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Breaking: Palin Supports Hoffman — THE WEEKLY STANDARD just received a statement from Sarah Palin endorsing conservative Doug Hoffman for Congress:
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Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
NY-23 race first test of tea party power — Tea party activists from across the nation are rallying around the House special election in upstate New York, viewing it as the first electoral test of the nascent conservative movement's political muscle. — Organizers up and down the East Coast report …
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Palin backs Hoffman in NY-23 — Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday endorsed Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman over Dede Scozzafava, the Republican Party's choice, in the special election for New York's 23rd congressional district. — “The people of the 23rd Congressional District …
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Breaking: Palin Supports Hoffman — THE WEEKLY STANDARD just received a statement from Sarah Palin endorsing conservative Doug Hoffman for Congress: … This statement will be on Palin's Facebook page soon.
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Palin endorses in New York race, while Pawlenty holds back — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty, two Republicans widely viewed as possible 2012 White House hopefuls, weighed in Thursday night on the closely-watched special election in New York's 23rd congressional district.
Michelle Malkin:WITHDRAW — It's time for the GOP to cut bait on radical leftist Dede Scozzafava.
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Jude Seymour / Watertown Daily Times:Hoffman visits the Times
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The Note:
Public Option: It's Back — ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports: — The public option. The idea was believed to be dead. Liberals wanted it, but Senate vote counters insisted it simply could not pass the Senate. The dynamic, however, has changed. The public option may be back from dead.
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Ezra Klein:A guide to the public option compromises in the Senate
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Prescriptions:Senate Majority Leader Reid Leaning Toward ‘Public Option’ for Insurance
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Behind the War Between White House and Fox — WASHINGTON — Late last month, the senior White House adviser David Axelrod and Roger Ailes, chairman and chief executive of Fox News, met in an empty Palm steakhouse before it opened for the day, neutral ground secured for a secret tête-à-tê te.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
It's come to this: White House tries to bar Fox News from interviewing pay czar — Decide for yourself what the most disgraceful aspect of this is. Was it the fact that Gibbs told Jake Tapper explicitly on Monday that the White House wouldn't try to dictate to the press pool …
Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Unprecedented: White House Tries to Ban Fox from Press Pool — Today the White House stepped up its attack on Fox News, announcing that the network would no longer be able to conduct interviews with officials as a member of the Press Pool. The Pool is a five-member group consisting of ABC …
Washington Post:
Deeds should've listened to us, senior Obama officials say — Top Democrats seek to shield Obama in case of election loss — Sensing that victory in the race for Virginia governor is slipping away, Democrats at the national level are laying the groundwork to blame a loss in a key swing state …
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Rasmussen Reports:
73% of GOP Voters Say Congressional Republicans Have Lost Touch With Their Base — President Obama told an audience at a Democratic Party fundraiser Wednesday night that Republicans often “do what they're told,” but GOP voters don't think their legislators listen enough to them.
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Heather / Crooks and Liars:
The Rachel Maddow Show: Indefensible — As Rachel reports, it looks like the vote taken by 30 Republicans to protect contractors rather than rape victims is not playing very well for them in their local papers. — Jamie Leigh Jones and her attorney joined Rachel to talk about what happened …
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Dina Cappiello / Associated Press:
Poll: US belief in global warming is cooling — WASHINGTON — Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming. — Just 57 percent think there is solid evidence the world is getting warmer, down 20 points in just three years, a new poll says. And the share of people who believe pollution caused …
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Emily Kaiser / City Pages:
Bong water is an illegal drug, Minn. Supreme Court rules — Time to dump your bong water in case the feds show up at your door. They might think you actually plan to drink it later. According to a split decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court, a person in possession of more than 25 grams …
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The Huffington Post:
Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment May Be Stripped By Senior Dem, Sources Say — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — An amendment that would prevent the government from working with contractors who denied victims of assault the right to bring their case to court is in danger of being watered …
Jim Geraghty / National Review Online:
Democratic Party Boss Convicted; Christie Accuses Corzine of Enabling Corruption — By: Jim Geraghty — Happy October Surprise, Governor Corzine. — Today a jury found Joe Ferriero, former chairman of the Bergen County Democratic Organization, guilty of one count of conspiracy to defraud and two counts of mail fraud.
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