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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Lieberman: I'll block vote on Reid plan — Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he'd back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's health care reform bill. — Lieberman, who caucuses with Democrats and is positioning himself as a fiscal hawk on the issue …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Lieberman: Sure, I'd Filibuster A Health Care Reform Bill With A Public Option — Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) told reporters today that he would in fact filibuster any health care bill he doesn't agree with—and right now, he doesn't agree with the public option proposal making its way through the Senate.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
On Being Wrong About the Public Option — I made two predictions this summer that look like they're not going to turn out very well. One was saying that the unemployment rate wouldn't hit 10 percent (it hasn't yet, although it probably will) and the other was saying that the public option was “probably” dead.
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Dana Milbank's world — Only Dana Milbank could write an entire column about the “proposal” Harry Reid laid out at yesterday's press conference without explaining what Reid actually proposed: That the health reform bill he is sending to the CBO will include a public option giving the states the choice to opt-out.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:Washington Sketch: Harry Reid, party of one, on the health-care public option
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post:Don't Bother Waiting for Bloggers to Get Credit for the Public Option
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:59? — Lieberman: Sure, I'll filibuster a health care reform bill I don't agree with.
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Kyle Trygstad / Politics Nation:
NY-23 Poll: Hoffman +5 — For the second time in two days, a poll released by a conservative group finds Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman leading the Nov. 3 special election race for New York's 23rd District. Neighborhood Research polled the district for Minuteman PAC …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Gingrich: NY-23 ‘purge’ 'guarantees Obama's reelection' — Gingrich made it again, at unusual length, to Greta Van Susteren last night: — VAN SUSTEREN: All right, the 23rd congressional district in New York — you're getting heat from Glenn Beck and others because you have endorsed …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Gingrich calls GOP support for Hoffman a ‘purge’ — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) late Monday had some choice words for Republicans supporting Conservative Party party candidate Doug Hoffman (N.Y.), accusing them of conducting a “purge” of the GOP.
William Kristol / Washington Post:
The future of the GOP is outside the Beltway — Bien-pensant conservative elites and establishment-friendly Republican big shots yearn for a more moderate, temperate and sophisticated Republican Party. It's not likely to happen. And probably just as well.
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Kristol: Former NRCC Chair Tom Cole Endorses Hoffman in NY-23 — THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that veteran and widely-respected Rep. Tom Cole (R, Okla.), former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee and a member of the GOP Steering Committee and a Deputy GOP House Whip …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:Right Battles G.O.P. in a Pivotal Race in New York
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Aaron Blake / The Hill:Dismal special election record could hamper Republicans' 2010 comeback
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
U.S. official resigns over Afghan war — When Matthew Hoh joined the Foreign Service early this year, he was exactly the kind of smart civil-military hybrid the administration was looking for to help expand its development efforts in Afghanistan. — A former Marine Corps captain …
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Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
Bush's first stand on a new podium — FORT WORTH — After nine months of being nearly invisible — a big outing has been to a Dallas hardware store for flashlights — George W. Bush made his debut Monday in his latest incarnation: motivational speaker. — Nearly 15,000 people heard …
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WJLA-TV:
Exclusive: Final Battleground Virginia Poll — ARLINGTON, Va. - With one week until Virginia's gubernatorial election, an exclusive poll for WJLA-TV shows Republican Bob McDonnell retaining his commanding lead. — The SurveyUSA poll dated Oct. 27 shows McDonnell with a 17-point lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds, 58-41.
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Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times:
Ex-A.I.G. Chief Is Back, Luring Talent From Rescued Firm — Maurice R. Greenberg, who built the American International Group into an insurance behemoth with an impenetrable maze of on- and offshore companies, is at it again. — Even as he has been lambasting the government for its handling …
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Josh Kraushaar / Scorecard's Blog:
Obama: Grayson an outstanding member of Congress — Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) is drawing criticism from his congressional colleagues, but President Obama offered him some warm words at a Miami fundraiser for the Democratic congressional campaign committees last night.
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Washington Whispers:
Palin Book: Feminists Jealous of Sarah's Rise — Talk about timing. With former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin readying the release of her own 432-page campaign tell-all, Going Rogue: An American Life , now would be the perfect time to pop out another Palin book …
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Andy Soltis / New York Post:
Tax refugees staging escape from New York — New Yorkers are fleeing the state and city in alarming numbers — and costing a fortune in lost tax dollars, a new study shows. — More than 1.5 million state residents left for other parts of the United States from 2000 to 2008 …
Sen. Arlen Specter / The Huffington Post:
Time to Repeal DOMA — The time has come to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Enacted 13 years ago when the idea of same sex marriage was struggling for acceptance, the Act is a relic of a more tradition-bound time and culture. — Connecticut, Iowa, and Massachusetts …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Biden's popularity plunges; lower than Cheney's — Vice President Joe Biden's favorable rating has fallen to 42 percent in a new Gallup poll, down from a high of 59 percent just after last year's election. Biden's unfavorable rating in the new poll is 40 percent, up from 29 percent last November.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Lethal Politics Of The Opt-Out Public Option — I'm surprised this hasn't gotten more attention. But imagine for a moment that the opt-out public option passes and becomes law (I give it a 65 percent chance at this point). Then what happens? Well, there has to be a debate in every state …
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
What if Bush had done that? — A four-hour stop in New Orleans, on his way to a $3 million fundraiser. — Snubbing the Dalai Lama. — Signing off on a secret deal with drug makers. — Freezing out a TV network. — Doing more fundraisers than the last president. More golf, too.
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
AARP could benefit from the health insurance reforms it advocates — Seniors group makes millions from royalties on health plans — The nation's preeminent seniors group, AARP, has put the weight of its 40 million members behind health-care reform, saying many of the proposals will lower costs …
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