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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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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
MSNBC Ridicules Romney for Collecting Food and Supplies for Sandy Victims — This one is really hard to believe, even for the most biased so-called “news network” in the nation. — MSNBC on Tuesday totally trashed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for collecting food and supplies …
Washington Post:
Storm provides Obama with a commander-in-chief moment — For a day at least, Hurricane Sandy appears to have done for President Obama what he has not been able to do for himself. — In a campaign notable mostly for its negativity, the historic storm provided Obama with a commander-in-chief moment a week before Election Day.
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Wall Street Journal:
Big Storm Opportunism — Did you know Hurricane Sandy favors higher marginal tax rates? — Our former editor Robert Bartley once quipped (fondly) about the writer Jude Wanniski that he thought a capital-gains tax cut could intercept a Soviet SS-20 missile in mid-flight.
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americanthinker.com, Hit & Run, The Lonely Conservative and Instapundit
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Odd couple Christie and Obama to tour devastated NJ shore — President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) will travel together on Wednesday to inspect the damage that Hurricane Sandy inflicted on the Garden State. — Obama and Christie make for an odd couple …
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Politico, American Power, Capital Tonight and DealBook
Linda Feldmann / Christian Science Monitor:
Did Mitt Romney suggest eliminating FEMA? (+video)
Did Mitt Romney suggest eliminating FEMA? (+video)
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ThinkProgress, Booman Tribune, PlanetSave, New York Times, NewsBusters.org and The Atlantic Online
Geneva Sands / The Hill:
Messina: Obama has ‘dominant’ position in race — President Obama has a “dominant position” in the 2012 race, according to a new campaign video. — In the nearly five-minute video, campaign manager Jim Messina boasts that the campaign has registered millions of voters and opened …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Lingering questions about Benghazi — The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi has become a political football in the presidential campaign, with all the grandstanding and misinformation that entails. But Fox News has raised some questions about the attack that deserve a clearer answer from the Obama administration.
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Obama Met With Panetta and Biden at WH As Benghazi Terror Attack Unfolded
Obama Met With Panetta and Biden at WH As Benghazi Terror Attack Unfolded
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The Daily Caller and Atlas Shrugs
New York Times:
Race Narrows as Campaign Enters Its Final Week — COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Obama and Mitt Romney enter the closing week of the campaign in an exceedingly narrow race, according to the latest poll by The New York Times and CBS News, with more voters now viewing Mr. Romney as a stronger leader …
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Washington Wire, CBS News, Ballot Box, First Read, Politico and The Caucus
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Kaine holds narrow lead in new poll — Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) holds a narrow lead over former Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) in a new Quinnipiac University poll for the New York Times and CBS. — Kaine leads Allen by 50 to 46 percent, a dip from a seven-point edge he had last time the pollster surveyed the state.
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Reuters
Jon Cohen / The Fix:
WaPo-ABC tracking poll: Popular vote > electoral college
WaPo-ABC tracking poll: Popular vote > electoral college
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Business Insider and msnbc.com
detroitnews.com:
Poll: Romney closes gap on Obama in Michigan — Mitt Romney is within striking distance of Barack Obama in Michigan in the final days before the election, buoyed by more who are convinced the Republican is a viable alternative to the president, with the ability to turn around the economy.
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americanthinker.com and Ballot Box
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Detroit News poll: 3-point race in Michigan
Detroit News poll: 3-point race in Michigan
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Weekly Standard and WRAL-TV
Detroit Free Press:
New Romney ad: Did Obama's rescue of GM create more jobs in China? — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has broadened his attack on President Barack Obama's auto industry restructuring, implying that General Motors used the aid to hire more workers in China than in the U.S.
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Marchionne's letter on Jeep production in U.S.
Marchionne's letter on Jeep production in U.S.
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Chrysler CEO pushes back on Romney
Chrysler CEO pushes back on Romney
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The Daily Beast and The Daily Dish
Al Gore / Al's Journal:
Statement on Hurricane Sandy — This week, our nation has anxiously watched as Hurricane Sandy lashed the East Coast and caused widespread damage—affecting millions. Now more than ever, our neighbors need our help. Please consider donating or volunteering for your local aid organizations.
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NY Daily News, The Huffington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Michelle Malkin, No More Mister Nice Blog, ABCNEWS, Politico, Doug Ross, ABCNEWS, BizzyBlog, NewsBusters.org, Weasel Zippers, Conservatives4Palin, The Lonely Conservative, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Pat Dollard, Taylor Marsh and The Powers That Be
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Lynne Peeples / The Huffington Post:
Hurricane Sandy Could Displace Rats, Spread Infectious Disease
Hurricane Sandy Could Displace Rats, Spread Infectious Disease
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LewRockwell.com Blog, New York Magazine and Firedoglake
Benjamin K. Tippett / arXiv.org e-Print archive:
Possible Bubbles of Spacetime Curvature in the South Pacific — In 1928, the late Francis Wayland Thurston published a scandalous manuscript in purport of warning the world of a global conspiracy of occultists. Among the documents he gathered to support his thesis was the personal account …
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
FROM OHIO: GROUND GAME REPORT — For the past two days, Ali Akbar and I have been talking to Americans for Prosperity about their grassroots organizing effort here in Ohio. We visited their Columbus office Monday night, talked today to AFP's Ohio state policy director, Seth Morgan …
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Craig Unger / Salon:
Romney's lax regulation may have fueled meningitis outbreak — A meningitis epidemic that has killed 25 is linked to a Mass. company Romney's administration failed to regulate — The fatal meningitis epidemic sweeping the United States can now be traced to the failure of then-Gov. Mitt Romney …
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Suburban Guerrilla and PoliticusUSA
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads by 5 in Wisconsin and Iowa — New Public Policy Polling surveys in Wisconsin and Iowa, conducted on behalf of Health Care for America Now, find Barack Obama leading by 5 points in each state. In Iowa the spread is 50/45, representing a 3 point increase in Obama's advantage compared to a week ago.
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CBS News, Ballot Box and The Hinterland Gazette
Awr Hawkins / BREITBART.COM:
FACEBOOK CENSORS NAVY SEALS TO PROTECT OBAMA ON BENGHAZI-GATE — Over the weekend, Facebook took down a message by the Special Operations Speaks PAC (SOS) which highlighted the fact that Obama denied backup to the forces being overrun in Benghazi. — The message was contained in a meme …
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The Jawa Report, Patterico's Pontifications, The Lonely Conservative and Conservatives4Palin
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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Nice Deb, The Gateway Pundit and The Other McCain
Gallup:
Americans Still Give Obama Better Odds to Win Election — 54% of Americans think Obama will win; 34% predict Romney — WASHINGTON, D.C. — A majority of Americans continue to believe that Democratic President Barack Obama will win re-election Tuesday over Republican challenger Mitt Romney, by 54% to 34%.
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Reuters, Politico, PoliticusUSA and Examiner
Ashley Perks / The Hill:
The Hill's 2012 Top Lobbyists — 2012 hasn't been the best year for K Street, but it's too soon to call it a bust. — A divided government and the demands of campaigning have kept Congress in low gear, depressing revenue at lobby shops and leaving trade associations and grassroots groups in planning mode.