Happy 63rd Birthday to my Dearest and Bestest Friend.
October 10, 2012: Suffolk University pollster says they will no longer poll in Florida, Virginia or North Carolina. “We’ve already painted those red.”

Rasmussen Likely Voters Nationwide shows 2d Prez Debate shook the confidence of some borderline Obama voters.
October 17 = Romney 49% vs Obama 48% vs. Other 1% vs. Undecided 2%
October 18 = Romney 49% vs. Obama 47% vs. Other 2% vs. Undecided 2%
Republican governors have proven that conservative fiscal policies work.

Most of the states that are doing relatively well, that is, better than the others, have Republican governors.
Good News!
Newsweek announced it will stop publishing its print edition at the end of 2012.
Stupid Democrat Alert
Eva Longoria, an Obama campaign co-chair, opined to her 4,462,095 Twitter followers that anyone who votes for that “racist/misogynist” Romney is “stupid.” After she took some heat for her tweet, she said she was “sorry if people were offended” and that what she tweeted “obviously” was “not my personal view.”
October 18, 2012: Jobless claims UP

Weekly applications for U.S. unemployment benefits jumped 46,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 388,000, the highest in four months.
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Sources:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/10/18/newsweek-will-end-print-edition-at-year-end-one-year-shy-80th-anniversary/
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/10/18/eva-longoria-apologizes-for-retweeting-offensive-mitt-romney-message-after-kind/
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/10/o-h-i-o_bo_must_go.html
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49460659