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12:20 PM 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 …
Talking Points Memo:
Colin Powell Endorses Obama, Will ‘Stick With Him In 2012’
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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, msnbc.com and Washington Post
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 …
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
AP poll: Romney leads Obama 47-45, tied among female voters
Discussion: Hot Air
Alex Altman / Swampland:
TIME Poll: Obama Leads by 5 in Ohio
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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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
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots
Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
Dems Begin the Post-Obama Blame Game
Discussion: americanthinker.com and Hot Air
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 …
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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.
Clive Crook / Bloomberg:
Obama's Blunder Was in Ceding Political Center to Romney  —  The third and final presidential debate did little to change the race between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, who are tied with just two weeks to go.  Even so, this week's inconsequential contest provides a key of sorts to understanding the election.
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Stanley Kurtz / National Review:
Why Did Obama Run Left?
Discussion: protein wisdom and American Power
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 …
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.
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: Politico and Mediaite
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
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
New York Times:
Parliament Questions Former BBC Chief's Role  —  LONDON — In the growing storm surrounding the BBC's handling of an investigation of child sexual abuse accusations against one of its longtime television hosts, the network's current director general has largely stood as the public face …
Ashley Halsey III / Washington Post:
Single District speed camera: 116,734 tickets worth $11.6 million  —  If you lined them all up head to toe, they would stretch from the White House to south of Richmond.  —  They could fill every seat in FedEx Field and Verizon Center and still leave people out in the cold.
Discussion: Hit & Run
Slate:
Will Ohio State's Football Team Decide Who Wins the White House?  —  How politically irrelevant events—like a college football game—can determine who wins an election.  —  “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”  —Winston Churchill"
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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
Mitt Romney for President of the United States …:
ROMNEY VICTORY EFFORT RAISES OVER $111.8 MILLION FROM OCT. 1 TO OCT. 17  —  Location  —  Boston, MA - Today, Romney for President, Romney Victory, and the Republican National Committee announced fundraising totals of over $111.8 million from October 1 to October 17.
Eric Owens / The Daily Caller:
Double-secret probation: Student threatened with punishment after filming Democratic congressman's abortion answer  —  Collin Peterson, the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 7th District since 1991, no doubt expected softball questions and happy glad-handing when he visited Evangelical …
Discussion: Power Line
James Bennet / The Atlantic Online:
The Bloomberg Way  —  The mayor of New York on his soda ban, why he doesn't worry about approval ratings, governing in the age of Twitter, and the dumbed-down media  —  You could look at Michael Bloomberg—astringent, profane, irritated by small talk, impatient with the politics of empathy …
Discussion: Gothamist, Politico and TheBlaze.com
 
 
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
U.S. Congress' Approval Rating at 21% Ahead of Elections
David Bernstein / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Why Libertarian Law Professors Tend to Support Romney
Discussion: Hit & Run
James Delingpole / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Benghazi and Obama: the media is trying to shore up this desperate administration
Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
Conservatives Panic Over ‘U.N.-Affiliated’ Election Monitors
Discussion: Wonkette and Prairie Weather
Liz Alderman / New York Times:
Greek Unemployed Cut Off From Medical Treatment
Discussion: Eschaton
Detroit's Fox 2:
Michigan Poll: Obama and Romney in dead heat
Discussion: Hot Air and Ballot Box
Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:
The Consequences of Benghazi
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The New York Times Company:
The New York Times Company Reports 2012 Third-Quarter Results
Mike Kramer / Associated Press:
Judge to release edited version of Rehberg boat crash report
Discussion: Ballot Box
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Dear Donald, It's Over
Discussion: Poynter, ABCNEWS, FIRST DRAFT and Reuters
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
More Americans Feel Better Off Than Worse Off, Financially
Discussion: Wonkblog and Politico
Wall Street Journal:
Hassett and Mathur: Consumption and the Myths of Inequality
Discussion: Instapundit
Steven Pinker / Opinionator:
Why Are States So Red and Blue?
Discussion: normblog
The Chart:
Post removed: Study looks at voting and hormones
 

 
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