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Retired top military brass push for Romney
Five hundred retired generals and admirals are running an ad in Monday's editions of The Washington Times calling on the country to elect Republican Mitt Romney on Tuesday.
'Procrastination PACs' dump $13M in last-minute cash into House races
Call them the procrastination PACs: Political action committees have given $13 million to House and presidential candidates in the final two weeks of the campaign, leaving candidates even less time to actually make use of the money. All of the donations came after Oct. 17, the final main donor-disclosure reports that most journalists and opposition researchers work off of before the election.
Axelrod: Obama not stalling over Benghazi attack
The Obama campaign denied Sunday that the president was deliberately stalling to avoid providing answers about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, until after Tuesday’s election.
Plouffe skeptical of Romney's momentum in Florida, Virginia
Senior Obama adviser David Plouffe said Sunday the Romney campaign is "playing defense" in the final days of the 2012 presidential campaign — a good sign for the White House.
Barbour: Hurricane, 'news blackout' broke Romney's momentum
Former Mississippi governor Haley Barbour said Hurricane Sandy and the resulting week-long "news blackout" broke the momentum of the Mitt Romney presidential campaign.
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.
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.
Romney films ads for GOP Senate hopefuls
One gauge of Mitt Romney's mojo is that the Republican presidential candidate is now popping up in television ads for tight Senate races.
