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10:10 AM ET, October 17, 2007

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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.
Discussion: The Corner and Jules Crittenden
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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 …
New York Times:
Pressing Mr. Mukasey  —  Michael Mukasey, President Bush's nominee to be attorney general, is being promoted as a compromise candidate.  When he appears before the Senate today for a confirmation hearing, he should not be waved through.  Senators should press him on how he intends to turn around …
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Lisa Lerer / The Politico:
Dems look to grill Mukasey
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Well Received Mukasey Likely To Be Confirmed As Attorney General
Discussion: The Opinionator and CNN
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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Frank James / The Swamp:
Swamp Gas, October 17, 2007
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
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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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 …
Discussion: protein wisdom
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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?
USA Today:
Timing of gifts stirs 'earmark' debate  —  WASHINGTON — Days after a Senate committee approved $1 million for a Woodstock concert museum, the project's Republican billionaire backer and his family contributed $29,200 to help the Democrats who requested the money, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer.
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 …
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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Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
House Passes the Free Flow of Information Act
Kieran Crowley / New York Post:
TERROR LAWYER SAYS SHE'D 'DO IT AGAIN'
The Atlantic Online:
I take it all back  —  A conservative publication …
Discussion: Ezra Klein and The Corner
David Freedlander / Newsday:
Artist bringing 'Chocolate Jesus' back
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Knocking Turkey easier than bashing the Chinese
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
In Shift, 40% of Immigrants Move Directly to Suburbs
Matt Lauer / MSNBC:
Sen. Larry Craig's interview with Matt Lauer
The Hill:
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Reuters:
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Lifers as Teenagers, Now Seeking Second Chance
David Cassel / BLORGABLE.com:
Hacked Ann Coulter site: my career was a prank!
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
CHENEY AND OBAMA COUSINS?
Yahoo! News:
As violence falls in Iraq, cemetery workers feel the pinch
CNN Political Ticker:
Carville: Jeb Bush will be GOP nominee
 

 
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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”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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