* The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the latest jobs report:
October payroll employment rises (+171,000); jobless rate essentially unchanged (7.9%)
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 171,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.9 percent. Employment rose in professional and business services, health care, and retail trade.
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* President Obama will be in Hilliard, Ohio, at the Franklin County Fairgrounds. On Monday, President Obama will be back in the Columbus area with a rally with Bruce Springsteen and Jay-z. The location for Monday's event has not been released.
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* Bucyrustelegraphforum reports the latest poll on the race for U.S. Senate in Ohio:
Ohio’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race has tightened in recent weeks, with Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown snagging the support of 51 percent versus 47 percent for Republican state Treasurer Josh Mandel, according to a new Cincinnati Enquirer/Ohio News Organization Poll.....
“On the one hand, Mandel has not been able to secure a lead in publicly released polls up to this point and the hour is getting late,” said Eric W. Rademacher, co-director of the University of Cincinnati’s Institute for Policy Research, which conducted the survey.....
....The poll results come as voting is well under way in Ohio; nearly 20 percent of the poll’s respondents said they had already cast their ballots. Within that group, 65 percent said they voted for Brown, compared to 34 percent who said they voted for Mandel.....
We'll see what happens. Get out there and VOTE!
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>>>> @fivethirtyeight (NY Times Nate Silver 538):
Nate Silver
Obama remains at ~80% to win in today's 538 forecast. (80.8% if you like decimal places.) http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com