As come inside a week of the election, what are the polls telling us?

With so many curveballs coming at is in the form of late breaking stories, natural disasters and odd ball polls, it’s tempting to say it’s all topsy turvy. But the real news from the polls is more one of basic stability and if anything a slow movement in Obama’s direction in critical states. Read More

We’ve postponed our Live Chat with Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg from today at 4 PM to tomorrow at 4 PM. We apologize for the delay. But today’s schedule ended up being a storm casualty, as we run this part of the site out of New York City. We’ll be ready tomorrow afternoon.

Photos of the submerged NYC subway tunnels.

With the exception of smart phones I got online this morning for the first time since mid-evening on Monday. If you’re reading TPM from other parts of the country, our New York office is located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on the West side of the Island. That places us about 6 blocks below the virtual line below which electricity got knocked out in “Lower Manhattan.” I happen to live just a few blocks away. So we’ve been without electricity since. Read More

10 House races to watch early on election night.

Only four states are tossups right now on the TPM Electoral Scoreboard.

A sense of what President Obama will see when he tours New Jersey this afternoon. Take a look.

NYT/CBS: Obama up 5 points in Ohio, 2 points in Virginia, and 1 point in Florida.

Franklin & Marshall College: Obama up 4 points in Pennsylvania.

PPP: Obama up by 5 in Wisconsin and in Iowa.

With even the auto companies calling BS on Mitt’s TV ad on the auto bailout, a quick primer on the old campaign issues that are suddenly new again.

Photos from the devastating fire Monday night in Breezy Point, Queens. Read More