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2:55 AM ET, November 9, 2006

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Associated Press:
Democrats take control of the Senate  —  WASHINGTON - Democrats wrested control of the Senate from Republicans Wednesday with an upset victory in Virginia, giving the party complete domination of Capitol Hill for the first time since 1994.  —  Jim Webb's squeaker win over incumbent Sen. George Allen …
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Washington Post:
Webb Claims Victory in VA Senate Race  —  Virginia Democratic Senate candidate James Webb claimed the title of "Senator-elect" today even as Republican incumbent Sen. George Allen declined to concede a race he was losing by 7,146 votes.  —  Webb advisers said he will announce members of his transition team later this afternoon.
Jim Young / MSNBC:
Bush announces Rumsfeld stepping down  —  President taps ex-CIA chief Gates to replace embattled defense secretary  —  After six years on the job, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will resign, President said Wednesday.  —  NBC VIDEO … WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld …
Associated Press:
GOP officials: Rumsfeld stepping down  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, architect of an unpopular war in Iraq, intends to resign after six stormy years at the Pentagon, Republican officials said Wednesday.  —  Officials said Robert Gates, former head of the CIA, would replace Rumsfeld.
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CNN:
Rumsfeld quitting as defense secretary  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush announced Wednesday that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is stepping down from his post.  —  "The timing is right for new leadership at the Pentagon," Bush said at the White House Wednesday afternoon.
Fox News:
DONALD RUMSFELD RESIGNING AS DEFENSE SECRETARY  —  WASHINGTON — Donald H. Rumsfeld is stepping down as defense secretary and former CIA Director Robert Gates will be nominated to take his place.  —  Rumsfeld, President Bush's sole defense secretary in six years of leadership …
White House:
Press Conference by the President  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.  I say, why all the glum faces?  —  Yesterday, the people went to the polls and they cast their vote for a new direction in the House of Representatives.  And while the ballots are still being counted in the Senate …
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Think Progress:
VIDEO: Bush Admits He Lied About Rumsfeld For Political Purposes »  —  Last week, President Bush unequivocally told a group of reporters that Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Vice President Cheney would "remain with him until the end of his presidency, extending a job guarantee …
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Rumsfeld to Step Down as Defense Secretary  —  Bush Taps Former CIA Director Robert Gates as Successor  —  President Bush today announced he is replacing Donald H. Rumsfeld as secretary of defense, saying a "fresh perspective" is needed at the Pentagon to deal with the war in Iraq.
rushlimbaugh.com:
I Feel Liberated  —  RUSH: Just to reiterate, ladies and gentlemen: "It's going to get worse before it gets better."  I'm not trying to be negative.  I'm trying to prepare you here for what is coming.  It is obvious from the president's press conference that his view is …
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web  —  Always Look on the Bright Side of Life  —  This column is scrupulously nonpartisan, but we will bend the rules for a moment and acknowledge that last night's outcome was not what we were hoping for.  As of now, the Democrats have picked up 28 House seats, giving them at least 228 (a majority is 218).
Discussion: Inactivist, Gay Patriot and Daimnation!
Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
The Lou Dobbs Democrats  —  SAY HELLO TO THE NEW ECONOMIC NATIONALISTS.  —  The bums, or at least many of them, have been thrown out.  And so the political conversation turns naturally to the question of what the Democrats will do now that they again share power with a Republican president.
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias:
It's (Semi) Official
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Pelosi: Iraq isn't a war, Gannett = "the voice of the military"
Discussion: Reuters
David Crary / Guardian:
Losses on Ballot Measures Jolt Religious
Ted Rall / Yahoo! News:
OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE HAS JUST BEGUN
Timothy Noah / Slate:
Time To Socialize Medicine  —  HOW DEMOCRATS CAN MAKE THEMSELVES USEFUL.
Discussion: Cold Fury
Mark Tapscott / Tapscott's Copy Desk:
A Tapscottian View of the Elections
Discussion: Democracy Project
Democracy in America:
Libertarians emerge as a force
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
The End of the Beginning: Rumsfeld is Done
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Philly.com:
Murphy appears to have beaten Fitzpatrick
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The Great Victory - crushing the developing myths
Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
An Overdue Reckoning
Patrick Walters / Associated Press:
Specter urges GOP to re-evaluate priorities after election losses
Daniel Freedman / It Shines For All:
U.N. Celebrates Republican Loss?
Mike Allen / Time:
Hastert Will Step Down  —  Exclusive: The Speaker bows …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Wonkette
Proteus / Eject! Eject!:
MAKE A CHOICE  —  (SEEING THE UNSEEN is directly below this post)
Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
Democrats win House; Senate now tied
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The English Premier League ends its content partnership with IMG and plans to bring content production and distribution in-house in 2026

 
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