October 2012
Oct 31, 2012
Sandy won’t blow the recovery away
By Jim Tankersley, National JournalHurricane Sandy looks on track to wreak a lot of economic damage on the Eastern Seaboard. It’s almost impossible, as of early Monday, to predict how expensive that damage will be in the short term. But most economists expect the overall effect on the U.S. economy to be minimal over the next several months.
Read more from National JournalOhio's deluge of spin
By Doyle McManus, Los Angeles TimesBe glad you don't live in Ohio. It's a fine old state with pretty towns, friendly people and a fairly healthy economy. But over the last six months, its citizens have endured a volume of political advertising unequaled in the history of Western civilization.
Read moreStorm response dominates Obama's agenda
By Alexis Simendinger, Real Clear PoliticsWith a death toll of at least 50 and losses that could top $45 billion, "super-storm" Sandy put President Obama, East Coast governors, local officials and tens of millions of people to the test Tuesday.
Read moreObama and Romney in exceedingly close race, poll finds
By Jeff Zeleny and Marjorie Connelly, The New York TimesPresident 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 on the economy and Mr. Obama as a better guardian of the middle class.
Read moreStorm provides Obama with a commander-in-chief moment
By Karen Tumulty and David Nakamura, The Washington PostFor 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.
Read moreOct 30, 2012
Obama hopes Nevada turnout team trumps bad economy
By Charles Babington, Associated PressIt's people like Paul Prekop who make Nevada a maddeningly difficult state for President Barack Obama to lock down, and who give Republican Mitt Romney hope that there's a route to the White House even if he loses the big prize of Ohio.
Read moreObama, Romney Focus on Sandy: Election? What Election?
By Beth Reinhard, National JournalHurricane Sandy is injecting a tropical storm-sized dose of volatility into an already unpredictable presidential race, potentially crimping Republican Mitt Romney’s post-debate momentum and President Obama’s much-hyped early-vote operation.
Read moreMother Nature Plays Politics
by John Dickerson, Slate MagazineHurricane Sandy has interrupted the campaign, which makes her the most important woman in the swing states.
Read moreObama, Romney respond to Hurricane Sandy, as it upends campaign plans
By Jerry Markon and Karen Tumulty, The Washington PostHurricane Sandy upended the closely fought presidential campaign Monday, canceling some early voting and disrupting campaign events in battleground states a week before Election Day.
Read moreEarly Voters, and a Hurricane, Change the Rhythm of the Campaign
By Michael Cooper and Jeff Zeleny, The New York TImesWith more than one in three votes likely to be cast before Election Day this year, Republicans are stepping up their efforts to chip away at what has been a Democratic advantage in early voting in vital battlegrounds like Ohio and North Carolina.
Read moreOct 29, 2012
Romney hides positions from U.S. voters, Plouffe says
By Julianna Goldman and Julie Bykowicz, Bloomberg NewsWhite House senior adviser David Plouffe said Republican Mitt Romney is “disingenuously” hiding his positions from voters as polls show the U.S. presidential contest deadlocked in the campaign’s final days.
Read moreOhio, the Bull’s-eye State: Obama, Romney aim full arsenals at vital electoral prize
By Dan Balz and Felicia Sonmez, The Washington PostKathy Wade was out mowing her lawn on a raw and rainy Friday when Doyle and Jane Peyton, volunteer canvassers for Mitt Romney’s campaign, stopped at the curb in her suburban neighborhood 20 miles from Columbus. Doyle asked her: Had she decided how she would vote in the presidential election?
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