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Top Links: Polls, the 'Redskins Rule', voting shenanigans and Ryan's 'Judeo-Christian values'

One more day of partisan bickering over the presidential election before we get two-plus months of partisan bickering over the “fiscal cliff.” Enjoy.
Elections office in Miami-Dade County closed its doors to voters who waited in long lines for an absentee ballot, Sunday. The doors were reopened  after  voters demanded to vote. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Elections office in Miami-Dade County closed its doors to voters who waited in long lines for an absentee ballot, Sunday. The doors were reopened after ...

One more day of partisan bickering over the presidential election before we get two-plus months of partisan bickering over the “fiscal cliff.” Enjoy.

  • Polls, schmolls. Less common indicators show a split race. The “Redskins Rule” favors Mitt Romney for the election. However, the "World Series Rule" favors President Obama. Which bogus election indicator will be proven correct? (The Post Game)
  • Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) on a potential Mitt Romney loss: “If I hear anybody say it was because Romney wasn’t conservative enough I’m going to go nuts. We’re not losing 95 percent of African-Americans, and two-thirds of Hispanics, and voters under 30 because we’re not being hard-ass enough.” (Politico)
  • Paul Ryan says President Obama is putting us on a path that “compromises those values, those Judeo-Christian, Western civilization values,” Because the president is, um, you know, (wink, wink). (First Read)
  • The real reason Romney recently bought ad time in Pennsylvania may have nothing to do with his chances of winning the state. (Dan Hirschhorn)
  • Guess which state is already have voting problems? We’ll give you a hint: It’s the same one it always is. (The Atlantic Wire)
  • House Speaker John Boehner promises a “bridge” to a solution for the impending “fiscal cliff.” And by “bridge” he means “a kick of the can.” (National Journal)