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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
G.O.P. Moves Fast to Reignite Issue of Gay Marriage — The divisive debate over gay marriage, which played a prominent role in 2004 campaigns but this year largely faded from view, erupted anew on Thursday as President Bush and Republicans across the country tried to use a court ruling …
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Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Religious Conservatives Cheer Ruling on Gays as Wake-Up Call — The New Jersey court decision that gay couples are entitled to the same rights as heterosexual couples was bad news for social conservatives — the bad news they were hoping for. — "Pro-traditional-marriage organizations ought …
Drudge Report:
ALLEN'S REVENGE: EXPOSES UNDERAGE SEX SCENES IN OPPONENT'S NOVELS — Sen. George Allen, R-VA, unleashed a press release late Thursday that exposed his rival's fiction writing, which includes graphic underage sex scenes. — The press release, as provided by the Allen Campaign: — WEBB'S WEIRD WORLD
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rushlimbaugh.com:
Rush Apology: I Was Wrong. Fox Took Too Much Medication — RUSH: I want to make an apology here. You have number seven from the audio sound bite roster ready to go? All right, let her rip. — FOX: The symptoms that I had in the ad that I did, that's called dyskinesia, and that's actually from too much medication.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Good Morning, Creep — This Michael J. Fox controversy is making me more angry than I can remember being in a long time. There is something wrong with people who think like this: … If Michael J. Fox could still act he would be making millions of dollars acting in paying TV commercials, films or sitcoms.
Washington Post:
Rumsfeld Tells Iraq Critics to 'Back Off' — With his chorus of critics expanding deeper into Republican ranks, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told detractors yesterday to pull back as U.S. and Iraqi officials grapple with the uncertainties of laying out Iraq's course.
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Associated Press:
Poll: Middle class voters abandoning GOP — WASHINGTON - The 2006 election is shaping up to be a repeat of 1994. This time, Democrats are favored to sweep Republicans from power in the House after a dozen years of GOP rule. — Less than two weeks before the Nov. 7 election …
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Rick Perlstein / Chicago Tribune:
Democrats can win House, but can they keep it? — Colorado's 5th Congressional District is the home of James Dobson's conservative Focus on the Family and the Air Force Academy. It has been Republican since its inception in 1972. In 2004, George Bush won 66 percent of the vote there.
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Michael Grunwald / Washington Post:
The Year Of Playing Dirtier — Rep. Ron Kind pays for sex! — Well, that's what the Republican challenger for his Wisconsin congressional seat, Paul R. Nelson, claims in new ads, the ones with "XXX" stamped across Kind's face. — It turns out that Kind — along with more than 200 …
NEWS.com.au:
Muslim defenders back sheik's record — THE Islamic Friendship Council of Australia has fended off criticism of Muslim cleric Sheik Taj Aldin al-Hilaly, as his daughter sprung to his defence. — The council says all his good work has been forgotten in the rush to condemn him.
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Tim B. / Tim Blair:
"UNCOVERED MEAT IS THE DISASTER" — Sheik Sheik Sheik! — Sheik Sheik Sheik! — Sheik Hilali! — Shiek HiLAli! — KC & The Sunshine Band of Decadent Western Dancing Unpeople Who Must Die — IS IT possible to Sheik and spin at the same time?
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
Andrew Sullivan on The Conservative Soul — The Hugh Hewitt Show — HH: Joined now by Andrew Sullivan, author of The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How To Get It Back, in bookstores everywhere. I will link it at Hughhewitt.com a little bit later. We've got Andrew for the next hour and a half.
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David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
I.R.S. Going Slow Before Election — Mark W. Everson, commissioner of internal revenue, said he regularly discussed the potential impact of agency actions with senior staff members. "We are very sensitive to political perceptions," Mr. Everson said. — The commissioner of internal revenue …
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
The Sadr City Raids — Following up the raids in Sadr City; Maliki did approve of the raids — Targeting Sadr City. Image courtesy of MNF-Iraq. Click image to view. — The primary target of the joint Iraqi and U.S. raid inside Sadr city on October 25 was directed as Mahdi Army commander Abu Dura …
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Democrats Fear Disillusionment in Black Voters — Last weekend, Jim Webb, the Virginia Democrat who hopes to oust Senator George Allen, crammed in visits to 12 black churches, and for several weeks he has been pumping money into advertisements on black radio stations and in black newspapers.
Hotline On Call:
Seven Reasons Why Karl Rove Is Optimistic — Ok, well, actually, we can't break into Rove's head and we don't know why he's personally confident. Many speculate that the veneer of hope masks unalloyed fear. But here are seven reasons cited by people who also read "THE polls" …
David Stout / New York Times:
Bush, Signing Bill for Border Fence, Urges Wider Overhaul — President Bush signed into law on Thursday a bill providing for construction of 700 miles of added fencing along the Southwestern border, calling the legislation "an important step toward immigration reform."
Media Matters for America:
To back up claims of a "liberal media," ABC's Halperin said liberal 527s "spent millions" attacking Bush, but falsely suggested there were no similar groups on the right … On the October 23 edition of ABC Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show, ABC News political director Mark Halperin falsely suggested …
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
In the Libby Case, A Grilling to Remember — With withering and methodical dispatch, White House nemesis and prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald yesterday sliced up the first person called to the stand on behalf of the vice president's former chief of staff. — If I. Lewis "Scooter" …
Paul Schindler / gaycitynews.com:
Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendlyAbsorbing Gay Pain & Praise, Clinton Says She's Evolved — In an appearance early Wednesday evening in front of roughly three-dozen LGBT leaders, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton indicated that she would not oppose efforts by Eliot Spitzer …
Eric Black / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Is that a fact: Ad twists Bachmann's crime views — A recent ad uses one Senate vote unfairly against the GOP candidate in the tight Sixth District race. — A highly deceptive ad by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee takes one vote out of context to distort congressional candidate Michele Bachmann's record on crime.
Gallup Poll:
What Democrats Would Do If They Win Control of Congress — Most Americans believe Democrats would set time-table for withdrawal from Iraq — PRINCETON, NJ — What will happen if the Democrats manage to win control of Congress in the Nov. 7 elections? This question is of more than academic interest.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The networks' refusal to accept ads for The Dixie Chicks documentary — (updated below) — The new documentary, Shut Up & Sing, chronicles the hostile and sometimes threatening conduct directed towards The Dixie Chicks after one of the group's members criticized the Commander-in-Chief …
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