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Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic Online:
Ohio's Provisional Ballot Order: The Biggest Legal Story of the Weekend — A late voting directive from Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted begets an “emergency motion” about how to count provisional ballots. — Associated Press — With just a few dozen hours left before polls open on Election Day …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Last-Minute Ohio Directive Could Trash Legal Votes And Swing The Election — A last-minute directive issued by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted (R) could invalidate legal provisional ballots. Ohio is widely viewed as the most critical state for both presidential campaigns and …
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Crooks and Liars, Outside the Beltway, Taylor Marsh and Washington Monthly
Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Dispatch Poll: Ohio's a toss-up — Obama has edge, but high GOP turnout could turn Ohio to Romney — Early voting in Franklin County — The “Ohio firewall” precariously stands for President Barack Obama, but a strong Republican turnout could enable Mitt Romney to tear it down on Election Day.
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Guardian, Ballot Box, Election 2012 and Business Insider
Andrew Welsh-Huggins / Associated Press:
Ohio provisional ballot voting order criticized — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voter advocates on Saturday criticized an order by Ohio's elections chief dealing with the casting of provisional ballots, saying it increases the likelihood that votes could be wrongly rejected.
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Detroit's Fox 2:
Dead heat for Romney and Obama in latest Michigan poll — WJBK Fox 2 - — Who are you most likely to vote for in the Presidential election - Democratic President Barack Obama, or Republican Nominee, Governor Mitt Romney, another candidate, or are you undecided?
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Mark Murray / First Read:
Final national NBC/WSJ poll: Obama 48%, Romney 47% — With just two days until Election Day, President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney are running neck and neck nationally, according to the final national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll before the election.
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Ballot Box and CNN
Alexander Burns / Politico:
AFF poll: Minnesota a toss-up — Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are separated by just 1 point in Minnesota, effectively making the race there a toss-up, according to polling taken for the conservative American Future Fund. — Romney takes 46 percent of the vote to Obama's 45 percent in the poll …
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The Greenroom, Riehl World News and Battleground Watch
Alexander Marlow / BREITBART.COM:
LIKELY VOTER POLL: ROMNEY AHEAD IN DEEP BLUE MINNESOTA
LIKELY VOTER POLL: ROMNEY AHEAD IN DEEP BLUE MINNESOTA
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protein wisdom and GayPatriot
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama up 8 in Minnesota, amendments may be going down — PPP's final Minnesota poll of the 2012 election cycle finds Barack Obama leading comfortably, 53-45. We've conducted four surveys of the state since Labor Day and found Obama leading by a margin in the 7-10 point range on each of them.
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Dustin Hawkins / BREITBART.COM:
PENNSYLVANIA TIED, 47-47, ON EVE OF ROMNEY'S ARRIVAL — Update: The final Susquehanna Polling & Research Poll shows a 47-47% tie heading into the Tuesday election. Romney is seen slightly more favorable (+4) than Obama (+1). Adding to Romney's advantage is that an overwhelming 71% place economic …
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The Ulsterman Report and American Power
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
Obama leads in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
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The Daily Caller and JSOnline
Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Bloomberg Aims to Be Gun-Control Counterweight to NRA — The New York mayor takes on the National Rifle Association in what an aide suggests is a curtain-raiser for elections to come. — As independent Michael Bloomberg nears his final year as New York — City mayor, the billionaire …
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Tom Blumer / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Thursday Report: Bloomberg Wouldn't Let Guard Into Brooklyn Over Their Possession of Guns
Thursday Report: Bloomberg Wouldn't Let Guard Into Brooklyn Over Their Possession of Guns
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The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, Philly.com and Syracuse Post-Standard
Michael Patrick Leahy / BREITBART.COM:
FEMA TAPS PRIVATE VENDORS TO MEET SANDY VICTIM'S NEEDS
FEMA TAPS PRIVATE VENDORS TO MEET SANDY VICTIM'S NEEDS
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The Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler and The Lonely Conservative
Miguel Llanos / U.S. News:
Sandy death toll in US rises to 109; ‘there could be more,’ Bloomberg warns
Sandy death toll in US rises to 109; ‘there could be more,’ Bloomberg warns
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The Gateway Pundit and Booman Tribune
David Martosko / The Daily Caller:
Hannity show played 2011 union ‘Scabs!’ and ‘Scumbags!’ audio, called it post-Sandy outrage — UPDATE: The Daily Caller has learned that the audio Sean Hannity played during his Friday, Nov. 2 broadcast was taken from a 2011 union protest against replacement workers during a Verizon strike.
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The Hinterland Gazette
New York Times:
In Ohio, a Study in Contrasts as 2 Campaigns Get Out Vote — CINCINNATI — Inside a peeling former nightclub here, Obama volunteers are perched on any seats they can find, trays of half-eaten sandwiches line an old mirrored bar and a hand-scrawled list of “office needs” includes toilet paper and Teddy Grahams.
UTSanDiego.com:
MOTHER OF SEAL: ‘I BELIEVE THAT OBAMA MURDERED MY SON’ — A father and a mother used the word “murder.” A brother said he won't second-guess decisions made in the heat of battle. — The families of three Americans killed in the Sept. 11 U.S. consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya …
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Scared Monkeys, National Review, BuzzFeed and The Gateway Pundit
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
News Outlets Held Back Detail Of Benghazi Attack At CIA's Request
News Outlets Held Back Detail Of Benghazi Attack At CIA's Request
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Sky Dancing, Business Insider and The Daily Beast
Guardian:
Iran denies suspending uranium enrichment — Move reported as gesture of goodwill before negotiations with US over nuclear programme next week was down to ‘misquote’ — Iran's state media has denied reports that Tehran had suspended the enrichment of uranium at 20% in a goodwill gesture ahead of talks with the world's major powers.
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The PJ Tatler, Israel Matzav and The Agonist
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Obama campaign struggles to explain ‘revenge’ remark — CINCINNATI — A seemingly offhand utterance from President Obama has turned into a major point of contention between the two campaigns, as Team Obama tries to explain what the president meant when he told a crowd of supporters that “Voting is the best revenge.”
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Obama's November Blunder
Obama's November Blunder
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ABCNEWS, Taylor Marsh, Washington Examiner, National Review and Scared Monkeys