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Newt.org:
On the NY23 Race, We Have A Practical Choice To Make — In the statement and audio clips below, Speaker Gingrich explains his decision to endorse Dede Scozzafava in the NY 23 special election: — Through my experience as Speaker of the House and building a Republican majority in 1994 …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review Online:
It's Time for Dede Scozzafava and Her False Police Report to Go — By: Jim Geraghty — When a candidate commits a crime, the usual bonds of loyalty that a party requires are severed. When Sen. Larry Craig got caught in the airport restroom, Mitt Romney threw him off his campaign team.
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Ken Blackwell / The Politico:
Reagan conservative in North Country — Doug Hoffman didn't have a chance to make his case to Republican voters in a primary in New York's 23rd Congressional District. That's because the local GOP establishment chose its candidate behind closed doors, in a formerly smoke-filled room.
Wall Street Journal:
Temporary Beltway Sanity — The doctor fix blows up in the Senate, no thanks to the AMA. — Printer — Friendly — Yesterday saw some rare good news on the health-care front, with the stealth Democratic plan to move $247 billion in ObamaCare costs off the books collapsing in the Senate on a procedural vote of 47 to 53.
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New York Times:
Democrats Lose Big Test Vote on Health Legislation — WASHINGTON — Democrats lost a big test vote on health care legislation on Wednesday as the Senate blocked action on a bill to increase Medicare payments to doctors at a cost of $247 billion over 10 years.
Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
W.H.: Cheney failed on Afghanistan … No comments yet. Be the first!
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Center For Security Policy:
Cheney: “We cannot protect this country by putting politics over security, and turning the guns on our own guys” — On Wednesday night, October 21, former Vice President Dick Cheney received the Center's 20th Keeper of the Flame Award. — Here are the Vice President's prepared remarks:
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
The Neocon Fainting Couch — When we last visited steely-eyed warrior Peter Wehner, he was leading the chairborne rangers in an epic battle against George Will, who Wehner decided had grown weak at heart over Afghanistan. That was but a few weeks ago, but since then our valiant warrior …
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The Politico:
Conservatives roar; GOP trembles — Many top Republicans are growing worried that the party's chances for reversing its electoral routs of 2006 and 2008 are being wounded by the flamboyant rhetoric and angry tone of conservative activists and media personalities, according to interviews with GOP officials and operatives.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
LANDRIEU'S LINE IN THE SAND.... The AP reports this morning on the Senate Democrats “who are more concerned about their next election or feel they have little to lose by opposing their party's hierarchy,” and who may stand in the way of health care reform. — Many of the usual suspects were mentioned, but one stood out.
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Washington Post:
Obama administration to cut executive pay at 7 bailed-out firms — NEW YORK — The Obama administration plans to order companies that have received exceptionally large amounts of bailout money from the government to slash compensation for their highest-paid executives by about half on average …
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BBC:
REM call for Guantanamo closure — Rock bands including Pearl Jam and REM have joined a coalition of musicians to support the US president's efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. — The National Campaign to Close Guantanamo, which also includes former military officers, launched on Tuesday.
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Joe Heim / Washington Post:
Torture songs spur a protest most vocal — Musicians call for release of records on Guantanamo detainee treatment — Was the theme to “Sesame Street” really played to torture prisoners held at Guantanamo and other detention camps? What about Don McLean's “American Pie”? Or the Meow Mix jingle?
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Pew Research Center:
Fewer Americans See Solid Evidence of Global Warming — Modest Support for “Cap and Trade” Policy — There has been a sharp decline over the past year in the percentage of Americans who say there is solid evidence that global temperatures are rising. And fewer also see global warming …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
EVEN NPR.... Ken Rudin is the political editor for NPR. To see him swallow the latest Republican attack meme whole is more than a little painful. Here's his commentary on “Talk of the Nation” yesterday, complaining about the White House's criticism of Fox News. … I'd like to think Ken Rudin knows better.
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The Huffington Post:
AHIP Lobbyist To GOP: Don't Give “Comfort To The Enemy” On Health Care — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — A top lobbyist for the major private insurance industry trade group, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), urged Congressional Republicans to not even consider helping Democrats pass …
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
How John Kerry got the Afghan leader to see sense. — Sen. John Kerry's successful mission to Kabul—in which he convinced Afghan President Hamid Karzai to hold a second-round runoff to August's fraud-soaked election—suggests that the Obama administration is putting the squeeze on Karzai …
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Goes Wobbly on Afghanistan
Obama Goes Wobbly on Afghanistan
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Jules Crittenden:
Mock As We Say! — Not as we do! — Lefties resort to sexism vs. empowered woman! Again! (Caution: Don't try this with the sitting president) Entertainment Weekly: … Such a good joke, they're all telling it: … It's OK. Making fun of a powerful self-made woman of backwoods origins is good clean fun!
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Thom Geier / EW.com:
Attention, Sarah Palin bashers: Lookalike book ‘Going Rouge’ is coming!
Attention, Sarah Palin bashers: Lookalike book ‘Going Rouge’ is coming!
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Hilary Stout / New York Times:
For Some Parents, Shouting Is the New Spanking — JACKIE KLEIN is a devoted mother of two little boys in the suburbs of Portland, Ore. She spends hours ferrying them to soccer and Cub Scouts. She reads child-development books. She can emulate one of those pitch-perfect calm maternal tones to warn …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., Half See Own Costs Worsening Under Healthcare Bill — More expect costs, quality, and coverage to get worse than did so in September — PRINCETON, NJ — Compared with last month, Americans have become more likely to say the costs their family pays for healthcare will get worse if a healthcare bill passes.
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Snowe: I Do Not Support Opt Out Compromise, Would Likely Filibuster Public Option Bill — In a huddle with reporters moments ago, I asked Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) for her thoughts on a public option compromise that would allow states to opt out of a national government insurance program …