, I think that Romney's gains after the first debate partly reflected a dissatisfied electorate responding …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Case Against Romney: At Heart, He's a Delusional One-Percenter
The Case Against Romney: At Heart, He's a Delusional One-Percenter
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Monthly
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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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Two women from the Dominican Republic told The Daily Caller that Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez paid them for sex earlier this year. — In interviews, the two women said they met Menendez around Easter at Casa de Campo, an expensive 7,000 acre resort in the Dominican Republic.
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Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
What I'm Hearing About The Sex Scandal — I've heard the story, but I don't want to say what it is because, well, I have no idea if it's true. — But in the interests of sparing you 1 heart attacks and 2 overly optimistic guesses: What it's about, rumors say, is a Senator.
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Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
Exclusive: Classified cable warned consulate couldn't withstand ‘coordinated attack’ — The U.S. Mission in Benghazi convened an “emergency meeting” less than a month before the assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, because Al Qaeda had training camps …
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Joe Biden Torches Mitt Romney For ‘Flagrantly Dishonest’ Jeep Ad … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Joe Biden , Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Joe Biden , Video, Biden Romney Ad, Biden Jeep Ad, Joe Biden Jeep Ad, Politics News, Chrysler Romney, Election 2012, Jeep China, Jeep Romney, Jeep To China …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Biden already thinking about 2016
Biden already thinking about 2016
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Biden jokes about forgetting what state he was in
Biden jokes about forgetting what state he was in
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
U.S. yanks support for Syrian opposition group, warns of extremist takeover of uprising — ZAGREB, Croatia — The Obama administration on Wednesday renounced the proclaimed leaders of the Syrian political opposition and said any group seeking to oust President Bashar al-Assad must reject attempts …
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
The Facebook spike — As John notes in the adjacent post, a group of former special operators have set up a Facebook page called SOS: Special Operations Speaks. SOS posted the graphic below on their Facebook page: — Facebook took the graphic down twice on the ground that it violated …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Facebook admits error in censoring anti-Obama message
Facebook admits error in censoring anti-Obama message
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Special Operations Speaks, Bookworm Room, BREITBART.COM and The Jawa Report
Acculturated:
George Lucas Just Saved Star Wars by Firing George Lucas — So at long last, George Lucas has decided to get out of the moviemaking business. He's selling out Lucasfilm, including all of its properties and moneymaking storylines, to the Mouse. This is a good thing. Maybe even a great thing.
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Mark Murray / First Read:
NBC/WSJ/Marist polls: Obama leads in Iowa, running neck and neck in N.H, Wis. — Less than a week before Election Day, President Barack Obama holds a statistically significant lead over Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the battleground of Iowa, while the two candidates are locked in tight races …
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Charles Franklin / Marquette Law School Poll:
Marquette Law School Poll finds Obama ahead in Wisconsin, Baldwin with slight edge in close Senate race
Marquette Law School Poll finds Obama ahead in Wisconsin, Baldwin with slight edge in close Senate race
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Frank Newport / Gallup.Com:
Status Update on Gallup Election Polling Following Superstorm Sandy — Here's an update on Gallup's thinking when we suspended our national daily tracking of the presidential election campaign as of Monday, Oct. 29. Basically, we reached the conclusion that Superstorm Sandy had compromised …
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GOP 12, Politico and The Greenroom
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Obama's Libya stonewalling isn't working — President Obama is having no luck convincing voters and the media there is nothing amiss regarding his handling of the Benghazi attack. — My colleague David Ignatius is among the latest to acknowledge that there are real questions about what happened …
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
What was Obama told at the September 10, 2012, NSC meeting on ‘9/11 threats’?
What was Obama told at the September 10, 2012, NSC meeting on ‘9/11 threats’?
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Jilian Fama / ABCNEWS:
Little Girl Cries Over ‘Bronco Bamma’ — Sick of the elections yet? So is four-year-old Abigael Evans from Colorado. Her mother, Elizabeth Evans, 27, posted a Youtube video of her daughter saying that she is tired of “Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney.” — The 22-second YouTube clip …
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Mark Memmott / NPR:
Dear Little Girl: Sorry We Made You Cry About ‘Bronco Bamma’ And Mitt Romney
Dear Little Girl: Sorry We Made You Cry About ‘Bronco Bamma’ And Mitt Romney
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
You Can't Go Home Again — Tom Friedman ventured into the wilds this week, to his home state of Minnesota: … I wish I believed he is kidding. But this wasn't just a routine visit home; Friedman was looking for insight into the national scene: … Which means that he found what he was looking for.
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.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Atlantic City mayor accuses Christie of ‘double standard’ in Sandy response — Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford accused New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) of having displayed a “double standard” in his handling of communities affected by the landfall of Hurricane Sandy.
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Shawna Shepherd / CNN:
Politics can't scare off Ryan from his appointed Halloween rounds — Janesville, Wisconsin (CNN) - Even in an election year, Republican vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan stuck to a family trick-or-treat tradition. — On Wednesday, Mitt Romney's running mate held three rallies in his home state …
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Evan Axelbank / WPTV Newschannel 5:
Florida GOP memo: Democrats are ‘cleaning our clock’ — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A memo obtained by NewsChannel 5's Evan Axelbank, from an adviser to a Florida GOP campaign, says that the Democratic turnout effort is “cleaning our clock.” — The memo says, “The early and absentee turnout is starting to look more troubling.”
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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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