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Opening of absentee ballots
under way, but not tallying

Columbus Dispatch [OH], by Pamela Engel Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 11/2/2012 4:29:51 AM Post Reply

Workers have started the long process of opening the thousands of absentee ballots that have flowed in for this month’s election. Franklin County Board of Elections employees, some of them seasonal, are allowed to start opening the absentee ballots 10 days before Election Day. The envelopes containing the ballots are opened facedown so that workers don’t know the name of the voter. The ballots then must be fed into optical scanners that read the darkened ovals next to candidates’ names and other ballot items. “We’ll keep doing that until Election Day,

Benghazi’s Smoking Gun? Only President
Can Give ‘Cross-Border Authority’

PJ Media, by Matt Bracken Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 11/2/2012 4:25:19 AM Post Reply

The Benghazi debacle boils down to a single key factor — the granting or withholding of “cross-border authority.” This opinion is informed by my experience as a Navy SEAL officer who took a NavSpecWar Detachment to Beirut. Once the alarm is sent – in this case, from the consulate in Benghazi — dozens of HQs are notified and are in the planning loop in real time, including AFRICOM and EURCOM, both located in Germany. Without waiting for specific orders from Washington, they begin planning and executing rescue operations, including moving personnel, ships, and aircraft

Report: Obama never convened
counterterrorism task force
during Benghazi attack

Hot Air, by Allahpundit Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 11/2/2012 4:20:56 AM Post Reply

This piece is as noteworthy for its sourcing as it is for its substance. The dam’s starting to break. “The [Counterterrorism Security Group] is the one group that’s supposed to know what resources every agency has. They know of multiple options and have the ability to coordinate counterterrorism assets across all the agencies,” a high-ranking government official told CBS News. (Snip)Inexplicably, they also didn’t call on their rapid-reaction counterterrorism coordination squad, the Foreign Emergency Support Team, even though the consulate attack was, um, (a) foreign and (b) an emergency that (c) required support.

Fred Thompson Calls Benghazi
'Biggest Cover-Up in American History'

American Spectator, by Robert Stacy McCain Original Article

Posted By: ketchuplover- 11/2/2012 2:19:33 AM Post Reply

Blue Ash, Ohio – Former Sen. Fred Thompson today said he was “totally disgusted” by the Obama administration’s handling of the Libya terrorist attack, saying that U.S. officials failed to act “while our people were being systematically slaughtered” at the Benghazi consulate. Speaking at an event sponsored by the free-market group Americans for Prosperity, the former Republican senator from Tennessee invoked his experience nearly 40 years ago as a Watergate investigator, saying that Congress must “get to the bottom of” the administration’s failures in the Sept. 11 incident that left Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans dead in Libya.

Letter to My European Friends

Pajamas Media, by Michael Ledeen Original Article

Posted By: ketchuplover- 11/2/2012 2:12:37 AM Post Reply

To my European friends: I see from various polls that very nearly all of you support President Obama’s reelection. The numbers are remarkable, indeed incredible. More than ninety percent of you would vote Obama (94% of Italians, for example, and the numbers for Great Britain, France, Spain and Germany are even higher). Other numbers show that nearly half of you think you should somehow be able to vote in our elections, since American policies have such an enormous effect on you. All of which reinforces my belief—speaking as the grandson of Russian immigrants who arrived in Harlem and Western

FEMA agrees to reimburse full cost of
transportation, power restoration in NY/NJ

New York Post, by Gerry Shields Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 11/2/2012 2:07:56 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON--The federal government gave New York and New Jersey a financial boost in recovering from Hurricane Sandy today by agreeing to have Washington reimburse the full cost of emergency public transportation and power restoration to the region. The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will cover costs such repairing substations, power plants and power lines while also providing money for extra buses and driver overtime. [Snip] Under federal law, FEMA is required to pay 75 percent of certain damages but in the case of major disasters can provide as much as 90 percent or the full cost.

Lessons from Experience in
Sex and Politics

National Review Online, by Lisa Schiffren Original Article

Posted By: ketchuplover- 11/2/2012 2:01:56 AM Post Reply

Was it only last week, pre-Sandy, that the Obama campaign ran the generally smutty, unpleasantly manipulative political ad featuring Lena Dunham, called “First Time,” which attempted to conflate a young woman’s first vote with losing her virginity? In addition to the smarmy, smutty tone, the ad was an ugly, desperate attempt to manipulate young women into voting for Obama, on the general grounds that he is “a great guy,” and “cool.” Apart from the fact that neither of those qualities are really at the top of the list of key attributes for boyfriends or leaders of the free world, the

C'est la vie! Bette Midler celebrates
Halloween with extravagant French
themed party in New York,
despite Hurricane Sandy destruction

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: PChristopher- 11/2/2012 1:18:02 AM Post Reply

It was definitely a scary 48 hours for the inhabitants of New York. But now that Hurricane Sandy has moved away from the East Coast, it's back to business for most New Yorkers, including Bette Midler. The veteran actress and singer continued her life as usual and celebrated her yearly extravagant celebrity 'Hulaween' bash on Wednesday night in the storm-struck city. Despite the fact that Lower Manhattan is still without power, Bette managed to find a venue uptown which did have electricity: The Waldorf Astoria hotel.

Shocking images show desperate New Yorkers
digging through dumpsters for food as
downtown Manhattan embarks on
fourth night without power

Daily Mail [UK], by Helen Pow Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 11/2/2012 1:13:22 AM Post Reply

New Yorkers have resorted to digging through filthy dumpsters for food as they embark on their fourth night without power and for many, without water. Shocking images captured groups of residents sifting through garbage outside a Key Food supermarket at Avenue A and East 4th Street in the East Village today. Families, elderly people and young residents were seen climbing into the dumpster hunting for whatever they could find to eat. According to NBC New York, whose crews came across the confronting scene, the local supermarket had discarded piles of food that had gone bad after Hurricane Sandy shut down

Obama back on campaign trail after
Sandy says now is not time for 'petty
differences' - then attacks Romney

Daily Mail [UK], by Toby Harnden Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 11/2/2012 1:05:42 AM Post Reply

Barack Obama headed back onto the campaign trail today for the first time after Superstorm Sandy struck and said now is not the time for 'petty differences' between parties, but then went on to attack his rival Mitt Romney.[Snip] Obama said today: ‘Our hearts go out to those who have lost their loved ones. We pledge to help those whose lives have been turned upside down. ‘In the end we're all in this together--that we rise and fall as one nation, one people.’ But Obama then contradicted his high-minded appeal for bipartisanship to attack Romney. ‘He’s saying he’s

Nonunion Ala. crews turned
away from Sandy recovery

WAFF-TV [Huntsville, AL], by Mark Thornhill Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 11/2/2012 12:07:54 AM Post Reply

Seaside Heights, New Jersey - The hurricane-ravaged east coast has been receiving north Alabama help, but crews from Huntsville Utilities learned they'll be doing work in Long Island, New York instead of in New Jersey. Crews from Huntsville, as well as Decatur Utilities and Joe Wheeler out of Trinity headed up there this week, but Derrick Moore, one of the Decatur workers, said they were told by crews in New Jersey that they can't do any work there since they're not union employees.(Snip) The crews were told to stand down. In fact, Moore said the crew from Trinity is already

Criminal Negligence: Benghazi
Gave 1-Month Warning

Investor's Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: HollowLeg- 11/1/2012 11:06:23 PM Post Reply

Scandal: A month before the terrorist attack, the State Department was warned Benghazi couldn't protect itself and was surrounded by Islamist militia and al-Qaida camps. It was 3 a.m. and the administration pressed "snooze." When the U.S. mission in Benghazi called an Aug. 15 emergency meeting, it wasn't to discuss an obscure Internet video. It was to discuss the lack of security for a consulate surrounded by at least 10 terrorist camps. An Aug. 16 cable to the office of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and obtained by Fox News reported that the State Department's senior security officer "expressed

