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NAACP: Tenn. Senate ad plays to racism — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A political TV ad targeting a black candidate for Senate contains what critics, including the NAACP, are calling racist sexual innuendo about a black man and white woman. — The Republican National Committee ad began airing Friday …

Discussion: Volunteer Voters, The Huffington Post, electioncentral.tpmcafe.com, Blue Crab Boulevard, Nashville for the 21st Century, Wonkette, The Democratic Daily, Pajamas Media and SayUncle

ABCNEWS:
Politicians Get Nasty — With Midterm Elections Days Away, Ad Campaigns Are Getting Ugly

Discussion: Political Animal and Obsidian Wings

Richard Kerbaj / The Australian:

Muslim leader blames women for sex attacks — THE nation's most senior Muslim cleric has blamed immodestly dressed women who don't wear Islamic headdress for being preyed on by men and likened them to abandoned "meat" that attracts voracious animals. — In a Ramadan sermon …

Discussion: Hot Air, Tim Blair, Pajamas Media and Dhimmi Watch

Diana Jean Schemo / New York Times:

Federal Rules Back Single-Sex Public Education — The Bush administration is giving public school districts broad new latitude to expand the number of single-sex classes, and even schools, in what is widely considered the most significant policy change on the issue since …

Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister, TAPPED, Unfogged, Balkinization, Secular Blasphemy, Eduwonk.com, Matthew Yglesias and Althouse

New York Times:

A Congressional Endorsement — The most fundamental rule of democracy is that when elected officials fail repeatedly, voters throw them out of office. If the polls are anywhere near accurate, most Americans have concluded that the Republican Party — particularly the Republican majority …

Discussion: TAPPED, DownWithTyranny!, NewsBusters.org and Showdown 06

Mark Tran / Guardian:

US soldier to voice Iraq conflict opposition — A US marine will today go public with his opposition to the war in Iraq as part of a campaign to petition Congress to bring US troops home. — Sergeant Liam Madden - who was against the war even before being sent to Iraq with his unit in late 2004 …

Discussion: Blogs for Bush, Bring it On!, Just World News and Facing South

Associated Press:

Michael J. Fox ads for Democrats spark backlash — NEW YORK (AP) — The campaign ad opens with a familiar boyish face, now atop a body that sways uncontrollably. Michael J. Fox, wearing a shirt and suit jacket, talks directly to the camera. — "They say all politics is local …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Hullabaloo, The Next Hurrah and Talking Points Memo

Washington Post:

For Governor in Maryland — WHEN HE RAN for governor of Maryland four years ago, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s claim to the job seemed to rest on little more than a sense of entitlement and a telegenic, genial personality. In fits and starts, though, he has grown in the role to become a generally proficient …

Discussion: Power Line, Hot Air, Soccer Dad and Dogwood Pundit

James Taranto / Opinion Journal:

Best of the Web — Our item yesterday in which we reaffirmed our support for the liberation of Iraq brought some very interesting reader comments. This is from an American there who asks not to be named: … Reader Russ Daniel makes an interesting point about the media side of the war:

Discussion: Winds of Change.NET

The Prowler / American Spectator:

CNN Terrorist Outreach — Much has been written about CNN's decision last week to run portions of a video provided to the news network via a group identified by CNN as "the Islamic Army of Iraq." — This video, shot by the insurgent groups as propaganda for the Muslim world …

Discussion: Hot Air and Hyscience