Politics

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A"Vote Early" sign in displayed as former President Bill Clinton speaks at a President Barack Obama campaign rally, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Youngstown, Ohio. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

A man votes during early voting for the presidential election, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Miami, Florida. About 1.9 million Floridians have already cast ballots eight days before Election Day, Nov 6. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) attempts to catch a pass from wide receiver Josh Morgan (15) in the second half against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pa., Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Griffin was called for offensive pass interference. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

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Bradley Beal was chosen third overall by Washington after just one season at Florida. The shooting guard was named first team All-SEC after averaging 14.8 points, 2.2 assists and 6.7 rebounds. (The Washington Times)

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President Obama speaks in the White House briefing room in Washington on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, after returning to the White House from a campaign stop in Florida to monitor Hurricane Sandy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Luis Saucedo who has recently moved to Washington, D.C. walked a few blocks over to Boundary Stone to have a beer before everything shut down along Rhode Island Avenue in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Northwest, Washington, D.C., Monday, October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy begins to affect the Washington, D.C. region. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Left to right: Chris Keller, Katie Hooks, and Christopher Graham brave the wind and rain to have a cigarette outside of Boundary Stone, a bar along Rhode Island Avenue in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Northwest, Washington, D.C., Monday, October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy begins to affect the Washington, D.C. region. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A car hydroplanes in standing water northbound on the George Washington Memorial Parkway neat Gravelly Point in Alexandria, Va., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 while Hurricane Sandy makes it's way north along the Atlantic coast. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Louise Pardee, 81, calls fellow senior citizens from a Shoreview, Minn., phone bank to urge them to vote against a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage on the statewide ballot next week. Getting the support of older voters could be a key bloc in the four states with such measures up for voter approval. (Associated Press)

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Fernando Haddad, Sao Paulo’s Mayor-elect celebrates accompanied by his wife, Stela Haddad, after winning mayoral elections in Sao Paulo on Sunday. Mr. Haddad won more than 55 percent of the vote in South America’s biggest city. (Associated Press)

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Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci, centre, greets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton upon her arrival at Houari Boumediene Airport, in Algiers, Algeria, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Clinton is on a five-day trip overseas to increase pressure on Mali's al-Qaeda-linked rebels and help Balkan nations end long-simmering ethnic and political disagreements. (AP Photo, Saul Loeb, Pool)

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** FILE ** A Coptic clergyman registers for voting with election workers during the new Coptic Pope elections at the main Coptic cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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President Obama speaks in the White House briefing room in Washington on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, after returning to the nation's capital from a campaign stop in Florida to monitor Hurricane Sandy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)