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10:40 AM ET, October 25, 2012

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CBS News:
Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for president  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  (CBS News) Former Secretary of State Colin Powell broke with the Republican party during the 2008 election, to endorse then-candidate Barack Obama for president, calling Obama a “transformational figure.”
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Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Colin Powell again endorses Obama  —  Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday that he would again endorse President Obama, breaking from the Republican Party to support the incumbent president.  —  “You know I voted for him in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012 and will vote …
Alex Altman / Swampland:
TIME Poll: Obama Leads by 5 in Ohio  —  President Barack Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden, speaks during a campaign event at Triangle Park in Dayton, Ohio, on Oct. 23, 2012.  —  Buoyed by early voting in his favor, Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney by five points in the pivotal state of Ohio, according to a new TIME poll.
Talking Points Memo:
Colin Powell Endorses Obama, Will ‘Stick With Him In 2012’  —  Colin Powell, former secretary of state under President George W. Bush, endorsed President Obama for re-election in 2012, saying that he supported him in 2008 and will “stick with” Obama in 2012.  Powell made the announcement in an appearance on “CBS This Morning” Thursday.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama lead in Virginia up to 5 points  —  A new Public Policy Polling survey in Virginia, conducted on behalf of Health Care for America Now, finds Barack Obama expanding his lead in the aftermath of his debate victory Monday night.  He now has 51% to 46% for Mitt Romney, up from a 49/47 advantage last weekend.
Discussion: Ballot Box
Jane C. Timm / msnbc.com:   Colin Powell endorses President Obama for second term
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
In Defense of Richard Mourdock  —  It is his Democratic opponent who is engaging in Akin-style sophistry.  —  With less than two weeks to go before the election, the left is anxious to talk about abortion, and you can see why.  To be sure, Gallup found in May that Americans are considerably likelier …
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Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Obama tells Leno: ‘Rape is rape’  —  During an appearance on “The Tonight Show” taped Wednesday evening, President Obama slammed Richard Mourdock over the Republican Senate candidate's controversial comments about pregnancies resulting from rape.  —  Asked by host Jay Leno about Mourdock's comments …
National Review:
Reading God's Will in Indiana
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Associated Press:
AP-GFK POLL: ROMNEY ERASES OBAMA LEAD AMONG WOMEN  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — What gender gap?  —  Less than two weeks out from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney has erased President Barack Obama's 16-point advantage among women, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows.
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Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
AP poll: Romney leads Obama 47-45, tied among female voters
Discussion: Politico
Alina Selyukh / Reuters:
Romney steals narrow lead from Obama as election nears
Matt Bai / The Caucus:
How Bill Clinton May Have Hurt the Obama Campaign  —  When the histories of the 2012 campaign are written, much will be made of Bill Clinton's re-emergence.  His convention speech may well have marked the finest moment of President Obama's re-election campaign, and his ads on the president's behalf were memorable.
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Bill Clinton — from savior to potential scapegoat in less than two months  —  If President Obama loses this election, the Democrats will need a scapegoat.  The obvious scapegoat would be Obama himself.  But he's been getting free passes all of his life, and the left-liberals who comprise …
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots
Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
Dems Begin the Post-Obama Blame Game
Discussion: americanthinker.com and Hot Air
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Dear Donald, It's Over  —  It's not us.  It's you.  You've been annoying in the past.  You've also been good copy.  But your latest pitiful attempt to keep your name in headlines is one empty bid for attention too many.  By Lloyd Grove.  —  It's been fun, Donald.
Discussion: Poynter, ABCNEWS, FIRST DRAFT and Reuters
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Jon.Ralston / Ralston Reports:
My column: Why Romney hasn't surrendered Nevada  —  Mitt Romney campaigned in Nevada today for the second consecutive day.  The question is: Why?  —  Any reasonable analysis of the early voting numbers so far shows that the Democratic machine is crushing the Republicans' Rube Goldberg contraption.
Discussion: Ross Douthat
Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
For Clinton as Top Diplomat, Tumultuous Closing Chapter  —  Hillary Clinton's final weeks as Secretary of State were supposed to be more of a victory lap.  But that quickly changed after the disastrous events in Benghazi.  WSJ's Monica Langley and Jerry Seib discuss the end of her tenure and future prospects.
Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
Rep. Jim Moran's Son Resigns Over James O'Keefe Video  —  Patrick Moran, son of Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), resigned from his father's campaign on Wednesday after conservative activist James O'Keefe released a video that appears to show him offering advice to an undercover videographer who claimed to want to commit voter fraud.
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Steven Pinker / Opinionator:
Why Are States So Red and Blue?  —  Regardless of who wins the presidential election, we already know now how most of the electoral map will be colored, which will be close to the way it has been colored for decades.  Broadly speaking, the Southern and Western desert and mountain states …
Discussion: normblog
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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Obama's Shuck and Jive Ends With Benghazi Lies
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times Company Reports 2012 Third-Quarter Results  —  The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today a 2012 third-quarter diluted loss per share from continuing operations of $.02 compared with diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $.04 in the same period of 2011.
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep Says Strike On Iran's Nuclear Facilities Would Not Be An Act Of War  —  Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said on CNN last night that neither he, nor the Iranians, would consider an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities an act of war.
Discussion: The Agonist
Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:
The Consequences of Benghazi  —  Without a doubt, there are more consequences than are listed here, and we certainly should understand why certain decisions were made to do nothing, to reduce security, and, for weeks, to blame the enchillada on radical youtube video...
 
 
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Eric Owens / The Daily Caller:
Double-secret probation: Student threatened with punishment after filming Democratic congressman's abortion answer
Discussion: Power Line
Slate:
Will Ohio State's Football Team Decide Who Wins the White House?
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Detroit's Fox 2:
Michigan Poll: Obama and Romney in dead heat
Discussion: Ballot Box
Mike Kramer / Associated Press:
Judge to release edited version of Rehberg boat crash report
Discussion: Ballot Box
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
More Americans Feel Better Off Than Worse Off, Financially
Discussion: Politico
Wall Street Journal:
Hassett and Mathur: Consumption and the Myths of Inequality
Discussion: Instapundit
Politico:
How Mitt Romney would govern
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Men and Women Can't be ‘Just Friends’
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WIFR-TV:
Rev. Jesse Jackson Arrested for Sensata Protest
Clive Crook / Bloomberg:
Obama's Blunder Was in Ceding Political Center to Romney
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Major Cable Provider In Ohio Offering Anti-Obama Film For Free
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