1. Trump wants a blue diamond
Claiming that waves of voters were suddenly breaking his way, Donald Trump has gone hunting for votes in traditionally Democratic areas, campaigning in New Mexico, Michigan and now Wisconsin.
Clinton camp dismisses icky poll
2. ‘The race has tightened’
A top Clinton advisor said “the race has tightened the way that we thought it would tighten,” but denied that Clinton faced any real threat in a firewall of blue states. And yet... Clinton and outside groups bought millions in new TV ad time.
Republicans vow to block court picks
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4. One week left: is it close?
Polling averages, historical voting patterns and early voting tallies all pointed to success for Clinton on election day. Clinton apologists pointed out that Mitt Romney thought he was expanding the map in 2012, too – before he lost by 126 electoral votes. And yet…
5. Polling turbulence
The release Tuesday of a major poll showing Trump up by a point on Clinton nationally, while an outlier, caused hand-wringing in Democratic circles and saw Clinton refocusing her message on Trump’s flaws.
'This man wants to be president'
For my entire life, I’ve been a woman, and when I think about what we now know about Donald Trump and what he has been doing for thirty years, he has spent a great deal of time demeaning, degrading and assaulting women… We cannot hide from this. We have to be willing to face this. This man wants to be president of the United States.
– Hillary Clinton
...and another thing:
You know what today is, don't you?
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) November 1, 2016
Why, it's the launch of @itsmarlamaples' new website! https://t.co/hMXFRWzU3e pic.twitter.com/deUkJCY9kB
