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1:45 PM ET, January 5, 2010

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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Massachusetts Special Senate Election  —  2010 Massachusetts Senate: Coakley 50%, Brown 41%  —  State Attorney General Martha Coakley holds a nine-point lead over her Republican rival, state Senator Scott Brown, in Massachusetts' special U.S. Senate election to fill the seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy.
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Earthquake Rumblings In MA - Rasmussen Shows Brown Within 9% / Update: Brown within 2% With Definite Voters and Leads By 44% With Independents  —  Rasmussen is the first major polling organization to poll the Massachusetts Senate special election, and the “pre-released” poll numbers show Martha Coakley …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Reform at Stake in Massachusetts  —  The new Rasmussen poll has Dem candidate Martha Coakley with a 50% to 41% margin over Republican Scott Brown.  Figure in that Massachusetts is a heavily Democratic state and that Rasmussen's polls tend to have a slight GOP lean and you can probably figure she's going to win on January 19th.
Jules Crittenden:
Republican Heir To The Liberal Lion?
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Hot Air
Michael Graham / The Natural Truth:
50-41!  —  Scott Rasmussen just told my pals at Fox 25 …
Discussion: DaTechguy's Blog and 38 Pitches
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Tea Party Teens  —  The United States opens this decade in a sour mood.  First, Americans are anxious about the future.  Sixty-one percent of Americans believe the country is in decline, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey.  Only 27 percent feel confident …
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CNN:
Tea Party groups plan ‘strike’  —  Washington (CNN) - Some Tea Party activists from across the country are planning a ‘national strike’ on January 20, the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama's inauguration.  —  The idea of holding an economic protest sprung up during the holidays …
Nancy Dillon / NY Daily News:
Joan Rivers bumped off flight in Costa Rica when Continental gate agent finds passport suspicious  —  Above, Rivers celebrates the New Year with family and friends in Costa Rica last week.  On her return, though, she had a tough time leaving the country because of her ‘suspicious’ passport.
Discussion: Moonbattery and JammieWearingFool
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Anill / Think Progress:
Joan Rivers deemed a danger to national security, bumped off Costa …
Discussion: MyFox New York
Michelle Malkin:   Airline security idiocy of the day: Milblogger Michael Yon …
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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
RNC chairman doubts GOP will win back the House this November
Discussion: Wonkette
Mark Blumenthal / National Journal Online:
What Liberal Revolt?  —  Claims That Obama's Base Have Turned On Him Are Based On Scant Evidence  —  Does President Obama have a problem with his political base?  That conclusion seems inescapable in recent weeks, as prominent liberal voices have expressed their unhappiness with the president …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:   What liberal revolt?  —  There's never been any indication …
Steve Bousquet / The Buzz:
Greer quits, Thrasher expected to head GOP  —  Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer resigned his post Tuesday, effective Feb. 20.  He is expected to be replaced by state Sen. John Thrasher of St. Augustine, a former House speaker and formerly a prominent lobbyist.
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Florida party chairman to resign post
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
BRIT HUME SPEAKS, AGAIN.... I didn't intend to return to the subject, but Fox News' Brit Hume spoke to Bill O'Reilly last night about his calls for Tiger Woods to change his religion.  At this point, Hume now wants to debate the meaning of the word “proselytize.”
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Andrew Martin / New York Times:
How Visa, Using Card Fees, Dominates a Market  —  Every day, millions of Americans stand at store checkout counters and make a seemingly random decision: after swiping their debit card, they choose whether to punch in a code, or to sign their name.  —  It is a pointless distinction to most consumers …
Sally Quinn / Washington Post:
Time for accountability at the White House  —  Now it turns out that there was a third uninvited guest at the White House state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, this one a member of the Indian delegation.  It was enough of a shock that the would-be stars Tareq and Michaele Salahi had crashed.
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Washington Post:
Secret Service confirms third crasher at White House state dinner
Examiner:
What the Dems know that we don't: Universal Voter Registration  —  Many are puzzled that Democrats persist in ramming unpopular and destructive legislation down our collective throats while seemingly unconcerned by their plummeting poll numbers.  A widespread belief is that the Democrats …
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Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Matthews: Politico Serves As The Drudge-Like ‘News Conduit’ For Dick Cheney  —  Last month, Politico conducted an “interview” with former Vice President Dick Cheney.  As ThinkProgress noted at the time, the paper's top reporters — Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen — transcribed Cheney's attacks …
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Matthews Bites The Politico That Feeds Him Cheney
Drew Zahn / WorldNetDaily:
Glenn Beck on birther issue: 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'  —  Claims controversy is political ‘dream come true’ for Obama  —  On the air today, popular radio host Glenn Beck mocked “birthers” and claimed there is a concerted campaign to get those questioning Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility onto …
Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Swing states may be on the move  —  The voter sentiments that put Democrats on top in 2008 could turn against the party in November's midterm.  Obama's proposals for healthcare, the economy and immigration could deepen divisions.  —  Reporting from Searchlight, Nev. …
Discussion: Washington Times and PoliBlog
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Wall Street Journal:
Personal Bankruptcy Filings Rising Fast  —  The number of Americans filing for personal bankruptcy rose by nearly a third in 2009, a surge largely driven by foreclosures and job losses.  —  And more people are filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which liquidates assets to pay off some debts and absolves the filers of others.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
For Obama, terrorism is a four-letter word: Bush  —  The attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 was more than just al Qaeda's latest attempt to bring death and destruction to American shores.  It was also, in its still-unfolding political aftermath, a head-on collision between …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
11 pp.  of House-Senate health differences - Panetta meets CIA fallen at Dover — POTUS, VPOTUS to hold 90-min. Sit Room meeting on air security — Edsall: outside chance GOP takes House  —  BREAKING - -L.A. Times A1: “Northrop headquarters moving to Washington”: “Northrop Grumman Corp …
Art Beast / The Daily Beast:
Hollywood's Liberal Heartbreak  — Home - Cheat sheet - Buzz board - Big Fat Story - Blogs & stories - Videos - Galleries - Crossword  —  Blogs and Stories  —  I hope and trust that Robbins has since calmed down.  —  When it came to politics, Robbins and Sarandon tended to espouse and admonish rather than try to persuade.
WLNS-TV:
CHERRY WILL DROP OUT OF GOV'S RACE  —  UPDATE: 6 News Capitol Correspondent Tim Skubick reports that Lt. Governor John Cherry, once the presumed front-runner for the Democratic nomination, will drop out of the race for Governor.  —  Several sources have confirmed the story 6 News first broke Monday night at 11pm.
Telegraph:
MI5 told US about Detroit bomber's terror links ‘a year ago’  —  Britain told American intelligence agents more than a year ago that the Detroit bomber had links to extremists, according to Downing Street.  —  The prime minister's spokesman indicated that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was named …
 
 
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