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1:35 PM ET, November 4, 2012

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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?

Discussion: WMUR, Power Line, The Strata-Sphere, americanthinker.com, The Gateway Pundit, Battleground Watch and Scared Monkeys

Lee Enterprises / host.madison.com:

Our pick: Mitt Romney — • Wisconsin State Journal editorial — Not enough hope and too little change. — That is President Barack Obama's record on the economy, debt and Washington gridlock after four years in the White House. — The State Journal editorial board endorses Mitt Romney in Tuesday's presidential election.

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Election 2012 and Poynter

NY Daily News:

Our choice for America's future: The Daily News endorses Mitt Romney for president — Four years after endorsing Obama, News finds the hopes of those days went unfulfilled — Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney holds a rally with his wife Ann at Colorado Springs municipal airport …

Discussion: The Lonely Conservative, Guardian, Conservatives4Palin and The PJ Tatler

Jeremy Herb / The Hill:

Cantor: Romney, Allen will win big in Virginia — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) predicted Mitt Romney will win in Virginia on Tuesday — and win by a bigger margin than deadlocked polls have shown. — Cantor also said on NBC's “Meet the Press” that former Sen. George Allen …

Discussion: Politico

Newsday:
Elect Mitt Romney president of the United States

Discussion: GayPatriot

Mark Murray / First Read:
Final national NBC/WSJ poll: Obama 48%, Romney 47%

Discussion: CNN and Ballot Box

Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Obama and Romney Deadlocked, Poll Shows

Discussion: Business Insider

Alexander Burns / Politico:
AFF poll: Minnesota a toss-up

Discussion: BREITBART.COM, Riehl World News, Battleground Watch, The Greenroom and GayPatriot

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 …

Discussion: dispatchpolitics.dispatch.com, Booman Tribune and Connecting.the.Dots

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 …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, No More Mister Nice Blog, Outside the Beltway, Taylor Marsh and Washington Monthly

Andrew Welsh-Huggins / Associated Press:
Ohio provisional ballot voting order criticized

Discussion: The BRAD BLOG, theGrio, The Raw Story, Balloon Juice and The Reality-Based Community

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.

Discussion: Viral Read, msnbc.com, Scared Monkeys, Washington Post, Guardian, Ballot Box, National Review, Election 2012 and Business Insider

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Obama leads in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — PPP's final polls of the 2012 election cycle in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin find Barack Obama favored to win both states, although by margins a good deal closer than he won them by in 2008. In Pennsylvania Obama leads 52-46, while in Wisconsin his advantage is 51-48.

Discussion: The Daily Caller and JSOnline

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama up 8 in Minnesota, amendments may be going down

Discussion: MN Progressive Project

Dustin Hawkins / BREITBART.COM:
PENNSYLVANIA TIED, 47-47, ON EVE OF ROMNEY'S ARRIVAL

Discussion: Hot Air, protein wisdom, The Ulsterman Report and American Power

NewsMax.com:

Zogby: Sandy Helping Obama With Independents — More ways to share... Mixx — Stumbled — LinkedIn — Vine — Buzzflash — Newstrust — Technocrati — Forward Article — Despite President Barack Obama turning the tide with a five-point swing among Independents …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Taegan Goddard's … and Prairie Weather

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads 50-47 nationally

Discussion: Business Insider and Politico

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.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Hinterland Gazette

Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:

Authorities Detonate 2nd Suspicious Package At Florida Early Voting Site — Authorities in Winter Park, Fla. have detonated a second suspicius package found near an early voting site on Saturday, a spokersperson for the Winter Park Public Library confirmed to TPM. — “They detonated it 15 minutes ago,” Mary Gail Coffee said.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Hullabaloo

Trip Gabriel / New York Times:

Ryan, Quiet for Now, Is Said to Be Planning for an Active Role — CINCINNATI — Representative Paul D. Ryan may have largely disappeared from the national spotlight down the campaign homestretch, ceding attention to Mitt Romney. But if the Republican ticket prevails, Mr. Ryan plans to come back roaring …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

Matt Blaze / Matt Blaze's Exhaustive Search:

Voting by Email in New Jersey — Some very preliminary thoughts. — New Jersey was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, and many parts of the state still lack electricity and basic infrastructure. Countless residents have been displaced, at least temporarily. And election day is on Tuesday.

Discussion: Mashable!, The Atlantic Online, BuzzFeed and The Verge

Jeremy Herb / Ballot Box:

Axelrod: Romney's effort in Pennsylvania a sign GOP campaign in ‘deep trouble’ — Senior Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod said Mitt Romney's visit to Pennsylvania shows the GOP nominee's campaign is in “deep trouble” and losing in the traditional battlegrounds.

Discussion: CNN and Politico

Talking Points Memo:

Haley Barbour: Hurricane Sandy 'Broke Romney's Momentum' — GOP stalwart Haley Barbour argued Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union” that Hurricane Sandy worked to President Obama's political benefit in the election. — “The hurricane is what broke Romney's momentum,” he said.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:

Ohio Sen. Portman says Ohio likely to prove decisive — Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said his home state is likely to prove decisive for the presidential election Sunday morning. — When asked by CNN's Candy Crowley if he thought there was a way Romney could win without carrying the state, he smiled.

Discussion: CNN and Politico

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 …

Discussion: Booman Tribune

Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:

Jim Cramer: Obama Is Going To Obliterate Romney In A Historic Landslide — The Washington Post asked a bunch of pundits/gurus/big-names for their electoral predictions. — There's a big list of folks, and almost all see Obama winning. — Among the names on the list.

Discussion: National Review and Sense of Events

Jennifer Griffin / Fox News:

What laser capability did Benghazi team have? — Sources who have debriefed the team that was at the CIA annex the night of the attack in Benghazi say that the CIA operators from the Global Response Staff, or GRS, were equipped with Mark 48 machine guns and had two types of laser capability.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit