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6:55 PM ET, November 1, 2012

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Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
A Vote for a President to Lead on Climate Change  —  The devastation that Hurricane Sandy brought to New York City and much of the Northeast — in lost lives, lost homes and lost business — brought the stakes of Tuesday's presidential election into sharp relief.
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Economist:
Which one?  —  America could do better than Barack Obama; sadly, Mitt Romney does not fit the bill  —  FOUR years ago, The Economist endorsed Barack Obama for the White House with enthusiasm.  So did millions of voters.  Next week Americans will trudge to the polls far less hopefully.
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Bloomberg Backs Obama, Citing Climate Change  —  In a surprise announcement, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said Thursday that Hurricane Sandy had reshaped his thinking about the presidential campaign, and he announced that he was endorsing President Obama.  —  Mr. Bloomberg, a political independent …
BuzzFeed:
What Mike Bloomberg's Endorsement Means  —  A return to the politics of climate, just in time for Barack Obama.  —  Mike Bloomberg knows the power that the leader of a disaster-torn city holds in American politics: Mayor Rudy Giuliani handed the mayoralty off to Bloomberg in 2001 …
Paul M. Barrett / Business Week:
It's Global Warming, Stupid  —  Yes, yes, it's unsophisticated to blame any given storm on climate change.  Men and women in white lab coats tell us—and they're right—that many factors contribute to each severe weather episode.  Climate deniers exploit scientific complexity to avoid any discussion at all.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Bloomberg endorses Obama (Updated)
Discussion: CNN, The Daily Beast, ABCNEWS and Mashable!
BuzzFeed:
Mayor Bloomberg Endorses Obama For President, Slams Romney On Climate Change In Wake Of Sandy
Discussion: BuzzFeed and The Daily Dish
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 31: Obama's Electoral College ‘Firewall’ Holding in Polls  —  On Oct. 11, this blog posed the question of whether President Obama's “firewall” in battleground states was all that it was cracked up to be.  —  At that point, Mr. Obama still technically held the lead in the FiveThirtyEight forecast …
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Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Could Presidential Polls Be Wrong About Obama's Battleground Edge? … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Elections 2012, Barack Obama , Mitt Romney, Barack Obama 2012 , Elections 2012, Polling, Video, 2012 Polls, Obama Polls, Romney Polls, Mitt Romney 2012, Pollster Analysis, Presidential Polls, Politics News
Discussion: Hot Air, The Caucus and New York Times
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
GOP pollster: Romney up in Ohio, closing the gap in Wisconsin
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Dan Hirschhorn / The Daily:
A Play for Pa.  —  Exclusive: Romney's heading to Pennsylvania as GOP drops millions on ads  —  Mitt Romney is set to make a last-minute campaign stop on Sunday in Pennsylvania, The Daily has learned.  —  Details are still being determined and with scheduling for the final days …
Discussion: Election 2012 and PoliticsPA
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Romney to campaign in Pennsylvania Sunday  —  Mitt Romney will campaign in Pennsylvania on Sunday, the first time he's campaigned in the state in many weeks, a Romney campaign official told The Hill.  —  Romney's campaign has been increasingly bullish about its prospects in the state, launching its first ad there earlier this week.
Discussion: CNN
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney to Pennsylvania on Sunday
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Tight race in Rocky Mountain battleground  —  (CNN) - Hours before President Barack Obama campaigns in Boulder, Colorado, a new survey indicates a very close contest between the president and Republican nominee Mitt Romney for the Centennial State's nine electoral votes.
Discussion: KDVR.com and Election 2012
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Kate Nocera / Politico:
Akin ad features rape victim  —  Rep. Todd Akin is out with a new ad featuring a supporter who says she was raped and had an abortion.  —  Akin, who is trying to unseat Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill in Missouri, found his campaign in turmoil and faced a wave of criticism …
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Two women from the Dominican Republic told The Daily Caller that Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez paid them for sex earlier this year.  —  In interviews, the two women said they met Menendez around Easter at Casa de Campo, an expensive 7,000 acre resort in the Dominican Republic.
Patrick Gavin / Politico:
D.C. paparazzi fear a Mitt Romney win  —  People may have differing opinions on President Barack Obama's handling of such things as the economy, health care and foreign policy, but on one issue, the consensus is clear: He's ushered in an unparalleled wave of celebrity visits to D.C. …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Us Weekly:
Exclusive: President Barack Obama: 5 Things You Don't Know About Me
Matt Higgins / CBS DC:
Poll: Majority Of Israelis Want Romney As President
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Libya storyline still crumbling
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Withdrawal of a Congressional Research Report on Tax Rates Raises Questions  —  WASHINGTON — The Congressional Research Service has withdrawn an economic report that found no correlation between top tax rates and economic growth, a central tenet of conservative economy theory …
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Show Me Your Model  —  It might be easy to believe we're approaching Peak Trutherism, what with good old-fashioned birthers now being supplemented by BLS truthers and poll truthers.  But just you wait—should Barack Obama win this election, we'll see an explosion of election trutherism that will be truly unprecedented in scope.
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David Rogers / Politico:
Can Kerrey Republicans lift him to win?  —  You've heard of Reagan Democrats.  But what about Bob Kerrey Republicans?  And are there enough to push the maverick Democrat over the finish line in a GOP-dominated Nebraska?  —  That's the question raised by what's become the moderates' mutiny …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs
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Dana Davidsen / CNN:   Former GOP Sen. Hagel backs Democrat Kerrey in Nebraska Senate race
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Obama's campaign goes empty and strident  —  “It is a great advantage to a president, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know he is not a great man.”  —  Energetic in body but indolent in mind, Barack Obama in his frenetic campaigning for a second term is promising …
Bill Maher / HBO:
Does Fox News Know What Media Bias Is?  —  If there's one drum the right wing likes to bang it's the one about the “liberal media”, which, by law, must appear in every right-wing editorial or come out of the mouths of every Fox News and radio show pundit at least four times a day or Rupert Murdoch strips …
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
B. Daniel Blatt / GayPatriot:
Gay Left-Wing Radio Host Advises Gay Romney Supporter to Commit Suicide, Says He Should Not Be Allowed to Vote  —  Our reader Tim in MT shared this video with us that he had made after catching Michelangelo Signorile on SiriusXM radio yesterday.  —  The left-wing radio talker, twice in the segment …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs and Mediaite
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Late Super PAC Ad Buy Urges African Americans In Ohio To Vote Republican Because Lincoln Freed The Slaves  —  In the final days of the campaign in Ohio, the stops have been pulled out in the scramble to eke out a win.  And that means one super PAC calling on African Americans to vote …
Discussion: Wonkette
Sasha Issenberg / Slate:
Our Next Long National Nightmare: A North Dakota Recount  —  The election recount room for the Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman at the Ramsey County election office on November 19, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota.  —  Let's move on from last week's vogue of electoral-college deadlock scenarios …
Discussion: Politico
electionLine:
I. In Focus This Week  —  Election 2012: What to watch  —  Voter ID, Sandy, elections observers on this year's watch list  —  By This email address is being protected from spambots.  You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  —  With Election 2012 just five days away …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Greg Wilson / Fox News:
State troopers deployed as tensions boil at gas stations in Sandy's wake
Discussion: Mediaite and Cafe Hayek
Colin Campbell / Politicker:
Staten Island Borough President: Don't Give Money to the Red Cross
Discussion: Vox Popoli and BuzzFeed
The Fix:
Ohio moves back into the ‘tossup’ category on Fix electoral map
Sam Wang / election.princeton.edu:
Ro-mentum watch: Karl Rove
Discussion: Brad DeLong
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
House GOP names incumbents in need
Discussion: Politicker and Capitol Alert
Pamela Engel / The Columbus Dispatch:
Opening of absentee ballots under way, but not tallying
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Romney Campaign Blames Obama For Closed BBQ Restaurant With Repeated Health Violations
Discussion: Hit & Run and Mediaite
 Earlier Items: 
Robert Mak / KING-TV:
KING 5 Poll: Governor's race a dead heat with 5 days to go
Discussion: Firedoglake and Wonkblog
Steve Eder / New York Times:
Former Penn State President Charged in Sandusky Case
Sarah Fecht / Popular Mechanics:
Should the Northeast Bury its Power Lines to Prevent Outages?
Discussion: AEIdeas
Bobby Cervantes / Politico:
International observers say states out of line
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Obama widens lead in Nevada
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Beeson: Obama ‘firewall is burning’
Discussion: msnbc.com, First Read and ABCNEWS