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2:30 PM ET, October 31, 2012

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Dick Morris / The Hill:
Opinion: 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 …
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Why Exactly Is Chris Christie Subverting Mitt Romney?  —  Chris Christie is love-bombing President Obama — the man he labeled clueless just last week — and Maureen Dowd is asking why: … Here are three theories about Christie:  —  1) The first, most benign theory: Christie, in my experience …
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.”
Ben Feller / Associated Press:   Analysis: Doing his job, Obama a subtle campaigner
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 …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Final CBS/NYT/Q-polls in OH, FL, VA show Obama up ...  We're down to the final week of the election, where we'd normally expect to see pollsters fine-tuning their samples in order to get the most predictive survey results ahead of the election.  It's refreshing, therefore …
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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.
David Weigel / Slate:
Quinnipiac: Obama Leads in Ohio, Pennsylvania Is Obama's  —  NASHUA, NH - OCTOBER 27: U.S. President Barack Obama waves to supporters during a campaign rally at Elm Street Middle School October 27, 2012 in Nashua, New Hampshire.  With ten days before the presidential election, Obama and his opponent …
Discussion: Hot Air, GOP 12 and The PJ Tatler
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 …
CBS News:
Poll: Obama holds small Ohio edge; Fla., Va. tight
Discussion: The Greenroom, The Page and GayPatriot
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Bill Clinton: Sandy highlights Obama's ‘practical problem-solving’
Discussion: Politico and Weasel Zippers
Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:   Steve King: Hurricane Sandy Aid Must Have Strings Attached To Avoid Waste On ‘Gucci Bags’
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Odd couple Christie and Obama to tour devastated NJ shore
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 …
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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.
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: CNN and ABCNEWS
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Romney uses welfare attack in new ad
Steve Friess / Politico:
Anti-Obama texts traced to conservative activist  —  The spate of unsolicited anti-Obama text messages that have hit hundreds of cellphones in recent days appears to be the work of conservative activist Jason Flanary and his Virginia-based communications firm, ccAdvertising.
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Steve Friess / Politico:
Anti-Obama text ads cause a stir
Discussion: theGrio
Christopher Robbins / Gothamist:
Outrage In The Powerless Zone: A Dispatch From Downtown Manhattan  —  Mayor Bloomberg said last night that we've come to “the end of the downside” of Hurricane Sandy—hey, if you can spare $150 and a cab ride, you can join him at the very first Brooklyn Nets game tomorrow.
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Marc Santora / New York Times:
In Lower Manhattan, Still Feeling the Effects of the Storm
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.
New York Times:
For Years, Warnings That It Could Happen Here  —  The warnings came, again and again.  —  For nearly a decade, scientists have told city and state officials that New York faces certain peril: rising sea levels, more frequent flooding and extreme weather patterns.
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blog.timesunion.com:
Cuomo: Need to rebuild for ‘new reality’ (video added)
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
U.S. Voter Turnout Will Likely Fall Short of 2004, 2008  —  Fewer voters this year say they are thinking about election, will definitely vote  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Key Gallup indicators of voter turnout, collected prior to superstorm Sandy, suggest voter turnout will fall short of what it was in 2004 and 2008.
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Gallup:
Americans Still Give Obama Better Odds to Win Election
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.
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.
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 …
 
 
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Biden brands Romney's auto industry ads as ‘desperate’ and ‘cynical’
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
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New York Times:
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