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Gary Langer / The Numbers:
Sarah Palin: Rogue for President? — Gary Langer is director of polling at ABC News, where he's covered the beat of public opinion for nearly 20 years - conducting and analyzing ABC News polls, evaluating data from other sources and setting the news division's standards for poll reporting.
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Rasmussen Reports:
59% of GOP Voters Say Palin Shares Their Values — Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Republican voters say former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin shares the values of most GOP voters throughout the nation. — A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 21% of Republican voters disagree …
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Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Sarah Palin Says She Isn't Responsible for the GOP's Loss
Sarah Palin Says She Isn't Responsible for the GOP's Loss
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Walter Shapiro / Politics Daily:
How Palin Could Win the 2012 GOP Nomination
How Palin Could Win the 2012 GOP Nomination
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Jon Cohen / Behind the Numbers:
Sarah Palin: new chapter, same challenges
Sarah Palin: new chapter, same challenges
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Hoffman ‘unconcedes’ in N.Y.-23 House race — Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has “unconceded” in New York's special House election after reports that the vote margin between him and Rep. Bill Owens (D) has narrowed. — Hoffman conceded the race on Election Night after learning he trailed Owens by 5,335 votes.
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Hoffman ‘Un-Concedes’ The NY-23 Election After Prodding From His ‘Mentor’ Glenn Beck — On Nov. 3, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman conceded the special election in New York's 23rd district after finding out that he was losing considerably to Democrat Bill Owens …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Live-Blogging Oprah — 4.57 pm. Now it's a love-fest between two celebrities with talk-shows. — 4.53 pm. “You don't need a title to make a difference.” Here again she uses the term “title” as opposed to “office.” She really does see politics as an extension of being a Beauty Queen …
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Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
Palin Onstage, Still Moving Off Message — There were no questions about the Bush doctrine, but Sarah Palin's appearance Monday on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” to promote her memoir looked less like a celebratory comeback than a redo of the presidential campaign.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Most Americans say Palin not qualified to serve as President — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Fewer than three in 10 Americans think Sarah Palin's qualified to be president, according to a new national poll - the least of any of the five potential candidates included in the survey.
Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Jobs ‘Saved or Created’ in Congressional Districts That Don't Exist — Human Error Blamed for Crediting New Stimulus Jobs to Places That Don't Exist — Here's a stimulus success story: In Arizona's 15th congressional district, 30 jobs have been saved or created with just $761,420 in federal stimulus spending.
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Matthew Jaffe / ABCNEWS:
ABC News Exclusive: Obama Admin Slashed 60,000 Jobs From Recent Stimulus Report — Office of Management & Budget Document: 12 Stimulus Recipients Reported ‘Unrealistic Job Data’ — The Obama administration, under fire for inflating job growth from the $787 billion stimulus plan …
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Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Shields: I'm ‘Nostalgic’ For A ‘Manly Man’ President Who Will ‘Kick Some Tail And Ask Questions Afterwards’ — Since reports emerged last month that top commander in Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal asked President Obama for upwards of 40,000 additional troops to continue the war there …
John Yoo / Wall Street Journal:
The KSM Trial Will Be an Intelligence Bonanza for al Qaeda — The government will have to choose between vigorous prosecution and revealing classified sources and methods. — Printer — Friendly — 'This is a prosecutorial decision as well as a national security decision," …
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Megan McArdle:
Quote of the Day — Apparently Rush Limbaugh has called Sarah Palin's book “truly one of the most substantive policy books I've read”. Personally, I thought it was the finest spy novel since Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. — Before you start bashing me for being an elitist liberal …
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John Ziegler / Mediaite:
Coming Soon: John Ziegler's Review of Going Rogue
Coming Soon: John Ziegler's Review of Going Rogue
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David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Poll: Beau Biden Grabs Lead in Delaware Senate Race — This is one of the more surprising polls I've seen recently: Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of the vice president, is leading Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) in a hypothetical 2010 U.S. Senate matchup.
Steve Clemons / Blogs and Stories:
The Assassination of Greg Craig — Blogs and Stories — The White House counsel was done in by a scurrilous leaks campaign. So much for the Obama team's pledge to be transparent, forthright and accountable for their actions. — Gregory Craig, White House counsel to President Obama …
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Interloper tricks Tea Party audience into an anti-European immigrant chant of ‘Columbus go home!’ — On Saturday, a few dozen anti-immigration activists gathered on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol for a Tea Party, part of the nationwide effort by Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC).
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Chairman Ben S. Bernanke / Board of Governors …:
On the Outlook for the Economy and Policy — When I last spoke at the Economic Club of New York a little more than a year ago, the financial crisis had just taken a much more virulent turn. In my remarks at that time, I described the extraordinary actions that policymakers around the globe …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Americans want KSM tried in military court — Washington (CNN) - Two-thirds of Americans disagree with the Obama administration's decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian court rather than a military court, according to a new national poll.
Jarrett Renshaw / Morning Call:
Union troubled by Eagle Scout project in Allentown — After layoffs, SEIU president complains about city's use of volunteers, contractors — OF THE MORNING CALL — In pursuit of an Eagle Scout badge, Kevin Anderson, 17, has toiled for more than 200 hours hours over several weeks to clear a walking path in an east Allentown park.
News & Advance:
Danville TEA Party snuffs bonfire after uproar — The Danville TEA Party has officially cancelled its bonfire and effigy burning planned for Saturday after the event received nationwide interest, according to the group's chairman, Nigel Coleman. — Coleman said Monday the owner of the property …
David Frum / CNN:
Republicans heading for a spectacular bloodbath in Florida — Editor's note: David Frum, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, was a special assistant to President George W. Bush in 2001-2002. He is the author of six books, including “Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again,” and the editor of FrumForum.com.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Playing the race card on ‘Going Rogue’ — Max Blumenthal goes after Sarah Palin's co-author, Lynn Vincent, in a broadside that focuses largely on her 2006 collaboration with a conservative blogger, Robert Stacy McCain, whose views on race — he has written critically of interracial marriage …
ABCNEWS:
Officials: Major Hasan Sought ‘War Crimes’ Prosecution of U.S. Soldiers — Rebuffed, Accused Fort Hood Shooter Took Extra Target Practice, Closed Bank Safety Deposit Box in Final Days, Investigators Say — Major Nidal Malik Hasan's military superiors repeatedly ignored or rebuffed his efforts …
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Nouriel Roubini / Nouriel Roubini's Global …:
The Worst is yet to Come: Unemployed Americans Should Hunker Down for More Job Losses — From the Daily News: — Think the worst is over? Wrong. Conditions in the U.S. labor markets are awful and worsening. While the official unemployment rate is already 10.2% and another 200,000 jobs …
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Report: More Americans going hungry — The number of Americans who lack dependable access to adequate food shot up last year to 49 million, the largest number since the government has been keeping track, according to a federal report released Monday that shows particularly steep increases in food scarcity among families with children.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Harkin says Senate will work weekends this December on health — The chairman of a key Senate committee overseeing healthcare reform said Monday that the chamber will work every weekend in December to pass the bill by Christmas. — Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), the chairman of the Health …
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