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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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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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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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The Politico:
Conservatives take aim at leaders, Crist, other races
Conservatives take aim at leaders, Crist, other races
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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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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 …
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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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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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Martin Lewis / The Huffington Post:
Chris Christie Rips Off Monty Python, Risks Copyright Infringement
Chris Christie Rips Off Monty Python, Risks Copyright Infringement
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Christie leads — Chris Christie leads Jon Corzine 47-41 …
Christie leads — Chris Christie leads Jon Corzine 47-41 …
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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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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 …
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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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Alexander, NYT Slam Obama as Too Partisan, Ignoring Actual GOP Record
Alexander, NYT Slam Obama as Too Partisan, Ignoring Actual GOP Record
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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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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 …
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.
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.
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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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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Matthew Yglesias
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 …
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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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.
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.
Dave Levinthal / OpenSecrets.org:
Lobbyists Terminating Their Federal Registrations at Accelerated Rate — WASHINGTON — Lobbyists this year began terminating their formal registrations with the federal government at significantly higher levels than usual, a joint study by OMB Watch and the Center for Responsive Politics has found.