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11:50 AM ET, November 6, 2006

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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
THAT AWFUL PEW POLL:  —  John Judis and I have been e-mailing about the alarming Pew poll that came out today.  It reflects the same trends captured by that earlier Washington Post/ABC poll, except that the trends are, gulp, even more pronounced.  Worse, the folks at Pew have graciously posted …
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USA Today:
Polls: Dems' lead shrinking, but still strong  —  WASHINGTON — A national USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds remarkable parallels between the congressional elections Tuesday and the watershed elections in 1994 that swept Republicans into control of the House and Senate.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
A Look Inside That Pew Poll  —  Pew Research has published its crosstabs for the poll that shows the Republicans tightening up the race, which I linked last night.  The internals deliver even more bad news to the Democrats, as significant leads in several demographic categories have been cut drastically or wiped out entirely.
Pew Research Center:
Republicans Cut Democratic Lead in Campaign's Final Days
Walter Shapiro / Salon:
Can the Democrats stay afloat?
New York Times:
Bush Trumpets Hussein Verdict to Rally Support  —  President Bush on Sunday seized on the conviction of Saddam Hussein as a milestone in Iraq, seeking to rally Republican voters with the issue of national security as some polls suggested that his party might be making gains in the final hours of the campaign.
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Washington Post:
Parties Crank Up Voter Turnout Efforts  —  Amid the Last-Minute Blitz, Some Polls Hold Positive Signs for Republicans  —  Republicans seized on signs of movement in their direction yesterday as they unleashed a massive election-eve voter mobilization operation in an effort …
New York Times:
The Saddam Hussein Verdict
Josh White / Washington Post:
Soldiers in Iraq Say Pullout Would Have Devastating Results  —  For the U.S. troops fighting in Iraq, the war is alternately violent and hopeful, sometimes very hot and sometimes very cold.  It is dusty and muddy, calm and chaotic, deafeningly loud and eerily quiet.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Troops Speak Out Against Withdrawal
CNN:
Poll: Bush approval rating dips to 35 percent  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush's popularity has dipped to 35 percent, according to a new CNN poll, with 41 percent of likely voters saying their disapproval of his performance will affect their vote in Tuesday's elections for control of Congress.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and AMERICAblog
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CNN:
Soldier dies of wounds from Afghanistan battle  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) — An American soldier has died from wounds received during fighting in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Monday.  —  U.S. Army Specialist Isaiah Calloway, of Jacksonville, Fla., died Oct. 30, the U.S. military said.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Vote Theft, Robocalls, and Terry Nelson  —  Terry Nelson, an unindicted co-conspirator in the TRMPAC Tom Delay scandal, and the boss of Jim Tobin, the convicted felon in the NH phone-jamming case, is the head of opposition research for the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee.
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James W. Pindell / Boston Globe:
Automated GOP calls may break N.H. law
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Rove's Dirty Little Surprise
Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla
New York Post:
A GOP MASSACRE: A BLOODY TUESDAY  —  THE latest polls portend disaster for the Republican Party tomorrow.  The House appears to be gone; the Senate is teetering on the brink.  —  John Zogby's polling is tracking 15 swing House districts, and he finds Democratic leads in 13.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and QandO
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Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:   Democrats straining for knockout punch
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Hastert May Face Post-Election Unrest  —  Foley Scandal Just One of Speaker's Problems  —  House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert's future is in doubt even if the Republicans retain control of the House because of unease among GOP lawmakers about his handling of the Foley page scandal …
James Q. Wilson / Opinion Journal:
The Press at War  —  What ever happened to patriotic reporters?  —  We are told by careful pollsters that half of the American people believe that American troops should be brought home from Iraq immediately.  This news discourages supporters of our efforts there.  Not me, though: I am relieved.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Underdog Ford Gets a Little Help From His Illinois Friend  —  NASHVILLE — In his race for U.S. Senate, Rep. Harold E. Ford Jr. (D) has been outspent by millions, and his image has been battered by a barrage of negative ads, including the now-infamous spot with a blonde floozy that has been pulled off the air.
John / Argghhh!:
ATTACK ON THE FORTRESS OF SNARKITUDE!  —  Project Valour-IT, a program which has provided over 650 voice-activated laptops to wounded warriors so they can reconnect with family, friends, and the Internet, needs your help!  The campaign in Iraq is a war of IEDs, which results in many traumatic amputations …
Discussion: Sgt Hook and Instapundit.com
Francis Elliott / Independent:
Allow 'active euthanasia' for disabled babies, doctors urge  —  Doctors are urging health regulators to consider allowing the "active euthanasia" of severely disabled newborn babies.  —  The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology has put forward the option of permitting mercy killings …
Discussion: GINA COBB and Blogs for Bush
 
 
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Ready for a New Party-in-Trouble
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Gallup Poll:
Democrats Lead Republicans in House Vote by Seven Points
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Nick Schulz / TCS Daily:
TCS on Election 2006  —  EDITOR'S NOTE: Every year the President gives …
Associated Press:
GOP rep. faults White House on Iraq site
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Cliff Schecter:
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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Dole: Dems 'Content With Losing' in Iraq
Greg Gordon / Real Cities:
FBI willing to go undercover in Congress if necessary
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Rasmussen Reports:
Webb and Allen Dead Even
River / Baghdad Burning:
When All Else Fails...  ... Execute the dictator.  It's that simple.
Christopher Drew / New York Times:
New Telemarketing Ploy Steers Voters on Republican Path
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Associated Press:
DICK CHENEY TO SPEND ELECTION DAY HUNTING
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush Says U.S. Pullout Would Let Iraq Radicals Use Oil as a Weapon
 

 
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