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Sandy stymies Gawker,
HuffPost, other sites

Politico, by Alex Byers Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 12:59:59 PM Post Reply

Some websites are still sputtering Tuesday morning as major flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Sandy wreaks havoc in New York, taking out at least one major data center. Websites for Gawker, Mediaite and the United Nations were still out of service as of 9 a.m. Tuesday, and BuzzFeed and The Huffington Post were still dealing with storm-related issues.Problems began to surface around 7 p.m. Monday, when the worst of the storm began to throttle the Big Apple. Information technology company Datagram, which hosts parts of those websites, experienced loss of power

FEMA, W.H. send storm
victims to Internet

Politico, by Steve Friess Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 12:54:42 PM Post Reply

When President Barack Obama urged Americans under siege from Hurricane Sandy to stay inside and keep watch on ready.gov for the latest, he left out something pretty important — where to turn if the electricity goes out. Despite the heightened expectation of widespread power and cable television failures, everyone from the president to local newscasters seem to expect the public to rely entirely on the Internet and their TVs for vital news and instructions.None of the major cable or local news channels put emergency phone numbers or key radio station frequencies on their screens.

Michelle Obama Fails to Put
Politics Aside For One Day

Townhall, by Katie Pavlich Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 12:38:23 PM Post Reply

On Monday evening Mitt Romney cancelled all campaign events through today and is even holding a distaster relief event in Ohio to help those who were crushed by Hurricane Sandy last night. President Obama also cancelled campaign events and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said on Air Force one that this "wasn't a time for politics" and that people should focus on responding to the storm. But, Hurricane Sandy wasn't going to stop First Lady Michelle Obama from playing politics yesterday. She sent the following email to supporters in North Carolina and Virginia. From: Michelle Obama

National polls are meaningless
at this stage in the election

Yahoo! News, by David Rothschild Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/30/2012 12:33:59 PM Post Reply

One would think that Gallup, Pew, Rasmussen, every sufficiently wealthy news organization and anyone else interested in conducting a poll would be familiar with the basics of the American electoral system. Why they all insist on continuing to waste precious ink on national polls, then, is completely mystifying. Gallup's latest poll of registered voters reports that former Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are tied nationally, 48 to 48 percent. Gallup's latest poll of likely voters, based on a complex set of assumptions about voter turnout, has Romney leading Obama by

Morning Joe Duo: Hurricane
Will Halt Romney’s Momentum,
Make Obama Look Presidential

Newsbusters, by Kyle Drennen Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 12:33:36 PM Post Reply

Appearing on Monday's NBC Today, MSNBC Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski asserted that impending Hurricane Sandy would help Barack Obama in the election, with Scarborough proclaiming: "Mitt Romney had momentum….This was Mitt Romney's best weekend, and it stops. The momentum stops." Brzezinski eagerly predicted how the President would be perceived during the storm: "…expect command centers up and down the east coast and the President to be very visible at all of them, telling people about the federal dollars that are on the way, and that will be advantage Obama."Meanwhile, she claimed Romney

Obama needs to come clean
on what happened in Benghazi

Washington Times, by Adm. James A. Lyons Original Article

Posted By: Bubbasuncle- 10/30/2012 12:21:12 PM Post Reply

There is an urgent need for full disclosure of what has become the “Benghazi Betrayal and Cover-up.” The Obama national security team, including CIA, DNI and the Pentagon, apparently watched and listened to the assault on the U.S. consulate and cries for help but did nothing. If someone had described a fictional situation with a similar scenario and described our leadership ignoring the pleas for help, I would have said it was not realistic—not in my America – but I would have been proven wrong. We now know why Ambassador Christopher Stevens had to be in Benghazi the night of 9/11 to

MTA chief: Sandy a 'devastating' disaster

Newsday [Melville, NY], by Ellen Yan Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/30/2012 11:59:39 AM Post Reply

MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota outlined blows from Sandy in a statement early Tuesday, a list of vast damages that will likely keep much of public transit offline for some time. "Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on our entire transportation system, in every borough and county of the region,” the head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said in a statement. “The New York subway system is 108 years old, but it has never faced a disaster as devastating as what we experienced last night.” Commuter rail roads took a big hit, one that will affect Long Islanders and Westchester residents who work

'Cooling Out’ the Voters

Creators Syndicate, Inc., by Thomas Sowell Original Article

Posted By: Mr. Know-It-All- 10/30/2012 11:58:46 AM Post Reply

Confidence men know that their victim — “the mark” — is eventually going to realize that he has been cheated. But it makes a big difference whether he realizes it immediately, and goes to the police, or realizes it after the confidence man is long gone. So part of the confidence racket is creating a period of uncertainty during which the victim is not yet sure of what is happening. This delaying process has been called “cooling out the mark.” The same principle applies in politics. When the accusations that led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton first surfaced, he flatly denied them all.

Tidal surge overruns 2 NJ
towns with floodwaters

Associated Press, by David Porter Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 11:36:37 AM Post Reply

MOONACHIE, N.J.- A huge tidal surge sent water overflowing a creek and gushing out of storm drains in two northern New Jersey towns early Tuesday, filling streets with up to 5 feet of water and setting off a frantic rescue effort by boats and trucks. Gov. Chris Christie said hundreds of stranded people were rescued when the tidal surge up the Hackensack River from superstorm Sandy resulted in water overflowing a natural berm. In Moonachie, a town of 2,700 about 10 miles northwest of Manhattan, police Sgt. Tom Schmidt said water rose to 5 feet within 45 minutes,

Dems nervous, GOP upbeat as vote nears

San Francisco Chronicle, by Joe Garofoli Original Article

Posted By: Poliskeptic- 10/30/2012 11:34:15 AM Post Reply

There's no shortage of their kind in the politically bluest parts of California. Liberals so freaked out about the prospect of President Obama losing his re-election bid that they can't sleep at night. Can't talk about anything else. Can't stop parsing the latest polls. David Plouffe, one of President Obama's top campaign strategists, has a word for supporters he feels are needlessly fretful: bed wetters. "Oh, I think I'm worse than that," Kay Edelman said. For the past several weeks, the 60-year-old San Francisco resident has frequently bolted awake in the middle of the night, in "a panic attack," she said.

Obama stonewalls on Libya, again

Washington Post, by Jennifer Rubin Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 11:10:46 AM Post Reply

President Obama, who refuses to give a full accounting of his actions and statements regarding the Benghazi attack, is now taking offense that some people think he’s not been candid with the voters. Yeah, imagine that. On Morning Joe on Monday, he had this to say: The president said that he took offense “to some suggestion that, you know, in any way we haven’t tried to make sure the American people knew as information was coming in what we believed happened.” (Snip) But what about his job performance? How about giving us the same tick-tock we got when Osama bin Laden was killed?

Corzine Searches for What's Next

Wall Street Journal, by Aaron Luchetti & Julie Steinberg Original Article

Posted By: jackson- 10/30/2012 11:09:56 AM Post Reply

A year ago Wednesday, Jon S. Corzine left the elevator and headed out the door after a marathon weekend effort failed to save MF Global Holdings Ltd The brokerage firm had just filed for bankruptcy, ending Mr. Corzine's dream of making it into a major Wall Street player."I'm sorry it turned out this way," an MF Global employee said on the way out of the building. Mr. Corzine told the person not to worry. "You'll find something; you're good at what you do," Mr. Corzine said, according to someone who heard the conversation. For Mr. Corzine, it hasn't been so easy to move on. One year after the

Hurricane Sandy forces
anti-politics politics

Politico, by Jonathan Allen Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 11:03:48 AM Post Reply

For all the talk of how the presidential campaigns would be frozen by Hurricane Sandy, the reality is this: They’ve simply shifted gears. As wind and driving rain began to whip the East Coast in earnest Monday, President Barack Obama hunkered down in Washington to attend briefings — but dispatched Michelle Obama, Joe Biden and Bill Clinton to continue campaigning without him. Republican Mitt Romney’s campaign canceled some events Monday and Tuesday “out of sensitivity for the millions of Americans in the path of Hurricane Sandy,” a campaign advisory said.

