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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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

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 …

What was Obama told at the September 10, 2012, NSC meeting on ‘9/11 threats’?  —  On the White House Web site, the president's calendar for September 10, 2012 — the day before the Benghazi, Libya, attack — is blank and and the daily press guidance says “The President has no public events scheduled.”

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.

Emails show Obama admin used DOE loan money to help Harry Reid's 2010 campaign … President Obama claims that political considerations did not influence the Energy Department's green energy loan program, but newly-released internal emails show that his administration subsidized Nevada companies …

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 …

IRS Tax Form for Obamacare Individual Mandate  —  Our projected IRS form assists 140 million Americans in their obligation to disclose personal identifying health information and calculate the IRS tax penalty.  —  As a service to the public, Americans for Tax Reform has released …

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.”

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.

15 Best Star Wars/Disney Merger Memes  —  Mergers lead to hate.  Hate leads to anger.  Anger gives way to hope.  The Internet is torn between loathing of corporate takeover and wishing for a better future for the franchise.  —  Donna Dickens

Facebook admits error in censoring anti-Obama message  —  Larry Ward will concede that he “poked the bear.”  As president of the D.C.-based Political Media Inc., Ward administers the Facebook page of a group called Special Operations Speaks (SOS), an anti-Obama group consisting of “veterans …