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Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGN: Angle, Reid race still tight — More voters picking sides as senator's clout comes into play — Locked in a dead heat, both U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and Sharron Angle picked up support in the past two weeks, according to a poll for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and 8NewsNow …
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David Weigel / Slate:
Why Democrats shouldn't feel overconfident about beating some of those wacky Republican nominees. … - Won't It Be Awesome When Amazon Releases a $99 Kindle? - Shafer: The Tabloidy Goodness of TBD.com- The Only Luggage You'll Ever Need- Troy Patterson on the Despicable New Genre …
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Kerry Picket / Washington Times:
1993 flip-flop: Sen. Reid introduced bill ‘clarifying’ birthright citizenship — For all the brouhaha over Republicans wanting to review the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, the citizenship/birthright clause, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, once supported revising …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Harry Reid tried to end birthright citizenship for illegals in 1993
Harry Reid tried to end birthright citizenship for illegals in 1993
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Social Security heats up as midterm issue
Social Security heats up as midterm issue
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The Politico:
Can Ken Buck buck the system?
Can Ken Buck buck the system?
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Jeremy Holden / Media Matters for America:
FULL AUDIO: Dr. Laura Schlessinger's N-word rant — On August 10, Dr. Laura Schlessinger launched into a racially charged rant, during which Schlessinger — in her own words — “articulated the ‘n’ word all the way out — more than one time.” Among other things, Schlessinger also told …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Sacrilege at Ground Zero — A place is made sacred by a widespread belief that it was visited by the miraculous or the transcendent (Lourdes, the Temple Mount), by the presence there once of great nobility and sacrifice (Gettysburg), or by the blood of martyrs and the indescribable suffering of the innocent (Auschwitz).
Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN Poll: Who's on top in hunt for 2012 GOP nomination? — A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Survey suggests there is no front runner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. — Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) - Less than three months before the unofficial start of the next race …
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Steven Shepard / Hotline On Call:
Poll: Half Would Vote For Generic GOP Challenger In '12 — Pres. Obama trails a generic GOPer in a WH '12 re-election bid, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released today. Among registered voters, fully half, 50%, said they were more likely to vote for a generic GOPer …
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Economist:
Disappointed, down, despondent — And not about to rush to the polls in November, either — WHY, asks a Democrat leading a training session for fellow activists, doesn't “Yes we can” work as a slogan any more? “Because we haven't,” a jaded participant responds.
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Byron York / Associated Press:
For Michelle Obama, extravagance dents popularity — After a widely admired start in the White House, first lady Michelle Obama's popularity is falling and, if the current downward trend in her approval ratings continues, could touch lows not seen since the scandal-tainted days of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Obama to host Ramadan meal
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Dems Might Want to Re-Think Criticizing Linda McMahon's WWE Connection — Linda McMahon stepped down as CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment in September 2009 in order to run for the US Senate, and she has since become the Republican nominee from Connecticut.
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Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:
Dems blast WWE even though their presidential candidates appeared …
Dems blast WWE even though their presidential candidates appeared …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Lessig On Obama — Very nicely put: … I am crestfallen over two profound issues: civil rights and accountability for war crimes. Maybe in the long run, it will come out all right. And I understand the necessity of pragmatism and the awful legacy this president inherited.
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Lawrence Lessig / The Huffington Post:
On the Rage of Gibbs — Whitehouse Press Secretary Robert Gibbs …
On the Rage of Gibbs — Whitehouse Press Secretary Robert Gibbs …
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Eric Hague / McSweeney's:
OUR DAUGHTER ISN'T A SELFISH BRAT; YOUR SON JUST HASN'T READ — ATLAS SHRUGGED. — I'd like to start by saying that I don't get into belligerent shouting matches at the playground very often. The Tot Lot, by its very nature, can be an extremely volatile place—a veritable powder keg …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
‘Professional left’ not ready to back an Obama challenger — As angry as it might be, the professional left isn't ready to back a primary challenger to President Obama just yet. — Two high-profile liberals on Thursday said they are not interested in running against the president in 2012 …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Op-Ed Columnist: Paralysis at the Federal Reserve — Ten years ago, one of America's leading economists delivered a stinging critique of the Bank of Japan, Japan's equivalent of the Federal Reserve, titled “Japanese Monetary Policy: A Case of Self-Induced Paralysis?”
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Gary Fields / Wall Street Journal:
Democratic Seats Vulnerable on Jobs — ALBION, Mich.—Michelle Rena Jones cheered when candidates Barack Obama and Joe Biden visited south-central Michigan in 2008. She supported Mr. Obama that November along with a slate of Democrats, including Mark Schauer in the 7th congressional district.
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Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren, likely to head new consumer agency, provokes strong feelings — Somewhere along the line, Elizabeth Warren became a symbol. — She's either the plain-spoken, supremely smart crusader for middle-class families that her supporters adore, or she's the power-hungry headline seeker …
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Associated Press:
Federal appeals court in NY rules against ACORN — AP National Video — Fears remain in Mich. after stabbing spree arrest — Arrest in serial-stabber case eases some but not all anxiety in Mich. city where 5 were killed. — Judge keeps gay marriage on hold — for now
Wall Street Journal:
The Anti-Obama Democrats — Democrats in deep-red states who voted against health reform and higher spending may yet survive the midterm. — It's 81 days to the election. Expect many of them to be filled with the explanations Democrats are now serving up as to why Nov. 2 is likely to be a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day.
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Obama closes curtain on transparency — President Obama has abolished the position in his White House dedicated to transparency and shunted those duties into the portfolio of a partisan ex-lobbyist who is openly antagonistic to the notion of disclosure by government and politicians.
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Longshot US Senate candidate from SC indicted — COLUMBIA, S.C. — Longshot U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene was indicted Friday on two charges, including a felony charge of showing pornography to a South Carolina college student. — A Richland County grand jury indicted Green for disseminating …
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James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:
Ex-Inmate's Dilemma: $2.2 Million or a Lawsuit — HOUSTON — Since a judge let him out of prison for a rape that prosecutors now say he did not commit, Michael A. Green has had trouble sleeping. — Late at night, he walks the neat, quiet sidewalks in the neighborhood where he is staying with an aunt …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Economy Remains Top Concern as Nov. Elections Draw Nearer — Two-thirds of Americans mention aspects of the economy as the nation's top problem — PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans of all political persuasions say the economy and jobs are the most important problems facing the country today.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Does the past record of journalists matter? — The Atlantic's James Fallows, whose analysis I often find worthwhile, yesterday defended Jeffrey Goldberg and his Iran article from unidentified critics (emphasis added): … First of all, it's inaccurate to claim that critiques of Goldberg's article are based on what he did in the past.
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