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Lieberman's Words on the War Show Some Shifts Over the Years — The widely watched campaign for United States Senate here has largely been a war of words over the war in Iraq — a war, primarily, over the words of the incumbent, Joseph I. Lieberman. — Ned Lamont, who upset Mr. Lieberman …
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John O'Neil / New York Times:
General May Increase U.S. Troop Levels in Baghdad
General May Increase U.S. Troop Levels in Baghdad
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Bush Abandons Phrase 'Stay the Course' on Iraq
Bush Abandons Phrase 'Stay the Course' on Iraq
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Steven Thomma / Real Cities:
GOP holds narrow lead in must-win Senate races — WASHINGTON — Republican Senate candidates have fought back to regain an edge in two key races, pivotal battlegrounds that could determine which party controls the Senate, according to a series of new McClatchy-MSNBC polls.
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MSNBC:
Polls: Democrats closer to taking Senate control — But polls show no evidence of a national Democratic 'tidal wave' … Today show — NBC News Election Unit — NEW YORK - Two weeks out from the midterm elections, a second round of MSNBC/McClatchy polls, conducted by Mason-Dixon in eight states …
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Tom Bevan / TIME:
When It Rains, It Pours — Harold Ford, Jr. is on a bit of a streak at the moment, and it's not the favorable kind. His press-conference crashing stunt last week seems to have backfired. He's also now involved in a war of words with Steve Cohen, the Democrat running to replace him in TN-9 …
vote.com:
'06 ELEX: BACK TO TOSS-UP — The latest polls show something very strange and quite encouraging is happening: The Republican base seems to be coming back home. This trend, only vaguely and dimly emerging from a variety of polls, suggests that a trend may be afoot that would deny the Democrats control of the House and the Senate.
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Ali Bubba / Alabama Liberation Front:
RNC anti-Ford ad, deconstructed
RNC anti-Ford ad, deconstructed
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Democrats Urge Their Flush Candidates to Share the Wealth — The balance in the campaign account of Representative Martin T. Meehan, Democrat of Massachusetts, is $4,886,325. It is a muscular sum for a member of the House, and ordinarily it would be hailed as an exhibit of fund-raising savvy.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Hunter asks Blitzer, "Does CNN want America to win this thing?" — Hunter asked Rumsfeld on Friday to disembed CNN's reporters as punishment for airing pointless jihadi snuff. Blitzer had him on today to talk things over. — A meeting of the minds was not in the cards.
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Noah Brenner / Jackson Hole Guide:
Debate gets personal — Sunday's acrimonious debate between candidates for Wyoming's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives reportedly got quite personal away from the podiums as incumbent Barbara Cubin allegedly threatened to slap Libertarian challenger Thomas Rankin.
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Jerry Adler / Newsweek:
Remember Global Cooling? — Why scientists find climate change so hard to predict. — Hot and Cold: Signs of global warming at a dried-up pond in China in August 2006 (left) and a 1975 NEWSWEEK report on the threat of global cooling. — In April, 1975, in an issue mostly taken …
Pete Du Pont / Opinion Journal:
Bleak House — Republicans deserve to lose, but what happens if Democrats win? — Two weeks from tonight America is going to be different—first politically and then substantively—for Democrats will likely take control of the House, and move public policy in very liberal directions.
Eduardo Porter / New York Times:
This Time, It's Not the Economy — In many ways, the economy has not looked so good in a long time. — The price of gas at the pump has tumbled since midsummer. Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in more than five years. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average …
Joel Lang / Hartford Courant:
Poll: War Evens Up Race In 4th District — The race between incumbent Republican Chris Shays and Democrat Diane Farrell for Connecticut's 4th Congressional District is now tied and is being driven more than ever by the war in Iraq, according to a new poll commissioned by The Courant.
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
For a Top Democrat, Further Climb Seems Out — Representative Jane Harman has gained national prominence as the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, but even her supporters now concede that she is unlikely to become chairman if her party wins control of the House.
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Rising Radical Center — HANCOCK, Mich. — President Bush's six-year effort to create an enduring Republican majority based on a right-leaning coalition is on the verge of collapse. The way he tried to create it could have the unintended consequence of opening the way for an alternative majority.
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Candy Crowley / CNN:
Democrats fight historical labels — WASHINGTON (CNN) — On the cusp of an election that could overturn the Republican majority on Capitol Hill, I jokingly asked a senior Democratic aide whether he had ordered new business cards to reflect majority status. — "Don't underestimate our ability to blow it," he said.
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Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Latino and black voters reassessing ties to GOP — Clergy and other leaders say promises haven't been kept. — WASHINGTON — A major effort to draw Latinos and blacks into the Republican Party, a central element of the GOP plan to build a long-lasting majority, is in danger of collapse amid anger …
Redstate:
Spending Is The Problem — RedState is pleased to welcome Virginia's Senator George Allen to the front page. We'll be keeping this up top for a while. You can scroll down for more recent content. — "Congress doesn't have a revenue problem. It has a spending problem."
broadcastingcable.com:
Women Scarcer On Evening News — B&C Contributing Editor Andrew Tyndall analyzed the first six weeks of Katie Couric's tenure atop the CBS Evening News and found that woman have gotten fewer assignments. — When former Today host Katie Couric arrived at the anchor chair of the CBS Evening News …