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Richard Bell / www.johnkerry.com blog:
HOW DO YOU SPELL DESPERATION? G.O.P. — Want to know what desperation looks like? — Here's what Bill Frist and Ken Mehlman sent out yesterday in a desperation email fundraiser. They're scared to death that John Kerry and Ted Kennedy ponied up to elect Democrats. — Let's see their $2 million, and raise them.
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Thanks, Howie — Howie Klein has worked tirelessly on the Blue America project this year. He has interviewed countless candidates, hosted interviews of those with progressive values in his weekly Blue America column, produced radio and internet ads on their behalf and now working …
New York Times:
The Senate Race in Connecticut — The Congressional elections are very much about America's problems in Iraq. But the campaigns have shed little light on exactly what should happen next. Nowhere is that more true than in Connecticut. The two leading candidates, Ned Lamont and Joseph Lieberman …
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Bob Lewis / Associated Press:
Webb: Democrats will provide Iraq remedy — RICHMOND, Va. - The only remedy to a series of Iraq policy failures by President Bush is a Democratic takeover of Congress in the Nov. 7 election, Virginia Senate candidate Jim Webb said Saturday. — The former Republican, who was President …
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Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
Tangled Webb — Cognitive dissonance in Virginia. … Yowie. We don't often hear rude talk like that up here in Arlington, Virginia, straight across the river from Washington, D.C. Here the leafy, winding streets are lined with Priuses and Volvos and the bumper stickers say "Visualize World Peace" and "Goddess Power."
Dan / Riehl World View:Kos: Thank You, Sir - May I Have Another
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Don Michak / Journal Inquirer:
Biden, calling Iraq 'rathole' backs Courtney and Lamont, but says he won't campaign against Lieberman — U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Delaware Democrat and a leading critic of President Bush and the war in Iraq, on Friday backed Vernon Democrat Joseph D. Courtney in his rematch with U.S. Rep. Robert R. Simmons, R-2nd District.
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Marcus Mabry / Newsweek:
Too Little, Too Late? — President Bush made a big show this week of reevaluating his Iraq policy. It made a difference-but only with his base and only at the margins. The new NEWSWEEK poll finds likely voters still favoring the Democrats. — Marl Wilson / Getty Images — Change in the Air?
Cenk Uygur / The Huffington Post:
O'Reilly's Big Lie on Letterman — Bill O'Reilly at one point in his face off with David Letterman attempted to stump Letterman and prove Iraq had ties to terrorism by sighting Ansar al-Islam. According to O'Reilly, Ansar al-Islam was a terrorist group tied to al-Qaeda who was in Iraq before the war working with Saddam Hussein.
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:Letterman vs. O'Reilly...Round Two...Fight!
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Congressman facing ethics flap — Staffers accuse Rep. Tim Murphy of wrongly mixing official duties, campaign work — By Gary Rotstein, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, who is seeking his third term in Congress, has mixed campaign activities and official government work …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:Ethics Report on Foley Not Expected Before Elections
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Ezra Klein:
Power — I can't recommend Jon Chait's new article on the failure of pro-growth economics highly enough. It's not merely the best, but possibly the only, primer on why the current economic moment seems so unsettled, the once-discredited labor-liberals so ascendant, and the Clinton crowd so quiet.
Kristin Jensen / Bloomberg:
Safavian Gets 18-Month Prison Term in Abramoff Case (Update2) — Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) — Former White House official David Safavian was sentenced to 18 months in prison for lying and obstructing justice in the investigation of disgraced Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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David Espo / Associated Press:
Dems spring surprise TV ad on Ryun — Washington — House Democrats launched a surprise television attack against Rep. Jim Ryun of Kansas on Friday night, hoping to increase the number of competitive races in the battle for control of Congress. — Ryun "voted against a $1,500 combat bonus for our troops …
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
Debra Dickerson: The GOP's failure to pitch its big tent — EXPLAINING INCOME INEQUALITY....It's worth reading Jon Chait's entire article about rising income inequality in the New Republic this week, but for my money here's the most important factoid to lodge firmly in your brain:
World Tribune.com:
Ongoing 'intifada' in France has injured 2,500 police in 2006 — This might have dropped below the radar, but Al Qaida and its allies are literally battling the Crusaders every day in Europe. And so far, Europe isn't doing so well. — "We are in a state of civil war, orchestrated by radical Islamists …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
He Said/She Said Woodshed — A number of commenters have objected to my characterization of Katie Couric's interview with Michael J. Fox. yesterday. Obviously I need to explain why I think it was wrong. — First of all, this is not actually a "controversy" in any legitimate sense.
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english.farsnews.ir:
US Republicans in Crisis — TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran's interim Friday Prayers Leader Seyed Ahmad Khatami stressed that the savage and devilish performance of the US President George W Bush has placed Republicans in a very critical condition. — Addressing a large fervent congregation …
Tim O'Brien / Albany Times Union:
Political foes pull out stops — Ex-president backs Gillibrand; Sweeney touts AMD in Malta — Click byline for more stories by writer. — COLONIE — In the Capital Region's most contentious congressional race Thursday, Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand reached for some national star power as U.S. Rep. John Sweeney got down to earth.
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