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Kos / Daily Kos:
More on Research 2000 — I have just published a report by three statistics wizards showing, quite convincingly, that the weekly Research 2000 State of the Nation poll we ran the past year and a half was likely bunk. — Since the moment Mark Grebner, Michael Weissman …
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Kos / Daily Kos:
Research 2000: Problems in plain sight — A bit over two weeks ago, a group of statistic wizards (Mark Grebner, Michael Weissman, and Jonathan Weissman) approached me with a disturbing premise — they had been poring over the crosstabs of the weekly Research 2000 polling we had been running …
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Steven Shepard / Hotline On Call:
Daily Kos To Sue Former Pollster — Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas announced today he will file a lawsuit against MD-based pollster Research 2000, alleging that polls Research 2000 was conducting for the liberal blog were fabricated. — Moulitsas today published a report by three readers …
Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Dems quietly cheer gun ruling — When the Supreme Court extended the individual right to own a gun Monday, they handed Second Amendment advocates—many of whom are at home in the GOP—one of their most significant legal victories ever. — But who won the day in politics? The Democrats.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Kagan may get confirmed, but Thurgood Marshall can forget it — Oppo researchers digging into Elena Kagan's past didn't get the goods on the Supreme Court nominee — but they did get the Thurgood. — As confirmation hearings opened Monday afternoon, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee took …
Larisa Alexandrovna / Raw Story:
Updated: Supreme Court vacates Siegelman decision — In a surprise decision Tuesday morning, the United States Supreme Court vacated an earlier ruling by a lower court in the case of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, who was convicted of bribery and honest services fraud in 2006 in a case …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHAT DID THURGOOD MARSHALL EVER DO TO THE GOP?.... In early May …
WHAT DID THURGOOD MARSHALL EVER DO TO THE GOP?.... In early May …
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Andrew Breitbart / Big Journalism:
Reward: $100,000 for Full ‘JournoList’ Archive; Source Fully Protected — I've had $100,000 burning in my pocket for the last three months and I'd really like to spend it on a worthy cause. So how about this: in the interests of journalistic transparency, and to offer the American public …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Breitbart's bounty — Andrew Breitbart is, entertainingly …
Breitbart's bounty — Andrew Breitbart is, entertainingly …
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Silla Brush / The Hill:
Wall Street bill back to conference as Democrats don't have the votes — Senate and House conferees on Wall Street reform are expected to reconvene Tuesday because of Republican objections to $19 billion in fees that would be placed on big financial firms. — The meeting would follow …
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Darren Goode / The Hill:
Graham to skip White House energy and climate meeting
Graham to skip White House energy and climate meeting
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PittsburghLIVE.com:
Obama's good for GOP, Boehner says — PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW — House Minority Leader John Boehner, the Ohio Republican with his eye on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's gavel, said the tide is turning the GOP's way. — “The American people have written off the Democrats,” …
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Think Progress:
Sharron Angle Is Against Abortion In The Case Of Rape Or Incest: It Would Interfere With God's ‘Plan’ — In a radio interview with Bill Manders on Jan. 25, Sharron Angle — the GOP candidate and Tea Party darling challenging Harry Reid for Nevada's U.S. Senate seat — came out firmly against abortion.
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Sharron Angle, Camera-Shy Candidate, Shifts Coverage — RENO — There is a game in Nevada called “Where's Sharron Angle?” that the press is tired of playing. — Ms. Angle, a Nevada Senate candidate and Tea Party darling, has steadfastly refused to talk to reporters here …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Gen. Petraeus' nomination puts some Democrats in awkward spot — President Barack Obama's nomination of Gen. David Petraeus has put some Democrats in a politically awkward position. — While Senate Democrats are expected to rally behind Petraeus to replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal …
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Spencer Ackerman / Danger Room:
Petraeus: I'll Change Afghanistan's Rules of War
Petraeus: I'll Change Afghanistan's Rules of War
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Liz Alderman / New York Times:
In Ireland, a Picture of the High Cost of Austerity — DUBLIN — As Europe's major economies focus on belt-tightening, they are following the path of Ireland. But the once thriving nation is struggling, with no sign of a rapid turnaround in sight. — Nearly two years ago …
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Clinton endorses Sen. Bennet's opponent — Former President Bill Clinton broke with the White House Tuesday and endorsed Sen. Michael Bennet's (D-Colo.) primary challenger. — Clinton sent out a fundraising appeal for former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff (D), who's challenging Bennet in the Aug. 10th primary.
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Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Bill Clinton Breaks With Obama In Colorado Senate Race
Bill Clinton Breaks With Obama In Colorado Senate Race
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New York Post:
Spy ring's ‘femme fatale’ — A ring of 11 Russian moles right out of a Cold War spy novel was smashed yesterday — and among those busted was a flame-haired, 007-worthy beauty who flitted from high-profile parties to top-secret meetings around Manhattan. — Russian national Anna Chapman …
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Lara Logan, You Suck — Lara Logan, come on down! You're the next guest on Hysterical Backstabbing Jealous Hackfest 2010! — I thought I'd seen everything when I read David Brooks saying out loud in a New York Times column that reporters should sit on damaging comments to save their sources from their own idiocy.
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Wrong Track Distress — It's getting harder and harder for most Americans, looking honestly at the state of the nation, to see the glass as half full. And that's why the public opinion polls contain nothing but bad news for Barack Obama and the Democrats.