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Emanuel: Tightening of Pa. race to be expected
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Sunday dismissed the idea that President Obama is vulnerable in Pennsylvania, where polls have tightened ahead of Tuesday's election.
Bookmaker declares election over, pays out on Obama win
The election's still two days away, but an Irish bookmaker says it's already over and there's no way Mitt Romney can beat President Obama.
PICKET:(VIDEO)'08 Obama on Bush Katrina response - 'We also know that broken promises did not start when a storm hit'
Former adviser to former President Bill Ciinton Dick Morris wrote recently that President Barack Obama is receiving political backlash from Hurricane Sandy.
PICKET: Ohio's Cuyahoga County under a microscope and by the numbers
The Democrats are counting on maximum turnout of their base in Cleveland's Cuyahoga County to help President Barack Obama win the key state of Ohio. The president won this county overwhelmingly in 2008 against Senator John McCain, Arizona Republican.
Terps fall to Georgia Tech with LB Shawn Petty at quarterback
Freshman throws for 115 yards and two touchdowns in debut
PICKET: Some Ohio early and weekend voters could get to the polls on election day...but do they want to?
Voters in Ohio are casting ballots in the general election this weekend as a result of a complaint filed by the Obama campaign that allows Ohioans to vote on November 3, 4, and 5. This privilege, previously given to Ohio military voters exclusively under the 1986 Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), was expanded to all Ohio voters this year.
Gingrich dismisses Washington's 'Million Puppet March'
Republican Newt Gingrich was less-than-impressed by Saturday's tongue-in-cheek "Million Puppet March" in Washington, D.C.
Romney to Grassley: Hit any deer lately?
Mitt Romney kicked off a campaign stop here by going off script, turning to Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley and asking: "Have you hit any deer lately?"
New York ponders an extended Election Day
New York is considering extending voting past Nov. 6 to allow those affected by Superstorm Sandy to cast their votes, but at least one incumbent from the state says that would "wreak havoc," and that if he wins on Tuesday, "then I've won."
Jindal: Don't let politics get in the way of recovery efforts
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Saturday urged the White House and state leaders in the Northeast dealing with Hurricane Sandy relief efforts to "stop declaring victory, stop giving speeches" and focus on helping victims of the storm.
Romney: Don't vote for revenge, vote for love
Mitt Romney urged voters Saturday to be lovers, not haters.
Obama vows to cut red tape in Sandy rescues
In his final weekly address before the election, President Obama used the bully pulpit Saturday to project an image of an executive responding to a natural disaster, commanding government agencies "not to let red tape and bureaucracy get in the way of solving problems" when it comes to restoring power following Hurricane Sandy's devastation of the Mid-Atlantic last week.
In weekly GOP address, Romney says 'destiny' in voters' hands
The task of the GOP weekly address fell to Mitt Romney Saturday, who used it to make a final case for himself before Tuesday's election, asking people as they step into the voting booth to consider both "the day we'll know whether we made the right choice" and the previous four years before casting their ballots.
Terps back in black ... which hasn't been a good look of late
Terps go with the dark duds against Georgia Tech
Five game-day predictions: Maryland-Georgia Tech
"Knute Rockne called it the forward pass ..."