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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Parties Tied at 46% in Generic Ballot — Latest weekly update shows more competitive contest — PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans and Democrats are tied at 46% among registered voters in Gallup's weekly tracking of congressional voting preferences, marking a shift after five consecutive weeks in which the Republicans held the advantage.
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Mind of America — A new Washington Post poll is out. Selected questions are shown below. Summary: Americans trust Democrats more to handle the country's problems, they think Democrats represent their values better, they think Democrats are more concerned with the needs of people like them …
Washington Post:
Republicans making gains against Democrats ahead of midterm elections — Republicans are heading into the final weeks of the midterm campaign with the political climate highly in their favor, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Americans are increasingly frustrated by a lack …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
New polls point to tsunami
New polls point to tsunami
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Peter Orszag / New York Times:
One Nation, Two Deficits — The nation faces a nasty dual deficit problem: a painful jobs deficit in the near term and an unsustainable budget deficit over the medium and long term. This month, the Senate will be debating an issue with significant implications for both …
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Robert Reich:
Why Obama Is Proposing Whopping Corporate Tax Cuts, and Why He's Wrong
Why Obama Is Proposing Whopping Corporate Tax Cuts, and Why He's Wrong
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John D. McKinnon / Washington Wire:
Bush Tax Cuts: White House Rejects New Orszag Proposal
Bush Tax Cuts: White House Rejects New Orszag Proposal
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The Atlantic Online and Firedoglake
Chicago Breaking News:
Daley won't run for re-election: ‘I have done my best’ — Mayor Richard Daley, with his wife and members of his family, speaks at a City Hall press conference to announce that he will not run for re-election in 2011. (Antonio Dickey / Mayor's Press Office) | MORE PHOTOS
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley to retire, speculation swirls around Rahm Emanuel candidacy — Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's surprise announcement today that he would not seek a seventh term in 2011 immediately set off speculation that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel would enter the race.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Progressive group: Rahm a ‘cancer on the Democratic Party’
Progressive group: Rahm a ‘cancer on the Democratic Party’
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Weasel Zippers
The Note:
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley Won't Seek Reelection
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley Won't Seek Reelection
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Fidel to Ahmadinejad: ‘Stop Slandering the Jews’ — (This is Part I of a report on my recent visit to Havana. I hope to post Part II tomorrow. And I also hope to be publishing a more comprehensive article about this subject in a forthcoming print edition of The Atlantic.)
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Castro: I Was Wrong During Cuban Missile Crisis — Jeffrey Goldberg's online account just now of his recent visit with Fidel Castro, in Havana, is fascinating in many ways. But the part that got my attention comes at the end, when Castro expresses his fear that an Iranian/Israeli/US showdown could get out of control.
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The Huffington Post:
Obama Left Largely Helpless As Judicial Vacancies Reach Crisis — What's Your Reaction: … The Obama administration is aware of the growing alarm over its inability to fill long-standing judicial vacancies. White House officials frequently voice displeasure with the pace …
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Desert Firestorm: The Nevada Senate Race Heats Up — A Retooled Angle Campaign Threatens to Topple the Majority Leader — After a disastrous start as the Republican Senate nominee in Nevada, Sharron Angle has begun to turn her campaign around and is once again raising Republican hopes …
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The Note:
Harry Reid: ‘I Had Nothing to Do’ …
Harry Reid: ‘I Had Nothing to Do’ …
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Felicia Sonmez / The Fix:
Harry Reid: “I had nothing to do with” bad economy
Peter Wallsten / Washington Wire:
Reid Picks Up Some GOP Support
Reid Picks Up Some GOP Support
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Wall Street Journal and FrumForum
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
State Gains Would Give Redistricting Edge to G.O.P. — The midterm elections are being closely watched for the answer to a high-stakes question: Will Republicans have a majority in Congress for the next two years? But it is the outcome of a lower-profile battle over state legislatures …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Democrats Aren't Running From Health Care. But What Are They Running On?
Democrats Aren't Running From Health Care. But What Are They Running On?
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Peter Wehner / Commentary:
Jonathan Chait, Delusional Regarding ObamaCare
Jonathan Chait, Delusional Regarding ObamaCare
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Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Murkowski says she's not a quitter — JUNEAU, Alaska — A week after conceding the GOP primary, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she's not a quitter and is “still in this game.” — Murkowski told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she's been inundated with calls and e-mails from supporters …
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Libertarians: Murkowski still asking
Libertarians: Murkowski still asking
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Karl Smith / Modeled Behavior:
Rome is Burning — There is a critical point that I fear the commentariat is just not getting. In my darker moments I fear that some of my fellow economists aren't getting it either but we aren't going to go there. — Look at these two graphs because they tell you the fundamental problem in America today:
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The Moderate Voice, Balloon Juice and Eschaton
Timothy Noah / Slate:
The United States of Inequality — In 1915, a statistician at the University of Wisconsin named Willford I. King published The Wealth and Income of the People of the United States, the most comprehensive study of its kind to date. The United States was displacing Great Britain …
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Jed Lewison / Daily Kos:
KY-Sen: Rand Paul staffer caught posing as progressive at Daily Kos — As you probably know, there's a moneybomb underway to raise money for Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway's campaign challenging Rand Paul for U.S. Senate. — Well, it turns out that at least one member …
Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Christine O'Donnell's Views On Sex And Porn Take Social Conservatism To The Extreme — Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell has a robust evangelical outreach program, and she's appealed to these voters in her Republican primary bid in part with her old-fashioned views about sex.
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TBogg and Zandar Versus The Stupid
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David Weigel / Slate:
Can the Tea Party win in Delaware the way it won in Alaska?
Can the Tea Party win in Delaware the way it won in Alaska?
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Oliver Willis and The Other McCain
CNN:
Florida pastor weighs plan to burn Quran — Feeling passionate about this story? Put your thoughts on video and share them with CNN iReport. — (CNN) — A Florida pastor told CNN on Tuesday that while his congregation still plans to burn Qurans to protest the September 11, 2001 …
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Raghuram G. Rajan / New York Review of Books:
The Slump Goes On: Why? — Paul Krugman and Robin Wells — Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy — Princeton University Press, 260 pp., $26.95 — Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance — by Nouriel Roubini and Stephen Mihm Penguin, 353 pp., $27.95
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Lehman's Last Hours
Lehman's Last Hours
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The Atlantic Online, The Big Picture and naked capitalism
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Scrubbing Santorum — Why Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum can't beat his Google problem. — Post Comment — Rick Santorum would very much like to be president. For the past few years, he has been diligently appearing at the sorts of conservative events—the Values Voters Summit …
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