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This is no way to get us up & running — Generators should give power to people — not marathon — As hundreds of thousands of Big Apple residents suffer in homes left without power by Hurricane Sandy, two massive generators are being run 24/7 in Central Park — to juice a media tent for Sunday's New York City Marathon.
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‘We Need Food, We Need Clothing’: Staten Island Residents Plead for Help 3 Days After Sandy — The residents of Staten Island are pleading for help from elected officials, begging for gasoline, food and clothing three days after Sandy slammed the New York City borough. — “We're going to die!


New York City Marathon Will Not Be Held Sunday — After days of intensifying pressure from runners, politicians and the general public to cancel the New York City Marathon in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, city officials and the event's organizers decided Friday afternoon to cancel the race.
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Outside the Beltway


Should the Race Be Run? — O.K., let's see if we have this straight …
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Politicker

Patience Wears Thin as Region Cleans Up, With Toll Rising
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MarketBeat, Mother Jones and Gawker.com

New York's Incredible Shrinking Mayor
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Shot in the Dark, Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog, Hit & Run, The Atlantic Online and NewsBusters.org


Romney: Elect Me Or House GOP Will Wreck The Economy — In what his campaign billed as his “closing argument,” Mitt Romney warned Americans that a second term for President Obama would have apocalyptic consequences for the economy in part because his own party would force a debt ceiling disaster.
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Firedoglake, Daily Kos and The Stranger …
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Reid says he can't work with Romney — Five days before the election, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has ruled out trying to work with Mitt Romney should he win next week. — “Mitt Romney's fantasy that Senate Democrats will work with him to pass his ‘severely conservative’ agenda is laughable …
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protein wisdom, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and Outside the Beltway


Reid: ‘Laughable’ For Romney To Say Dems Will Help Him Pass His Agenda
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Mediaite and Shakesville


The Obama defectors — Barring some kind of last-minute surge, President Obama is going to fall well shy of the 52.9 percent he won in the 2008 election. It might still be good enough to win, but it won't be resounding. — But just who exactly has deserted Obama over the last four years?
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Instapundit, The PJ Tatler, PoliPundit.com, National Review, Election 2012 and The Daily
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In Shift, Romney Campaign Approaches Pennsylvania With a New Urgency
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Washington Post, AEIdeas, The Greenroom, GOP 12 and Marbury

Mitt Romney's Pennsylvania gamble
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Morning Call, Taylor Marsh and Hot Air

TRENDING: Clinton to head to PA
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Politico, PoliticusUSA and Zandar Versus The Stupid


Employment Situation Summary — Transmission of material in this release is embargoed USDL-12-2164 until 8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, November 2, 2012 — Technical information: — Household data: (202) 691-6378 * cpsinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/cps
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Modest Growth in Jobs Seen in Final Report Before Election
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AEIdeas, The Gateway Pundit, American Power, Calculated Risk, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Caucus, The Agonist and Lawyers, Guns & Money


New Details Discredit Fox News Reports On Benghazi Attacks — A slew of new reporting this morning debunks Fox News reports claiming that the Obama administration withheld assistance during the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya. With these revelations …
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Crooks and Liars, New York Times, American Power, Washington Post and BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com
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Fox News: Benghazi consulate warned 3 hours before attack of militia gathering arms
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Bookworm Room, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Roger L. Simon and CBS News

Sources, emails point to communication breakdown in Obama administration during Libya attack
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Hot Air, The PJ Tatler and NewsBusters.org blogs


CNN Poll: Obama 50% - Romney 47% in Ohio — (CNN) - With four days to go until the presidential election, a new poll indicates the race for arguably the most important battleground state remains very close. — According to a CNN/ORC International survey released Friday …
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The Hill, GOP 12, PoliticusUSA, Reuters, Business Insider and Election 2012
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Poll gives Donnelly 11-point lead over Mourdock
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Politico, The Fix, The Political Carnival and Roger Ailes


Who's Really Winning Early Voting? — With both parties spinning early-vote totals, here's the bottom line: Republicans are significantly improving on 2008 in several big early-voting states. — Reuters — If you're following the presidential election closely, you know that Election …
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How the Romney Camp Sees the Early Vote in Iowa
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Power Line, Iowa Now, PoliPundit.com, The Greenroom and CNN


Nov. 1: The Simple Case for Saying Obama Is the Favorite — If you are following some of the same people that I do on Twitter, you may have noticed some pushback about our contention that Barack Obama is a favorite (and certainly not a lock) to be re-elected.

Karl Rove's Mission Accomplished — The estimable Rick Perlstein has a fascinating essay about the seamless continuum from direct-mail marketing scams to direct-mail right-wing fundraising, and from there to the whole character of modern movement conservatism. Go read.
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The Daily Beast

Biden: 'There's Never Been A Day In The Last Four Years I've Been Proud To Be His Vice President' — Joe Biden, at a campaign event today said, “There's never been a day in the last four years I've been proud to be his vice president.”
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Michelle Malkin and The Lonely Conservative

Morning Jay: Why Romney Is Likely to Win — When I started making election predictions eight years ago, I had a very different perspective than I do today. I knew relatively little about the history of presidential elections or the geography of American politics. I had a good background in political science and statistics.
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JOSHUAPUNDIT, GOP 12 and American Prospect


STATEN ISLAND RESIDENT CONFRONTS CHUCK SCHUMER; ‘WE ARE GONNA DIE!’ — Schumer: “I know what you're going through, sweetheart.”
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Gothamist, New York Post, CBS New York and Althouse
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Nonunion Ala. crews turned away from Sandy recovery — The hurricane-ravaged east coast has been receiving north Alabama help, but crews from Huntsville Utilities learned they'll be doing work in Long Island, New York instead of in New Jersey. — Crews from Huntsville …


OBAMA: VOTING ‘BEST REVENGE’ AGAINST ROMNEY — As is often the case when he goes off-teleprompter, at a campaign stop in Ohio today, Obama revealed a side of himself we haven't seen since Hurricane Sandy gave him the opportunity to play The American President for a few days.
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The Jawa Report, The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog and Nice Deb