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Why Democrats Will Keep The House — House Republicans are measuring the drapes in preparation for big gains in the lower chamber, convinced that Minority Leader John Boehner is going to become the next Speaker of the House. On a macro level, that wouldn't be a bad guess …
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New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, AmSpecBlog, HorseRaceBlog, Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, Jeff Mapes on Politics and Townhall.com
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
Embattled Democrat Joins Call for Treasury Secretary Geithner To Go
Embattled Democrat Joins Call for Treasury Secretary Geithner To Go
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The Hill, Outside the Beltway, Virginia Politics Blog and Weigel
msnbc.com:
Drunk shouts ‘terrorists,’ urinates on mosque rugs — Some worry NYC mosque controversy could lead to more attacks — msnbc.com staff and news service reports — NEW YORK — In the latest in a spate of anti-Muslim incidents over the last two days, an intoxicated man entered a mosque …
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Latest Open Salon Blog and Jihad Watch
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ABCNEWS:
Lawyer Says Alleged Cab Driver Stabber Was Not Motivated By Anti-Muslim Hate
Lawyer Says Alleged Cab Driver Stabber Was Not Motivated By Anti-Muslim Hate
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TalkLeft and NewsBusters.org
New York Post:
‘Drunk’ desecration at mosque
‘Drunk’ desecration at mosque
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Talking Points Memo, Little Green Footballs and TPMMuckraker
South Union Street:
Eggs and Issues: Bright's Comments about Pelosi Draw Laughter — U.S. Congressman Bobby Bright, the first-term Democrat and former mayor of Montgomery, was heard having a little fun at U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's expense during his recent participation in the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce's Eggs and Issues.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Reporter: Blue Dog Dem joked that Pelosi might “get sick and die”
Reporter: Blue Dog Dem joked that Pelosi might “get sick and die”
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Weasel Zippers, Michelle Malkin, Daily Kos and Betsy's Page
Michael Grunwald / Time:
How the Stimulus Is Changing America — New juice Obama, right, tours a huge solar array in Nevada. Catching rays is easy; storing and shipping solar energy is harder. — John Locher / Getty Images — The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 — President Obama's $787 billion stimulus …
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Weasel Zippers, Double Dutch Politics, White House.gov Blog Feed and The Page
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CNN:
Biden touts stimulus during New Hampshire visit — Vice President Joe Biden was on the road in New Hampshire Thursday. — (CNN) - Vice President Joe Biden took the administration's defense of its controversial $862 billion stimulus plan to New Hampshire Thursday, touting the program's investment …
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The Swamp
Frederic J. Frommer / Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Stimulus assessments overly optimistic
FACT CHECK: Stimulus assessments overly optimistic
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Hot Air, National Review, Beltway Confidential and Riehl World View
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Honey, I Shrunk My Approval Ratings
Honey, I Shrunk My Approval Ratings
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Liberty Pundits Blog, NRSC and Commentary
Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
How Ken Mehlman's ‘open secret’ stayed hidden — Ken Mehlman says he only recently concluded that he's gay. The media seems to have reached that conclusion years ago. — The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz is one of several journalists to quickly follow up on Mehlman's announcement Wednesday …
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American Prospect, GayPatriot, AmSpecBlog, Mediaite, LA Observed and Riehl World View, more at Mediagazer »
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Peter Wehner / Commentary:
On Ken Mehlman — The announcement that former Republican …
On Ken Mehlman — The announcement that former Republican …
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Think Progress, Crooks and Liars, Advocate, The Other McCain, Firedoglake, GayPatriot and National Review
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Republican lawyer heads to Alaska for Lisa Murkowski — Alaska attorney Joe Miller leads Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the state's Republican Senate primary. AP photo — Sean Cairncross, the general counsel of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, is headed to Alaska at the request …
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Hot Air, Don Surber, TPMDC, New York Times, The Other McCain, Conservatives4Palin.com, The Swamp and The Daily Beast
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Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Miller's lead slims; Murkowski awaits absentees — Joe Miller's lead over U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski slightly narrowed to 1,668 votes with all the election precincts counted Wednesday. A stunned Murkowski said she is not giving up hope until absentee ballots are counted starting next week.