The choice

Washington Post, by Charles Krauthammer Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/1/2012 10:43:52 PM Post Reply

“Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not.” That was Barack Obama in 2008. And he was right. Reagan was an ideological inflection point, ending a 50-year liberal ascendancy and beginning a 30-year conservative ascendancy. It is common for one party to take control and enact its ideological agenda. Ascendancy, however, occurs only when the opposition inevitably regains power and then proceeds to accept the basic premises of the preceding revolution. Thus, Republicans railed for 20 years

Congress wants answers on newly
found Benghazi documents

Foreign Policy, by Josh Rogin Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 11/1/2012 10:43:42 PM Post Reply

The House Oversight Committee is demanding answers from the State Department regarding newly discovered documents found in the wreckage of the U.S. mission in Benghazi that reveal U.S. diplomats noticed a Libyan police officer conducting surveillance of the compound the morning before the Sept. 11 attack and that the Benghazi police department had not responded to requests for more security during the visit of Ambassador Chris Stevens, who died in the attack that night. (Snip) In an exclusive report for Foreign Policy, journalists Harald Doornbos and Jenan Moussa revealed two unsigned draft letters written the day of the attack

The Democrats who predicted
the 2012 campaign

Washington Post, by Michael Gerson Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/1/2012 10:41:22 PM Post Reply

In November 2011, former Democratic pollsters — and current gadflies — Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell made a much-discussed argument in the pages of the Wall Street Journal. The miserable state of the economy, they claimed, restricted the options for President Obama’s reelection strategy. He could still win. “But the kind of campaign required for the president’s political survival,” they said, “would make it almost impossible for him to govern — not only during the campaign, but throughout a second term. Put simply, it seems that the White House has concluded that if the president cannot run on his record

Issa accuses the Obama
administration of hiding
information on Benghazi

The Hill [Washington DC], by Julian Pecquet Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/1/2012 10:26:39 PM Post Reply

The chairman of the House oversight panel sent Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a scathing letter on Thursday accusing the administration of hiding information pointing to Libyan authorities' possible involvement in the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. The letter comes after Foreign Policy reported earlier in the day that reporters in Benghazi had found evidence that a Benghazi police officer appeared to have photographed the inside of the mission on the morning of the attack. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans died when Islamist militants attacked the mission that night.

New Detailed Account of
Benghazi Attack Notes
CIA’s Quick Response

ABC News, by Martha Raddatz, Dana Hughes* Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/1/2012 10:22:08 PM Post Reply

Intelligence officials have disclosed a new detailed timeline of the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, acknowledging the CIA played a greater role in responding to the attack than has previously been disclosed. A senior U.S. intelligence official also insisted that the CIA security team that initially responded to the attack was not given orders “to stand down in providing support,” as had been suggested in media reports. The timeline provided by a senior U.S. intelligence official gives the first precise account of how CIA security teams provided the first response to the Sept. 11 attack

CIA officials in Libya made key
decisions during Benghazi attacks

Reuters, by Mark Hosenball Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/1/2012 9:57:50 PM Post Reply

CIA officials on the ground in Libya dispatched security forces to the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi within 25 minutes and made other key decisions about how to respond to the waves of attacks on U.S. installations on September 11, a senior American intelligence official said on Thursday. Officials in Washington monitored events through message traffic and a hovering U.S. military drone but did not interfere with or reject requests for help from officials in the line of fire, the official said. The information emerged as officials made available on Thursday a timeline chronicling

CIA rushed to save diplomats
as Libya attack was underway

Washington Post, by Greg Miller Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/1/2012 9:55:13 PM Post Reply

The CIA rushed security operatives to an American diplomatic compound in Libya within 25 minutes after it had come under attack and played a more central role in the effort to fend off a night-long siege than has been acknowledged publicly, U.S. intelligence officials said Thursday. The agency mobilized the evacuation effort, took control of an unarmed U.S. military drone to map possible escape routes, dispatched an emergency security team from Tripoli, the capital, and chartered aircraft that ultimately carried surviving American personnel to safety, U.S. officials said.

