Top Items:
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Two women from the Dominican Republic told The Daily Caller that Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez paid them for sex earlier this year. — In interviews, the two women said they met Menendez around Easter at Casa de Campo, an expensive 7,000 acre resort in the Dominican Republic.
Discussion:
his vorpal sword, Chicago Boyz, The New Civil Rights Movement, FishbowlDC, The Other McCain, protein wisdom, Wonkette, TPNN, Riehl World News, GayPatriot, Mediaite, Nice Deb, The PJ Tatler, Patterico's Pontifications, National Review, The Right Scoop, PoliPundit.com, The Gateway Pundit and The Greenroom
RELATED:
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 …
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
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 …
Discussion:
The Jawa Report, Michelle Malkin, The Hill, The Moderate Voice, The Heritage Foundation, Washington Post, Free Beacon, emptywheel, The Daily Caller, Walid Shoebat, Pundit & Pundette, AEIdeas, Examiner, The Right Scoop, Riehl World News, The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Scared Monkeys, Ricochet Conversations Feed, Weasel Zippers, Nice Deb, Atlas Shrugs, Jihad Watch, National Review Online and American Spectator
RELATED:
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Libya storyline still crumbling — Fox News reports: … This is yet another contradiction of the White House narrative. ("While the administration's public statements have suggested that the attack came without warning, the Aug. 16 cable seems to undercut those claims.
Discussion:
Pat Dollard, Fox News Insider and The Right Scoop
Steve Eder / New York Times:
Former Penn State President Charged in Sandusky Case — Graham B. Spanier, the former president of Penn State, was charged Thursday with helping to cover up the child abuse allegations involving Jerry Sandusky that have roiled the university and its famed football program over the past year.
RELATED:
Associated Press:
Penn State's ex-president accused of perjury, endangering children in Jerry Sandusky case. — HARRISBURG, Pa. — Former Penn State President Graham B. Spanier was charged Thursday with hushing up child sex abuse complaints against Jerry Sandusky, making him the third school official to be accused of crimes in the alleged cover-up.
Mark Shade / Reuters:
Child sex convict Sandusky sent to Pennsylvania maximum security prison
Child sex convict Sandusky sent to Pennsylvania maximum security prison
Discussion:
New York Magazine and Prairie Weather
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Sifting the Numbers for a Winner — A crucial element: the mix of Democrats and Republicans who show up this election. — It comes down to numbers. And in the final days of this presidential race, from polling data to early voting, they favor Mitt Romney. — He maintains a small but persistent polling edge.
Discussion:
GOP 12, Politico, Washington Monthly, AEIdeas, The PJ Tatler, Outside the Beltway, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, The Hill, EBL and Hot Air
CNN:
Romney ad pins Obama to Chavez and Castro — (CNN) - A television ad from Mitt Romney's campaign airing in Miami pegs President Barack Obama to Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro, notorious dictators widely reviled among Cuban Americans. — The ad spotlights endorsements from Chavez …
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers
RELATED:
Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
Positive campaign? Romney gives Obama the Chavez-Castro-Che treatment in Spanish ad
Positive campaign? Romney gives Obama the Chavez-Castro-Che treatment in Spanish ad
Discussion:
Washington Wire and FP Passport
Mark Murray / First Read:
NBC/WSJ/Marist polls: Obama leads in Iowa, running neck and neck in N.H, Wis. — Less than a week before Election Day, President Barack Obama holds a statistically significant lead over Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the battleground of Iowa, while the two candidates are locked in tight races …
RELATED:
Patrick Gavin / Politico:
D.C. paparazzi fear a Mitt Romney win — People may have differing opinions on President Barack Obama's handling of such things as the economy, health care and foreign policy, but on one issue, the consensus is clear: He's ushered in an unparalleled wave of celebrity visits to D.C. …
Discussion:
Mediaite
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Andrew Sullivan: 'If You Voted For Obama in 2008 and Don't in 2012, You Never Really Voted For Him' — As hard as it might be to believe, the Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan has become a bigger cheerleader for President Obama than virtually anyone else in the media including the shills on MSNBC.
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers
RELATED:
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Choice In Front Of Us
The Choice In Front Of Us
Discussion:
Mediaite, The Atlantic Online, New York Magazine, Mother Jones and Washington Monthly
Diane Glidewell / mymcr.net:
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.