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msnbc.com, Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, Weigel, Swing State Project, The Politico, Weekly Standard, Taegan Goddard's … and The Mudflats
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Dark outlook for Midwestern Dems …
Dark outlook for Midwestern Dems …
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Hotline On Call, The Atlantic Online, The Fix and Gateway Pundit
New York Post:
MSNBC's Ed Schultz goes bonkers — MSNBC talk show screamer Ed Schultz had a meltdown in the network's 30 Rock newsroom, shouting at staff, “I'm going to torch this [bleep]ing place.” — The hot-tempered anchor of “The Ed Show” lost it during a phone call in the packed studio and slammed down the phone before exploding.
Ben Dimiero / Media Matters for America:
WATCH: Glenn Beck's egomania reaching comical proportions — At long last, Glenn Beck's “Restoring Honor” self-aggrandizement festival is almost upon us. In Beck's words, the rally will mark a “turning point” in American history, where “miracles” will happen.
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Washington Monthly, Hullabaloo and Wonkette
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Michelle Shephard / Toronto Star:
Third terror suspect was ‘Canadian Idol’ contestant … OTTAWA— Two people were arrested Wednesday afternoon and a third terrorism suspect- one who moonwalked across a Montreal stage during an audition for Canadian Idol - was detained early Thursday, the Star has learned.
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Jihad Watch
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Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. / The Jawa Report:
Comedy Gold: Moonwalking Idol Contestant Indicted for Terror
Comedy Gold: Moonwalking Idol Contestant Indicted for Terror
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Weasel Zippers
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
President Obama, It's Time to Can the Catfood Commission … Pete Peterson, the hedge fund billionaire who made his money by not paying his fair share of taxes, has pursued a decades-long quest to destroy Social Security and has pledged $1 billion to achieve that goal.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Trumka: Palin will ‘go down in history like McCarthy’ — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, speaking to the Alaska AFL-CIO in Anchorage today, will take a swipe at Palin for her employment of the term “union thugs,” according to prepared remarks. — Palin, he said, has come …
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Union leader will blast Sarah Palin, calling her rhetoric ‘poisonous’
Union leader will blast Sarah Palin, calling her rhetoric ‘poisonous’
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The Politico, Weasel Zippers and Riehl World View
Daniel Foster / National Review:
How Vindictive Is This Administration? — I'm not usually the conspiratorial type, but watch Gov. Chris Christie explain how the Obama administration disqualified the state of New Jersey from hundreds of millions in education funds because some clerk in Trenton turned in the wrong excel spreadsheet:
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Weekly Standard and Power Line
Nicholas Confessore / City Room:
Paterson Misled Investigators Over Tickets, Report Says — Gov. David A. Paterson misled investigators for the state ethics commission when he testified that he had intended to pay for free tickets he obtained to last year's World Series, according to a report issued on Thursday by an independent counsel investigating the matter.
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TPMMuckraker and JammieWearingFool
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Far From Ground Zero, Obscure Pastor Is Ignored No Longer — GAINESVILLE, Fla. — If building an Islamic center near ground zero amounts to the epitome of Muslim insensitivity, as critics of the project have claimed, what should the world make of Terry Jones, the evangelical pastor here who plans …
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Left Coast Rebel, ACS Blog, Sweetness & Light, Gawker, Guardian, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Lede and The Awl
The Politico:
Party-less Charlie Crist faces harsh reality — WEST MIAMI, Fla. — First, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist was supposed to be the Republican nominee for Senate. Then he seemed on track to be the de facto Democratic candidate. Now, following Rep. Kendrick Meek's victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary …
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NRSC and Taegan Goddard's …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama in the Swing States — Barack Obama expanded the map in 2008 but for the most part you're still going to find Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania as the most important states at the Presidential level because of their size and competitiveness and Obama's numbers in those places right now are brutal.
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Riehl World View and GOP 12
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Exclusive: Bristol Palin Is Coming to Dancing With the Stars — It's the Dancing With the Stars casting that no one saw coming! — We can report to you exclusively that Sarah Palin's 19-year-old daughter Bristol Palin has been cast on the 11th season of DWTS, set to premiere Sept. 20, according to sources.
Ted Mann / The Day newspaper:
Dead wrestler's father blasts McMahon, WWE — ‘Lance Cade’ saga underscores issue of wrestling empire — Harley McNaught was planning to stay silent and grieve. Then he saw what Linda McMahon said about his dead son. — McMahon, the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment …
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Ballot Box, The Atlantic Online and msnbc.com