Manhattan in darkness, 14ft
flooding and infrastructure
grinds to a halt... and
now come the rats

Daily Mail (UK), by Louise Boyle Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 10:52:08 AM Post Reply

Rats scurrying to escape rising floodwaters in New York could spread diseases as they infest new areas, according to a nature expert. A 13ft wall of water caused by the storm surge and high tides have caused severe flooding to subways and road tunnels in the city and torrents of water poured into city streets. The rising water will force rats out of their underground lairs and into contact with humans, according to Rick Ostfeld of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Milbrook, New York, speaking to The Huffington Post.

Krauthammer: Obama 'playing
president' for Sandy, not Benghazi

Daily Caller, by Jeff Poor Original Article

Posted By: CarrotFarmer87- 10/30/2012 10:42:22 AM Post Reply

As Hurricane Sandy was approaching the Jersey Shore, President Barack Obama has suspended his campaign activities to be at the ready for the pending crisis. But on Monday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer wasn’t convinced it wasn’t just for political imaging purposes. Krauthammer compared Obama’s willingness to be out front on Sandy to his lack of willingness to be out front on Benghazi, which he said suggested political opportunism. “He says he’s not concerned about the impact on the elections,”

Gallup: Obama's Early Vote Advantage
Collapses 22-Points Over 2008

Breitbart's Big Government, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 10:38:36 AM Post Reply

My pal Guy Benson found a juicy nugget that helps to bring more clarity to the news from Gallup yesterday that shows Romney leading Obama in the early vote by a full seven points, 52-45%. Almost exactly four years ago (October 28, 2008), according to Gallup, Obama was massacring John McCain among early voters with a fifteen-point lead, 55-40%. That means, at least according to Gallup, that Obama's early vote advantage has dropped 22 points when compared to '08. Benson also notes that the percentage of voters who have or intend to vote early was 33% in 2008 and remains at

Meet Atlantic City's Ray Nagin:
Lorenzo Langford

Breitbart's Big Government, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: Bubbasuncle- 10/30/2012 10:31:26 AM Post Reply

Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford (D) has fallen under scrutiny from Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) for informing residents of Atlantic City that they could stick around during Hurricane Sandy. Christie ranted: You have a mayor, a rogue mayor, telling his citizens not to leave, that it’s O.K. not to leave. I don’t know what you call that. I don’t call it effective governance. Many Atlantic City residents apparently were upset that they evacuated during Tropical Storm Irene last year. Christie ripped them as well: I will never understand these people. They came home to very little property damage

NPR: 8-point swing
puts Romney in front

Washington Examiner [DC], by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/30/2012 10:22:14 AM Post Reply

A new National Public Radio poll, which had President Obama leading Mitt Romney 51 percent to 44 percent four weeks ago, now has Mitt Romney on top, 48 percent to 47 percent, with the Republican benefiting from his debate performances. The poll found that among likely voters, 34 percent said Romney's debate performances made them more likely to vote for the challenger while 28 percent said they now are more likely to vote for the president. Among critical independent voters, though, Romney won big, with 37 percent saying they are now more likely to chose him compared to 21 percent

Romney gains continue as he closes on
Obama in new Rove Electoral Map

Investor's Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm Original Article

Posted By: SurferLad- 10/30/2012 10:11:58 AM Post Reply

Karl Rove's analysis of this week's Electoral Map, second to the last before Election Day: "Mitt Romney has the momentum in the final days of the campaign, with two states moving in his direction in the latest Electoral College map. Tennessee moved from 'lean' to 'safe' Romney, while Michigan moved from 'lean' Obama to 'toss up.' Mr. Romney now has 180 'safe' Electoral College votes - only four behind Barack Obama's total of 184.” "There are two states (26 EC votes) that 'lean' Romney, and three (37 EC votes) that 'lean' Obama. Nine states (111 EC votes) are 'toss ups.

