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Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
Articles and Analysis — We got two new pieces of polling news last night from New York's 23rd District. The first is the one and only survey from Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm that does automated surveys for Democratic candidates but also conducts and releases surveys in high profile races like NY-23 as a marketing tool.
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Biden says NY-23 can teach conservatives a lesson — (CNN) - Vice President Joe Biden challenged Republican voters in New York's 23rd congressional district to teach conservative “absolutists” a lesson in the special House election Tuesday by voting for the Democratic candidate in the race
The Note:
Biden v. Palin — The Re-Match — ABC News' Rick Klein reports: — Campaigning in an upstate New York congressional district, Vice President Joe Biden today attacked his one-time opponent, Sarah Palin, who has led a succession of big-name Republicans in backing the candidacy of the Conservative Party nominee.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Palin responds to criticism from Biden — Former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) on Monday responded to Vice President Joe Biden's comments about her support for Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in a hotly contested special election. — Biden today appeared at a rally …
The Politico:
Winning Dede: How Dems got her nod
Winning Dede: How Dems got her nod
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Matt Friedman / Politicker NJ:
Democrats admit paying for pro-Daggett call; Obama records robocall for Corzine — The Democratic State Committee now admits paying for a robocall to Somerset County voters that slams Republican Chris Christie and promotes independent gubernatorial candidate Christopher Daggett.
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Lee Fang / Think Progress:
Doug Hoffman Praises Glenn Beck As His ‘Mentor’ — Conservative blogger Charles Johnson of the site Little Green Footballs reported yesterday that Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate in the NY-23 special election, signed a pledge to uphold Glenn Beck's 9/12 Project principles in Congress.
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Ezra Klein:
An insurance industry CEO explains why American health care costs so much — On Friday, I sat down with Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson to talk about health-care reform. The conversation was long and ranging and will take a while to transcribe. But before we really got into the weeds …
Wall Street Journal:
The Worst Bill Ever — Epic new spending and taxes, pricier insurance, rationed care, dishonest accounting: The Pelosi health bill has it all. — Printer — Friendly — Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reportedly told fellow Democrats that she's prepared to lose seats in 2010 if that's …
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The Other McCain:
Rick Moran and the Comatose Nuthouse — Shorter Moran: ‘passion’ == ‘bad’. — In The Anti-Reason Conservatives, we're treated to a post that only Bob Dole could love. Let's review a few points: — The country is broke. — Incumbency is killing us. — Entitlements are a mike foxtrot.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Senator Hatch: Healthcare reform bills threaten survival of two-party system — The healthcare reform proposals before Congress threaten the existence of the two-party system, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) alleged Monday morning. — Hatch asserted that the health bills, which he believes represent a …
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Cliff Kincaid / Accuracy in Media:
Controversial New Video of Obama's Pastor — A new video of Jeremiah Wright has surfaced, showing Barack Obama's pastor of 20 years praising Marxism and discussing his ties to communists in El Salvador and Nicaragua and the Libyan government. Equally important, Wright is being introduced …
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John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
Chris Christie's Next Case: Who Stole My Election? — Absentee voter fraud may play a significant role in New Jersey's gubernatorial election. — Printer — Friendly — The race for governor in New Jersey is so close in final polls that it may well end up in a recount …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Republican adviser faces health care's costly bite — Former McCain strategist is about to lose his health insurance — If history had taken a different course, Doug Holtz-Eakin would be inside the McCain White House driving the Republican president's domestic agenda, including health-care reform.
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Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Rep. Foxx: Health care reform is a bigger threat than ‘any terrorist right now in any country.’ — Few Republican congressional members have served as a greater fount for hyperbolic and uninformed ranting about health care reform as has Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC).
Drudge Report:
BARACK 'N BONES — Eyebrows raised over the weekend as President Obama walked out of the gym at Fort McNair — appearing thin as a rail! — Rigorous workouts and high-stress basketball games are said to be behind the dramatic weight loss. — “No, he's not chain smoking,” claims an insider.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Harry Reid Calls GOP's Transparency Bluff: Is Your Health Care Bill A Secret, Or Merely Non-Existent? — Harry Reid, continuing to surprise Dems who were accustomed to his cautious posture, has fired off a surprisingly harsh letter to Republican Senators, caustically questioning their claims …
KBTX-TV:
Planned Parenthood Director Leaves, Has Change of Heart … Planned Parenthood has been a part of Abby Johnson's life for the past eight years; that is until last month, when Abby resigned. Johnson said she realized she wanted to leave, after watching an ultrasound of an abortion procedure.
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Bloomberg:
Locke Was ‘Imprecise’ in Comments on Second Stimulus — Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) — Commerce Secretary Gary Locke was “imprecise” when he said President Barack Obama's advisers are considering a second stimulus measure, his spokesman said today. — Locke, in an interview with Bloomberg Television …
Martin Lewis / The Huffington Post:
Chris Christie Rips Off Monty Python, Risks Copyright Infringement — Chris Christie, the Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey in Tuesday's knife-edge gubernatorial election, has been called out as a copyright thief. The 47-year-old lawyer, who was controversially appointed …
Wall Street Journal:
Jittery Companies Stash Cash — After Crisis, Big Businesses Hoard Most Bucks in 40 Years; Google's $22 Billion Cache — Stung by the financial crisis, companies are holding more cash — and a greater percentage of assets in cash — than at any time in the past 40 years.
New York Times:
Obama Strategy on Health Legislation Appears to Pay Off — WASHINGTON — After months of plodding work by five Congressional committees and weeks of back-room bargaining by Democratic leaders, President Obama's arms-length strategy on health care appears to be paying dividends …
Chris Thorman / Software Advice:
State by State: Is the Stimulus Bill Creating Construction Jobs? — The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) had big plans for the construction industry - $131 billion big. — That stimulus money is supposed to help an industry that is still hemorrhaging jobs today.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Chris Wallace shows no journalistic integrity when he interviews Rush Limbaugh: “He's very nice, very sweet and vulnerable” — Chris Wallace had a chance to prove to America that he actually has journalistic integrity and is not part of the Fox Sphere of phony reporting when he interviewed Rush Limbaugh on Fox News Sunday.
Sheya / Conservatives4Palin.com:
Quit Making Things Up, DNC — As Tommy Report indicated in a post last week, the DNC released an attack ad on Governor Palin. We decided to engage in some “fact checking” ourselves. — Do your part to get the truth out, help make this video go viral. — (H/T Joshua Livestro for all your help)
Ezra Klein:
A pessimistic thought on the exchanges — In the House health-care reform plan, the exchanges are expected to serve 21 million people in 2019. Almost all of those people come from the uninsured population or don't make enough money to afford the coverage their employer offers.