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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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New York Times, The Other McCain, The Greenroom, GayPatriot, Da Tech Guy's Blog and NewsBusters.org blogs
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Roanoke College:
Roanoke College Poll:Late deciders push Romney to narrow lead over Obama in Va.; Allen overtakes Kaine in Va. Senate race — Governor Mitt Romney has overtaken President Barack Obama by a very narrow margin in Virginia (49% - 44%), according to a Roanoke College Poll conducted after the Presidential debates.
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Nate Cohn / The New Republic:
Romney's Window In Ohio Is Closing — Since early August, Obama's modest but consistent lead in Ohio seemed to defy history, partisanship, and demographics. The Buckeye State has voted more Republican than the country in all but a handful of presidential elections and Democratic chances hinge …
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CBS News:
Poll: Obama holds small Ohio edge; Fla., Va. tight — President Obama has maintained a five-point lead in the crucial swing state of Ohio, according to a new Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times poll of likely voters. The survey found that Mitt Romney has gained ground in Florida and Virginia …
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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, GOP 12 and The PJ Tatler
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Ohio Working Class May Offer Key to Obama's Re-election
Ohio Working Class May Offer Key to Obama's Re-election
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Washington Wire
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 …
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 …
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The Moderate Voice
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads 50-45 in Ohio
Obama leads 50-45 in Ohio
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Politico, New York Times and PoliticusUSA
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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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The ‘I’ of the Storm — The dramatic homestretch ad for President Obama, running on every network and in all media markets, is a home run, devastating for Mitt Romney. — And, best of all, the president didn't have to pay for it, or even say, “I approve this message.”
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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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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.
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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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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Michelle Malkin
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Joe Biden: Transgender Discrimination Is ‘The Civil Rights Issue Of Our Time’
Joe Biden: Transgender Discrimination Is ‘The Civil Rights Issue Of Our Time’
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Steve Friess / Politico:
Anti-Obama texts traced to conservative activist — The spate of unsolicited anti-Obama text messages that have hit hundreds of cellphones in recent days appears to be the work of conservative activist Jason Flanary and his Virginia-based communications firm, ccAdvertising.
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theGrio and The Hinterland Gazette
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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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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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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Bill Clinton: Sandy highlights Obama's ‘practical problem-solving’
Bill Clinton: Sandy highlights Obama's ‘practical problem-solving’
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
1 week, 2 versions of reality — As if Hurricane Sandy weren't doing enough to muddle the presidential race a week before the election, the two campaigns now seem to be embracing two sharply different versions of political reality. — The Mitt Romney narrative: The electoral map is expanding and we are on the march.
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Romney uses welfare attack in new ad
Romney uses welfare attack in new ad
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Politico, The Maddow Blog and Washington Monthly
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Messina gives up on Arizona — Obama strategists have suggested on and off this cycle — and earlier — that the president could make a play to compete in Arizona, a traditionally conservative-leaning state that has become more competitive thanks to a growing Latino population.
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Geneva Sands / The Hill:
Messina: Obama has ‘dominant’ position in race
Messina: Obama has ‘dominant’ position in race
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Detroit News:
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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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 30: What State Polls Suggest About the National Popular Vote
Oct. 30: What State Polls Suggest About the National Popular Vote
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The New Republic, Democracy in America and Georgia Tipsheet
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
What's Behind the State-National Poll Divergence? — The Hurricane Sandy-related lull in tracking polls gives us a good opportunity to look at one of the more interesting aspects of polling to develop this month: the divergence between national and state polls.
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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