Obama Admin Knew the
Benghazi Attack Was Planned

Breitbart's Big Government, by William Bigelow Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/1/2012 9:49:40 PM Post Reply

There is virtually no doubt now that the Obama Administration, despite their attempts to lie to the American public, knew that the attack on the Benghazi compound and the subsequent slaughter of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, was not a spontaneous assault but a pre-planned attack. In a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, headed by Darrell Issa (R-CA) and National Security Subcommittee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), pressed for answers after documents were revealed by

Ohio moves back into the ‘tossup’
category on Fix electoral map

Washington Post, by Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 11/1/2012 9:47:05 PM Post Reply

The Fix is moving Ohio from “lean Obama” to “tossup” in our presidential ratings amid a slew of polling that suggests that the race has tightened over the past month, even as the incumbent retains the slightest of edges. With the move, there are now 95 electoral votes — including Ohio’s 18 — from eight states in our “tossup” category. President Obama has 237 electoral votes either solidly in his camp (186) or leaning his way (51). Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has 206 electoral votes either solidly red (170) or leaning in his direction (36).

Obama Crowd Sizes 'Not Impressive'

Breitbart's Big Government, by Tony Lee Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/1/2012 9:38:40 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama today drew crowds of 2,600 in Green Bay, Wisconsin and 4,500 in Las Vegas, Nevada, a far cry from the nearly 80,000 people who showed up for a campaign rally of his during the last week of the 2008 campaign in Fairfax, Virginia. New York Times reporter Mark Landler said the crowd sizes were "Not impressive for the last week of a campaign." By all measures, enthusiasm for Obama -- even among his base -- has diminished considerably in 2012 from 2008, and Thursday's crowd sizes at Obama's rallies are more evidence

NPR apologizes to Abigael
Evans, the 'Bronco Bama' girl

Los Angeles Times, by Patrick Kevin Day Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/1/2012 9:36:16 PM Post Reply

Abigael Evans, the 4-year-old Colorado girl who was driven to tears by the seemingly neverending presidential campaign coverage, has received a very rare thing in our modern media age: a formal apology from NPR for making her cry. Abigael became a minor Internet star earlier this week when her mother, Elizabeth, posted a video online of the girl when she became upset after hearing a little too much of "Bronco Bama and Mitt Romney" on the radio. "It'll be over soon, Abby," her mother is heard saying on the video. "The election will be over soon."

No relief in N.J. to long gas
lines; mass power outages
likely to continue for days

Star-Ledger [Newark, NJ], by Richard Khavkine Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 11/1/2012 9:35:09 PM Post Reply

Gas lines stretching onto highways and byways were just one obstacle as New Jerseyans continue their stutter steps toward normalcy following the region’s most devastating natural disaster in modern times. Bumper-to-bumper cars, trucks and SUVs stretched from the New Jersey Turnpike rest areas, taking up right lanes for up to a quarter of a mile. Where open and functioning gas stations could be found, people waited up to two hours for a share of those precious gallons. In some cases, they might have been paying more than they should have, and reports

Romney makes the case against
Obama at closed restaurant

Los Angeles Times, by Maeve Reston Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/1/2012 9:27:42 PM Post Reply

DOSWELL, Va. —Mitt Romney used a shuttered barbecue business in Richmond to make his case against the Obama administration, arguing that the president’s tax policies and his healthcare plan would crush small businesses. The former Massachusetts governor made an unscheduled stop at Bill’s Barbecue in Richmond, which opened its doors here in 1930 and closed its final location in September due to what were described in local press reports as financial difficulties. The Romney campaign released a Web video Thursday that included a tearful interview with the proprietor, Rhoda Elliott, who is the niece of the founder.

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