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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Hmmm ... It hasn't gotten much attention outside of the Boston suburbs and truly hardcore political junkies. But there was a congressional election today. The topline is that the Democrat, Nikki Tsongas, wife of the late Massachusetts senator and presidential candidate Paul Tsongas, won.
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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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Kurt Hayes / WCVB-TV:
5th U.S. Congressional District Special Election
5th U.S. Congressional District Special Election
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Support Wanes in House for Genocide Vote — Worried about antagonizing Turkish leaders, House members from both parties have begun to withdraw their support from a resolution supported by the Democratic leadership that would condemn as genocide the mass killings of Armenians nearly a century ago.
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Marilyn W. Thompson / New York Times:
An Ex-Leader in Congress Is Now Turkey's Man in the Lobbies of Capitol Hill
An Ex-Leader in Congress Is Now Turkey's Man in the Lobbies of Capitol Hill
New York Times:
Questions of Justice — Michael B. Mukasey, President Bush's nominee for attorney general, appears today before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Op-Ed page asked four legal experts to pose the questions they would like to hear Judge Mukasey answer. — 1. Griffin Bell …
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Des Moines Register:
Iowa caucuses: GOP shuffle 'keeps us first' — Iowa party's move protects caucuses' relevance, officials say; Democrats maintain later date (for now) — Iowa Republicans have scheduled the party's presidential caucuses for Jan. 3, arguing the date would preserve the state's coveted leadoff status …
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John Whitesides / Reuters:
Voters unhappy with Bush and Congress — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deepening unhappiness with President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress soured the mood of Americans and sent Bush's approval rating to another record low this month, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Sarah Maria Santorum's tears inspire song — This is the story of a defeated senator, his crying daughter, a Nashville songwriter and Martina McBride, the country music star. — It begins in Pittsburgh on election night 2006. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), losing to Democrat Robert P. Casey Jr …
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Shawn Macomber / American Spectator:
Mugged by Unreality — MANHATTAN — So perhaps Jon Elliott wasn't exactly cool as a cucumber when he took to the airwaves early Tuesday to announce fellow Air America host Randi Rhodes had lost several teeth in an cold-blooded assault while walking her dog on the streets of New York City.
Washington Post:
Many GOP Donors Yet to Open Wallets — More than a third of the top fundraisers who helped elect George W. Bush president remain on the sidelines in 2008, contributing to a gaping financial disparity between the GOP candidates and their Democratic counterparts.
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Agence France Presse:
Republicans saber rattle on Iran — WASHINGTON (AFP) — Republican White House candidates pounded Iran Tuesday, with Rudolph Giuliani warning of a military strike to deprive it of a nuclear bomb, and a top rival lashing "terror masters" in Tehran. — The candidates talked tough …
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Bill Schneider / CNN:
Poll: As Thompson's star fades, Clinton's on the rise
Poll: As Thompson's star fades, Clinton's on the rise
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Bob Willis / Bloomberg:
U.S. Consumer Price Index Rises 0.3% in September; Core Up 0.2% — Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) — Prices paid by U.S. consumers rose more than forecast in September as food and energy costs climbed, while core measures showed inflation remains contained. — The .3 percent increase followed …
George Will / Real Clear Politics:
Democratic Pandering to the Middle Class — Explaining a simple proposal to help people squirrel away gold for their golden years, Hillary Clinton said that a person "should not require a Ph.D. to save for retirement." But can even Ph.D.s understand liberalism's arithmetic and logic?
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Knocking Turkey easier than bashing the Chinese — While Congress seems willing to pick a fight with Turkey over the World War I-era killing of Armenians, members have been much more cautious about confronting China over next year's Olympics in Beijing. — Three House bills urging a boycott …
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Cahal Milmo / The Independent:
Africans are less intelligent than Westerners, says DNA pioneer — Fury at James Watson's theory: "All our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours - whereas all the testing says not really" — One of the world's most eminent scientists was embroiled …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Specter: No Retroactive Immunity for Telecoms — As the ACLU worries that Senate Democrats in the intelligence committee will give retroactive immunity to telephone companies for collaborating with the administration's warrantless surveillance program, the two senior members of the judiciary committee …