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Amanda Carpenter / Townhall.com:
A Repeat of 2004 Philly Voter Chaos, Fraud — GOP Election Board members have been tossed out of polling stations in at least half a dozen polling stations in Philadelphia because of their party status. — A Pennsylvania judge previously ruled that court-appointed poll watchers …
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John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
Milwaukee Puts a Vote-Fraud Cop Out of Business — Local Democrats don't take the issue seriously. — Last week Mike Sandvick, head of the Milwaukee Police Department's five-man Special Investigative Unit, was told by superiors not to send anyone to polling places on Election Day.
John / Power Line:
VOTER FRAUD UNDERWAY IN PHILADELPHIA — It's a time-honored tradition in some Philadelphia precincts: commandeer the premises and start running ballots through the machines, voting for Democrats. It's happening again this year. Amanda Carpenter reports:
CNN:
Dixville Notch has spoken: It's Obama in a landslide — DIXVILLE NOTCH, New Hampshire (CNN) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama emerged victorious in the first election returns of the 2008 presidential race, winning 15 of 21 votes cast in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire.
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
First town weighs in on election at midnight — (CNN) — The first wave of election returns won't flow in until 7 p.m. ET Tuesday night, but the results in one precinct will be known much sooner. — Dixville Notch, a village in New Hampshire's northeast corner, will begin voting at the stroke …
Marist Poll:
Battle for the White House: The Final National Poll — This Marist Poll reports: — · The End of the Road...Obama Leads McCain by 9 Percentage Points Nationally Going Into Today's Election: The campaign trail comes to an end today for Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Palin's Doctor Writes — I'll let AP tell the story: … We have been given no actual records of the last pregnancy, or any reccords at all, although we are told by the elusive Dr. Catherine Baldwin-Johnson that labor was at 35 weeks - not as premature as previously believed …
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Palin Aides Release Her Medical History
Palin Aides Release Her Medical History
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Fred Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
We Could Be In for a Lurch to the Left — A President Obama would not face the same constraints as his Democratic predecessors. — There's an old saying that politics in America is played between the 40 yard lines. What this means, for those unfamiliar with football, is that we're a centrist country …
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Political Punch:
Among the Other Voters — CHICAGO, Ill. — Among the other voters who have shown up to vote at Shoesmith Elementary School this morning, where Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., will vote: Louis Farrakhan and William Ayers. — Seriously. — Welcome to the South Side of Chicago. — jpt
Gateway Pundit:
Breaking: FOX News Reports McCain Camp VERY OPTIMISTIC! (Video) — Breaking: FOX News is reporting that... The McCain Campaign is VERY OPTIMISTIC with the latest developments. — Carl Cameron who is traveling with the McCain Campaign says John McCain is the most optimistic as he has been in 14 years!
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Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
As China's Losses Mount, Confidence Turns to Fear — Officials Use Bailouts to Forestall Unrest — SHENZHEN, China — When Chong Yik Toy Co. went bankrupt, the bosses fled without meeting their payroll and angry workers took to the streets in protest. Less than 72 hours later, the local government came to the rescue.
The Campaign Spot:
Something Else To Keep in Mind When You Hear Leaked Exit Poll Results Tomorrow... We all remember how far off the exit polls were in 2004. — But we don't recall how far off some of the leaked exit poll results were in 2006. In the races were expected blowouts — Ohio, Pennsylvania …
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HillBuzz:
WARNING: this is how Election Day is going to go down. Do not get sucked in, Eeyores! — We don't want to beat a dead horse here (or, donkey, as the case may be), but we need to remind you all, once more, not to be Eeyores today. — The Obamedia is going to do to you what they did to …
Reihan Salam / Forbes:
What If McCain Wins? — A John McCain victory would represent an almost miraculous comeback. But is miraculous the right word? I'm in Austin, Texas, right now, a lefty enclave in the heart of Republican Texas, and I sense that many of my Barack Obama-supporting friends would consider …
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
Networks May Call Race Before Voting Is Complete — At least one broadcast network and one Web site said Monday that they could foresee signaling to viewers early Tuesday evening which candidate appeared to have won the presidency, despite the unreliability of some early exit polls in the last presidential election.
CNN:
Voting machine breakdowns lead to long lines — (CNN) — Some voters Tuesday morning encountered machine breakdowns, long lines and late poll openings, while others cast their ballots in minutes with no problems. — While a record turnout is expected for the historic presidential election …
Maggie Gallagher / The Corner:
The Return of Open Attacks on Religious Minorities: Prop 8's Legacy — Well this is certainly change. — The voices of tolerance in California are concluding their campaign against Prop 8 with this TV ad, which engages in a level of blatant religious hatred I've never seen in American politics.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Long Lines — It's worth saying that I do think this Corner reader is on to something — long lines can be a sign of extraordinary voter enthusiasm, but they can also be a sign of all kinds of other things. The line at my polling place was tremendous. But in part that was because the process moved very slowly.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Beyond “Bias” — For an institution shot through with liberal bias, the liberal media sure does seem to love conservatives. On one cable network, for example, a former Republican congressman hosts a three-hour show every weekday. And that's the most liberal of three networks! Impressive.
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Schumer on Fox: Fairness Doctrine ‘fair and balanced’ — Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday defended the so-called Fairness Doctrine in an interview on Fox News, saying, “I think we should all be fair and balanced, don't you?” — Schumer's comments echo other Democrats' views …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Turning out, everywhere — As far as I can figure out from my morning email, turnout is unprecedented everywhere, from Democratic enclaves in Northern Virginia to Florida to Central Pennsylvania. Readers in both Republican and Democratic spots say the lines are longer than they were four years ago.
David Brooks / New York Times:
A Date With Scarcity — Nov. 4, 2008, is a historic day because it marks the end of an economic era, a political era and a generational era all at once. — Economically, it marks the end of the Long Boom, which began in 1983. Politically, it probably marks the end of conservative dominance, which began in 1980.
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
After Epic Campaign, Voters Go to Polls — Americans went to the polls on Tuesday to choose the next president of the United States, deciding whether Senator Barack Obama or Senator John McCain was better suited to guide the nation through an economic crisis at home and two wars abroad.
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