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4:10 PM ET, October 27, 2012

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Paul Krugman:
Fortune Favors the Brave  —  For a few days there the Romney campaign was boasting a lot about having Big Mo — and the press corps actually fell for it, briefly.  At this point, however, the reality seems to be sinking in: if Romney has Big Mo, it looks like this:
Discussion: The New Republic
Associated Press:
AP poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks  —  Associated Press/Pablo Martinez Monsivais - FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks to supporters at a campaign event at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport, in Cleveland Ohio. ...more
Mugsy / Crooks and Liars:
OMG!  Birther Morons Tout Hilariously Faked Video of Obama Birth as Real  —  Okay, so there this video going viral on the Right purporting to be actual footage of Barack Obama's birth taking place in a hospital in Kenya.  —  I kid you not.  —  The footage is supposedly a VHS transfer …
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Romney, Obama could split popular and electoral college vote, polls suggest  —  Most polls at this moment suggest GOP nominee Mitt Romney is in the lead nationally, but surveys in the nine or so swing states are registering a narrow advantage for President Obama.
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Obama, Clinton backed reforms to Electoral College after Bush v. Gore
KMOV-TV:
Poll: Akin, McCaskill locked in statistical dead heat  —  ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) — A new poll shows the Missouri Senate race is too close to predict a winner.  —  The News 4, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star poll shows Senator Claire McCaskill with a 2 percent lead over Congressman Todd Akin …
Discussion: Ballot Box and The Daily Caller
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Alexander Burns / Politico:   Akin unveils harshest attack ad yet
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
State polling averages support Obama camp's view of the race  —  This presidential race remains a national dead heat, and Mitt Romney could still very well become our next president.  But right at this moment, it needs to be reiterated that the state polling averages support the Obama campaign's view …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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Peter Finocchiaro / The Huffington Post:
Lawrence Wilkerson, Former Colin Powell Aide, Blasts Sununu, GOP, As ‘Full Of Racists’ … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Barack Obama , Colin Powell, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, John Sununu, Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell John Sununu, Colin Powell Sununu, John Sununu Colin Powell …
Discussion: New York Magazine and Gawker
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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Colin Powell's Former Chief Of Staff: ‘My Party Is Full Of Racists’
Discussion: The Fix and Weasel Zippers
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Rubio: Obama's Ideas Are “The Ideas Of Countries People Come Here To Get Away From”  —  His family left Cuba.  The Florida Senator was introducing Romney in Florida on Saturday.  —  Source: youtube.com  —  UPDATE: On Mitt Romney's campaign plane shortly after the rally, Rubio was asked what he meant by the comments.
Sara Marie Brenner / Human Events:
IS VOTER FRAUD BEING COMMITTED IN OHIO?  —  RESIZE:  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — In Ohio, a person can register to vote up to 30 days before the election, with absentee voting starting 35 days before the election.  The 5 day overlap is referred to as the “golden week” — the days during which someone …
WISH-TV:
Church sign defaced with anti-Romney message  —  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) - A viewer used Report !t to send our sister station WANE pictures of the sign in front of the South Broadway Church of Christ in Huntington on Friday.  —  One side of the sign read “Christ voted Democrat” and the other read “Romney hates women”.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers
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 …
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Los Angeles Times:
Romney spends big on firms tied to aides  —  Mitt Romney's campaign has paid $134.2 million to political firms with ties to his senior staff, for consulting and other services.  —  Mitt Romney campaign advisor Eric Fehrnstrom talks to reporters after the second presidential debate at Hofstra University.
Discussion: The Agonist and Seeing the Forest
Dean Chambers- / Examiner:
The far left turns to Nate Silver for wisdom on the polls  —  Screen shot of the New York Time political blog of Nate Silver.  —  Credits: FiveThirtyEight.com  —  While many conservatives look to former Clinton political consultant Dick Morris to understand the polls and political surveys …
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
White House considering new tax cut  —  The White House is weighing the idea of a tax cut that it believes would lift Americans' take-home pay and boost a still-struggling economy, according to people familiar with the administration's thinking, as the presidential candidates continue battling …
Alan Carter / CBS Los Angeles:
Vandal Keys ‘Obama’ Into 2 Cars In Alta Loma  —  ALTA LOMA (CBS) — A case of campaign vandalism is under investigation Friday in Alta Loma.  —  Someone keyed the word “Obama” into two cars and slashed seats in another outside a residence that had Mitt Romney campaign signs.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Instapundit
 
 
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ABCNEWS:
Obama Gets Storm Update Before Campaigning in NH
Discussion: Politico
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Still fighting the same old culture war
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Romney visits Florida as early voting gets underway
Discussion: Politico
Thomas Fitzgerald / Philly.com:
Poll: Obama still ahead in Pa., but Romney up
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Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Benghazi bungle requires act of urgent political hygiene
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Rush Limbaugh:
We Don't Need Conspiracy Theories to Explain What Happened in Libya
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