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11:50 AM ET, October 31, 2012

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BuzzFeed:
The Making Of Romney's Storm Relief Event  —  A scramble to depoliticize a political campaign, and $5,000 in supplies from Wal-Mart.  “Just grab something.”  —  Image by Brian Snyder / Reuters  —  DAYTON, Ohio — The last-minute decision by Romney high command Monday to suspend politics …
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Washington Post:
Storm provides Obama with a commander-in-chief moment  —  For a day at least, Hurricane Sandy appears to have done for President Obama what he has not been able to do for himself.  —  In a campaign notable mostly for its negativity, the historic storm provided Obama with a commander-in-chief moment a week before Election Day.
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
MSNBC Ridicules Romney for Collecting Food and Supplies for Sandy Victims
Ben Feller / Associated Press:   Analysis: Doing his job, Obama a subtle campaigner
Becket Adams / TheBlaze.com:
MSNBC ANCHOR CRITICIZES ROMNEY'S STORM VOLUNTEERISM: RED CROSS DOESN'T WANT OR NEED YOUR NON-MONETARY DONATIONS
Roanoke College:
Roanoke College Poll:Late deciders push Romney to narrow lead over Obama in Va.; Allen overtakes Kaine in Va. Senate race  —  Governor Mitt Romney has overtaken President Barack Obama by a very narrow margin in Virginia (49% - 44%), according to a Roanoke College Poll conducted after the Presidential debates.
Discussion: Power Line, Weekly Standard and Hot Air
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CBS News:
Poll: Obama holds small Ohio edge; Fla., Va. tight
Discussion: BobKrumm.com
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads by 5 in Wisconsin and Iowa
CBS News:
Poll: Obama holds small Ohio edge; Fla., Va. tight
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Kaine holds narrow lead in new poll
Discussion: Reuters
Wall Street Journal:
Big Storm Opportunism  —  Did you know Hurricane Sandy favors higher marginal tax rates?  —  Our former editor Robert Bartley once quipped (fondly) about the writer Jude Wanniski that he thought a capital-gains tax cut could intercept a Soviet SS-20 missile in mid-flight.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The ‘I’ of the Storm  —  The dramatic homestretch ad for President Obama, running on every network and in all media markets, is a home run, devastating for Mitt Romney.  —  And, best of all, the president didn't have to pay for it, or even say, “I approve this message.”
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Odd couple Christie and Obama to tour devastated NJ shore
detroitnews.com:
Poll: Romney closes gap on Obama in Michigan  —  Mitt Romney is within striking distance of Barack Obama in Michigan in the final days before the election, buoyed by more who are convinced the Republican is a viable alternative to the president, with the ability to turn around the economy.
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Axelrod wagers to shave mustache  —  David Axelrod, a senior adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign, said Wednesday he will shave off his mustache “of 40 years” on national television if Obama loses Minnesota, Michigan or Pennsylvania on Election Day.
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Detroit News poll: 3-point race in Michigan
Discussion: Weekly Standard
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Lingering questions about Benghazi  —  The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi has become a political football in the presidential campaign, with all the grandstanding and misinformation that entails.  But Fox News has raised some questions about the attack that deserve a clearer answer from the Obama administration.
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Dick Morris / The Hill:
Here comes the landslide  —  Voters have figured out that President Obama has no message, no agenda and not even much of an explanation for what he has done over the past four years.  His campaign is based entirely on persuading people that Mitt Romney is a uniquely bad man …
CNN:
Romney campaign to hit the road with 100 surrogates  —  (CNN) - Mitt Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, will kick off a four-day tour starting Friday, where they'll be joined by their wives and 100 surrogates in the final days of the White House race, his campaign announced Wednesday.
Discussion: ABCNEWS and GOP 12
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
1 week, 2 versions of reality  —  As if Hurricane Sandy weren't doing enough to muddle the presidential race a week before the election, the two campaigns now seem to be embracing two sharply different versions of political reality.  —  The Mitt Romney narrative: The electoral map is expanding and we are on the march.
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
What's Behind the State-National Poll Divergence?  —  The Hurricane Sandy-related lull in tracking polls gives us a good opportunity to look at one of the more interesting aspects of polling to develop this month: the divergence between national and state polls.
Awr Hawkins / BREITBART.COM:
FACEBOOK CENSORS NAVY SEALS TO PROTECT OBAMA ON BENGHAZI-GATE  —  Over the weekend, Facebook took down a message by the Special Operations Speaks PAC (SOS) which highlighted the fact that Obama denied backup to the forces being overrun in Benghazi.  —  The message was contained in a meme …
Geneva Sands / The Hill:
Messina: Obama has ‘dominant’ position in race  —  President Obama has a “dominant position” in the 2012 race, according to a new campaign video.  —  In the nearly five-minute video, campaign manager Jim Messina boasts that the campaign has registered millions of voters and opened …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, CNN and Taylor Marsh
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Gingrich: Senator told me networks may have White House emails commanding counterterrorism group to stand down on Benghazi rescue  —  On Tuesday night's “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” on the Fox News Channel, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said that major news networks might …
Benjamin K. Tippett / arXiv.org e-Print archive:
Possible Bubbles of Spacetime Curvature in the South Pacific  —  In 1928, the late Francis Wayland Thurston published a scandalous manuscript in purport of warning the world of a global conspiracy of occultists.  Among the documents he gathered to support his thesis was the personal account …
New York Times:
Race Narrows as Campaign Enters Its Final Week  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Obama and Mitt Romney enter the closing week of the campaign in an exceedingly narrow race, according to the latest poll by The New York Times and CBS News, with more voters now viewing Mr. Romney as a stronger leader …
Robert Winnett / Telegraph:
Death knell for wind farms: ‘Enough is Enough’ says minister  —  Wind farms have been “peppered” across Britain without enough consideration for the countryside and people's homes, a senior Conservative energy minister admitted last night as he warned “enough is enough”.
Discussion: Spectator and BBC
Craig Unger / Salon:
Romney's lax regulation may have fueled meningitis outbreak  —  A meningitis epidemic that has killed 25 is linked to a Mass. company Romney's administration failed to regulate  —  The fatal meningitis epidemic sweeping the United States can now be traced to the failure of then-Gov. Mitt Romney …
KFYR-TV:
Election Poll Results: House, Senate, President and Measure 5  —  The race for the U.S. Senate seat in North Dakota remains very tight, but there has been some movement in this race since our last poll.  Dick Heidt is here with the numbers on this race and a few others.
Discussion: Ballot Box and Hotline On Call
 
 
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