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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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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.
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
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Kristol: Why Pelosi May Fail
Kristol: Why Pelosi May Fail
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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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Capitol Confidential / Big Government:
BREAKING: New Jersey Dems Paying for Independent Candidate's RoboCalls
BREAKING: New Jersey Dems Paying for Independent Candidate's RoboCalls
Anita MonCrief / The Greenroom:
Breaking: ACORN expected to Protest Election Results Tomorrow in Clinton County — Multiple sources on the ground in New York's 23rd Congressional district confirm that ACORN is expected to be actively protesting the election results in Clinton County, New York tomorrow.
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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.
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 …
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PMW:
PA daily: Clinton is a corrupt liar — The official Palestinian Authority daily has accused US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of taking bribes from Israel and wallowing in “a swamp of lies.” — “Why, Mrs. Hillary? How much did the Zionists pay you as a bribe?” taunted an article …
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Hillary Rodham Clinton / US Department of State:
Secretary Clinton on the Middle East
Secretary Clinton on the Middle East
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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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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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John M. Broder / New York Times:
Gore's Dual Role in Spotlight: Advocate and Investor — WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Al Gore thought he had spotted a winner last year when a small California firm sought financing for an energy-saving technology from the venture capital firm where Mr. Gore is a partner.
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 …
Amy Gardner / Virginia Politics:
Jim Moran Calls GOP the “Taliban Ticket” — Always good copy, U.S. Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) likened the Republican ticket in Virginia this year to Afghanistan's radical Taliban movement in comments broadcast Sunday by WAMU radio. — At a get-out-the-vote rally in Fairfax County …
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 …
Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:
Matthew Hoh: ‘I Firmly Believe That We Are Taking Part In A Civil War’ In Afghanistan — Last week, former Marine captain and State Department employee Matthew Hoh made headlines when he went public with his resignation from the administration over his opposition to the continuation of the war in Afghanistan.
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Rep. Joe Wilson Blames Obama For Vaccine Shortage — After Voting Against Vaccine Funding — Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) says President Obama has endangered American lives by not doing more to alleviate the nation's short supply of H1N1 vaccine. In a new interview with the conservative-leaning CNSNews.com …
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Matt Cover / CNSNews:
Joe Wilson: Obama Should Be ‘Held Responsible’ for Swine Flu Vaccine Shortage
Joe Wilson: Obama Should Be ‘Held Responsible’ for Swine Flu Vaccine Shortage
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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 …
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 …
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.
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 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.
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.
Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
Flash Points Linger in Health Bill — Democrats Trying to Reach Final Deals on Handling of Abortions, Illegal Immigrants — WASHINGTON — House Democrats are wrestling with how their health-care bill will deal with abortion and immigration issues as they prepare to bring the bill to the floor as soon as Friday.