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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Bush Campaign Chief and Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman: I'm Gay — Ken Mehlman, President Bush's campaign manager in 2004 and a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, has told family and associates that he is gay. — Mehlman arrived at this conclusion about his identity fairly recently, he said in an interview.
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Michael Luo / New York Times:
Former G.O.P. Leader Says He Is Gay — Ken Mehlman, President George W. Bush's campaign manager in 2004 and a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, has revealed to family and friends over the last few months that he is gay, he said in an interview Wednesday.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Alleged anti-Muslim attacker works at pro-Park51 group — The apparent anti-Muslim assault on a New York city cabbie by a man shouting “Assalamu Alaikum. Consider this a checkpoint” produced an immediate round of recriminations over its connection to opposition to a New York Islamic Center and an apparent rising tide of Islamophobia.
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Student Arraigned in Anti-Muslim Stabbing of Cabdriver — The man charged with the anti-Muslim slashing and stabbing of a cabdriver was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges of second-degree attempted murder as a hate crime, first-degree assault as a hate crime …
Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:
Was the Muslim Cab Driver Slashing the First “Ground Zero Mosque” Hate Crime? (Updated) — A cab driver picked up a 21-year-old fare yesterday in Murray Hill on 24th and Second around 6 p.m. The fare — “visibly drunk” — gets in the cab, and reportedly asks the driver: “Are you a Muslim?”
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Enright made ‘nonsensical’ statements to cops; no warning signs at work
Enright made ‘nonsensical’ statements to cops; no warning signs at work
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NY Daily News:
Muslim cab driver slashed by boozed-up bigot just back from filming …
Muslim cab driver slashed by boozed-up bigot just back from filming …
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Shushannah Walshe / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Palin Foe Mulls Third-Party Run — There's a new wrinkle in Alaska's hotly contested GOP Senate primary. With Senator Lisa Murkowski trailing Palin-endorsed insurgent Joe Miller, a source inside Murkowski's campaign tells The Daily Beast the senator may abandon the GOP for a third party run.
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Anchorage Daily News:
Miller on verge of toppling Murkowski — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is battling for her political life this morning against Republican primary challenger Joe Miller, the tea party-backed candidate who has a slim lead as ballots continue to be counted. — Miller, a Fairbanks attorney …
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CNN:
An unknown Democrat in the last frontier — If Republican incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski is defeated in the GOP primary, her only option is to run as a write-in candidate. — Washington (CNN) - Democrats are already moving to quickly define Alaska Republican and Senate hopeful Joe Miller …
John Dickerson / Slate:
All the candidates Sarah Palin backed had a great night.
All the candidates Sarah Palin backed had a great night.
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Emi Kolawole / Washington Post:
DNC spokesman can't name Alaska Dem running for Senate
DNC spokesman can't name Alaska Dem running for Senate
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Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics:
Palinization — First, give the Sage of Wasilla credit.
Palinization — First, give the Sage of Wasilla credit.
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Washington Monthly
Paul Krugman:
Fire Alan Simpson — I always thought that the deficit commission was a bad idea; it has only looked worse over time, as the buzz is that Democrats are caving in to Republicans, leaning ever further toward an all-cuts, no taxes solution, including a sharp rise in the retirement age.
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Ashley Carson / National Commission …:
Sen. Simpson apologizes to OWL for his remarks
Sen. Simpson apologizes to OWL for his remarks
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Jackie Calmes / The Caucus:
Simpson Apologizes to Critic
Simpson Apologizes to Critic
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Paul Bedard / US News:
Tea Party Group Hit With Death Threats — One of Washington's principal supporters of the Tea Party movement, former GOP Majority Leader Dick Armey's FreedomWorks, has been receiving death threats and profanity-laced phone calls as it gets involved in the fall elections.
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The Politico:
Democrats privately fear House prospects worsening — Top Democrats are growing markedly more pessimistic about holding the House, privately conceding that the summertime economic and political recovery they were banking on will not likely materialize by Election Day.
Nat Hentoff / Jewish World Review:
Am I also a bigot? Pols clueless on Ground Zero mosque — If one of her sleuths knocks on my door, this opponent will readily state that I need no outside funding as a reporter who is deeply investigating the motivation of Imam Rauf's choice of this site of mass murder for the mosque.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Another ‘Moderate’ GZ Mosque Supporter Can't Bring Himself …
Another ‘Moderate’ GZ Mosque Supporter Can't Bring Himself …
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New York Times:
Key Karzai Aide in Corruption Inquiry Is Linked to C.I.A. — KABUL, Afghanistan — The aide to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at the center of a politically sensitive corruption investigation is being paid by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to Afghan and American officials.
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Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Quayle overcomes rocky episode — After a cascade of accusations and ever-shifting denials that he wrote for a raunchy website under the name of a fictional porn star, it seemed even Ben Quayle thought he was going to lose a 10-way Republican primary in Arizona.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
New Forecast Shows Democrats Losing 6 to 7 Senate Seats — The Democratic majority is in increasing jeopardy in the Senate, according to the latest FiveThirtyEight forecasting model. The Democrats now have an approximately 20 percent chance of losing 10 or more seats in the Senate …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
More House Dems fleeing (and bashing) Obama and Pelosi — Little by little, we're starting to see more House Dems running ads distancing them from President Obama and Nancy Pelosi — and even directly taking them on. Some of the spots bash the Obama/Dem agenda in ways that echo GOP talking points.
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Some House Dems Run TV Ads Heralding Opposition to President Obama …
Some House Dems Run TV Ads Heralding Opposition to President Obama …
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Taylor Marsh and Hot Air
Matt Friedman / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie blames Washington bureaucracy for state's failed ‘Race to the Top’ application — TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie this morning acknowledged the state made a clerical error that blew its chance at winning $400 million in federal money for schools, but he blamed Obama administration bureaucrats …
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Wikileaks:
CIA Red Cell Memorandum on United States “exporting terrorism”, 2 Feb 2010 — This CIA “Red Cell” report from February 2, 2010, looks at what will happen if it is internationally understood that the United States is an exporter of terrorism; 'Contrary to common belief, the American export …
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Breitbart.tv:
This website uses IntenseDebate comments, but they are not currently loaded because either your browser doesn't support JavaScript, or they didn't load fast enough. — i'm sure i would have caused an “incident” dude needed tea bagged for sure — He made such a compelling argument for the mosque, my eyes have been opened!
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Harry Reid rips Sharron Angle over “domestic enemies” — Yesterday I reported here that Sharron Angle agreed with a talk show host's claim that we have “domestic enemies” within the “walls of the Senate and the Congress.” — Now Harry Reid is personally calling on Angle to name names.
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Marlins' profits came at taxpayer expense — The swindlers who run the Florida Marlins got exposed Monday. They are as bad as anyone on Wall Street, scheming, misleading and ultimately sticking taxpayers with a multibillion-dollar tab. Corporate fraud is alive and well in Major League Baseball.
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Townhall.com:
For the Left, Opponents Cannot Have Decent Motives: The Ground Zero Example — I recently wrote about leftists' hatred for conservatives as people, not merely for conservative ideas. Demonization of opponents is a fundamental characteristic of the left. It is not merely tactical; they believe people on the right are bad.
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Media Decoder:
National Journal Hires Major Garrett From Fox News — Major Garrett, the chief White House correspondent for Fox News, is quitting his job at the cable news channel after eight years. He is joining National Journal as a Congressional correspondent. — Mr. Garrett's surprise departure comes …
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