SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:58 P.M. ET: 

YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UP – FROM BRITAIN'S ITV:  Donald Trump would be a danger to women and girls if elected president, Hillary Clinton warned as she desperately tried to shift the narrative away from the FBI's renewed investigation into her email practices.  Clinton used a speech in the key battleground state of Florida to launch a concerted attack on Trump's behaviour, accusing him of “demeaning, degrading and assaulting women” over 30 years.  “Look at what he does - he calls women ugly, disgusting, nasty, all the time. He calls women pigs, rates bodies on a scale of 1 to 10,” she said.  As opposed to her husband, whose respect for women is so well known.

A BIT GROSS – FROM THE NEW YORK POST:   This could blow up in her face!  Hillary Clinton may have lit the fuse for her victory celebration a little too soon — by planning an Election Night explosion of fireworks over the Hudson River, The Post has learned.  Law enforcement officials and the FDNY have been told to prepare for a barge-launched pyrotechnic display off Manhattan’s Javits Center, where Clinton and running mate Tim Kaine will join their supporters for the Nov. 8 vote count, sources said.  The aerial detonations would last for two minutes, with the triumphal celebration permitted to start as early as 9:30 p.m. — a mere half-hour after the polls close in New York, sources said.  Just remember that headline from 1948:  "Dewey Defeats Truman."

YOU CAN STILL SWITCH – FROM THE WASHINGTON TIMES:  Early voters who have buyer’s remorse can switch their votes before Election Day in several Midwestern states, and the Trump campaign is hoping to peel off some who backed Hillary Clinton but are having a rethink in the wake of the renewed FBI investigation into her emails.  Voters in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania are allowed to void their early or absentee ballots and cast a new vote. While normally not an issue, that could end up playing a bigger role this year, with October surprises and each campaign fighting vigorously to disqualify the other. Dan Scavino, who handles social media for Donald Trump, sent out a tweet on Tuesday telling early or absentee voters in the four states there was still time to switch if they regretted voting for Mrs. Clinton.   It may only change a handful of votes, but recall Florida in 2000.  A handful of votes decided a presidential election.

November 1, 2016