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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.
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Tea Partiers Bring Cause to Washington
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Delaware Senate contest will hinge on turnout
Delaware Senate contest will hinge on turnout
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Public Policy Polling and The Politico
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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 …
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Washington Post:
Tax cuts to occupy returning Congress — Congress is returning for a final pre-legislative session on Monday to confront the thorny issue of potentially raising taxes during an economic downturn, with neither party showing clear consensus on a solution. — The main order of business …
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David Herszenhorn / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Leader Signals He's Open to Obama Tax Cut
House G.O.P. Leader Signals He's Open to Obama Tax Cut
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The Politico:
John Boehner speaks of tax compromise
John Boehner speaks of tax compromise
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Douglass K. Daniel / Associated Press:
Boehner says he'd support a middle-class tax cut
Boehner says he'd support a middle-class tax cut
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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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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.
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America Is a Joke — The worst of times for politics and media has been the best of times for The Daily Show's host—and unfortunately things are getting even funnier. — I — t's hard to top a kick in the nuts. — Especially when the kicker is Linda McMahon, the Connecticut Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate.
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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.
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As Obama's popularity drops, so do sales of his merchandise — Not that long ago, President Obama was more than a president wading through two wars and a bad economy. He was Superman, clutching a basketball in mid-air and about to slam-dunk, on a sparkly T-shirt available in Union Station for $14.99.
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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 …
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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.
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MIDTERM BIEBER FEVER — Internet-savvy types know that teen heartthrob Justin Bieber pretty much rules the web. Just last week, rumor spread that Bieber's fan base was so active on Twitter that the microblogging website has servers dedicated just to him. Twitter didn't confirm, but they didn't deny it, either.
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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 …
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Power Line, TigerHawk, Liberal Values, Firedoglake and The Reaction
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SECOND HELPINGS — When President Obama unveiled an array of new tax-cut and spending proposals last week, one word was noticeably missing from his speeches: “stimulus.” Republicans, meanwhile, energetically set about decrying the plan as “more of the same failed ‘stimulus’ ” and as simply a …
Mark Halperin / The Page:
Halperin's Take: Brown Escalates War of Words With Bill Clinton — HALPERIN'S TAKE: The Whitman ad is probably the best TV spot by any campaign all cycle. Clinton and Brown have always had a rough relationship, which probably hit rock bottom... ... in 1992, when, in the same debate …
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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
A Dream Team Addresses Alaska
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