RELATED:
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Obama's inauguration reverend: All whites are going to hell
Obama's inauguration reverend: All whites are going to hell
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, Riehl World News and EBL
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Obama's campaign goes empty and strident — “It is a great advantage to a president, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know he is not a great man.” — Energetic in body but indolent in mind, Barack Obama in his frenetic campaigning for a second term is promising …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Washington Wire, Power Line, Hot Air and No More Mister Nice Blog
Paul M. Barrett / Business Week:
It's Global Warming, Stupid — Yes, yes, it's unsophisticated to blame any given storm on climate change. Men and women in white lab coats tell us—and they're right—that many factors contribute to each severe weather episode. Climate deniers exploit scientific complexity to avoid any discussion at all.
Discussion:
ProPublica, The Raw Story, GigaOM, Philly.com and msnbc.com, more at Mediagazer »
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
NEWS FLASH — BREAKING: THREE BUSH-APPOINTED JUDGES GIVE THUMBS UP TO VOTER DISENFRANCHISEMENT IN OHIO | Late last week, a federal district court ordered Ohio to stop disenfranchising voters who are directed to vote at the wrong polling place due to poll worker error.
Discussion:
Firedoglake
Frank Newport / Gallup.Com:
Status Update on Gallup Election Polling Following Superstorm Sandy — Here's an update on Gallup's thinking when we suspended our national daily tracking of the presidential election campaign as of Monday, Oct. 29. Basically, we reached the conclusion that Superstorm Sandy had compromised …
Discussion:
GOP 12, Business Insider, Politico and The Greenroom
RELATED:
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Show Me Your Model — It might be easy to believe we're approaching Peak Trutherism, what with good old-fashioned birthers now being supplemented by BLS truthers and poll truthers. But just you wait—should Barack Obama win this election, we'll see an explosion of election trutherism that will be truly unprecedented in scope.
Discussion:
The Atlantic Online, Mother Jones and Mediaite
Bobby Cervantes / Politico:
International observers say states out of line — The group hosting international election observers said Thursday that state officials in Iowa and Texas are needlessly blocking access to the decades-old process the United States already has agreed to, an official said Thursday.
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama, Romney return to campaign trail with fists up — President Obama reemerged on the campaign trail Thursday with a call for unity and bipartisanship in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, saying that Americans “rise and fall as one nation, one people.” — Obama's appearance in Green Bay …
Discussion:
CNN
Politico:
A GOP switch on Todd Akin? — Rep. Todd Akin and the Missouri Republican Party are launching a nearly $700,000 TV ad blitz in the closing days of his challenge to Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, but the source of the funds for the effort is unclear. — These are the first ads run …
Discussion:
CNN, Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, The Maddow Blog, Mother Jones and Ballot Box
PBS NewsHour / Online NewsHour:
Is Sandy a ‘Cassandra’? How Cities Should Prepare for Future Natural Disasters — Extreme storms of recent history have made local governments take notice both of their preparedness and the likelihood that climate change is making such disastrous events more and more common.
Discussion:
Power Line
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
GOP pollster: Romney up in Ohio, closing the gap in Wisconsin — Mitt Romney has the lead in Ohio and trails narrowly in Wisconsin, according to a new poll for the Republican group Citizens United. — Romney leads Obama by 49 to 46 percent in Ohio, according to the poll …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
What I'm Hearing About The Sex Scandal — I've heard the story, but I don't want to say what it is because, well, I have no idea if it's true. — But in the interests of sparing you 1 heart attacks and 2 overly optimistic guesses: What it's about, rumors say, is a Senator.
Discussion:
Hot Air and The Greenroom
Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Obama widens lead in Nevada — President Barack Obama has expanded his lead over Mitt Romney in Nevada, according to a new poll that shows the incumbent edging his GOP challenger 50 percent to 46 percent and headed toward victory Tuesday unless Romney halts the Democrat's momentum in the state that could settle the White House race.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Ballot Box and Election 2012
Sarah Fecht / Popular Mechanics:
Should the Northeast Bury its Power Lines to Prevent Outages? — Underground power cables are largely protected from storms like Hurricane Sandy. So why not bury them all and skip the blackouts? — After blasting the Northeast with 80-mile-per-hour winds, Hurricane Sandy has left 6 million people without power.
Discussion:
AEIdeas