CNN's GUT CHECK for November 2, 2012
CNN's GUT CHECK | for November 2, 2012 | 5 p.m.
– n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle
BREAKING: OCTOBER JOBS REPORT: HIRING INCREASES, UNEMPLOYMENT UP… Hiring increased last month, while the unemployment rate ticked higher, according to a report released just four days before the presidential election. The economy added 171,000 jobs in October, while the unemployment ticked up to 7.9, from 7.8% in September, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists surveyed by CNNMoney had expected employers to add 125,000 positions in the month and unemployment to inch up to 7.9%. – Tami Luhby
CNN's GUT CHECK for November 2, 2012
CNN's GUT CHECK | for November 2, 2012 | 5 p.m.
– n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle
BREAKING: OCTOBER JOBS REPORT: HIRING INCREASES, UNEMPLOYMENT UP… Hiring increased last month, while the unemployment rate ticked higher, according to a report released just four days before the presidential election. The economy added 171,000 jobs in October, while the unemployment ticked up to 7.9, from 7.8% in September, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists surveyed by CNNMoney had expected employers to add 125,000 positions in the month and unemployment to inch up to 7.9%. – Tami Luhby
Last jobs report before election crucial in close race
(CNN) - The monthly jobs report - the last before the nail-biting election next week - may be the single most motivating event to take place at this point in the campaign.
On its own, it wouldn't be. But with a race so tight in so many swing states, swayable, uncommitted, undecided and even decided voters could be persuaded to cast a ballot for the presidential candidate they think can best propel the country forward.
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October jobs report: Hiring increases, unemployment up
New York (CNNMoney) - Hiring increased last month, while the unemployment rate ticked higher, according to a report released just four days before the presidential election.
The economy added 171,000 jobs in October, while the unemployment ticked up to 7.9, from 7.8% in September, the Labor Department said Friday.
Poll gives Donnelly 11-point lead over Mourdock
(CNN) – A poll of likely voters in Indiana showed Democratic Senate candidate Joe Donnelly with an eleven point lead over GOP rival Richard Mourdock, whose comments on rape and abortion in October drew consternation from Democrats and some Republicans.
The survey from Howey Politics and DePauw University indicated Donnelly, a three-term congressman, was at 47% among likely Indiana voters in the race for the state's U.S. Senate seat, compared to 36% who support Mourdock, the Indiana state treasurer. A Libertarian candidate, Andrew Horning, was at 6% in the poll.
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On the Trail: November 2, 2012
(CNN) - On Friday, the October jobs report is released at 8:30 a.m. ET - it's the final set of monthly jobs data before next week's vote. Both candidates will be on the trail Friday, President Obama in Ohio, and Mitt Romney in Wisconsin and Ohio.
Joe Biden will campaign in Wisconsin, while Paul Ryan heads to Colorado, Iowa and Ohio.
See the full schedule after the jump.
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Obama and Romney make closing arguments in CNN.com op-eds
(CNN) - President Barack Obama and his GOP challenger Mitt Romney, in opinion pieces published Friday on CNN.com, both write that bipartisanship is the only way to solve the problems facing the country today.
Mitt Romney: My vision for America
"We've watched gridlock and petty conflict dominate while the most important issues confronting the nation, like chronic high unemployment, go unaddressed. The bickering has to end. I will end it. I will reach across the aisle to solve America's problems."
President Barack Obama: My vision for America
"Because when hardship hits, America is at its best. The petty differences that consume us in normal times quickly melt away. There are no Democrats or Republicans during a storm - only fellow Americans. That's how we get through the most trying times: together."
Battleground Blog: 10 Things you didn't know about Iowa
EDITOR'S NOTE: CNN has sent dozens of reporters, producers, contributors and correspondents to the key battleground states to cover the final days of the 2012 election. Here, CNN Correspondent Poppy Harlow lists 14 things you may not have known about the state of Iowa, the battleground state she is covering this week.
1. John Wayne was born in Winterset, Iowa
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Battleground Blog: 14 Things you didn’t know about Colorado
EDITOR'S NOTE: CNN has sent dozens of reporters, producers, contributors and correspondents to the key battleground states to cover the final days of the 2012 election. Here, CNN Correspondent Kyung Lah lists 14 things you may not have known about the state of Colorado, the battleground state she is covering this week.
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Election souvenirs: T-shirts, buttons, bumper stickers and toilet paper
Washington, D.C. (CNN) - With less than a week before Election Day, souvenir stores in the nation's capital are stocked with Obama and Romney paraphernalia – shirts, bumper stickers, buttons, shot glasses, bobble heads and magnets.
But compared to 2008 when Obama mania struck the District of Columbia, the lines of customers are generally short, vendors say.
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