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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
ANDREW SULLIVAN CRITICIZES ME for not voting for Harold Ford, Jr., saying that a libertarian would have supported him. — But Ford voted for the detainee military commissions bill, which Sullivan regards as anathema. And he took a hard-line stance on immigration.
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Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Poll: Senate within Dems' grasp, but pitfalls remain — Control of the chamber could hinge on the outcomes in Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia. — Washington — Democrats are within range of capturing a Senate majority, but face potentially decisive resistance from rural voters …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Is Ken Mehlman kidding? We should ask Harold Ford — The answer to Josh's question is no. He's a guy who isn't afraid to smear people with racism. He's a rich white guy who can spot insanely offensive racism instantly—except when he has a hand in it. He only pays the bills …
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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.
Kate Phillips / The Caucus:Tennessee Mud: Of Porn and Substance
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Alabama Liberation Front, Don Surber, The News Blog, Tennessee Guerilla Women and AMERICAblog
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Limbaugh Says Actor Fox Exaggerates Effects of Disease in Ads — Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh attacked actor Michael J. Fox for inserting his halting voice into the U.S. Senate campaign in Missouri, suggesting Fox was "acting" in a commercial where he's shown shaking …
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rushlimbaugh.com:
Michael J. Fox Is Not Infallible; He's Just the Latest Victim Used by the Democrat — RUSH: One of the big issues in the Missouri Senate race — as you know, we touched on it yesterday — is the Michael J. Fox commercial which is entirely misleading and which is in itself an attack ad …
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steeleformaryland.com:
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: — Cardin Voted Against Stem Cell Research for Pure Political Gain — TEMPLE HILLS, MD - Today, Michael Steele released the following statement setting the record straight on stem cell research: — Michael Steele said, "There is only one candidate in this race …
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Dafydd / Big Lizards:
The Obama Drama — (The "Elections" category refers to '08, not '06 — forwarned is forsworn!) — So I'm just settling back down into my Hume-watching seat (which is generally lying prone on the carpet drinking a stiff apple martini through a Crazy Straw) — having previously leapt …
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ABCNEWS:
The Note: Pending: Six Days of November Surprises — It Isn't a "Surprise" If You Expect It — By MARK HALPERIN, DAVID CHALIAN, TEDDY DAVIS, TAHMAN BRADLEY, and EMILY O'DONNELL with KARUNA SESHASAI, MONA RAPHAEL, and MICHELLE DUBERT — How the (liberal) Old Media plans to cover the last two weeks of the election:
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Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:
It's the Politics, Stupid — Gail Collins couldn't do bupkis for women in journalism. That's because there's only so much journalists themselves can do about the problems of women and punditry. — Gail Collins stepped down earlier this month as editor of the New York Times opinion pages.
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Jennifer Medina / The Empire Zone:
Correction: Joe and 'Stay the Course' — Senator Joseph I. Lieberman has used the phrase "stay the course" several times in discussing the war in Iraq in recent years, echoing a key phrase of the White House, contrary to an article published today in The Times.
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Leef Smith / Washington Post:
Some Voting Machines Chop Off Candidates' Names — Computer Glitch Affects Voters in 3 Jurisdictions; Error Cannot Be Fixed by Nov. 7 — U.S. Senate candidate James Webb's last name has been cut off on part of the electronic ballot used by voters in Alexandria, Falls Church and Charlottesville …
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Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
Rep. Reynolds set to face ethics panel — WASHINGTON - The House Republican campaign chairman and the speaker of the House are likely to be at odds this week as they testify about the handling of ex-Rep. Mark Foley (news, bio, voting record)'s come-ons to male pages.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Obama Offers More Variations From the Norm — Senator Barack Obama, the Illinois Democrat who said Sunday that he was considering running for president in 2008, created a little sunlight on Monday between himself and both Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton. — For one thing, he said that as a youth he had inhaled.
Bill Dedman / MSNBC:
Can the '20th hijacker' of Sept. 11 stand trial? — Aggressive interrogation at Guantanamo may prevent his prosecution — Bill Dedman — Mohammed al-Qahtani, detainee No. 063, was forced to wear a bra. He had a thong placed on his head. He was massaged by a female interrogator who straddled him like a lap dancer.
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush's new tack steers clear of 'stay the course' — Phrase became liability for GOP in election year … Today show — President Bush and his aides are annoyed that people keep misinterpreting his Iraq policy as "stay the course." A complete distortion, they say.
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 …
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Blaine Harden / Washington Post:
Solidly Republican, Suddenly in Doubt — COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — It is, perhaps, the political equivalent of hell freezing over in the interior West. — This red state where conservative Republicans routinely wipe the floor with hapless Democrats has a Republican running for Congress who just might lose.
Washington Post:
U.S. Officials: Iraqi Security Could be Ready in 12-18 Months — Ambassador Says Iraqi Political Leaders 'Must Step Up' — Top U.S. officials in Iraq today predicted that Iraqi security forces could be largely self-sufficient within 12 to 18 months and said the Iraqi government is building …
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Seats in Danger, Democrats Proclaim Their Conservatism — Listening to Congressional candidates in middle Georgia, it is easy for someone to think that he is in a different year and, possibly, a different country. — Democrats defend themselves against accusations that they are rubber stamps for their party's leadership.
Richard Holbrooke / Washington Post:
Three Choices, Mr. President — The Least Bad Option on Iraq: Disengagement and Damage Control — Dear Mr. President: — As soon as the midterm elections are over — and regardless of their outcome — you will have to make the most consequential decision of your presidency …
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Think Progress:
Rumsfeld Agrees Bush Is 'Not Backing Away From Stay The Course' — Faced with widespread disappoval of its Iraq policy, the Bush administration launched a coordinated effort this week to convince Americans it has never had a stay-the-course strategy in Iraq. On Sunday, President Bush said, "We've never been stay the course."
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