Obama leads in Oregon thanks to support
from women; but marijuana measure
failing on opposition from women
(2012 Oregonian poll)

The Oregonian, by Jeff Mapes Original Article

Posted By: DaddyO- 10/30/2012 10:00:17 AM Post Reply

President Barack Obama holds a relatively narrow lead of six points over Republican challenger Mitt Romney in Oregon, according to a new poll conducted for The Oregonian. Obama's lead is considerably smaller than his margin of victory in Oregon four years ago and is a sign of how tight the presidential race has become across the nation. In addition, the poll also found that an initiative to legalize marijuana, Measure 80 is failing, with 49 percent opposed and 42 percent in favor. Voters are even more strongly opposed to two pro-casino measures --82 and 83 -- that even their sponsors

The Campaign Hurricane e-mails:
Obama seeks $$, Romney sends prayers

Canada Free Press, by Greg Halvorson Original Article

Posted By: snowcloud- 10/30/2012 9:49:05 AM Post Reply

Wow. I never get used to it… As hyper-informed and cognizant of the evil/buffoonery/cravenness of this administration as I am, I never get used to the petty, maladroit, and moronic e-mails with which they pepper their base. No–I’m not part of the base, but my masochistic side subscribes to Obama-blasts, Moochelle-blasts, Messina-Axelrod-Springsteen-Sheryl Crow…. You get the point: masochism. None so painful as this shameless tripe on the eve of a dangerous storm affecting 20% of the U.S. population: Greg - After all Barack has done in office, and after all you have done to

Why Liberals Think What They Do

PJ Media, by Victor Davis Hanson Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 10/30/2012 9:36:01 AM Post Reply

Note that Barack Obama is running not on his liberal record, but as a challenger against incumbent Mitt Romney who has done all sorts of terrible things like causing the 2008 meltdown and outsourcing jobs to China. In Obama’s view, given the supposedly tranquil world abroad, we must try nation building at home, and thus concentrate on bold new initiatives like stimulus, infrastructure, green jobs, and federalized health care (Snip) Obama himself apparently has given up on liberal ideas in lieu of Big Bird, binders, bull****ter, movie stars, and hip-hopsters, which prompts the question: does anyone

Eager early voters on a
path to set U.S. record

Investor's Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm Original Article

Posted By: SurferLad- 10/30/2012 9:33:47 AM Post Reply

Encouraged by both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, millions of Americans aren't waiting for Nov. 6 to cast their secret ballot and will almost certainly set a new national record for early voting. In 2004, when Americans voted to allow Massachusetts to keep John Kerry as senator, about 20% of the popular vote was cast before Election Day. Last time, which was the first time ever two sitting senators faced off for the White House, 31% of Americans -- about 40 million of us -- voted before Election Day. This time, according to a newly-released Gallup Poll, about 36% of Americans indicate

Oregon voters just saying no to
legalized marijuana (Oregonian poll)

The Oregonian, by Harry Esteve Original Article

Posted By: annapolis2010dad- 10/30/2012 9:10:41 AM Post Reply

Oregon voters apparently aren't ready to flat-out legalize the growing, selling and use of marijuana, a new poll for The Oregonian shows. The poll of 405 likely voters, conducted over the past week, shows Measure 80 failing 49 percent to 42 percent, with 9 percent undecided. Proponents wrote a far-reaching measure that would create a new Oregon Cannabis Commission to buy and sell pot at state run stores, as well as license growers and suppliers. The measure also would allow anyone but minors to grow and possess limitless amounts of marijuana for personal use. Currently, possession of less than an

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