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9:40 AM ET, November 6, 2006

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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.
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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:
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.
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Will Saddam verdict affect Tuesday's vote?  —  Both parties applaud court decision, but talk turns to 'November surprise'  —  President Bush and politicians from both parties hailed the conviction of Saddam Hussein on Sunday but disagreed on its larger meaning as campaign strategists tried …
AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
Gallup Sees Same Slide  —  The USA Today/Gallup poll just out gives the Reps a perfect trifecta in the polls as, again, a huge lead is cut.  Today the Dems only enjoy a meager 7 percentage point lead over the Reps. A month ago it was a 23 point lead, and two weeks ago it was 13 points.
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Nearly Final Senate Polling Averages  —  Adding in the new Gallup Senate polls, which should nearly round out all of the Senate polling for this cycle, here are the latest, and nearly final, Senate polling averages for all of the races I have followed this cycle.  Big assist, as always, to Pollster.com:
Nadine Elsibai / Bloomberg:
Democrats Have Narrower Lead in Election, Polls Find (Update1)
Redstate:
The Turn of the Tide
Discussion: MyDD and Arena of Ideas
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
Associated Press:
DICK CHENEY TO SPEND ELECTION DAY HUNTING  —  Vice President Dick Cheney is shown while quail hunting in South Dakota.  —  Vice President Dick Cheney is shown while quail hunting in South Dakota.  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney will spend Election Day Tuesday …
Discussion: State of the Day and PoliBlog (TM)
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 …
Rasmussen Reports:
Webb and Allen Dead Even  —  Allen (R) 49% Webb (D) 49%  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports poll of the bitterly fought U.S. Senate race in Virginia shows the contest too close to call, with both Republican Senator George Allen and Democratic challenger James Webb collecting 49% (see crosstabs).
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Christopher Drew / New York Times:
New Telemarketing Ploy Steers Voters on Republican Path  —  An automated voice at the other end of the telephone line asks whether you believe that judges who "push homosexual marriage and create new rights like abortion and sodomy" should be controlled.  If your reply is "yes," …
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
Nick Schulz / TCS Daily:
TCS on Election 2006  —  EDITOR'S NOTE: Every year the President gives his State of the Union address.  And every two years, Americans get to deliver their sense of the state of the union by voting.  So what will it be in '06?  We asked several TCS contributors to predict what will happen on Tuesday …
River / Baghdad Burning:
When All Else Fails...  ... Execute the dictator.  It's that simple.  When American troops are being killed by the dozen, when the country you are occupying is threatening to break up into smaller countries, when you have militias and death squads roaming the streets and you've put a group of Mullahs in power- execute the dictator.
Discussion: MotherJones.com and Rising Hegemon
Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Dole: Dems 'Content With Losing' in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the GOP Senate campaigns on Sunday sought to deflect growing criticism about the war in Iraq, saying her party will prevail in Tuesday's elections partly because "Democrats appear to be content with losing."
 
 
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Gregg Goldstein / Reuters:
Abu Ghraib movie planned
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Miami Herald:
Attorney General Charlie Crist holds comfortable lead in governor's race
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Francis Elliott / Independent:
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Michelle Malkin:
"Operation Infiltration?"  —  Something rotten going on in Ohio?
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Discussion: Dr. Sanity
John F. Harris / Washington Post:
It's Game Time  —  Mary Matalin, a Republican who has been at this game …
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush Says U.S. Pullout Would Let Iraq Radicals Use Oil as a Weapon
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Lieberman Looks Up  —  The Lieberman campaign is feeling both feisty and confident.
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New York Times:
C.I.A. Review Highlights Afghan Leader's Woes
 

 
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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