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3:55 PM ET, October 25, 2012

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Washington Post:
Washington Post endorsement: Four more years for President Obama  —  View Photo Gallery — Washington Post endorsements in 2012: A roundup of the Post editorial board's picks for November 6, including Virginia's and Maryland's Senate and House races, Maryland's referenda, and the D.C. Council race
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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.”
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
McCain: Powell ‘harmed’ his legacy by endorsing Obama  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) ripped Colin Powell for endorsing President Obama again, saying the former Secretary of State had “harmed” his legacy by doing so.  —  “General Powell, you disappoint us and you have harmed your legacy …
New York Post:
For America's future, The Post endorses Mitt Romney for president
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Politicker
Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Colin Powell again endorses Obama
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 24: In Polls, Romney's Momentum Seems to Have Stopped  —  The term “momentum” is used very often in political coverage — but reporters and analysts seldom pause to consider what it means.  —  Let me tell you what I think it ought to mean: that a body in motion tends to stay in motion.
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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Joe Scarborough / Politico:
Two new polls scream ‘advantage Obama’  —  Two polls released yesterday show President Obama stubbornly clinging to his electoral advantage.  TIME Magazine released a new Ohio poll that has Mitt Romney trailing in the Buckeye State by 5 points.  Last week's NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist survey also had Romney behind by 5.
Discussion: CNN and msnbc.com
Amy Sullivan / The New Republic:
Why Liberals are Misreading Mourdock  —  Let's get one thing straight from the start.  I am not defending Richard Mourdock's position on abortion, including his opposition to a rape exception.  So take that twitchy finger off the “send” button.  However, I do want to examine …
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Pablo Sandoval / detroitnews.com:
Mitt Romney for President  —  (Charles V. Tines / The Detroit News)  —  Americans will be making two choices when they cast their presidential ballots on Nov. 6.  They will be selecting the individual who will lead the nation over the next four years, a period that promises to be every bit as challenging as the past four.
Discussion: CNN, Michelle Malkin, theGrio and Mediaite
Mike Allen / Politico:
ROMNEY TRANSITION PLANS: early Dem outreach; pragmatism over ideology — Obama, Bill Clinton to barnstorm together — POTUS sees grand bargain by summer  —  FIRST LOOK - Rolling Stone cover, “Obama and the Road Ahead: The Rolling Stone Interview,” by Douglas Brinkley: “We arrived at the Oval Office …
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Politico:
How Mitt Romney would govern  —  Mitt Romney's transition team — dubbed the “Readiness Project” — has stepped up its activities as the nominee has surged in the polls, planning a series of modest but quick accomplishments should he win and bracing for the likelihood Romney would butt heads …
Discussion: Wake up America
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Romney Avoids Benghazi, While Obama Pounds Him On Mourdock
Discussion: Daily Kos and BuzzFeed
Washington Post:
As key Senate races get tighter, Republicans' hopes rise
Fox News:
NYPD officer plotted to kidnap, cook and eat women, authorities say  —  NYPD officer Gilberto Valle was arrested Thursday after it was discovered that he had plotted to kidnap and cook over 100 women.FACEBOOK  —  A New York City police officer plotted to kidnap, cook and eat women …
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Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Gilberto Valle Accused in Plot to Kidnap Women and Cook Them
Discussion: CBS New York and The Raw Story
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.
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Pennsylvania Bill Would Reduce Welfare Benefits For Women Who Cannot Prove They Were Raped  —  A Pennsylvania House bill seeks to limit the amount of TANF assistance that low-income women receive based on the amount of children they give birth to while covered under the program.
Callum Borchers / Boston Globe:
Court allows testimony by Mitt Romney in Stemberg divorce case to be unsealed  —  CANTON — Mitt Romney's sworn testimony in a post-divorce lawsuit against Staples founder Tom Stemberg was unsealed on Thursday at Norfolk Probate and Family Court.  —  The suit was filed in 1990 by Stemberg's ex-wife …
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
E.J. Dionne Jr.  —  How the right wing lost in 2012  —  The right wing has lost the election of 2012.  —  The evidence for this is overwhelming, yet it is the year's best-kept secret.  Mitt Romney would not be throwing virtually all of his past positions overboard if he thought the nation …
Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Bam $ite unplugged  —  The Chinese government has blocked access to a Web site used as a conduit for donations to President Obama's re-election, The Post has learned.  —  The action comes following a report in Sunday's Post that the Obama.com site had been registered to Robert Roche …
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Projection: Republicans Will Hold the House  —  While there will be major shifts in the House delegations of many states on Election Day, and while more than a handful of incumbents appear likely to lose, the total change in each party's net total of House seats will probably not be large.
Discussion: Wonkblog, Plain Dealer and Plunderbund
Murray Waas / The Boston Globe:
Romney rejected new birth certificates for gay parents  —  As governor, he ordered review for each child  —  It seemed like a minor adjustment.  To comply with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that legalized gay marriage in 2003, the state Registry of Vital Records and Statistics …
Rasmussen Reports:
Who Won the Debates?  49% Say Romney, 41% Obama  —  Most voters consider the three presidential debates at least somewhat important to how they will vote, and a plurality of those that watched thinks Mitt Romney was the overall debate winner.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds …
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.
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.
Michael Hastings / BuzzFeed:
Obama Goes To Krispy Kreme  —  Three dozen donuts.  Crucial nutrition after an overnight flight from Vegas to Tampa.  —  President Barack Obama delivers boxes of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to firefighters in Tampa, Florida, during an unannounced visit on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012.
Kyle Drennen / NewsBusters.org blogs:
NBC's Williams Can't Understand Why Obama Isn't Winning by a Landslide  —  In an interview with President Obama on Wednesday, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams lobbed this softball: “How is it that with - what, 13 days to go, you're fighting for your life in a 47/47 race? …
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
 
 
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Josh Barro / Bloomberg:
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Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
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Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Condi Rice: “War on women” attack is worse than hyperbole
Discussion: CNN
Johanna Persing / GOP.com:
Early Vote Update: GOP Brings in New Voters; Democrats Taking From E-Day Voters
Discussion: Ballot Box and First Read
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Infographic: The Enormous Racial Gap in Political Reporting
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 Earlier Items: 
James Bennet / The Atlantic Online:
The Bloomberg Way  —  The mayor of New York on his soda ban …
Discussion: Gothamist and TheBlaze.com
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
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep Says Strike On Iran's Nuclear Facilities Would Not Be An Act Of War
Discussion: The Agonist
Clive Crook / Bloomberg:
Obama's Blunder Was in Ceding Political Center to Romney
Matt Bai / The Caucus:
How Bill Clinton May Have Hurt the Obama Campaign