Friday on the Dish, Andrew made the moral case for Obama, calling him the "best conservative president since Bill Clinton. He then dismantled Peggy Noonan's Obama takedown and accused her of Romnesia - or lying.

Then as Murray Waas reported on Romney's persecution of gay parents, Nate Cohn analyzed both candidates' paths to victory in Ohio and Brendan Nyhan unpacked media-fueled momentum narratives. Meanwhile, forty percent of the country confused the pro-choice and pro-life parties, John McCrain imagined the consequences of killing the Electoral College, and as Seth Masket noted Obama's field office advantage, Drum suspected Obama's ground game advantage is overstated. 

Earlier in the day, third-quarter GDP came in at 2.0%, Josh Barro said Gary Johnson would be an economic disaster and Charles R. Morris argued that over-developed finance industries harmed manufacturing. Suderman then previewed post-election politics, Kate Dailey provided numbers on early voting and Douglas Labier explored the psychology of political lies. And as John Warner confessed that he's overwhelmed by this election season, Michael Hastings defended Valerie Jarrett and Obama rolled out new Florida-focused ads. Mark Bowden then discussed how the drug war evolved and as Colorado's marijuana legalization looked poised to pass, its police continued to arrest 10,000 pot-smokers a year.

In international commentary, Hussein Agha and Robert Malley surveyed Islamists' transition to power and Tim Padgett likened Mourdock's abortion stance to those in Latin America. 

Alice Dreger then explained the sex lives of Siamese twins, tennis' first professional trans player expressed ambivalence about her legacy and Amanda Hess considered the demand for condom-free porn. Jeff Masters then examined where Sandy will hit, as Bill McKibben saw the hurricane as a preview of future natural disasters. Teju Cole explored Nigeria's "jungle justice," assisted suicide prolonged life and the era of brownstones dimmed. VFYW here, MHB here and a dog dressed as Paw Ryan for Halloween.

The rest of the wrap after the jump: