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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Christine O'Donnell upsets Mike Castle in Delaware Senate primary — Marketing consultant Christine O'Donnell defeated Rep. Mike Castle in the Delaware Senate primary tonight. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. AP Photo/Rob Carr — Marketing consultant Christine O'Donnell upset …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
GOP nightmare: O'Donnell topples Castle — The path to a Republican Senate takeover narrowed to the point of vanishing Tuesday night, as marketing consultant Christine O'Donnell upset Rep. Mike Castle in Delaware's Senate primary and likely dashed the GOP's hopes of capturing the seat in the process.
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
G.O.P. Insurgents Win in Del. and N.Y. — The Tea Party movement scored another victory on Tuesday, helping to propel a dissident Republican, Christine O'Donnell, to an upset win over Representative Michael N. Castle in the race for the United States Senate nomination in Delaware.
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David Catanese / The Politico:
Ex-aide: Christine O'Donnell a ‘complete fraud’ — WILMINGTON, Del. — Christine O'Donnell's former campaign manager has recorded an Election Day robocall for the Delaware Republican Party meant to shred the tea-party-backed candidate's conservative credentials as voters head to the polls.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
‘Now is the Time For the Idiots Who Supported My Opponent to Unite Behind Me...’ — This evening, in the state of Delaware somebody will win the GOP primary, and declare something like, “And now, I ask for all Republicans to unite behind my candidacy.” At that moment, across the state …
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Fox News:
Tea Party-Backed O'Donnell Upsets GOP With Senate Primary Win in Delaware — Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell smiles while addressing supporters during her victory speech Sept. 14 in Dover, Del. (AP Photo) — Tea Party favorite Christine O'Donnell, a perennial candidate …
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Michelle Malkin:
Rove bashes O'Donnell; O'Donnell supporter at victory party strikes back; NRSC cuts and runs — I just finished watching Karl Rove trashing GOP Senate primary winner Christine O'Donnell. It was on Sean Hannity's FNC show. Might as well have been Olbermann on MSNBC.
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Mark Levin / Facebook:
McCormack & Frum — John McCormack at the Weekly Standard is picked up by David Frum's website here: — I'm not surprised. The Bob Woodward of his time (that would be McCormack) has spent the past week or so repeating talking points provided to him or lifted from other sites or going through …
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The Note:
Christine O'Donnell, Tea Party Shock GOP Establishment in Delaware
Christine O'Donnell, Tea Party Shock GOP Establishment in Delaware
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DE SEN: O'Donnell Pulls Off Stunning Upset Over Castle
DE SEN: O'Donnell Pulls Off Stunning Upset Over Castle
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Delaware Senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell confident of November win
Delaware Senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell confident of November win
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Aharding / CNN:
Hill Hallways: Cornyn doesn't sugercoat O'Donnell
Hill Hallways: Cornyn doesn't sugercoat O'Donnell
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Hot Air, The Daily Caller and The Hill
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Is Castle Really a RINO?
Is Castle Really a RINO?
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Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Tea Party Float Depicts Obama Whipping A White ‘Future Tax Payer’ Pulling A Wagon — At the annual Sportsman's Day parade last weekend in Naches, WA (a small town southeast of Seattle), a tea party group called “Remember Us We The People” — which is affiliated with the Tea Party Patriots …
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Benjamin Sarlin / The Daily Beast:
How Republicans Could Lose the Tea Party — If the GOP retakes Congress and doesn't immediately take on the Tea Partiers' top issue, the national debt, they face a backlash that could cost them the support of the movement—whose expectations are sky high. — For Tea Partiers …
David Lester / Yakima Herald-Republic:
Some paradegoers vexed by political parade float
Some paradegoers vexed by political parade float
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George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Bill O'Reilly on Tax Cut Debate: Boehner ‘Was Caught In A Tanning Bed’
Bill O'Reilly on Tax Cut Debate: Boehner ‘Was Caught In A Tanning Bed’
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Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
Fox News Polls Track Midterm Election Races in 5 Key States — Florida GOP Senate nominee Marco Rubio has jumped to a 16-point lead over independent Charlie Crist, according to the latest Fox News poll, as Republicans make gains across the country on dissatisfaction with President Obama's agenda.
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Aharding / CNN:
Reid adds controversial immigration measure to defense bill — Harry Reid said he will add the DREAM Act to a defese policy bill next week. — Washington (CNN) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he will add the DREAM Act, a controversial immigration measure, to a defense policy bill the Senate will take up next week.
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Peter Henderson / Reuters:
Nevada eyes big political gamble
Nevada eyes big political gamble
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FITSNews:
How Republicans Party — The National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW) held its annual fall Board of Directors meeting in Charleston, S.C. last weekend - a decision the organization is likely regretting after several controversial pictures from one of the meeting's sponsored events began surfacing on the internet.
Associated Press:
Paladino wins GOP nomination for NY governor — NEW YORK — Political novice and tea party ally Carl Paladino has beaten the Republican designee in the race for the party's nomination for New York governor. — Paladino rode a wave of voter anger on his way to defeating former Congressman Rick Lazio.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Paladino Stuns N.Y. G.O.P. With Victory
Paladino Stuns N.Y. G.O.P. With Victory
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The Moderate Voice
The Note:
Speaker Pelosi ‘Absolutely’ Confident Dems Will Retain House Majority — ABC News' Dean Norland & John R. Parkinson report: — Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer spoke with reporters late Tuesday evening as they headed into the Democrat caucus to discuss the party's plan to move America forward.
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Wall Street Journal:
The 1099 Insurrection — The White House fights an effort …
The 1099 Insurrection — The White House fights an effort …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Van Hollen: Vote on middle class tax cuts would be good for Dems
Van Hollen: Vote on middle class tax cuts would be good for Dems
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The Huffington Post:
Dodd: Congress Could Defund Consumer Bureau Over Warren Interim Appointment — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Outgoing Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) warned Tuesday that an interim appointment of Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “jeopardizes the existence” of the nascent agency.
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
False Alarm — Reports coming in that President Obama …
False Alarm — Reports coming in that President Obama …
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Roger Simon / Reuters:
‘2010 is gone for Democrats’ — “He cannot save 2010,” the big-time Democrat is saying of Barack Obama. “It is gone. He must now concentrate on saving 2012. But the biggest fear of some of those close to him is that he might not really want to go on in 2012, that he might not really care.”
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Aharding / CNN:
Democrats tout “major” announcement Wednesday — DNC Chairman Tim Kaine plans to make a ‘major annoucement’ on Wednesday. — Washington (CNN) - Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine plans to make what's being billed as a major announcement Wednesday about the future of the party …
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NY Daily News:
Koran burner Derek Fenton fired from his job at NJ Transit — A radical who burned pages from the Koran outside a planned mosque near Ground Zero was fired from his job at NJ Transit, sources and authorities confirmed. — Derek Fenton, an 11-year employee at NJ Transit, was fired Monday …
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Megan R. Wilson / OpenSecrets.org:
Journalists, Media Professionals Donating Frequently to Federal Political Candidates this Election Cycle — Last year, Christopher Hayes gave $250 to the congressional campaign of a good friend, Alabama Democrat Josh Segall. — That's hardly noteworthy, but for one factor: Hayes is the Washington …
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NewsBusters.org, Beltway Confidential, Political Insider and Romenesko
Michael Kinsley / The Atlantic Online:
The Least We Can Do — Self-absorbed, self-indulged, and self-loathing, the Baby Boom generation at last has the chance to step out of the so-called Greatest Generation's historical shadow. Boomers may not have the opportunity to save the world, as their predecessors did …
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