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Air America host Randi Rhodes wasn't mugged — Air America radio host Randi Rhodes is temporarily off the air, but claims she was brutally attacked near her Manhattan apartment are bogus, her lawyer and a police source said today. — Fellow host Jon Elliott claimed on the liberal radio network …
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Michelle Malkin:
Randi Rhodes wasn't mugged, Air America credibility plunges to NYTimes stock-level depths — Update 10:45pm Eastern. I'm thinking of selling these. Whaddya think: — Lord, what fools these moonbats be. — The real story: … The nutroots are sorely disappointed.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Progressive Talk Show Host Randi Rhodes Is Badly Beaten In Street Attack (UPDATED)
Progressive Talk Show Host Randi Rhodes Is Badly Beaten In Street Attack (UPDATED)
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The American Street
Barooosk / Talking Radio:
Randi Rhodes is the Victim of a Violent Attack
Randi Rhodes is the Victim of a Violent Attack
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Lynne Cheney: 'Dick and Barack Obama are eighth cousins.' — In an MSNBC interview today, host Norah O'Donnell asked Lynne Cheney her views on Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-NY) presidential campaign and whether "America is ready for a woman president." Cheney replied that she actually has a "certain bias":
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CNN Political Ticker:
All in the family: Cheney and Obama related — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Go back far enough, the saying goes, and everyone's related. — But could it be possible that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Vice President Dick Cheney share a common ancestor? — Cheney's wife Lynne says yes.
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JustOneMinute, skippy the bush kangaroo, Connecting.the.Dots, Don Surber, Truthdig and Booman Tribune
Kurt Hayes / WCVB-TV:
5th U.S. Congressional District Special Election — Massachusetts Fifth U.S. Congressional District — Precincts Reporting - 96 out of 195 - 49% — Should You Get A Home Equity Loan? — Thinking of remodeling your home or paying off some debt? LendingTree has expert articles …
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The Influence Peddler, Blue Mass. Group, MyDD, Townhall.com, Redstate, Hub Politics, Open Left, Daily Kos and Let Freedom Ring
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Lowell Sun Online:
Tsongas declared 5th District winner — LOWELL — Democrat Niki Tsongas of Lowell defeated Republican John Ogonowski of Dracut today to capture the 5th District congressional seat vacated by Marty Meehan earlier this year. — With 195 of 195 precincts reporting, Tsongas captured 54,363 votes …
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Associated Press, Patrick Ruffini, Blue Mass. Group, Hub Politics, Bluey Blog and No More Mister Nice Blog
Markpreston / CNN Political Ticker:
Democrats hold onto Mass. House seat — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The widow of the late Sen. Paul Tsongas won a special election Tuesday to fill the unexpired term of Rep. Marty Meehan, D-Mass. — Meehan resigned from Congress earlier this year to become the chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
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The Politico
Faiz / Think Progress:
Right Wing Gleefully Smears Two Yr-Old SCHIP Recipient Bethany Wilkerson … "We need more 'partisan bickering,' not less," added Malkin.
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Rudy In 1996: "I'm Really Not" A Republican Mayor — As part of his efforts to win over GOP primary voters, Rudy Giuliani has repeatedly said that he governed New York city as Mayor by adhering to Republican and conservative principles. — Today, for instance, Rudy said that he "gave my blood" …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
TPMtv: Meet the Four Horsemen of Rudy's Apocalypse
TPMtv: Meet the Four Horsemen of Rudy's Apocalypse
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The Atlantic Online, American Prospect, Salon, Lawyers, Guns and Money, The Huffington Post and The Trail
Roger Simon / The Politico:
N.H. inches toward December primary — Notice to all national political reporters, campaign operatives and presidential candidates: You may not be home for the holidays. — Until recently, I did not think that any state actually would hold its 2008 primary as early as this December.
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Markpreston / CNN Political Ticker:
Iowa GOP, South Carolina Democrats choose dates
Iowa GOP, South Carolina Democrats choose dates
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New York Times
CNN Political Ticker:
Carville: Jeb Bush will be GOP nominee — NEW YORK (CNN) — Democratic strategist and CNN analyst James Carville tossed out a provocative idea during a panel discussion on politics Tuesday. — At CNN's America Votes 2008 Breakfast, the chief architect of Bill Clinton's successful 1992 …
Jim Snyder / The Hill:
Democrats split on genocide resolution — Democrats are split on the value of bringing a controversial Armenian genocide resolution to a floor vote. — Five House Democrats plan to hold a news conference Wednesday to urge their leadership not to bring the resolution to the floor …
Bill Schneider / CNN:
Poll: Thompson's star fades, Clinton's rises — CNN Senior Political Analyst — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Fred Thompson got into the Republican race with great expectations. And sure enough, just after he got in last month, polling showed Thompson and Rudy Giuliani were just about tied for front-runner.
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WHAS-TV:
Did McConnell mislead public? — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It appears Senator Mitch McConnell may have misled WHAS11 News when he told us nobody on his staff had anything to do with an effort to dig into the background of a 12-year-old boy. — An aide to McConnell has admitted he sent an e-mail …
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CNN:
Iraq demands Blackwater leave the country — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki asked the U.S. State Department to "pull Blackwater out of Iraq," after an Iraqi probe concluded that the private contractors committed unprovoked and random killings in a September 16 shooting, an adviser to al-Maliki told CNN.
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Neal Kozodoy / Commentary:
An Announcement — We are delighted to announce that John Podhoretz has been named to succeed — Neal Kozodoy in the position of COMMENTARY's Editor as of January 1, 2009. — Mr. Podhoretz will join the COMMENTARY staff this November. In the interim role of Editorial Director …
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Ron Paul's America — This is Patrick Ruffini's map of where Ron Paul is getting his money. The strength in the Mountain West is impressive, if unsurprising. The hostility of the South to his message of individual liberty is also no big whup. Stuart Benjamin notices how evenly spread Paul's money-base …
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The Volokh Conspiracy
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