Top Items:
msnbc.com:
NBC: 7 dead, 12 injured in Fort Hood shooting — No word from the military base whether the victims are military or civilians — At least seven people are dead and 12 wounded in a shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, the base's public affairs office told NBC News on Thursday.
Discussion:
The Jawa Report, The Moderate Voice, Politics Daily, BLACKFIVE, Raw Story, The Page, Nice Deb, Outside The Beltway, Real Clear Politics and Danger Room
RELATED:
CNN:
Up to 9 killed in shootings at Fort Hood — (CNN) — Two gunmen in military uniforms shot and killed as many as nine people and wounded as many as 20 at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday, officials said. — One of the shooters has been apprehended, Fort Hood spokesman Sgt. Maj. Jamie Posten told CNN.
Discussion:
Crooks and Liars, The Jawa Report, New Jersey Online, New York Magazine and The Washington Independent
The Blotter:
Seven dead, 20 injured in Fort Hood shooting — The Army says seven people were killed and 20 wounded in a pair of shootings at the Fort Hood Army base in Killeen, according to the Associated Press. — An Army spokesman at the Pentagon says the shootings began about 1:30 p.m. Thursday …
Fox News:
At Least 7 Dead, 20 Wounded in Shootings at Ft. Hood in Texas — DEVELOPING: A pair of mass shootings at Ft. Hood military post in Texas left at least 7 dead and 20 wounded Thursday, and one suspected gunman is on the loose, the Army said. — A massive manhunt was under way for the suspect at large …
Discussion:
Vox Popoli
The Politico:
Tea parties descend on Capitol — Thousands of tea party activists descended on Washington Thursday to protest the trillion-dollar health care bill and government spending, holding signs protesting Barack Obama's agenda while aiming chants of “You work for us” at the Capitol building.
RELATED:
Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
It's On and IT'S MASSIVE- “Kill the Bill Rally” In DC! ... Update: Mark Levin at Rally (Video) — Ed Schultz sends these photos from the steps of the US Capital— ** CSPAN 3 has a live video stream from the rally. — Truth Czar Rep. Joe Wilson is currently speaking.
The Note:
Protesters Arrested at Lieberman's Office — ABC's Z. Byron Wolf reports: — It is protest day, for the Left and the Right, on Capitol Hill. — First out of the gate - 8 Protesters backing a universal health care system briefly occupied Sen. Joe Lieberman's office this morning.
Discussion:
The Plum Line, TPM LiveWire, Raw Story, Nice Deb, New Haven Independent, The Powers That Be, MoJo Blog Posts, RedState and Wonkette
Daniel Libit / The Politico:
Bachmann calls for ‘scare’ tactics — In a conference call Wednesday night with bloggers and activists for the advocacy group Americans for Prosperity, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) called on protesters to “scare” members of Congress into killing the proposed health care reform bill.
Discussion:
TPMDC, Think Progress, Lance Mannion, The Swamp, Wake up America, Hullabaloo, Crooks and Liars, The Note, Raw Story, AMERICAblog News and New York Magazine
Patricia Murphy / Politics Daily:Michele Bachmann's Capitol House Call: ‘Get Your Hands Off My Health Care!’
Discussion:
AARP, acscan.org, Washington Post, Top of the Ticket, Prescriptions and Indecision Forever
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WEAK KNEES KEEP SHAKING.... In Tuesday's congressional races, voters sent two more House Democrats to Congress, expanding an already-large Democratic majority on the Hill. In 2008, the electorate made a House Democratic majority bigger, and in 2009, Dems went five for five in special elections, making that majority bigger still.
RELATED:
The Politico:
‘We got walloped’ — Two big questions loom in the wake of the 2009 elections. The first is whether Barack Obama learned anything new about American voters. The second is whether American voters will soon learn something new about Obama. — For a president who likes always …
Washington Post:Democrats debate Obama agenda's impact on Democratic Party
Discussion:
Open Left, Wall Street Journal, FiveThirtyEight, Suburban Guerrilla, Swampland, Bloomberg, Associated Press and msnbc.com
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:Energized G.O.P. Looks to Avoid Party Feud
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Caucus, msnbc.com, Blogs and Stories, American Power, USA Today, MoJo Blog Posts, The Page and The Note
David S. Broder / Washington Post:Election defeats may spell midterm disaster for Democrats
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Bloomberg, Hullabaloo, Commentary, Firedoglake, Capitol Briefing and Bark Bark Woof Woof
Ezra Klein:
Congressional Budget Office Thrashes Republican Health-Care Plan — Republicans are learning an unpleasant lesson this morning: The only thing worse than having no health-care reform plan is releasing a bad one, getting thrashed by CBO and making the House Democrats look good in comparison.
