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3:35 PM ET, October 30, 2012

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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Gov. Christie praises Obama response to Hurricane Sandy as ‘outstanding’  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) praised President Obama's work to help states battered by Hurricane Sandy as “outstanding” Tuesday, but cautioned that the recovery would be a prolonged effort.
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Sam Levin / The Latest Word:
Michael Brown, ex-FEMA head, has advice, criticism for Obama about Hurricane Sandy  —  Colorado is not facing any danger from Hurricane Sandy, but the effects of the storm can still be felt here, with the Obama and Romney camps canceling scheduled rallies.  Today, we decided to check …
New York Times:
A Big Storm Requires Big Government  —  Most Americans have never heard of the National Response Coordination Center, but they're lucky it exists on days of lethal winds and flood tides.  The center is the war room of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where officials gather to decide …
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
Nature and Nature's God
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Al Gore / Al's Journal:
Statement on Hurricane Sandy
Discussion: The Hill
Geneva Sands / The Hill:
Christie: I don't give ‘a damn’ about presidential politics right now
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
Felicia Sonmez / Election 2012:
Romney Ohio campaign event turns into storm relief effort
Discussion: New York Magazine
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Christie praises Obama, doesn't ‘give a damn’ about Romney photo op
Discussion: Addicting Info, Wonkette and CNN
CNN:
TRENDING: Romney speaks with FEMA
BuzzFeed Politics:
How One Well-Connected Pseudonymous Twitter Spread Fake News About Hurricane Sandy  —  The twitter user @comfortablysmug is one of a handful of pseudonymous Manhattan professionals who keep their widely-followed Twitter voices separate from their careers.  His bio describes him as “My Interests …
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Stuef / BuzzFeed FWD:
Shashank Tripathi, Last Night's Twitter Villain @ComfortablySmug  —  This post is now <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/ jackstuef/the-man-behind-comfortablysmu g- hurricane-sandys">available on BuzzFeed FWD</a>, which was down for a time due to Sandy.  —  During the storm last night …
Discussion: Poynter and The Raw Story
BuzzFeed:
The Man Behind @ComfortablySmug, Hurricane Sandy's Worst Twitter Villain  —  He's a hedge fund analyst, Republican political consultant and deliberate spreader of false information.  —  During the storm last night, user @comfortablysmug was the source of a load of frightening but false information …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
New York Times:
Storm Barrels Through Region, Leaving Battered Path  —  As Hurricane Sandy churned inland as a downgraded storm, residents up and down the battered mid-Atlantic region woke on Tuesday to lingering waters, darkened homes and the daunting task of cleaning up from once-in-a-generation storm surges and their devastating effects.
Rich Beeson / mittromney.com:
Memo: Pennsylvania  —  Rendell: ‘Startling upset’ for Romney ‘a possibility’ in Pennsylvania  —  When Governor Ed Rendell made these comments last week, he was clearly sending a desperate call to Chicago for help in the Keystone State.  At the time, his comments were met with derision …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:   Romney starts reserving time in Pennsylvania for last two days of race (Updated)
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
In U.S., 15% of Registered Voters Have Already Cast Ballots  —  Early voting highest in the West and among seniors; similar by party ID  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Fifteen percent of registered voters nationwide have already cast their ballots in this year's election, according to Gallup Daily tracking for the week ending Oct. 28.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Politico: Looks like a draw on early voting
Discussion: Babalú Blog
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney expands false Jeep-to-China ad campaign
Jennifer Maloney / Metropolis:
More Than 80 Homes Destroyed in Breezy Point, Queens … At least 80 flooded homes were destroyed by fire Monday night in Breezy Point, a neighborhood on the tip of New York's Rockaway Peninsula.  Hundreds of homes in this Queens neighborhood suffered flood damage and at least five houses …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Chris Bragg / Crain's New York Business:
The Insider: Rep. Bob Turner's home lost to fire
NPR:
NPR Poll Finds Presidential Race Too Close To Call … The latest and last NPR Battleground Poll for 2012 shows former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holding the narrowest of leads in the national sample, but trailing President Obama in the dozen states that will decide the election.
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
NPR: 8-point swing puts Romney in front
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: Romney Campaign Training Poll Watchers To Mislead Voters In Wisconsin  —  Mitt Romney's campaign has been training poll watchers in Wisconsin with highly misleading — and sometimes downright false — information about voters' rights.  —  Documents from a recent Romney poll watcher …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Upside of Opportunism  —  Let's try to imagine what the world would look like if President Obama is re-elected.  —  Washington over the next four years would probably look much as it has over the last two: Obama running the White House, Republicans controlling the House and Democrats managing the Senate.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
The president who seems not to care  —  One of the more melancholy moments of the presidential campaign occurred for me in a screening room.  The film was Rory Kennedy's documentary about her mother, Ethel — the widow of Robert F. Kennedy.  Much of it consisted of Kennedy-family home movies …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Surrogate Reassures Ohio Voters: Roe v. Wade Safe Under Romney  —  In the frenetic push to win all-important Ohio, Mitt Romney's campaign is saying a lot of things to a lot of people.  And on Monday, a top Romney surrogate told a group of Jewish voters in the Buckeye State …
 
 
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Ben Domenech / Real Clear Politics:
Are We Looking at an Undertow Election?
Discussion: Vodkapundit
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Halperin: Democrats now on defense in blue states
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Former Pacific Fleet chief: We need full disclosure on Benghazi — now
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Case Against Sending TV Reporters Out in Hurricanes
Discussion: Washington Post and Mashable!
Harlan Spector / Plain Dealer:
Provisional ballots could keep Ohio's presidential outcome in doubt for days after election
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
 Earlier Items: 
Investor's Business Daily:
Newspapers Increasingly Dump Obama For Romney
Discussion: Hot Air
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Israelis favor Romney over Obama by wide margin in latest poll
Discussion: Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Jeff Mapes / Oregonian:
Obama leads in Oregon thanks to support from women; but marijuana measure failing on opposition …
Discussion: Hot Air, The Page and Instapundit
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Benghazi — no mere ‘October surprise’
Sasha Issenberg / Slate:
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