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INTERNAL POLL SUGGESTS HASTERT COULD DEVASTATE GOP — WASHINGTON — House Republican candidates will suffer massive losses if House Speaker Dennis Hastert remains speaker until Election Day, according to internal polling data from a prominent GOP pollster, FOX News has learned.

The Blotter:

Three More Former Pages Accuse Foley of Online Sexual Approaches — Brian Ross, Rhonda Schwartz & Maddy Sauer Report: — Three more former congressional pages have come forward to reveal what they call "sexual approaches" over the Internet from former Congressman Mark Foley.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, CNN, Macsmind, Pajamas Media, Suburban Guerrilla, The Strata-Sphere, Hit and Run, Classical Values, Mia Culpa, Think Progress, Pam's House Blend, Stop The ACLU, Andrew Sullivan, The American Street and The Political Pit Bull

Tony Karon / Time:

TIME Poll: The Foley Sex Scandal Has Hurt G.O.P. Election Prospects — Two-thirds of those aware of the scandal believe Republican leaders attempted a cover-up, according to a new survey — Two-thirds of Americans aware of the congressional-page sex scandal believe Republican leaders tried …

Discussion: Dick Polman's American Debate and DownWithTyranny!

Collin Bishop / WGRZ-TV:

DAVIS SLIPS INTO LEAD OVER REYNOLDS — A new scientific telephone survey that was commissioned by 2 On Your Side shows Democratic challenger Jack Davis with a small lead over Republican Congressman Tom Reynolds. — The poll conducted by the company SurveyUSA asked the opinion of 482 likely voters …

Discussion: Daily Kos, Unclaimed Territory, Swing State Project, Capitol confidential and The Blue State

Rasmussen Reports:

61% Believe Republican Leaders Have Been Protecting Foley — Sixty-one percent (61%) of American adults believe that Republican leaders have been "protecting [Mark] Foley for several years." A Rasmussen Reports national opinion survey conducted Tuesday and Wednesday nights shows …

Discussion: NewsHog, MyDD, TIME and Scared Monkeys

Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:

Voters Say Scandals Will Affect Votes — Voters Polled by AP Say Scandals Will Affect Whom They Choose in Midterm Elections — Congressional Republicans, already struggling against negative public perceptions of Congress, now face voters who say new scandals will significantly influence their vote in November.

Discussion: Associated Press, Watcher of Weasels, DownWithTyranny!, The Carpetbagger Report, TalkLeft, The Moderate Voice, BluegrassReport.org, The Democratic Daily and MyDD

Associated Press:

Hastert takes blame for page scandal — House speaker says will work to protect teens working for Congress — WASHINGTON - House Speaker Dennis Hastert apologized and took responsibility on Thursday for the unfolding page sex scandal involving fellow Republican Mark Foley.

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, TAPPED, Legal Fiction, Norwegianity, The Blue State and TBogg

Andrew Buncombe / Independent:

Republicans face election disaster as e-mail sex scandal gathers pace — Beleaguered Republicans have been dealt a fresh blow by the publication of a new poll which suggests the Democrats are leading in 11 of 15 crucial races for the House of Representatives the clearest indication yet …

Discussion: Fox News, The Talent Show and The Carpetbagger Report

Jim Davenport / Associated Press:
Gingrich on page scandal: Democrats have done far worse

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Shakespeare's Sister, TPMCafe blogs, The Sundries Shack, DownWithTyranny!, PoliBlog, Donklephant and Nitpicker

CNN:
Former FBI head Freeh to examine page system

Discussion: The RBC, Associated Press, The Right Angle, Daily Kos, Pam's House Blend and Angry Bear

Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Bush's Megaphone Unable to Reach Above the Din

Discussion: Washington Post and Hotline On Call

Judd / Think Progress:
Pajamas Media, Instapundit Facilitate Outing Of Foley Victim

Discussion: Firedoglake, Outside The Beltway, Balloon Juice, Crooks and Liars, Confederate Yankee, Whiskey Bar, Norwegianity, TPMmuckraker, KnoxViews, Lean Left and Mia Culpa

MSNBC:
Hastert clings to power as scandal swirls

Discussion: USA Today and TPMmuckraker

CNN:
Page's family: Leave our 'hero' son alone

Discussion: Gateway Pundit

Bill Sammon / Examiner:
Cheney: GOP 'will retain control'

Discussion: TAPPED, Democrats.com and The Fix

Hartford Courant:

Ned And Ted Counter Joe — Everything, it seems, can be linked to partisan politics these days if you're U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman. — Wednesday, it was the struggling middle class, the Foley scandal, the failure of the Democratic Party to get a presidential candidate elected for eight years …

Discussion: TAPPED, MyDD, Norwegianity and Daily Kos

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Rasmussen Reports:
Connecticut Senate: Lieberman Lead Reaches Double Digits

Discussion: Hyscience

David Rennie / Telegraph:

Muslims are waging civil war against us, claims police union — Radical Muslims in France's housing estates are waging an undeclared "intifada" against the police, with violent clashes injuring an average of 14 officers each day. — As the interior ministry said that nearly 2,500 officers …

Discussion: Hot Air, TigerHawk, Atlas Shrugs, Moonbattery, BLACKFIVE, Power Line, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Little Green Footballs, Jihad Watch, PoliPundit.com, Infidel Bloggers Alliance, protein wisdom, The Adventures of Chester and Sensible Mom

Pew Research Center:

Iraq Looms Large in Nationalized Election — Congressional Race Unchanged After Foley's Resignation — Summary of Findings — Iraq has become the central issue of the midterm elections. There is more dismay about how the U.S. military effort in Iraq is going than at any point since the war began more than three years ago.

Discussion: Pollster and Donklephant

Washington Post:

Hastert Holds a Media Availability — SPEAKER: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DENNIS HASTERT (R-IL), — HASTERT: Well, thank you very much for everybody showing up today. — I'm sorry — you know, when you talk about the page issue and what's happened in the Congress, I'm deeply sorry that this has happened.

Discussion: AMERICAblog, The Moderate Voice and First Draft

Little Green Footballs:

Moronic Convergence: Last Gasp of the Socialist Geezers — It's a Michael Moore remake of Todd Browning's Freaks, in the World Can't Wait Day of Mass Resistance. El Marco was there and has a photo gallery at Flickr: Last Gasp NYC Oct. 5, 2006. — "Mass Resistance," in this case, being defined as: about a thousand people.

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, Moonbattery, Kesher Talk and Sister Toldjah

Ellen Si / Associated Press:

Dow Hits 3rd Straight Record Close — NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street rose modestly Thursday, nudging the Dow Jones industrial average to its third straight record high close as investors welcomed upbeat retail sales and jobless claims figures. — The Dow closed at 11,866.69, surpassing the record of 11,850.61 set Wednesday.

Discussion: Daily Pundit