One week before the election and four days after the FBI director revealed that his agency had come across a set of emails that may or may not be relevant to the Clinton email case, the race for the White House is suddenly, shockingly, close.

According to a new Washington Post/ABC News national tracking poll, Donald Trump now leads Hillary Clinton by one point 46 to 45 percent, which for all intents and purposes is a tie.

That's not even the worst of it as far as Democrats a concerned.

That same Washington Post/ABC News poll also showed that Trump voters are way more excited about their candidate than Clinton voters.

While 53 percent of likely Trump voters said they are "very enthusiastic" about Trump - just 43 of Clinton voters said the same about thing her.

This enthusiasm gap has grown significantly in the past week or so.

For now, at least, that ABC news poll is the only one that has Trump ahead or tied with Clinton at a national level, and aggregate polls still show the former Secretary of State with around a 5 point lead.

But things really are getting closer, especially in the swing states.

A new Elon University poll, for example, now shows a virtual tie between Clinton and Trump in North Carolina.

A new NBC News poll shows the same situation at play in Florida.

Obviously, Hillary Clinton still has a very good chance of winning this election, and these tightening poll numbers might just be the result of hardening partisanship 7 days before the conclusion of the nastiest presidential election in recent history.

But if the conspiracy theories are true and James Comey was trying to sabotage Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign -- or at least keep the election close enough for Republicans to keep the Senate -- it looks like he may have succeeded.

-Thom

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"NOT the first OCTOBER SURPRISE from the Republicans"
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"No, ‘Emailgate’ Is Not Worse Than Watergate... Nixon's Drug War Is!"
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Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: How Exactly Does the Right Think Hillary Will "Ruin" America?
- Carl Higbie, George Washington Leadership Foundation/Enemies, Foreign & Domestic: A SEAL’s Story

Article: "KKK’s official newspaper supports Donald Trump for president" by Peter Holley.

Article: "Militia groups prepare for armed revolt if Clinton wins: ‘Last chance to save America from ruin’" by Reuters.

Article: "Health care" by Hillary Clinton.

Article: "Prop 61 State Prescription Drug Purchases. Pricing Standards. Initiative Statute." by California Secretary of State.

Article: "Trump Camp Calls KKK Newspaper 'Repulsive' After Praise" by AP.

Site: "Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)".

Tweet: "So, to recap. Trump will go on trial in November accused of racketeering, and again in December accused of child rape...." by Salman Rushdie.

Article: "Dormant FBI Twitter account suddenly posts documents relating to 1992 Bill Clinton probe, enraging Democrats" by David Usborne.

Article: "John McCain: Republicans will block anyone Clinton names to the Supreme Court" by Ian Millhiser.

Article: "Ted Cruz raises possibility of keeping seat vacant on Supreme Court" by AP.

Article: "Sounds Like Republicans Intend to Never Fill the SCOTUS Vacancy if Hillary Clinton Is President" by Jim Newell.

Law: "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act", 1970 (RICO).

Article: "Voter caging" by Wikipedia

Article: "Pic Of The Moment: Want To Know Why This Election Isn't About Issues?" by EarlG.

Article: "Marco Rubio Quietly Undermines Affordable Care Act" by Robert Pear.

Encouraging Voting With The AFL-CIO In Ohio
- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)/Hillary for America

Article: "AFL-CIO president stops in Boardman to encourage voting" by Amanda Smith.

Article: "Card check" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Donald Trump’s Threat to Reject Election Results Alarms Scholars" by Max Fisher.

Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Article: "Open Enrollment Period" by healthcare.gov (Obamacare, November 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017).

Article: "What we know about Iowa police shooting suspect Scott Michael Greene" by Jason Silverstein.

Article: "Accused Iowa cop killer Scott Michael Greene taken into custody" by Reuters.

Article: "California Proposition 61, Drug Price Standards (2016)" by Ballotpedia.

FaceBook: "Obamacare Saved My Life".

Article: "What's Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap)?" by medicare.gov.

Article: "How do Medicare Advantage Plans work?" by medicare.gov.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Luke Vargas

Video: Trump, America's Duterte... (w/Guest: Richard Greene).

Article: "Duterte: It's Russia, China, PH 'against the world'" by ABS-CBN News.

Article: "Opposition by US senator stops rifle sale to PHL".

Article: "Philippines' Duterte rails at U.S. 'monkeys' for halting gun sale" by Reuters.

Article: "Philippines–United States relations" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Duterte confirms FVR resignation as special envoy to China" by Aaron Lozada.

Article: "Beijing's influence to rise as Malaysian PM Najib Razak seeks lucrative deals in China" by Lindsay Murdoch.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman

Hour Three: What's the Libertarian Fix For America's Healthcare Crisis?
- Charles Sauer, The Market Institute

Site: Atlas MD.

Article: "Psoas major muscle" by Wikipedia.

Article: "White Nationalist’s Pro-Trump Robocall: Evan McMullin Is Gay" by Gideon Resnick.

Who Will Fight For Rural America?
- Secretary Tom Vilsack, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture/Hillary for America

Article: "Clinton ready to respond to rural America’s needs" by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

Article: "Donald Trump Proposes to Double Hillary Clinton’s Spending on Infrastructure" by Alan Rappeport.

Article: "Millions of Americans Have Already Voted. So Who’s Winning?" by Osita Nwanevu.

Video: How the Koch Brothers Rose to Power.

Book: Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty by Daniel Schulman.

Article: "John Birch Society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Matador Ranch" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Article: "Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement" (TPP) by EFF.

Article: "Poll Of Likely 2016 Voters" by GBA Strategies on behalf of the Progressive Change Institute.

Tweet: "BREAKING: woman who sued Donald Trump for child rape breaks her silence today. http://ow.ly/5gbR305MW3N" by Lisa Bloom.

Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

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Quiz: Which candidate would let current borrowers refinance their student loans at the current federal interest rate?

Vote here!

Q: Who Said Negotiating Medicare Drug Prices Could Save $300 Billion Per Year?

A: Donald Trump, but GOP House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady is against negotiating. Hillary Clinton would allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, as would Jill Stein. Gary Johnson doesn't have a health care section on his web site.

Dr. Richard Wolff - Treachery At The Fed?

GOP Planning On Bypassing Obstructionism & Going Straight to Sedition?

What's Killing 1 Million Sea Creatures Annually?

Full Show 11/1/2016: Has Comey Sabotaged Clinton’s Election Chances?

On tonight’s Big Picture, Thom is joined on the Politics Panel by Bryan Pruitt of Redstate.com and Alex Lawson of Social Security Works to discuss FBI Head Comey’s sabotage of Hillary Clinton, Senator Burr’s call for sedition over the Supreme Court, and House Speaker Paul Ryan’s cowardly vote for Donald Trump. Economist and author Richard Wolff discusses where Fed Chair Janet Yellen will go with the upcoming interest race decision and how it will affect the U.S. Presidential election.

What's The Libertarian Solution For America's Healthcare Crisis? (w/Guest: Charles Sauer)

Where Is The Wall-To-Wall Coverage When The Bad Guy Is White?

Are Union Members Really Voting For Trump? (w/Guest: Sen. Sherrod Brown)

Callers Talk Back To Conservative Talking Points on Obamacare!

How Exactly Does The Right Claim Hillary Will Ruin America? (w/Guest: Carl Higbie)