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Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
A Vote for a President to Lead on Climate Change — The devastation that Hurricane Sandy brought to New York City and much of the Northeast — in lost lives, lost homes and lost business — brought the stakes of Tuesday's presidential election into sharp relief.
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Economist:
Which one? — America could do better than Barack Obama; sadly, Mitt Romney does not fit the bill — FOUR years ago, The Economist endorsed Barack Obama for the White House with enthusiasm. So did millions of voters. Next week Americans will trudge to the polls far less hopefully.
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Bloomberg Backs Obama, Citing Climate Change — In a surprise announcement, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said Thursday that Hurricane Sandy had reshaped his thinking about the presidential campaign, and he announced that he was endorsing President Obama. — Mr. Bloomberg, a political independent …
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What Mike Bloomberg's Endorsement Means
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Paul M. Barrett / Business Week:
It's Global Warming, Stupid
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Bloomberg endorses Obama (Updated)
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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Sources: Key task force not convened during Benghazi consulate attack — CBS News has learned that during the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, the Obama Administration did not convene its top interagency counterterrorism resource: the Counterterrorism Security Group, (CSG).
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Foreign Policy:
‘Troubling’ Surveillance Before Benghazi Attack — Sensitive documents found amid the wreckage of the U.S. consulate shine new light on the Sept. 11 assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. — BENGHAZI, Libya — More than six weeks after the shocking assault …
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
New Details on Benghazi — Two U.S. officials tell Eli Lake that the State Department never requested military backup the night of the attack. — On the night of the 9/11 anniversary assault at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, the Americans defending the compound and a nearby CIA annex were severely outmanned.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 31: Obama's Electoral College ‘Firewall’ Holding in Polls — On Oct. 11, this blog posed the question of whether President Obama's “firewall” in battleground states was all that it was cracked up to be. — At that point, Mr. Obama still technically held the lead in the FiveThirtyEight forecast …
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Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
GOP pollster: Romney up in Ohio, closing the gap in Wisconsin
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Dan Hirschhorn / The Daily:
A Play for Pa. — Exclusive: Romney's heading to Pennsylvania as GOP drops millions on ads — Mitt Romney is set to make a last-minute campaign stop on Sunday in Pennsylvania, The Daily has learned. — Details are still being determined and with scheduling for the final days …
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Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
Under Attack, Nate Silver Picks the Wrong Defense — “Anybody that thinks that this race is anything but a tossup right now is such an ideologue, they should be kept away from typewriters, computers, laptops and microphones for the next 10 days, because they're jokes.”
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Show Me Your Model — It might be easy to believe we're …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Withdrawal of a Congressional Research Report on Tax Rates Raises Questions — WASHINGTON — The Congressional Research Service has withdrawn an economic report that found no correlation between top tax rates and economic growth, a central tenet of conservative economy theory …
Sarah Parnass / ABCNEWS:
Errant Email to Newt Gingrich Supporters Says ‘Obama Is Going to Win’ — An email message mistakenly sent to Newt Gingrich's list serve this morning told subscribers that President Obama would no doubt win in 2012 and that they should be more worried about Obama's winning in 2016.
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Detroit Free Press:
Chrysler exec tweets that Donald Trump is ‘full of (expletive)’ over Jeep accusation — Frustration with the politicization of the U.S. auto industry's comeback story generated a pointed response from a top Chrysler executive today. — Billionaire Donald Trump, who supports Republican …
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The Hinterland Gazette
Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Secret Service agent commits suicide amid affair probe — A member of the president's Secret Service protective detail, who was being investigated for having an unreported romantic relationship with a foreign national, was found dead Saturday in an apparent suicide, according to law enforcement sources.
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Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Romney's Virginia Supporters Hope For Victory, But Fear Obama May Pull Through — DOSWELL, VA — The crowd at Mitt Romney's rally here Thursday lacked the partisan fire of the people who showed up to celebrate Paul Ryan's addition to the ticket or the over-the-moon optimism of the ones …
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Balloon Juice, The Greenroom and National Review
Colin Campbell / Politicker:
Staten Island Borough President: Don't Give Money to the Red Cross — At a press conference this morning on Staten Island, a host of local officials, including Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, gathered to highlight the needs of the hard-hit borough in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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Sam Wang / election.princeton.edu:
Ro-mentum watch: Karl Rove — In this year's race, national polls show a tie, while state polls show a decisive Obama advantage. Here I suggest that the difference may arise from the fact that the same systematic pollster errors can have different effects depending on whether they occur in national vs. state surveys.
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Brad DeLong and Wall Street Journal
B. Daniel Blatt / GayPatriot:
Gay Left-Wing Radio Host Advises Gay Romney Supporter to Commit Suicide, Says He Should Not Be Allowed to Vote — Our reader Tim in MT shared this video with us that he had made after catching Michelangelo Signorile on SiriusXM radio yesterday. — The left-wing radio talker, twice in the segment …
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Adam C. Smith / The Buzz Florida Politics Feed:
Democrats crushing Republicans on sporadic Fla voters in early voting — A trusted Democratic operative sent us some data on the early and absentee ballot vote in Florida so far to make the point that Barack Obama is crushing Mitt Romney when it comes to banking the votes of sporadic and infrequent voters before election day.
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Tight race in Rocky Mountain battleground — (CNN) - Hours before President Barack Obama campaigns in Boulder, Colorado, a new survey indicates a very close contest between the president and Republican nominee Mitt Romney for the Centennial State's nine electoral votes.
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The Fix:
Ohio moves back into the ‘tossup’ category on Fix electoral map — The Fix is moving Ohio from “lean Obama” to “tossup” in our presidential ratings amid a slew of polling that suggests that the race has tightened over the past month, even as the incumbent retains the slightest of edges.
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David Rogers / Politico:
Can Kerrey Republicans lift him to win? — You've heard of Reagan Democrats. But what about Bob Kerrey Republicans? And are there enough to push the maverick Democrat over the finish line in a GOP-dominated Nebraska? — That's the question raised by what's become the moderates' mutiny …
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Dana Davidsen / CNN:
Former GOP Sen. Hagel backs Democrat Kerrey in Nebraska Senate race
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Sasha Issenberg / Slate:
Our Next Long National Nightmare: A North Dakota Recount — The election recount room for the Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman at the Ramsey County election office on November 19, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. — Let's move on from last week's vogue of electoral-college deadlock scenarios …
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