memeorandum: Romney wants to undo progress Obama made (Bill Clinton/Des Moines Register)

4:35 PM ET, November 4, 2012

Top Items:

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: CNN, NO QUARTER USA NET, Guardian, The Lonely Conservative, The PJ Tatler and Conservatives4Palin, more at Mediagazer »

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: Poynter, americanthinker.com, Election 2012 and BREITBART.COM

Newsday:
Elect Mitt Romney president of the United States

Discussion: GayPatriot

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

Obama Gains Edge in Campaign's Final Days — Obama 50% - Romney 47% — OVERVIEW — Barack Obama has edged ahead of Mitt Romney in the final days of the presidential campaign. In the Pew Research Center's election weekend survey, Obama holds a 48% to 45% lead over Romney among likely voters.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Election 2012

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

Discussion: Reuters, CNN and Ballot Box

James Hohmann / Politico: Battleground Tracking poll: Mitt Romney, Barack Obama tied

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

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:

After Republicans Restrict Early Voting Hours, Floridians Wait More Than 6 Hours To Vote — Last year, Florida's Republican dominated legislature “rolled back the number of early-voting days from a maximum of 14 days to eight days.” The result? Floridians are finding it much more difficult to vote …

Discussion: Orlando Sentinel, The Raw Story and The Maddow Blog

New York Times:
Editorial | The Struggle to Cast a Vote: Voting Rights: Upholding Democracy

Discussion: Sky Dancing and Daily Kos

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

Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Cantor: Romney, Allen will win big in Virginia

Discussion: Politico

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

Discussion: Politico and Business Insider

Curt Villarosa / ABCNEWS:

Sunday Sound: Heard on ‘This Week’ — Tune in to ABCNews.com on Tuesday, Nov. 6 for livestreaming coverage of Election 2012. Our Election Day show kicks off at noon, and the Election Night event begins at 7 p.m. … HEADLINERS — 1. Plouffe thinks Karl Rove will confront ‘crossroads’ after Tuesday's election

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, The Political Carnival and Sense of Events

Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box: Top Obama adviser: Romney's play for Pennsylvania a ‘desperate ploy’

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Nov. 3: Romney's Reason to Play for Pennsylvania — The Saturday before the election produced a predictably large volume of polling in battleground states — but also some predictable-seeming results, with most of the polls coming close to the average of other polls.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, msnbc.com, PoliPundit.com and AMERICAblog

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: Little Green Footballs, dispatchpolitics.dispatch.com, Booman Tribune, Connecting.the.Dots and The Reality-Based Community

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Last-Minute Ohio Directive Could Trash Legal Votes And Swing The Election

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Outside the Beltway, Crooks and Liars, Associated Press, Taylor Marsh, Washington Monthly, Balloon Juice and The Raw Story

Jasper Copping / Telegraph:

British have invaded nine out of ten countries - so look out Luxembourg — Britain has invaded all but 22 countries in the world in its long and colourful history, new research has found. — The British Empire, highlighted in red, used to dominate any map

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Middle Earth Journal

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: Politico and CNN

Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Freudian Slip: Candy Crowley Calls Him ‘President Romney’

Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Wake up America

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?

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

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: The Hinterland Gazette, Sense of Events and National Review

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

Jon.Ralston / Ralston Reports:

Obama will win the state, Heller will barely squeak by, Horsford takes CD4 and the GOP will take the state Senate — And I thought Reid-Angle was hard. — For two years, I have rested on my laurels after ignoring the public polls, trusting my reporting and gut and predicting Harry Reid would defeat Sharron Angle.

Discussion: Election 2012 and The Fix

Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:

“Million Puppet March” on DC Misses Historic Head Count by Just 999,500! — Last week, we warned of the impending “Million Puppet March,” a pro-public-broadcasting and anti-Mitt Romney demonstration whose goal “is to preserve the inalienable right of Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Ira Glass …

Discussion: Agence France Presse, Newser, Michelle Malkin and CNN

BuzzFeed:
“Million Muppet March” Descends On Capitol Hill

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, NewsBusters.org blogs, The Lonely Conservative and Weasel Zippers

New York Post:

Devastated Rockaways residents lash out at Bloomberg during unannounced visit — Storm-ravaged and weary Rockaways residents cornered Mayor Bloomberg yesterday to angrily demand more aid for their devastated neighborhood. — “When are we gonna get some help?” blasted one desperate woman …

Discussion: protein wisdom, Power Line and The Gateway Pundit

Politico:

Lessons learned from 2012 — The 2012 election will be remembered by history for its smallness in a big, historic moment: The high drama of the first debate was a rare respite from months of petty rhetoric, egged on from start to finish by gobs of money from millionaires and billionaires.

Discussion: American Prospect and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Bill Clinton / Des Moines Register:

Romney wants to undo progress Obama made — Which presidential candidate is more likely to restore prosperity for the middle class and give poor people a chance to work their way into it? To build a 21st century American economy which creates the jobs of tomorrow, reduces our debt and maintains our leadership in the world?

Discussion: msnbc.com and Politico