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2:35 PM ET, November 2, 2012

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Bureau of Labor Statistics:
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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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Payrolls rise sharply, giving Obama some relief  —  (Reuters) - Employers stepped up hiring in October and the jobless rate ticked higher as more workers restarted job hunts, a hopeful sign for a lackluster economy that has been a drag on President Barack Obama's reelection chances.
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:   Why the October Jobs Report Is Even Better Than It Looks
Neil Irwin / Washington Post:
Job growth, unemployment rate rose in October as workers re-entered labor force
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Economy Adds 171,000 Jobs in October; Topline Unemployment Rate at 7.9%
Discussion: Calculated Risk and Wonkblog
New York Post:
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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John Moore / ABCNEWS:
‘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!
Lynn Zinser / New York Times:
Should the Race Be Run?  —  O.K., let's see if we have this straight: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg wisely slaps down the N.B.A.'s initial ridiculous idea to play the Nets-Knicks opener as scheduled Thursday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn because of the devastation of Hurricane Sandy …
Discussion: Politicker
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
New York's Incredible Shrinking Mayor
Barack Obama / CNN:
President Barack Obama: My vision for America  —  Editor's note: Barack Obama is president of the United States.  —  (CNN) — For the past few days, all of us have been properly focused on one of the worst storms of our lifetimes.  We mourn those who were lost.
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Gabriella Schwarz / CNN:
Obama tries to run over Romney's auto claims
Discussion: Politico and ABCNEWS
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
The Campaign Is Over, But The Election Isn't
Discussion: Marbury
CNN:
Final jobs report before election gives ammo for both sides
Discussion: Reuters
Mitt Romney / CNN:
My vision for America  —  TAMPA, FL - OCTOBER 31 …
Discussion: Shakesville
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
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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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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Jennifer Griffin / Fox News:
Sources, emails point to communication breakdown in Obama administration during Libya attack
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
In Benghazi timeline, CIA errors but no evidence of conspiracy
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
New Details on Benghazi  —  Two U.S. officials tell Eli Lake …
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
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.
Discussion: GOP 12 and American Prospect
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
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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Antonio Planas / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Two drivers in Sen. Harry Reid's caravan cited in crash
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Mark Thornhill / WAFF-TV:
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 …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
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.
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Poll gives Donnelly 11-point lead over Mourdock  —  (CNN) - A poll of likely voters in Indiana showed Democratic Senate candidate Joe Donnelly with an eleven point lead over GOP rival Richard Mourdock, whose comments on rape and abortion in October drew consternation from Democrats and some Republicans.
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Indianapolis Star:
Indiana election poll: Joe Donnelly builds lead over Richard Mourdock in Senate race
Matthew Vadum / Front Page Magazine:
Benghazi Investigator Slams America and ‘Islamophobes’  —  America is a seething hotbed of “Islamophobia,” filled with ignorant racist rubes who irrationally fear the benign Muslim religion, according to the Obama administration's lead investigator into the Benghazi atrocities.
Rasmussen Reports:
An Unpredictable End to a Very Predictable Election  —  A Commentary By Scott Rasmussen  —  Election 2012 has had few surprises.  So it's somewhat surprising that heading into the final weekend of the election season, we are unable to confidently project who is likely to win the White House.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The choice  —  “Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not.”  That was Barack Obama in 2008.  And he was right.  Reagan was an ideological inflection point, ending a 50-year liberal ascendancy and beginning a 30-year conservative ascendancy.
Carrie Budoff Brown / Politico:
Liberals fear grand bargain betrayal if President Obama wins  —  Labor unions and liberal interest groups are going all-out for President Barack Obama's reelection — but they're just as ready to turn that firepower back on him if he betrays them with a grand bargain.
Ellie Krupnick / The Huffington Post:
Obama's Leather Bomber Jacket Is One Pair Of Aviators Away From ‘Top Gun’ (PHOTOS) … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Barack Obama , Barack Obama , Video, Obama Style, Biden Aviator Sunglasses, Biden Sunglasses, Bomber Jacket, Obama Bomber Jacket, Obama Leather Bomber Jacket, Obama Leather Jacket, Style News
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney slams Obama in closing argument
Discussion: CNN
David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Biden Presents Top 10 Reasons To Vote Early On Letterman
Daily Mail:
Muslim clerics say Sandy is 'God's way of punishing America for anti-Muhammed film'
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Fred Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
Obama and the Back-to-the-Future Campaign
Business Insider:
The Board Room  —  Finally.  Anyone not living in manhattan has not seen any response.
Lee Drutman / Sunlight Foundation Blog:
Latest Dark Money Tallies: $213 million and counting, 81% on behalf of Republicans; 34 races with $1 million or more
Discussion: Mother Jones
New England College:
NEW POLL GIVES PRESIDENT OBAMA SOME DAYLIGHT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Discussion: GOP 12 and Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
2012 Polls And The Long-Dormant ‘Incumbent Rule’
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Dean Baker / Salon:
Get ready for the phony debt fight
Discussion: Wonkblog and Hullabaloo
Kristen A. Lee / NY Daily News:
Trump takes $5M offer to President Obama off the table after deadline expires
Eline Gordts / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney's Italy Comments Spark Anger
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Guardian
Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
Under Attack, Nate Silver Picks the Wrong Defense
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

 
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