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Harris-Perry: Tea party group aims to tie up election results

Citing a report from one of her "Nerds," MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry said the real goal of the allegedly non-partisan voter observation group True The Vote is to tie up this year's elections in the court system.

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SNL's 'Fox & Friends' spoof blames Obama for Hurricane Sandy

In a sketch broadcast Saturday night, NBC's generation-old variety show "Saturday Night Live" poked fun at the notoriously anti-Obama morning talk show "Fox & Friends," depicting the conservative network's hosts blaming the president for failing to stop Hurricane Sandy.

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Extended early voting hours in Miami marked by long lines, office shutdown

Extended voting hours at the Miami-Dade County Elections Office in Florida led to angry voters when the office temporarily shut down an hour into the four-hour voting window for absentee ballots.

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Herman Cain to Republicans: 'Get over it,' vote for Romney

Pizza tycoon and former presidential candidate Herman Cain offered a final, tepid endorsement of Mitt Romney, urging Republican voters to turn out on Tuesday even if they, like he, wish someone else was taking on President Obama.

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Conservative columnist to CNN: Flip flop on killing FEMA is 'the Etch-A-Sketch Romney'

Debra Saunders, a conservative columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, on Sunday said Mitt Romney's decision to flip flop on his call to "absolutely" abolish federal disaster aid after Hurricane Sandy struck the east coast was an example of the "the Etch-A-Sketch Romney."

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Top Romney adviser praises Obama administration's hurricane response

Senior Romney adviser Ed Gillespie on Sunday had nothing but good things to say about the way President Barack Obama's administration handled the response to Hurricane Sandy.

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Haley Barbour: 'The hurricane is what broke Romney's momentum'

Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) says that the presidential election is now trending towards President Barack Obama because of Hurricane Sandy.

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Romney political director blames 'Let Detroit Go Bankrupt' on New York Times

Mitt Romney's political director, Rich Beeson, on Sunday suggested that The New York Times -- and not the Republican presidential nominee -- was responsible for an op-ed calling for the U.S. auto industry to "go bankrupt."

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Brit Hume: Polls showing Romney losing are 'puzzling'

On the Sunday before the 2012 presidential election, Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume is saying that it's "puzzling" that national polls indicate GOP hopeful Mitt Romney is tied with President Barack Obama while swing state polls suggest that Democrats are going to win enough electoral votes for to keep the White House.

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Salon's Traister: Republican policies reflect 'profound lack of thought' about women

Salon senior writer Rebecca Traister said Saturday Republican policy and rhetoric this election season speaks to a "profound lack of thought" about women's lives.

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'Million Puppet March' hits back at Romney's PBS threat

Several hundred supporters of US public broadcasting marched on Capitol Hill Saturday in a "Million Puppet March" in favor of ongoing federal funding for non-commercial programming.

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Virginians report receiving letters threatening to expose them as non-voters

A new voter intimidation tactic surfaced in central Virginia this week, where registered voters reported receiving letters threatening to expose them to their neighbors if they didn't show up at the polls this year.

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Report: Akin arrested eight times for anti-abortion protests

Findings from a new report double the number of times Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) has been arrested in anti-abortion protests, as video surfaced of him comparing criticism of his infamous "legitimate rape" remarks to beheadings carried out by extreme Islamic groups.

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