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John L. Smith / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Charlotte zings Reid from beyond the grave — Election 2010 has just heard from a member of the Silent Majority. — You know, from a deceased person. — Chances are good you never met Charlotte McCourt during her 84 years, but I'm willing to bet you'll be hearing about her in the coming days …
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David Brody / The Brody File:
Exclusive: Sharron Angle Talks to The Brody File — In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with The Brody File, U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle speaks candidly and boldly about her faith, her critics, her top legislative priorities, the mainstream media, defunding the Department of Education and oh yes …
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston Are Engaged! — Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston reveal exclusively in the new Us Weekly that they are getting married. — And, they tell Us Weekly, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been kept in the dark about their plans ... until now.
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
House Dems to vent frustrations over midterm strategy to Obama — House Democrats will vent their frustrations with the White House's political strategy during a Wednesday meeting with President Obama. — The session comes amid an uproar in the House over comments made by White House press …
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CQ Politics:
Pelosi Slams Gibbs for ‘Politically Inept’ House Forecast
Pelosi Slams Gibbs for ‘Politically Inept’ House Forecast
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O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Tea Party billboard covered up in Mason City — Billboard featuring President Obama being covered up today in Mason City. — A billboard in Mason City that pictured President Obama flanked by Nazi leader Adolph Hitler and communist leader Vladimir Lenin has been papered over this morning.
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama, White House: Al Qaeda Is Racist — In an interview earlier today with the South African Broadcasting Corporation to air in a few hours, President Obama disparaged al Qaeda and affiliated groups' willingness to kill Africans in a manner that White House aides say was an argument that the terrorist groups are racist.
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Karen E. Crummy / Denver Post:
Storm over possible plagiarism in McInnis writings escalates — A new example of possible plagiarism by Scott McInnis surfaced Tuesday as the Republican gubernatorial candidate faced calls to repay $300,000 he received for plagiarized essays on water that he submitted as “original works.”
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHEN AN ENTIRE POLITICAL PARTY MOVES TO BIZARRO WORLD.... Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) probably didn't realize the impact his remarks would have. The right-wing Arizonan was asked on Fox News how his party would pay for $678 billion in tax cuts for the wealthy, which Republicans are currently demanding.
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Lee C. Bollinger / Wall Street Journal:
Journalism Needs Government Help — Media budgets have been decimated as the Internet facilitates a communications revolution. More public funding for news-gathering is the answer. — We have entered a momentous period in the history of the American press.
Robert Costa / National Review:
The Reeducation of Rand Paul — Soon after Rand Paul won Kentucky's GOP Senate primary in May, his campaign was rocked — not by an affair or a kamikaze YouTube clip, but by his own textbook libertarianism. In a series of post-election interviews, Paul criticized parts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 …
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty / Reuters:
Time for Obama to make sacrifices — Later this week, the White House budget office is due to produce its midyear report on the nation's fiscal health. — If history is any guide, the administration will try to paint a rosy picture, but the truth is already obvious: Washington under President Barack Obama …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
VP Favorable Ratings: Gore Down, Cheney Up, Biden Flat — Americans more negative than positive toward Gore, Cheney — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' current views of former Vice President Al Gore have become significantly more negative compared with three years ago, and are among the worst for him in more than a decade.
ScottWinshipWeb:
How Bad is the Job Situation, Really? — (cross-posted at ProgressiveFix.com and FrumForum.com) — When it comes to economic conditions, I'm generally a glass-three-quarters-full kind of guy. Take unemployment. Quick—what was the risk in 2008 that an American worker would experience at least one bout of unemployment?
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Libtalker Bill Press Blames ‘Spoiled Americans’ For Obama's Poll Collapse — IT'S YOUR FAULT — Lefty Meltdown Over WaPo Poll, Libtalker Lashes Out — Are you ready to accept your share of the blame for Obama's collapsing poll numbers? If only “spoiled Americans” …
David Weigel / The Daily Dish:
Maybe he should have gathered more armies — Rick Barber — the man who cut three of the most dizzingly amusing YouTube ads of the cycle — will not be heading to Congress. He badly lost last night's runoff in his Alabama district, falling by 22 points to Montgomery City Councilwoman Martha Roby …
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Bob Johnson / Associated Press:
Tea Party Favorite Loses GOP Runoff in Alabama
Tea Party Favorite Loses GOP Runoff in Alabama
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CBS News:
CBS News Poll: 7/13/10 — Complete Data and Questions on the CBS News Poll on Obama, The Economy, Health Care and Other Issues — cbs_poll_071310 — MORE FROM OPINION: CBS NEWS POLLS
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
NBC, CBS refuse Ground Zero mosque ad — CBS and NBC have refused to air a provocative ad from the confrontational, well-funded National Republican Trust PAC that calls on Americans to oppose the building of a mosque two blocks from the World Trade Center site.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
GOP senators float amendment to stop Arizona lawsuit — Two Republican senators announced Wednesday they will attempt to amend legislation to prevent the Obama administration from suing Arizona over its controversial immigration law. — Sens. Jim DeMint (S.C.) and David Vitter (La.) …
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Jack M. / Ace of Spades HQ:
Megyn Kelly-Kirsten Powers Cat Fight! UPDATE: Video Added — The 10 Minutes fight between Megyn Kelly and Kirsten Powers on FNC may be the greatest ten minutes of television, ever. — I mean it. — Somebody please send me this clip. Not only did Kelly reveal Powers …
Quinnipiac University:
Sestak Catches Toomey To Tie Pennsylvania Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; More Voters Say Obama Doesn't Deserve Second Term — Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak and Republican Pat Toomey are locked in a 43 - 43 percent tie in their race for the U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania …