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Winning Dede: How Dems got her nod — Fearful that the party had almost no chance of winning the Nov. 3 New York special election after Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava abruptly announced Saturday that she was dropping out, high-ranking national Democrats immediately began working to secure …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Hoffman leads big — Doug Hoffman has a commanding lead in the special election for New York's 23rd Congressional District. — In a three way contest with Democrat Bill Owens and Republican Dede Scozzafava Hoffman leads with 51% to 34% for Owens and 13% for Scozzafava.
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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
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David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
NY-23: Biden Backs Owens, Slams Limbaugh and Palin
NY-23: Biden Backs Owens, Slams Limbaugh and Palin
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New Jersey Gov Race Tips To Christie By 2 Points, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Daggett Voters Key As Race Is Too Close To Call — In the see-saw New Jersey Governor's race, Republican challenger Christopher Christie has 42 percent to Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine's 40 points …
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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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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Palin robocalls urge Virginians to 'vote for Sarah's values' — RICHMOND, Virginia (CNN) - Sarah Palin isn't staying out of the Virginia governor's race after all. — Less than 48 hours before voters head to the polls to elect a new governor, several Virginians reported receiving robocalls …
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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.
Jeanne Devon / The Huffington Post:
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Palin Power and New York's 23rd District
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Palin Power and New York's 23rd District
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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 …
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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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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 …
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 …
BBC:
Karzai declared elected president — Hamid Karzai has been declared president of Afghanistan, after election officials scrapped a planned second round of voting. — The announcement comes a day after Mr Karzai's sole challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, pulled out of the race.
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John Harwood / New York Times:
If Fox Is Partisan, It Is Not Alone — The Obama White House's decision to challenge Fox News appears driven equally by strategy and frustration. It is also a test case for politicians in both parties. — That is because partisan fragmentation throughout America's news media and their audiences has grown significantly.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Too Little of a Good Thing — The good news is that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a k a the Obama stimulus plan, is working just about the way textbook macroeconomics said it would. But that's also the bad news — because the same textbook analysis says that the stimulus …
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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.
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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Bill Carter / New York Times:
DVR, Once TV's Mortal Foe, Helps Ratings — In what may seem a media business version of the Stockholm syndrome, television network executives have fallen in love with a former tormentor: the digital video recorder. — The reason is not simply that more households own DVRs …
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Xan Brooks / Guardian:
Matrix maker plans Muhammad film — Barrie Osborne, part of the Oscar-winning team behind the Lord of the Rings films, says the new production ‘will educate people about the true meaning of Islam’ — Producer Barrie Osborne cast Keanu Reeves as the messiah in The Matrix and helped defeat …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Clinton's Mideast pretzel — Hillary Clinton's voice has not been heard all that often in the Mideast peace process, but she has provoked crises with almost every word. — Administration officials hold Clinton largely responsible for entrenching an unsuccessful focus on settlements in thesprint …
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