Obama did not deny requests for help in Benghazi: Aide  —  The White House on Saturday flatly denied that President Barack Obama withheld requests for help from the besieged American compound in Benghazi, Libya, as it came under on attack by suspected terrorists on September 11th.

Oct. 26: State Poll Averages Usually Call Election Right  —  The FiveThirtyEight forecast model has found the past several days of battleground state polling to be reasonably strong for Barack Obama, with his chances of winning the Electoral College increasing as a result.

Barack Obama for Re-Election  —  The economy is slowly recovering from the 2008 meltdown, and the country could suffer another recession if the wrong policies take hold.  The United States is embroiled in unstable regions that could easily explode into full-blown disaster.

The progressive case against Obama  —  Bottom line: The president is complicit in creating an increasingly unequal — and unjust — society  —  A few days ago, I participated in a debate with the legendary antiwar dissident Daniel Ellsberg on Huffington Post live on the merits of the Obama administration …

Romney lands key endorsement in crucial swing state - Iowa  —  (CNN) - The Des Moines Register, Iowa's largest newspaper, endorsed Mitt Romney for president Saturday, reversing its 2008 support for President Barack Obama and marking the first time the paper has endorsed a Republican in 40 years.

The Two Polls That Have Chicago Terrified  —  For all of the polls that are flying out almost hourly now, there are two common trends emerging: Mitt Romney is leading independents by healthy margins, and who holds the overall lead is entirely dependent on the party split within the sample.

Todd Akin draws closer to Claire McCaskill in Missouri Senate poll  —  • By Kevin McDermott kmcdermott@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8268  —  ST. LOUIS  • Congressman Todd Akin has dramatically narrowed the lead of Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri's nationally watched Senate race, according to a new poll.

David Axelrod On 2012 Campaign: Trajectory Of Race Is Set … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Elections 2012, David Axelrod, Barack Obama , Video, 2012 Campaign, Obama Axelrod, Obama Election, Obama Game Change, Axelrod Campaign, Politics News  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama campaign sees no major event …

Losing from Behind  —  On September 11, 2012, Rasmussen Reports had President Obama's job approval at 52 percent approve, 47 percent disapprove.  Today, October 27, the numbers have reversed—47 percent approve, 52 percent disapprove.  The economic news over these past six weeks …

AP poll: A slight majority of Americans are now expressing negative view of blacks  —  WASHINGTON — Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans …

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.

GOP's Bartlett in fight for political survival in district tailored for Democratic challenger  —  Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett has defeated more challengers than he can count in his two decades in Congress.  —  But the odds are higher than ever that the latest contender could be his last, and Bartlett knows it.

Spare Me  —  Karen Tumulty has a piece in tonight's Post on the non-trivial chances that we could have a split between the popular vote and the electoral college.  —  I don't want to make this about her because it's a very timely question and clearly it's already getting canvassed and frothed up by partisans.

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 …

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: