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2:10 PM ET, October 30, 2007

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John R. Wilke / Wall Street Journal:
How Lawmaker Rebuilt Hometown on Earmarks  —  Johnstown Gets Billions  —  With Power Broker's Aid;  —  FBI Questions a Contract  —  JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — If John Murtha were a businessman, he'd be the biggest employer in this town.  —  The powerful U.S. congressman has used his clout …
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Mike Faher / The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA:
Career Army man to challenge Murtha
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
We Built This City On Pork And Bull
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Murtha: Hasn't Pennsylvania Had Enough?
Discussion: BitsBlog
Rasmussen Reports:
Poll Matching Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul Tells A Lot About Clinton, Little About Paul  —  A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey featuring a match-up between Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul highlights one of the perils that comes from overanalyzing poll results between candidates with different levels of name recognition.
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Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
New Congress at war over everything  —  In a closed-door meeting before the last vote on the children's health care bill, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer appealed for the support of about 30 wavering Republican lawmakers.  What he got instead was a tongue-lashing, participants said.
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Michelle Malkin:
Another showdown in Congress; latest Field Poll results show Dems turning on Pelosi
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
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Online NewsHour:
Debate Stirs Over Possible U.S. Military Action Against Iran
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Meet Giuliani's New Brain on Foreign Policy
NY Daily News:
Sharpton chides Cheney over Confederate flag flap  —  Nobody got shot, but Vice President Cheney still fired up controversy Monday when he went hunting at a private club that hangs the Confederate flag.  —  A Daily News photographer captured the 3-by-5 foot Dixie flag affixed to a door …
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Associated Press:
Cheney hunting trip under fire for Confederate flag  —  UNION VALE, New York (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney spent about eight hours hunting Monday at a secluded Hudson Valley gun club where well-heeled enthusiasts shoot ducks and pheasants.  —  It was Cheney's second visit …
Wall Street Journal:
Congress Weighs Sweeping Overhaul Of Consumer Product Commission  —  Spurred by a spate of scares over the safety of imported goods, Congress is weighing the most significant consumer-safety legislation in a generation — even as states and nonprofit groups step up their own watchdog efforts.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Amit R. Paley / Washington Post:
Iraqi Dam Seen In Danger of Deadly Collapse  —  AT THE MOSUL DAM, Iraq — The largest dam in Iraq is in serious danger of an imminent collapse that could unleash a trillion-gallon wave of water, possibly killing thousands of people and flooding two of the largest cities in the country …
Howard Fineman / MSNBC:
Fineman: What Obama must do in the debate  —  WASHINGTON - As Sen. Barack Obama prepared for Tuesday night's crucial NBC debate in Philadelphia, his high command back in Chicago was watching a lot of old Clinton videotape — not of Hillary Clinton, but of Bill, and not of Bill as president …
Patricia Leigh Brown / New York Times:
Gay Enclaves Face Prospect of Being Passé  —  This Halloween, the Glindas, gladiators and harem boys of the Castro — along with untold numbers who plan to dress up as Senator Larry E. Craig, this year's camp celebrity — will be celebrating behind closed doors.
Discussion: Lone Star Times
Keith Ervin / Seattle Times:
Three plead guilty in fake voter scheme  —  Three of seven defendants in the biggest voter-registration fraud scheme in Washington history have pleaded guilty and one has been sentenced, prosecutors said Monday.  —  The defendants were all temporary employees of ACORN …
Sean O'Neill / Times of London:
Lessons in hate found at leading mosques  —  Books calling for the beheading of lapsed Muslims, ordering women to remain indoors and forbidding interfaith marriage are being sold inside some of Britain's leading mosques, according to research seen by The Times.
Ron Silver / Pajamas Media:
HOW TO GET THE WORLD TO LIKE US -THE CASE FOR ISOLATIONISM  —  Bummed out about international hostility to the US of A?  Waiting for the good times to roll again?  Actor/activist Ron Silver has a proposal for you.  (NOTE: Silver begins his new PajamasXpress blog "Silver Bullet" for Pajamas Media on Wednesday)
Travis Reed / Associated Press:
Lawyer: No Charges for Tasered Student  —  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A University of Florida student who was shocked with a Taser after persistently questioning Sen. John Kerry won't face criminal charges and has apologized for his actions, his attorney said Tuesday.
Discussion: Attytood and Hot Air
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Mega-donors prepare for '08 battle  —  The wealthy Democrats and giant organizations that spent $135 million to make John Kerry president in 2004 are reaching into their pockets for another round.  —  Sources involved in the nascent effort said representatives of Democratic powerhouses …
 
 
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Telegraph:
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Webutante / Pajamas Media:
ARI FLEISCHER: A NEW BREED OF JEWISH LEADER
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Bush's Legacy of Cynicism
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Victory for Minneapolis Taxi Entrepreneurs
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
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