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1:15 AM ET, October 27, 2012

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Jennifer Griffin / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sources say  —  Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. Consulate and subsequent attack several hours later …
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Bob Owens / The PJ Tatler:
AC-130U Gunship was On-Scene in Benghazi, Obama Admin Refused to Let It Fire (Updated)  —  If you don't get torches-and-pitchforks irate about this, you are not an American: … There were two AC-130Us deployed to Libya in March as part of Operation Unified Protector.
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama: Election ‘has nothing to do’ with Libya deaths  —  President Obama again on Friday defended his administration's handling of the attack that killed four Americans in Libya, and said he's not holding back information ahead of Election Day.  —  “The election has nothing …
Discussion: Doug Ross and The PJ Tatler
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Hurricane Sandy may be unprecedented in East Coast storm history  —  European model simulation for Hurricane Sandy - on its approach to the mid-Atlantic - with a minimum pressure of 934 mb.  (Weatherbell.com) With computer models locked in on the eventuality of a punishing blow for East Coast …
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Bob King / Reuters:
Election in Sandy's shadow
Discussion: Associated Press, ABCNEWS and CNN
John H. Cushman Jr / New York Times:
Dying Satellites Could Lead to Shaky Weather Forecasts
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Brian McNoldy / Washington Post:
Hurricane Sandy on collision course with mid-Atlantic and Northeast
Discussion: Election 2012 and The Fix
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Petraeus Throws Obama Under the Bus  —  Breaking news on Benghazi: the CIA spokesman, presumably at the direction of CIA director David Petraeus, has put out this statement: “No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate. ”
Molly Waldron / Local News:
Senator Harry Reid hospitalized after crash in Las Vegas  —  Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — Senator Harry Reid was hospitalized after a crash on Interstate 15 Friday.  —  The crash happened just after 1 p.m. on I-15 northbound near Sahara, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
Discussion: Mediaite, The Raw Story and AMERICAblog
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Mike Blasky / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Sen. Reid taken to UMC for minor rib injuries following car accident
Discussion: Influence Alley
Las Vegas Sun News:
'He's OK'; Reid's motorcade involved in five-vehicle accident
Associated Press:
Sen. Harry Reid taken to hospital after Las Vegas rear-end car crash involving 6 vehicles
Politico:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doing fine after car accident
Discussion: CNN and Weasel Zippers
CNN:
Harry Reid hospitalized after car crash, in good condition
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Live Polls Show Obama With Bigger Leads In Ohio (CHART)  —  How tight is the presidential race in Ohio?  It depends who's polling.  —  Surveys of the Buckeye State have been all over the board in recent weeks as the election draws near.  While most show President Obama with the lead …
Discussion: Addicting Info
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama 50%-Romney 46% in Ohio  —  (CNN) - With a week and a half to go until Election Day, a new poll indicates the race for arguably the most important battleground state remains very close.  —  According to a CNN/ORC International survey released Friday, President Barack Obama holds …
BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Exaggerates Size Of Nevada Event With Altered Image  —  At best, the official Romney Instagram account posted a really bad panorama.  —  Zeke Miller  —  a half hour ago  —  61 responses
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 25: The State of the States  —  Thursday was a busy day for the polls, with some bright spots for each candidate.  But it made clear that Barack Obama maintains a narrow lead in the polling averages in states that would get him to 270 electoral votes.  Mr. Obama also remains roughly tied …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Dem's amendment would give 29 more electoral votes to popular vote winner
Rasmussen Reports:
A Commentary By Scott Rasmussen
Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Ronald Reagan Made A ‘First Time’ Voting Joke 32 Years Before Lena Dunham Did  —  Some conservative were outraged Thursday, when the Obama campaign posted a Web ad starring Lena Dunham, creator of the TV show “Girls,” in which she speaks about her “first time” voting, using innuendo to compare it to a girl losing her virginity.
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Lou Cannon / Washington Post:
Reagan campaigns like a man who's won  —  CHICAGO — Ronald Regan campaigned in politically crucial Great Lakes states today, acting more and more like a man who thinks he has already clinched the election.  —  While continuing to hammer away at President Carter's economic record …
Kyle Clark / KUSA-TV:
9NEWS questions President Obama on Libya attack  —  KUSA - President Barack Obama would not directly address questions from 9NEWS on whether Americans under attack in Libya were denied requests for assistance during the September 11th terror attack.  —  President Obama discussed the situation …
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Obama's Ground Game Advantage May Not Be As Big As It Looks  —  The chart below has been making the rounds over the past couple of days.  It shows how many field offices each campaign has in the top ten swing states, and it's pretty stunning.  Obama has twice as many offices as Romney in Virginia.
Discussion: Wonkblog and Prairie Weather
Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
Romney: 'Some Gays Are Actually Having Children.  It's Not Right on Paper.  It's Not Right in Fact.' … LGBT , Civil Rights , Mitt Romney , Elections 2012 , Gay Marriage , Politics , Gay Marriage , Boston Globe , Gay Voices News , Mitt Romney Lgbt Rights , Murray Waas , Romney For President …
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Josh Hicks / Washington Post:
Obama's ‘Tonight Show’ remark: Planned Parenthood provides mammograms  —  “You've got issues like Planned Parenthood, where that organization provides millions of women cervical-cancer screenings, mammograms, all kinds of basic health care.”  —  President Obama appeared on “The Tonight Show” …
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Corrie MacLaggan / Reuters:
Court refuses Planned Parenthood appeal of Texas funding cut
Discussion: Wonkblog and Weasel Zippers
Jilian Fama / ABCNEWS:
Man Gets Romney ‘R’ Tattooed On His Face For $15,000  —  Some say that campaign ads are getting just ridiculous.  But now it's taken a turn to the truly bizarre.  An Indiana man has auctioned off space on the side of his head, where he tattooed Mitt Romney's presidential campaign “R” logo in a 5-by-2-inch spot for a bid of $15, 000.
 
 
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Fannie, Freddie to Pay More to Treasury
Michelle Malkin:
What about the Camp Bastion attack?
Discussion: Nice Deb
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama tells MTV music can ‘set the world on fire’
Discussion: Politico
James Richardson / Georgia Tipsheet:
Despite predictions of disenfranchisement, black voter participation in GA above 2008 levels
Discussion: Politico and The PJ Tatler
Robert Costa / National Review:
McCain: Powell ‘Got Us Into Iraq’
Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama offers to walk dog, wash car to get a deal with Congress
Discussion: Mediaite and Jammie Wearing Fools
 Earlier Items: 
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Remote U.S. base at core of secret operations
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
‘Fiscal cliff’ already hampering U.S. economy, report says
Discussion: Wonkblog and Power Line
Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
Transcript of 1944 Bretton Woods Conference Found at Treasury
Scott Travis / The Huffington Post:
College Tuition Should Vary By Degree, Florida State Task Force Says
David Brooks / New York Times:
What Moderation Means  —  Over the past month, Mitt Romney …