<b>Morning Chatter</b>

Quotes of the Day "Gotta be 65 degrees on a terrific autumn night" -- FNC's Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry. Anticipatory Storm Complaints "Approaching big storm prep: batteries, check. Canned food, check. Emergency generators, check. Full-page apology ad from Pepco, check." -- C-SPAN Communications Director Howard Mortman. ".@PepcoConnect Let's just say that your track record as regards restoring our power is somewhere between abysmal and catastrophic." -- Yahoo! News's Olivier Knox. "@OKnox Why doesn't PEPCO just shut off our power now and get it over with?" -- NYT's Jonathan Weisman. "My boyfriend: Buying all the toilet paper from the grocery store before everyone else gets there. #BePrepared" -- Lisa Rowan, vintage blogger. Compliment or Insult: Who really knows? "Your always-perfect hair reeks of pure #journalism," a follower writes in to FNC's Bret Baier, who, of course, responds, saying, "Good to know -thanks- I'll try to keep it together." Ana Marie Cox "endorses" Obama "It's true: I have chosen to endorse Obama because I'm proud to have someone of the *human* race as President. So there." -- The Guardian's Ana Marie Cox. Does a pundit do endorsements? Do they really need to? Pretty sure we already new the progressive Cox was for Obama. Journo Love "Go @AprilDRyan! She's interviewing Obama tomorrow at 5:40 p.m. in Oval Office. First member of WH press corps to do so in months." -- Politico's Jennifer Epstein on American Urban Radio White House Correspondent April Ryan. Breitbart.com Editor needles BuzzFeed Political Editor "Source tells me @BuzzFeedBen's BuzzFeed Politics is something of a laughingstock. Actually, herds of sources tell me this." -- Breitbart.com's John Nolte, still smarting from BuzzFeed's McKay Coppins story on internal Breitbart.com matters. Overheard... "Overheard on the Romney press bus: 'I think Meat Loaf is two words.' 'Yes, it is two words.' -- NPR's Ari Shapiro. See FishbowlDC's Fan Club Board after the jump as well as thoughts from a media observer... The Media Observer "MSNBC is not showing Obama voting live. CNN is. Fox is showing it but talking over it." -- TPM's Evan McMorris Santoro. FishbowlDC Fan Club President: WaPo's Gene Weingarten Self-appointed Editor-at-Large: BuzzFeed's McCay Coppins Mascot who dresses up like a fish: DCist's Ben Freed Cheerleader: Fmr. Daily Caller scribe Michelle Fields. Creative services: AP Spokesman Paul Colford. Prayer leader: Stylist Paul Wharton. Peter Ogburn contributed to this report.

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