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4:45 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
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.
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
Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Colin Powell's Former Chief Of Staff: ‘My Party Is Full Of Racists’  —  Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, the former Chief of Staff to General Colin Powell, appeared on The Ed Show Friday night, where he responded to Romney surrogate John Sununu's recent remark that Powell's endorsement of the President may be based on race.
Discussion: The Fix and Weasel Zippers
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Peter Finocchiaro / The Huffington Post:
Lawrence Wilkerson, Former Colin Powell Aide, Blasts Sununu, GOP, As ‘Full Of Racists’
Discussion: New York Magazine and Gawker
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 …
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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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
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 …
Gregory Wallace / CNN:
Obama's birth certificate quip  —  (CNN) - It's back: President Barack Obama's birth certificate.  —  But instead of Donald Trump - a famous “birther” who posted online this week a video asking Obama to go public with his college records and passport - it was Obama himself raising the issue.
Discussion: Politico
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Romney visits Florida as early voting gets underway
Discussion: Politico
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
Cynthia McFadden / ABCNEWS:
Miss. Grand Wizard Heralds Rise of New KKK, Calls for Segregation  —  In a forest grove not far from the nation's capital, several dozen men and women gather.  As the light fades, they enact a ritual over a century old but as fresh and searing as the flame they ignite.  —  A cross, on fire.
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 …
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
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 and Reuters
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Still fighting the same old culture war
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
White House considering new tax cut
Dean Chambers- / Examiner:
The far left turns to Nate Silver for wisdom on the polls
Thomas Fitzgerald / Philly.com:
Poll: Obama still ahead in Pa., but Romney up
Discussion: Hotline On Call and The Greenroom
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Benghazi bungle requires act of urgent political hygiene
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Pro Same-Sex-Marriage PAC Backs Candidate Who Equates Gay Marriage With Bigamy, Polygamy
Rush Limbaugh:
We Don't Need Conspiracy Theories to Explain What Happened in Libya
Discussion: Nice Deb
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Fannie, Freddie to Pay More to Treasury
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Live Polls Show Obama With Bigger Leads In Ohio (CHART)
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Petraeus Throws Obama Under the Bus
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Obama's Ground Game Advantage May Not Be As Big As It Looks