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His election eve op-ed is worth reading: "And so, beneath the attacks, the counterattacks, and the billions invested by small numbers of the very rich to sway the undecided, we face a choice on Tuesday that is worthy of a great democracy. My hunch is that the country will not go backward, because that’s not what Americans do."

I don't think I have ever seen a major national paper -- and a right-leaning paper at that -- savage a presidential candidate the way the Post has done in this editorial .  It's brutal, and justifiably so.  This is the media doing its job: advocating for the truth.

New Yorkers are turning to practical and fuel efficient alternatives to private car transport since Sandy.

Bicycling as a primary mode of transportation in post-Sandy NYC .

FEMA Covering Costs of Power, Transit Through Next Week :

Bloomberg Endorses Obama, Saying Hurricane Sandy Affected Decision - NYTimes.com : "'The devastation that Hurricane Sandy brought to New York City and much of the Northeast — in lost lives, lost homes and lost business — brought the stakes of next Tuesday’s presidential election into sharp relief,' Mr. Bloomberg wrote in an op-ed article for Bloomberg View."

GM, Chrysler sales up, Ford flat as automakers assess storm's effects : "GM said its October sales of 195,764 vehicles rose 4.7 percent, marking its highest October sales in the U.S. since 2007, with new cars helping boost sales."

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My View: Why I will vote for President Obama :

I had the pleasure yesterday of voting for Barack Obama, my Congessional Representative John Lewis, and my State Senator Jason Carter (Jimmy's grandson). Why does a progressive values voter cast a ballot for Pres. Obama, in light of his prosecution of a vicious drone war and his accumulation of unaccountable power in the executive, etc.? Because a responsible progressive voter does not invest emotionally in a rose-colored view of the person who holds the office or have unrealistic expectations of the office of the Presidency. A responsible progressive voter does what is necessary to maintain and expand space for progressive, democratic priorities to be fulfilled in the longer term through sustained advocacy and activism. An Obama presidency represents the maximum available opportunity to enact and enforce real world progressive and democratic values across the spectrum of issues. A Republican in the office of the Presidency at this time in history represents a drastic rollback of t...