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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 …
BuzzFeed:
What Mike Bloomberg's Endorsement Means
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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 …
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Benghazi blunder: Obama unworthy commander-in-chief — U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other Americans died in a well-planned military assault on their diplomatic mission in Benghazi seven weeks ago, the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. So why are details surfacing, piecemeal, only now?
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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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Wall Street Journal:
CIA Takes Heat for Role in Libya — When the bodies of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans killed in Benghazi, Libya, arrived at Andrews Air Force Base after the Sept. 11 attack, they were greeted by the president, the vice president and the secretaries of state and defense.
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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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Sean M. Davis / The Daily Caller:
Is Nate Silver's value at risk? — Nassim Taleb famously wrote two books — Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan — about how incredibly complex prediction models can spectacularly fail if just a few underlying assumptions are incorrect. One of Taleb's targets was a financial model referred to as “Value at Risk,” or VaR.
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Brad DeLong and Washington Monthly
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Show Me Your Model — It might be easy to believe we're …
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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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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 …
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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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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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
Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Could Presidential Polls Be Wrong About Obama's Battleground Edge? … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Barack Obama , Mitt Romney, Barack Obama 2012 , Elections 2012, Polling, Video, 2012 Polls, Obama Polls, Romney Polls, Mitt Romney 2012, Pollster Analysis, Presidential Polls, Politics News
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
GOP pollster: Romney up in Ohio, closing the gap in Wisconsin
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Matt Romney Goes to Russia for Business — WASHINGTON — Matt Romney, a son of the Republican presidential nominee, traveled to Moscow this week seeking Russian investors for his California-based real estate firm just days before his father is to wrap up a campaign in which he has vowed to take a tougher stance with the Kremlin.
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The Agonist
Lisa Schiffren / National Review:
Lessons from Experience in Sex and Politics — Was it only last week, pre-Sandy, that the Obama campaign ran the generally smutty, unpleasantly manipulative political ad featuring Lena Dunham, called “First Time,” which attempted to conflate a young woman's first vote with losing her virginity?
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Hugh Hewitt / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
Donald Rumsfeld, Mark Steyn and Jake Tapper on Benghazi — ABC's Jake Tapper continues to set the bar for MSM on Benghazi (which very, very few have even attempted to touch must less cross). — I spoke about Benghazi with both former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Mark Steyn on today's show.
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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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BuzzFeed and Vox Popoli
Joey Bunch / Denver Post:
Obama canvasser charged with groping Loveland woman's breasts — An Obama re-election organizer is facing charges that he “grabbed” a Loveland woman's breasts while giving her a campaign sticker on Tuesday, police said. — Luke M. Buchanan, 24, of Washington, D.C. is charged with unlawful sexual contact, a misdemeanor.
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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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