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, Wonk Room, Daily Kos, The Hill, Firedoglake, Blog entry, Matthew Yglesias and MoJo Blog Posts
RELATED:
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
CBO: Republican health plan would reduce premiums, cut deficit — The Congressional Budget Office Wednesday night released its cost analysis of the Republican health care plan and found that it would reduce health care premiums and cut the deficit by $68 billion over ten years.
GOP Leader Blog:Speaker Pelosi's Government-Run Health Plan Will Require a Monthly Abortion Premium
Douglas Elmendorf / Director's Blog:A Preliminary Analysis of a Substitute Amendment to H.R. 3962 …
Discussion:
Hot Air, Obsidian Wings, The New Republic, Wake up America, Angry Bear and The Washington Independent
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Right-wing protesters at GOP rally display prominent sign tying health care to the Holocaust. — ThinkProgress' Lee Fang snapped this photograph of a prominent sign being displayed at today's GOP anti-health care rally. It's unclear whether this sign is one of the many being handed …
RELATED:
The Note:
Steele to Republicans Who Support Obama: 'We'll Come After You' — ABC News' Rick Klein reports: RNC Chairman Michael Steele has been endorsing a “big tent” approach to recruiting candidates for 2010, emphasizing the need to find candidates who fit the needs of individual districts.
Discussion:
Think Progress, Washington Monthly, The Washington Independent, msnbc.com, The Hill and TPM LiveWire
RELATED:
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Huckabee, Romney, Palin See Most Republican Support for '12 — Huckabee, Romney viewed as most qualified of possible Republican presidential candidates — PRINCETON, NJ — Looking ahead to the 2012 presidential election, 71% of Republicans say they would seriously consider voting for Mike Huckabee.
Discussion:
The Fix, Matthew Yglesias, Politics Daily, The Hill, Hot Dish Politics, The Page, New York Magazine and Real Clear Politics
RELATED:
Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Sabato's Fun Facts—Election '09 — The following “fun facts” are presented as instant analysis of the November 3 election for the Crystal Ball's readers, straight from the mouth of U.Va. Center for Politics Director Larry J. Sabato, with the editorial assistance of Isaac Wood:
Discussion:
Swing State Project, FiveThirtyEight, Democratic Strategist, Blue Virginia, Liberal Values and Facing South
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Crist says he never backed stimulus measure — (CNN) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist tells CNN he never endorsed President Obama's $787 billion stimulus measure, in what appears to be the latest effort by the Florida Republican to distance himself from the president as he seeks his party's Senate nomination.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, The Note, Think Progress, msnbc.com, Glenn Thrush's Blog, The Atlantic Politics Channel and Eye on 2010
New York Times:
The Vote for Mayor, Block by Block — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg won re-election Tuesday, but voters were less enthusiastic about him than the last time he ran in 2005. The mayor did well in high-income white areas of Manhattan and Queens, and also in election districts dominated by immigrants, like Flushing and Brighton Beach.
Reuters:
IAEA found nothing serious at Iran site: ElBaradei — VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors found “nothing to be worried about” in a first look at a previously secret uranium enrichment site in Iran last month, the International Atomic Energy chief said in remarks published Thursday.
Kim Hart / The Hill:
Facebook exec leverages online, offline friends in campaign — There are 7 million Democrats in California. About 5 million of them will be on Facebook by the time the state elects a new attorney general one year from now. — That could be helpful for Facebook's Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly …
Discussion:
Personal Democracy Forum blogs
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Unhealthy America — The moment of truth for health care is at hand, and the distortion that perhaps gets the most traction is this: … That self-aggrandizing delusion may be the single greatest myth in the health care debate. In fact, America's health care system is worse than Slov—er, oops, more on that later.
Paul Thompson / Daily Mail:
Michelle Obama to star with Nigella Lawson as she becomes first presidential wife to appear on a reality show — Michelle Obama is to be the first presidential wife to appear on a reality TV series. — The First Lady will make a guest appearance on ‘Iron Chef America’ which features British cook Nigella Lawson as a judge.
Discussion:
Gateway Pundit
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
