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10:15 PM ET, October 29, 2006

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IAN / Hot Air:
Video: Harold Ford says Republicans don't love, but just fear God  —  Harold Ford Jr., the Tennessee Democrat running for the U.S. Senate, spoke to an audience in Paris, Tennesse on Saturday afternoon.  Quoting Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Ford Jr. told the crowd "Republicans fear the Lord, Democrats fear and love the Lord".
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Kleinheider / Volunteer Voters:
What's The Difference Between You And Me?  —  If you watched the debate last night, it is clear that Harold Ford is making a conscious attempt to both placate the fears, and grab the votes, of white evangelicals.  —  Most of his statements, actions, and positions have gone a long way to that end.
David / Crooks and Liars:
Liddy Dole Obsessed with Attacking Harold Ford
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Andrew Miga / Associated Press:
Lieberman says potential for leadership role helps candidacy  —  HARTFORD, Conn. —Sen. Joe Lieberman says the likelihood that he would take a leadership role if the Democrats take control of the Senate on Nov. 7 is helping him in his race against the endorsed Democrat in Connecticut.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Nitpicker
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Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Senate: The Debate Returns, Again, To War
Discussion: Connecticut Bob and LamontBlog
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Senate Democrats and Bill Clinton Stab Us In The Front
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Nico / Think Progress:
CNN's Wolf Blitzer Calls Out Lynne Cheney For 'Sniping At My Patriotism'  —  On Friday, Lynne Cheney repeatedly attacked CNN for having a liberal bias during a combative appearance on the Situation Room.  At one point, she criticized CNN for "running terrorist tapes, terrorists shooting Americans" …
MSNBC:
MTP Transcript for Oct. 29  —  Md. U.S. Senate candidates Rep. Ben Cardon (D), Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R)  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Only nine days until the midterm elections.  The Democrats must gain six seats to take control of the U.S. Senate.
Discussion: Angry Bear and PoliBlog
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euronews.net:
Silent march for dead youths in France's suburbs  —  Relatives and friends of two French teenagers who were electrocuted as they fled from police a year ago have gathered in Clichy-sous-Bois near Paris.  A plaque was unveiled in front of their school, and a wreath-laying ceremony was held …
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Little Green Footballs:
French Jawdropper of the Day  —  You think you've seen French appeasement at its worst.
Discussion: A Blog For All
Anthony Shadid / Washington Post:
This is Baghdad.  What could be worse?  —  There was an almost forgettable exchange earlier this month in the Iraqi National Assembly, itself on the fringe of relevance in today's disintegrating Iraq.  Lawmakers debated whether legislation should be submitted to a committee to determine if it was compatible with Islam.
Sharon Churcher / Daily Mail:
Americans snub invitation to pay $500,000 for Clinton birthday party  —  When America's liberal elite were offered the chance to pay up to $500,000 each (about £260,000) to attend Bill Clinton's 60th birthday extravaganza tonight - with the added promise of a private Rolling Stones concert - a packed house was expected.
ABCNEWS:
Michael J. Fox Fires Back at Critics  —  Actor Tells ABC News That Parkinson's Community Was Hurt by Limbaugh's Comments  —  Actor Michael J. Fox jokes that he may be short in stature, but he's still enough of a "big boy" to withstand criticism over his backing of embryonic stem cell research …
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
The Elephant in the Room  —  FOR years, Sheri Langham looked at the Republican politics of her parents as a tolerable quirk, one she could roll her eyes at and turn away from when the disagreements grew a bit deep.  —  But earlier this year, Ms. Langham, 37, an ardent Democrat …
Richard Kerbaj / The Australian:
Sheik Hilali praises Iraq jihadists  —  TAJ Din al-Hilali has praised militant jihadists in Iraq and Afghanistan, calling them men of the highest order for fighting against coalition forces - which include Australian soldiers - to "liberate" their homelands.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and Tim Blair
Redstate:
Loins & Breasts — Unfortunately We're Not Talking Pork & Poultry.  It's A Jim Webb Kinda Day!  —  Attention Virginia.  Sure, John Mark Karr's Jim Webb's supporters can hide behind the "it's just fiction" defense.  But you really want to do that?  Do you really want to defend a guy with that sort of imagination?
Jo Mannies / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
October 2006: McCaskill and Talent deadlocked  —  After all their ads, attacks and debates, Missouri's two major candidates for the U.S. Senate are heading into the campaign homestretch in roughly the same spot as they were almost a year ago — deadlocked.  —  U.S. Sen. Jim Talent …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
'Antiwar' and Other Fighting Words  —  DEMOCRATS have spent three decades trying to exorcise the ghost of Senator George S. McGovern, whose losing 1972 presidential campaign calling for a withdrawal from Vietnam crystallized his party's image as soft on national defense.
Daily Kos:
WY-AL: The Slap Effect  —  A new poll, commissioned by the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, shows Democrat Gary Trauner in a statistical dead heat with Republican Barbara "If You Weren't Sitting In That Chair, I'd Slap You Across The Face" Cubin.  Cubin leads Trauner by just under 4%, 44%-40.4%.
 
 
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
LIBERALS AND SOCIAL CHANGE....Over at The Corner, Jonah Goldberg recounts …
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Islam, Terror and the Second Nuclear Age
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Bush's lonely election season
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Condi comes clean on her Middle East views
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U.S. digs for vote-machine links to Hugo Chávez
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