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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.
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Modest Growth in Jobs Seen in Final Report Before Election
Modest Growth in Jobs Seen in Final Report Before Election
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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
Job growth, unemployment rate rose in October as workers re-entered labor force
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Crooks and Liars, Wonkblog, The Fix, Patterico's Pontifications and Election 2012
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Economy Adds 171,000 Jobs in October; Topline Unemployment Rate at 7.9%
Economy Adds 171,000 Jobs in October; Topline Unemployment Rate at 7.9%
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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 …
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Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
New York's Incredible Shrinking Mayor
New York's Incredible Shrinking Mayor
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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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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
How the Romney Camp Sees the Early Vote in Iowa
How the Romney Camp Sees the Early Vote in Iowa
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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
Sources, emails point to communication breakdown in Obama administration during Libya attack
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Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit and The PJ Tatler
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Benghazi blunder: Obama unworthy commander-in-chief
Benghazi blunder: Obama unworthy commander-in-chief
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
In Benghazi timeline, CIA errors but no evidence of conspiracy
In Benghazi timeline, CIA errors but no evidence of conspiracy
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National Review and Weekly Standard
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.
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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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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.
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 …
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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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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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.
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Gabriella Schwarz / CNN:
Obama tries to run over Romney's auto claims — Hilliard, Ohio (CNN) - In auto manufacturing heavy Ohio Friday, President Barack Obama took on recent attacks from Mitt Romney over his efforts toward that industry, saying the charges prove the former governor is attempting to scare Americans into supporting him.
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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.
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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.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney slams Obama in closing argument — Mitt Romney made the closing argument of his campaign on Friday at a speech in Milwaukee, sharply criticizing President Obama as having “fallen so very short” of fixing the economy. — “The question of this election comes down to this …
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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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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.
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