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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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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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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Why Exactly Is Chris Christie Subverting Mitt Romney?
Why Exactly Is Chris Christie Subverting Mitt Romney?
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Washington Post:
Storm provides Obama with a commander-in-chief moment
Storm provides Obama with a commander-in-chief moment
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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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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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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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David Weigel / Slate:
Quinnipiac: Obama Leads in Ohio, Pennsylvania Is Obama's — NASHUA, NH - OCTOBER 27: U.S. President Barack Obama waves to supporters during a campaign rally at Elm Street Middle School October 27, 2012 in Nashua, New Hampshire. With ten days before the presidential election, Obama and his opponent …
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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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CBS News:
Poll: Obama holds small Ohio edge; Fla., Va. tight
Poll: Obama holds small Ohio edge; Fla., Va. tight
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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 — (CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama met with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Vice President Joe Biden at the White House on Sept. 11, 2012 at 5:00 PM—just 55 minutes after the State Department notified …
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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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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Odd couple Christie and Obama to tour devastated NJ shore
Odd couple Christie and Obama to tour devastated NJ shore
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Linda Feldmann / Christian Science Monitor:
Did Mitt Romney suggest eliminating FEMA? (+video)
Did Mitt Romney suggest eliminating FEMA? (+video)
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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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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.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
U.S. Voter Turnout Will Likely Fall Short of 2004, 2008 — Fewer voters this year say they are thinking about election, will definitely vote — PRINCETON, NJ — Key Gallup indicators of voter turnout, collected prior to superstorm Sandy, suggest voter turnout will fall short of what it was in 2004 and 2008.
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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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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Axelrod wagers to shave mustache — David Axelrod, a senior adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign, said Wednesday he will shave off his mustache “of 40 years” on national television if Obama loses Minnesota, Michigan or Pennsylvania on Election Day.
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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.
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 …
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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 …
New York Times:
Once-Rare Response Is Now Routine and Overused — James Pethokoukis is a columnist at AEIdeas, the blog of the American Enterprise Institute, and a CNBC contributor. — A superstorm requires supersmart government. But making wise decisions from a distance is hard. Economists call this the problem of local knowledge.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Councilman Pushes For Charges Against Twitter User Who Spread Falsehoods — “I hope the fact that I'm asking for criminal charges to be seriously considered will make him much less comfortable and much less smug,” says Vallone — New York City Councilman Peter Vallone told BuzzFeed Tuesday …
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ArmeniaNow.com:
Armenian church reportedly burned down in Aleppo — The St. Gevorg church in Aleppo's Armenian-populated district of Nor Kyugh was set ablaze on Monday, reported Tert.am, quoting a representative of the local Armenian prelacy. — Speaking to the online paper, the spokesman, Zhirayr Reisian …
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