Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Obama To Speak to Nation on Hurricane Sandy at 12:45 AM ET - President Obama is holding an emergency meeting with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, FEMA administrator Craig Fugate, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and National Hurricane Center Director Richard Knabb.  Afterward, he will address the nation on steps which are being taken to help states which are affected by the storm.

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Obama Cancels Campaign Events, Returns to Washington to Monitor Hurricane Sandy - one week to Election Day and Hurrican Sandy will defintely have an impact. With 12 states declaring states of emergency, Mitt Romney's stance against FEMA and belief states should handle their own emergencies, may imapct the election.  You can read more here.

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Obama - Romney Tied with 1 Week To Go - a Reuters/Ipsos poll has Obama up by 3 over Romney 49% - 46% among likely voters and the Politico/GWU Battleground poll has it Obama 49% - Romney 48%. You can read more here.

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Electoral Vote Favors Obama - the all important race to win 270 electoral votes is under scrutiny once again as there is a possibility President Obama will win the electoral vote and with it the presidency, and Mitt Romney would winnthe popular vote.

There are many different scenarios possible and Politico.com takes a look at some of them here.

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New Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) Campaign Ad Includes Akin's "Legitimate Rape" Comment



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Kaines Leads Allen By 7 in Virginia: 51% - 44% - good news for Democrats and the Obama campaign, who are hopeful Virginia will go to Obama and Tim Kaine will win the U.S. Senate race against Republican George Allen.  You can read more here.

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