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8:00 AM ET, September 13, 2010

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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Too Close to Call in Delaware  —  It looks like there's a real possibility of a major upset in the Delaware Senate primary on Tuesday night, with insurgent conservative Christine O'Donnell leading longtime Congressman and Governor Mike Castle 47-44.  That 3 point lead is well within the poll's margin of error.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trainwreck A'Comin'  —  Delaware is not normally where you go for exciting politics.  It's a small state, totally dominated for most of the last three or four decades by three or four guys who keep getting reelected, except when they trade one of the state's four major offices and get elected again.
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Tea Partiers Bring Cause to Washington  —  WASHINGTON — Thousands of Tea Party supporters marched to the foot of Capitol Hill Sunday, declaring their determination to topple the Democratic majority in Congress on election day.  —  “If we do not succeed in November, all that once …
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Delaware Senate contest will hinge on turnout
Joe Weisenthal / The Business Insider:
Obama's Top Econ Chief: No Relief Coming In The Jobs Market  —  As the election draws near, comments made on the Sunday-morning talk shows are going to get more and more play.  —  So far we've seen two notable comments.  —  Austan Goolsbee — Obama's new top econ chief — says on Fox News Sunday …
Discussion: Don Surber
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CNN:
Democrats return to Capitol Hill, mount final push to keep control
Discussion: The Page
The Politico:
John Boehner speaks of tax compromise
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
David S Morgan / CBS News:
Boehner: I'll Drop Tax Cut for Rich If I Have To
Douglass K. Daniel / Associated Press:
Boehner says he'd support a middle-class tax cut
Christina Wilkie / The Hill:
Big party week for the Obamas  —  President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have a packed social schedule this week, with two major galas and a reception for college athletes.  —  On Monday evening, the president will welcome collegiate star athletes to the White House for a reception …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Michael Bloomberg takes show on the road  —  Term-limited New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is at work expanding his national profile, delivering a string of high-profile candidate endorsements around the country and using his outsized megaphone to become a spokesman for swaths …
Discussion: The Page
Alaska_Politics / Anchorage Daily News:
Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck appear together in Anchorage  —  Former Gov. Sarah Palin and her “buddy” Glenn Beck appeared in front of thousands of fans in Anchorage on Saturday night, Palin's first big speaking appearance in Alaska since she resigned after two and a half years as governor last summer.
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Mark Leibovich / The Caucus:
A Dream Team Addresses Alaska
People-Press.org:
Americans Spending More Time Following the News  —  Ideological News Sources: Who Watches and Why  —  OVERVIEW  —  There are many more ways to get the news these days, and as a consequence Americans are spending more time with the news than over much of the past decade.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
China, Japan, America  —  Last week Japan's minister of finance declared that he and his colleagues wanted a discussion with China about the latter's purchases of Japanese bonds, to “examine its intention” — diplomat-speak for “Stop it right now.”  The news made me want to bang my head against the wall in frustration.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
In Ad Wars, Democrats Shy From Ties to Own Party  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Mark Schauer of Michigan does not dwell on the legislation he has voted for during his first term in Congress, which includes the Democratic stimulus plan and health insurance overhaul.
Discussion: The Page
Michael Barone / Townhall.com:
Gangster Government Stifles Criticism of Obamacare  —  “There will be zero tolerance for this type of misinformation and unjustified rate increases.”  —  That sounds like a stern headmistress dressing down some sophomores who have been misbehaving.  But it's actually from a letter sent Thursday …
Jason Groves / Daily Mail:
High life of the poverty quango bosses: Officials ‘living it up in luxury hotels at taxpayers’ expense'  —  Officials at an anti-poverty quango are ‘ living it up’ in luxury hotels at taxpayers' expense, devastating documents reveal.  —  Executives at the Commonwealth Development Corporation …
Discussion: Guardian and Telegraph
Gerard Alexander / Washington Post:
Conservatism does not equal racism.  So why do many liberals assume it does?  —  From an immigration law in Arizona to a planned mosque near Ground Zero to Glenn Beck emoting at the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech …
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Giuliani: Imam behind NYC mosque plan puts ‘confrontation’ first  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) on Sunday strongly criticized Feisal Abdul Rauf, the imam seeking to build an Islamic community center and mosque near Ground Zero.  —  “He seems by his actions to be more interested …
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Imam: Palin on mosque was ‘disingenuous’; controversy exploited
Discussion: The Politico and Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Joe Weisenthal / The Business Insider:
Left-Wing Terrorism Surges In Europe, As Governments Dismantle Social Safety Net
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Many Push for Repeal of Tax Provision in Health Law
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Housing Doesn't Need a Crash. It Needs Bold Ideas.
The Politico:
GOP W.H. contenders map slow start
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BBC:
Turkey backs constitutional changes
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BBC:
New armed drug-trafficking groups menace Colombia
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
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