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NBC's Tim Russert dead at 58 — Washington bureau chief, ‘Meet the Press’ moderator collapsed on job — Tim Russert at the Newseum in Washington on Nov. 14. — Live video — LIVE: Remembering Tim Russert — LIVE VIDEO: Watch MSNBC's coverage of the life of NBC News Washington …
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John Cole / Balloon Juice:
Let's Get Something Straight — I liked Tim Russert, even though I thought his BS gotcha nonsense was thorough idiocy and not helping the debate at all. He was a likable guy- friendly, always smiling. I understand it is a loss for the beltway folks, and he had a lot of really good friends …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
SAD NEWS. — The wires are reporting that Tim Russert died from a heart attack today. He was 58. — I had a weird experience a few months ago where a Twitter message I thought private was accessed by someone outside my circle and leaked to Wonkette. The message was written during …
Charles Hurt / New York Post:TIM RUSSERT DIES FROM APPARENT HEART ATTACK
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Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:NBC's Tim Russert Dies
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:On Tim Russert — News of the sudden death of Tim Russert …
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Giuliani Plans to Aid Hopefuls, for His Share — WASHINGTON — With the Republican Party in need of money for the November elections, former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has offered to appear at fund-raisers around the country for G.O.P. candidates. But there is a catch: He wants some cash out of the deal.
Noemie Emery / Weekly Standard:
It's Not Race, It's Arugula — Obama's real electoral challenge. — On the way to his rendezvous with destiny, Barack Obama consistently lost white voters, especially of the middle and working classes, to Hillary Clinton—voters variously known as Appalachians or Reagan Democrats …
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Larry Rohter / MSNBC:
NYT: McCains owed $225,000 in credit card debt — Senate disclosure statements give look at candidates' personal finances — Senators John McCain and Barack Obama released their Senate financial disclosure statements on Friday, revealing that Mr. McCain and his wife had at least $225,000 …
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Court Deems Campaign Finance Rules Too Weak — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled yesterday that the Federal Election Commission has failed to adequately enforce key aspects of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance restructuring that Congress passed six years ago …
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Obama vs. The New Rochelle Train — David Mendell's Obama: From Promise to Power, p. 148-149: … Obviously, if Barack Obama were satisfied with an office job, not only would he have not spent three years as a community organizer, he probably wouldn't have ever run for office.
John Coleman / KUSI-TV:
John Coleman's Comments Before the San Diego Chamber of Commerce — Global Warming and the Price of a Gallon of Gas — You may want to give credit where credit is due to Al Gore and his global warming campaign the next time you fill your car with gasoline, because there is a direct …
Sara Just / Political Radar:
McCain Cancels Event with Controversial Fundraiser — ABC's Rick Klein reports: Sen. John McCain on Friday abruptly cancelled a Monday fundraiser that had been scheduled at the home of a Texas oilman, after ABC News contacted the campaign inquiring about a verbal blunder the Texan made during …
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Minnesota Presidential Election — Minnesota: Obama Continues to Dominate — The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Minnesota the state shows that Barack Obama leads McCain by double-digits, 52% to 39%. That's the third straight month with virtually identical poll results.
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Leslie Wayne / New York Times:
Senators Caught in Mortgage Fallout — When Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota wanted a mortgage for his beach house, he turned to a Washington insider, James A. Johnson, former head of Fannie Mae, the government mortgage giant, who then put the senator in touch with Angelo Mozilo …
Glenn Kessler / The Trail:
Obama Defines Social Security ‘Doughnut’ Plan — COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sen. Barack Obama today plans to make a firm commitment to a Social Security tax hike on people making more than $250,000 a year, stepping away from an earlier plan he floated last year to boost the 12.4 percent payroll tax …
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