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9:55 AM ET, October 30, 2006

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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
On Eve of Election, New Democrats Declare Intraparty War
Discussion: The American Street
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:   Trouble in Our Big Tent?
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
The Story Behind the Polls  —  What's with the polls?  —  In 2004, the electorate that went to the polls or voted absentee was, according to the adjusted NEP exit poll, 37 percent Democratic and 37 percent Republican.  In party identification, it was the most Republican electorate since …
Gaius / Blue Crab Boulevard:
Are You Kidding Me?  —  What in the hell is wrong with the left today?  What makes them think this is acceptable?  ANOTHER incident of putting someone in blackface. … This is sick.  —  UPDATE: Would-be commeters really should read the comment policy on the "About" page.
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James Glanz / New York Times:
U.S. Is Said to Fail in Tracking Arms for Iraqis  —  The American military has not properly tracked hundreds of thousands of weapons intended for Iraqi security forces and has failed to provide spare parts, maintenance personnel or even repair manuals for most of the weapons given to the Iraqis …
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Midterm Vote May Define Rove's Legacy  —  Big Losses Could Dim Aura of Bush Adviser  —  By many calculations, Democrats are ready to make big gains in the midterm elections, enough to take over the House and possibly the Senate.  But White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten …
John Ferro / The Journal News:
Dead voters continue to cast ballots in New York  —  Steven T. Vermilye was a home inspector and general contractor who grew up in Croton-on-Hudson - he and his father helped build the boat launch at Senasqua Park - went to college in Texas and settled in New Paltz in 1971.
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George E. Condon Jr / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Hunter set to announce presidential bid  —  Some surprised by lawmaker's timing  —  WASHINGTON - With his prized committee chairmanship very much in peril, Rep. Duncan Hunter is poised to announce today that he is considering a long-shot run for the White House.
Rinker Buck / Hartford Courant:
Johnson Losing Her Hold?  —  Courant/UConn Poll Paints Picture Of Vulnerable Incumbent, Gives Murphy 4 Percentage Point Lead In 5th District  —  U.S. Rep. Nancy Johnson's vulnerability as an incumbent - a subject of intense speculation all year in her central Connecticut district …
CNN:
CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER  —  Interview With Zalmay Khalilzad; Interview With Senators Lugar, Biden  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  WOLF BLITZER, HOST: It's 11 a.m. in Washington and here in New York, 8 a.m. in Los Angeles …
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TRex / Firedoglake:
Late Nite FDL: Lynne Cheney is not a Good Man
Discussion: CNN
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Liberal Republican Suburb Turns Furious With G.O.P.  —  The M.B.A.'s have had it.  The engineers are fuming.  —  For as long as anyone here can remember, Bellevue has been a stronghold of socially liberal Republicanism.  First, it was a prosperous Seattle bedroom community …
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan
ABCNEWS:
'Go Ahead, Put Marks on Me'  —  Second Dancer: Alleged Duke Lacrosse Rape Victim Said to Bruise Her  —  ABC News Law & Justice Unit  —  The second dancer in the Duke rape case has said for the first time that the accuser told her to "go ahead, put marks on me" after the alleged attack.
Discussion: The Corner
Washington Post:
Debate Puts Steele on Defense  —  Republican Michael S. Steele struggled to soften his long-held views on touchstone social issues yesterday after being challenged repeatedly on his conservative beliefs during his final televised debate in the campaign for Maryland's open U.S. Senate seat.
Discussion: Power Line
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Absent Without Leave  —  Early voting may result in late election results.  —  This year more voters than ever will cast ballots early.  The result may be that we get the final election results late.  It's possible we won't know which party controls either house of Congress for days …
Christopher Bodeen / Associated Press:
100 Americans die in Iraq during October  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - At least 80 people were killed or found dead in Iraq on Monday, including 33 victims of a bomb attack on laborers lined up to find a days work in Baghdad's Sadr city Shiite slum.  The U.S. military announced the death of the 100th service member killed in combat this month.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
The Decline Of Trust  —  In 1995 Francis Fukuyama came out with a book called "Trust," in which he argued that a society's capacity for cooperation underpins its prosperity.  The same year, Robert Putnam's famous article, "Bowling Alone," lamented that the United States was depleting its stock of precious social capital.
 
 
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BBC 'not crammed full of soft liberals' says deputy chief
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A Centurion's E-mails  —  Through the eyes of a frontline fighter …
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What's The Difference Between You And Me?
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October 2006: McCaskill and Talent deadlocked
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