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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Not Going To Bite — My good friend John Hinderaker links to a CBS report about the latest entertainment coming from al-Qaeda this evening, as do some of our mutual friends in the conservative blogosphere, that hails the Democratic midterm victory as a "reasonable" move.
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PoliBlog (TM), The Carpetbagger Report, The Political Pit Bull, Reuters, Cold Fury and Channel NewsAsia
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
ARE TERRORISTS THE DEMOCRATS' BIGGEST FANS? THE DEBATE CONTINUES — Last night I posted al Qaeda: "Democrats Are Reasonable"!. That post discussed the support for the Democrats in the midterm elections that has been voiced by terrorists around the world.
Jon Hemming / Reuters:
Khamenei calls U.S. elections a victory for Iran
Khamenei calls U.S. elections a victory for Iran
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Sister Toldjah, Secular Blasphemy, Scared Monkeys, CNSNews, The Sundries Shack and GOP Bloggers
Marcus Mabry / Newsweek:
Feeling Blue? — After the Democratic sweep of Congress, President Bush's approval reaches a new low. But voters want Democrats to chart a moderate course. — Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images — Can They Work Together? Pelosi has 34 percent approval ratings, slightly better than Bush's 31 percent
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Alternative Minimum Tax Targeted — Democrats Seek Fix For Middle-Class Families — Democratic leaders this week vowed to make the alternative minimum tax a centerpiece of next year's budget debate, saying the levy threatens to unfairly increase tax bills for millions of middle-class families by the end of the decade.
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Althouse, The Sundries Shack, Eschaton, Inactivist, The Moderate Voice, Beat the Press and AMERICAblog
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Democrats Win Bigger Share of Religious Vote — Parties Disagree on Why The Gap Has Narrowed — As the results of the midterm elections sank in this week, religious leaders across the ideological spectrum found something they could agree on: The "God gap" in American politics has narrowed substantially.
New York Times:
Democrats, Engaging Bush, Vow Early Action on Iraq — Democrats sought on Friday to put their new political power to use in shaping the debate over Iraq, promising stepped-up Congressional oversight of the war and a resolution demanding a schedule for reducing the number of troops there.
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Ian Fisher / New York Times:
Hamas Offers to End Rule if Aid Resumes — Hamas committed today to folding its eight-month government if that would restore the international assistance that was cut off after it won national elections earlier this year. — In a shrewd and dramatic speech, the Hamas prime minister …
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Anti-Foley blogger speaks out — The man who first posted the now-resigned congressman's e-mails says he was angry about a culture of corruption. — WASHINGTON — Lane Hudson had no idea he would bring down a congressman when he sat in his living room and turned on his laptop one Sunday morning nearly seven weeks ago.
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Post-Election 2006: Playing the Numbers Game — News networks recognize Crystal Ball success rate — It's been a long election season—seemingly much longer than midterms past—and your Crystal Ball is happy to have served our good readers right up until the end.
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The Political Pit Bull
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Investor's Business Daily:
John Conyers And The Muslim Caucus — Congress: The likely new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he's just fighting bigotry in leading a Democrat jihad to deny law enforcement key terror-fighting tools. But he is in the pocket of Islamists. — John Conyers, son …
Matthew Yglesias:
Health Care Strategies — Mark Kleiman observes that "since its reform under Bill Clinton" the Veterans' Administration health care system "now has the best medical-records system going and produces high-quality health care at a reasonable cost" and wonders if we couldn't …
The Allen Report:
The Architect Speaks — After maintaining a relentless optimism in the face of ominous polls, Karl Rove tells TIME why Republicans wound up taking a bath on Election Night. — BY MIKE ALLEN/WASHINGTON — At the White House senior staff meeting in the Roosevelt Room at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday …
Bob Barr / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
House Democrats won't repeat GOP mistakes — On Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1994, after learning in the wee hours that morning that I was then a U.S. representative-elect, I had the opportunity at the Waverly Hotel to appear at a news conference with new Speaker-elect Newt Gingrich.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Great Revulsion — I'm not feeling giddy as much as greatly relieved. O.K., maybe a little giddy. Give 'em hell, Harry and Nancy! — Here's what I wrote more than three years ago, in the introduction to my column collection "The Great Unraveling": "I have a vision — maybe just a hope …
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
MYTH BUSTING....You're probably all a little tired of exit poll wonkery by now, but I want to follow up on my earlier post showing that the Democratic win was a broad-based victory, not one based on appealing to any particular demographic group. Several demographic myths have turned out to be pretty hardy …
Colbert I. King / Washington Post:
Lawmakers Who Won't Be Missed — "Conrad, how can you live back there [in Washington] with all those niggers?" When asked how he had responded, Sen. Burns is reported to have . . . said with a chuckle that he told the rancher that it was 'a hell of a challenge.' "
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DownWithTyranny!