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The Politico:
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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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
RNC in NY-23: ‘Vote conservative’ — The Republican National Committee (RNC) is encouraging people to “vote conservative” in tomorrow's special election in New York's 23rd congressional district. — An RNC radio ad, running Monday and Tuesday in the district, encourages voters to support …
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Biden says NY-23 can teach conservatives a lesson
Biden says NY-23 can teach conservatives a lesson
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Weekly Standard
The Politico:
Conservatives take aim at leaders, Crist, other races
Conservatives take aim at leaders, Crist, other races
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Quinnipiac University:
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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Democracy Corps:
Corzine Carries Four-Point Lead Into Election Day — A new survey conducted for Stan Greenberg and James Carville's organization Democracy Corps shows a New Jersey gubernatorial race that remains very close, with Democratic Governor Jon Corzine holding a four-point edge over Republican Chris Christie among …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Christie leads — Chris Christie leads Jon Corzine 47-41 in PPP's final poll of the New Jersey Governor's race, with Chris Daggett at 11%. — Corzine had pulled to within a point of Christie on our poll three weeks ago after trailing by as many as 14 points over the summer …
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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
A 95.2% Income Tax Rate? — The Tax Foundation computes the income tax rates necessary to close the deficit: — Or Congress could stop spending. — I suppose it should be obvious that if anything approaching these tax rates existed, the people subject to such confiscatory taxation …
Greg Gordon / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Goldman takes on new role: taking away people's homes — How one couple beat Goldman Sachs and saved their home — SAN JOSE, Calif. — When California wildfires ruined their jewelry business, Tony Becker and his wife fell months behind on their mortgage payments and experienced firsthand the perils of subprime mortgages.
New York Times:
Comcast Said to Be Close to Gaining NBC Universal — By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN — General Electric and the cable giant Comcast have moved closer to a deal giving control of NBC Universal to Comcast, and a formal announcement could be made sometime next week, people briefed on the talks said Sunday.
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