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Jennifer Brown / Denver Post:
Bennet wins; Buck leads — Former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff has conceded to Sen. Michael Bennet in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, an hour after polls closed tonight. — Supporters at Bennet's watch party at Mile High Station were giddy and shouting as election returns showed …
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Sen. Bennet survives primary — Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) proved Tuesday he's capable of winning a tough race against a determined challenger. — The appointed senator defeated former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff in the Democratic primary, capturing a majority of the vote and outpacing his challenger by 8 percent.
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Kirk Johnson / New York Times:
Colorado Race Could Reassure Obama and Democrats — DENVER — The predictions of doom for incumbents and establishment candidates this campaign season are proving to be more complex in the real world. On Tuesday, Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado, a Democrat who had hitched his star …
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John F. Harris / The Politico:
Primary night yields good news for President Obama and Democrats
Primary night yields good news for President Obama and Democrats
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Scott / Power Line:
Dirty Work — In the words of the old Steely Dan song: “Times are hard, you're afraid to pay the fee/So you find yourself someone to do the job for free.” It's a song with a lover's lament for its refrain: “I'm a fool to do your dirty work.” (The video below shows Phoebe Snow with the band at New York's Beacon Theater in 2007.)
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The Huffington Post:
Rep. Ellison: ‘Gibbs Crossed The Line’ — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Progressive Democrats fired back at Robert Gibbs on Tuesday, following the White House press secretary's sharp critique of what he called a “professional left” that is perpetually unsatisfied by President Obama.
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Girl quits her job on dry erase board, emails entire office (33 Photos) — We received the following photos last night from a person who works with this girl. Her name is Jenny (not confirmed) - we're working our contact for Jenny's last name. Yesterday morning, Jenny quit her job with a …
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Meet the Prankster Brothers Behind “Jenny,” …
Meet the Prankster Brothers Behind “Jenny,” …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Ground Zero mosque spokesman to Gutfeld: Your gay bar won't build dialogue because it doesn't consider our sensibilities — He's got a point. Construction projects that fail to consider local cultural sensitivities aren't very conducive to dialogue, are they?
Adam Clymer / New York Times:
Ted Stevens, Longtime Alaska Senator, Dies at 86 — Ted Stevens, the former United States senator who was killed Monday night in a plane crash at the age of 86, helped shape modern Alaska with federal laws and billions in federal dollars. — Serving in the Senate for 40 years …
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Stevens killed in crash near Dillingham
Stevens killed in crash near Dillingham
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Liz Robbins / New York Times:
Former Senator Ted Stevens Is Killed in a Plane Crash
Former Senator Ted Stevens Is Killed in a Plane Crash
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Dick Armey / USA Today:
Opposing view on retirement income: Let's upend Social Security — The nation's largest entitlement program is officially in the red. This year, Social Security has paid out more than it receives in payroll taxes. The Congressional Budget Office predicts that by 2039 …
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Allan Sloan / Washington Post:
Social Security, the trust fund and funny money
Social Security, the trust fund and funny money
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
McMahon wins GOP Senate nomination — Former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon defeated former Rep. Rob Simmons and businessman Peter Schiff to win Connecticut's Republican Senate primary Tuesday. — She will face state Attorney Richard Blumenthal (D) in November.
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Daniela Altimari / Capitol Watch:
McMahon wins CT-SEN primary
Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Confirmed: GE CEO Immelt Scolded NBC Journalists For Reporting Negatively on Obama — This is criminal... FOX Business Channel's Charles Gasparino told Bill O'Reilly tonight that GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt gathered the CNBC reporters together in early 2009 and scolded them for reporting negatively on Barack Obama.
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
For Those With Jobs, a Recession With Some Benefits — One of the distinctive features of the Great Recession has been the enormous number of people who have been out of work for months on end. Almost 45 percent of today's unemployed workers have been without a job for at least 27 weeks.
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
The Point of No Return — For the Obama administration, the prospect of a nuclearized Iran is dismal to contemplate— it would create major new national-security challenges and crush the president's dream of ending nuclear proliferation. But the view from Jerusalem is still more dire …
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John / Power Line:
Spin Control — Michelle Obama's Spanish vacation is evidently polling badly, so the administration decided to spin her visit by slipping the “inside story” of the vacation to a friendly journalist: … The hotel where Obama stayed in Marbella told the press that the Obamas reserved 60 rooms …
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release — Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June indicates that the pace of recovery in output and employment has slowed in recent months. Household spending is increasing gradually, but remains constrained by high unemployment …
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Sewell Chan / New York Times:
Saying Recovery Has Slowed, Fed to Buy U.S. Debt
Saying Recovery Has Slowed, Fed to Buy U.S. Debt
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Gmathis / Georgia Elections News:
Deal stops short of declaring victory — Republican Nathan Deal stopped short of proclaiming victory over Karen Handel late Tuesday night in the GOP gubernatorial runoff. — The former congressman said he was “encouraged by the numbers.” — With 99 percent of the vote in, he had a lead of less than 2,500 votes.
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Heather Robinson / The Huffington Post:
I Was an Eyewitness to Flight Attendant Steven Slater's Rant on Jet Blue #1052 — And I gotta say, the guy made my day. — The funny thing is, I was seated on this flight yesterday - JetBlue #1052, Pittsburgh to JFK - next to a lady who was scared to fly.
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Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Federal workers earning double their private counterparts — At a time when workers' pay and benefits have stagnated, federal employees' average compensation has grown to more than double what private sector workers earn, a USA TODAY analysis finds. — Federal workers have been awarded …
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Van Helsing / Moonbattery:
The 3 Things You Need to Know About Liberals' Favorite Religion — 1. Islam has not been hijacked. — 2. Striving to institute worldwide sharia law is a religious duty. — 3. Muslims are allowed to deceive non-Muslims if it helps Islam. — They forgot the last one:
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Study Looks at Tax Cut Lapse for Rich — WASHINGTON — As debate heats up over President Obama's proposal to let the Bush tax cuts expire for the wealthy but to extend them for everyone else, a nonpartisan Congressional analysis circulated on Capitol Hill on Tuesday provides a look at the impact …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Harry Reid: “I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican.” — While campaigning in Nevada Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told an audience of mostly Hispanic voters: “I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican, okay. Do I need to say more?”
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Rand denies ‘Aqua Buddha’ stunt — Speaking to Fox News's Neil Cavuto just now, Rand Paul flatly denied the GQ report that he'd abducted a teammate and tried to force her to smoke marijuana and worship strange gods in a Baylor University prank. — “I will categorically deny …
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James Hohmann / The Politico:
Mark Dayton wins in Minnesota by 1,500 votes — Mark Dayton celebrates after the Associated Press calls the Democratic gubernatorial primary race for him. AP — Mark Dayton narrowly won Minnesota's Democratic primary for governor, barely escaping political death and taking a large step toward a remarkable political comeback.
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Martin Chulov / Guardian:
US-backed Iraqis defect to al-Qaida — American allies the Sons of Iraq being offered more money by al-Qaida to switch sides — Al-Qaida is attempting to make a comeback in Iraq by enticing scores of former Sunni allies to rejoin the terrorist group by paying them more than the monthly salary …
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Sarah Horn / Denver Post:
Race remains close between Maes, McInnis — With nearly all the ballots counted in the GOP gubernatorial primary race, Evergreen businessman Dan Maes leads by about 1 percent over former congressman Scott McInnis, a margin beyond the half-percentage point needed for an automatic recount.
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