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J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Reid: Coons, ‘my pet,’ will win — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday predicted to The Hill that Democratic Senate candidate Chris Coons will safely win the Nov. 2 general election against GOP nominee Christine O'Donnell. — Reid talked up the New Castle County executive following …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Coons up big — Republicans more than likely cost themselves a Senate seat last night. Chris Coons begins the general election in Delaware with a 50-34 lead over Christine O'Donnell. Mike Castle would have led Coons by a 45-35 margin. — While O'Donnell may have ingratiated herself …
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Dan Amira / New York Magazine:
GOP's Delaware Senate Nominee Christine O'Donnell Not a Big Fan of Evolution — Christine O'Donnell won't have to lie about this Senate race. She won the Republican nomination for the Senate in Delaware fair and square, against a much more experienced, much more moderate, much more respected opponent …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Cornyn embraces O'Donnell — In a clear sign of the grassroots pressure on Republican leaders, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn just put out a statement embracing Christine O'Donnell — a dramatic contrast with his group's curt response last night — and writing her a big check.
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Can We Calm Down About Delaware's Tea Party Already? — There is a real danger in overthinking what happened in Delaware on Tuesday night, which is not something of which the winner of the state's GOP senatorial primary ever has been accused. In case you missed it, and Chris Matthews ascending …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Romney backs O'Donnell
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Bradford Plumer / The New Republic:
Does Christine O'Donnell Think Dinosaur Bones Are Fake?
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Karl Rove: Christine O'Donnell ‘nutty’
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George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Christine O'Donnell on Rove's ‘Un-factual’ Remarks and ‘Republican Cannibalism’
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Scott Keyes / Think Progress:
O'Donnell So Fervently Pro-Truth That She Wouldn't Lie To Nazis Asking …
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Michelle Malkin:
Creepy Harry Reid hands O'Donnell her first general election ad …
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Why Mike Castle Lost
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Conservatives Trash Karl Rove After He Insists O'Donnell Says ‘Nutty Things’
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Exclusive: President Obama to This Week Name Elizabeth Warren to Special Advisory Role to White House/Treasury Dept to Form New Consumer Agency — President Obama will announce this week that Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard Law School professor who first proposed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau …
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Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Obama will put Warren in special advisory role for consumer agency …
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans unveil a plan to make Bush tax cuts permanent — Even as they hammer Democrats for running up record budget deficits, Senate Republicans are rolling out a plan to permanently extend an array of expiring tax breaks that would deprive the Treasury of more than $4 trillion …
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Rebel Jim DeMint sparks GOP Senate civil war — South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint accidentally walked into a room full of lobbyists Wednesday morning and declared that “Republicans are not prepared to take over the Senate,” according to people in the room. — Some Republicans agree — and say he may be part of the reason why.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
DeMint on GOP: 'I don't want the majority back if we don't believe anything'
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
I hate to be shrill and all, but the tea bagging GOP nominee for NY governor is a pig. (No offense to pigs.) — All In “Good Fun” — The Tea Party candidate for Governor of New York sent these lovely images (via WNYMedia) around to friends: — When one of his correspondents was offended that Youtube …
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Tea Party Republican has big lead in Florida — (Reuters) - Republican candidate Marco Rubio has opened a clear lead in a Florida Senate race, becoming the latest Tea Party favorite to benefit from voter anger at Washington, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Wednesday.
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Mark D. Fefer / Seattle Weekly:
On the Advice of the FBI, Cartoonist Molly Norris Disappears From View — Her work won't be in Seattle Weekly anymore, or anywhere else. — You may have noticed that Molly Norris' comic is not in the paper this week. That's because there is no more Molly. — The gifted artist is alive and well, thankfully.
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Capitol Confidential / Big Government:
Shock Audio: Facing ‘Obligations’ From Leadership, Democrat Congresswoman Leaves Voicemail for Lobbyist Cash — A couple weeks ago, House Member Eleanor Holmes Norton made a fundraising call to a lobbyist. The lobbyist wasn't available, so Holmes Norton left a voicemail.
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Chris Good / The Atlantic Online:
Democratic Party Steals Logo From the Pizza Place Where I Used to Work — The Democratic Party unveiled a new logo this morning, and, seeing the new insignia for the first time today on the party's revamped website, I thought it looked familiar. — Not without reason.
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Tim Kaine / Democratic National Committee:
Change That Matters
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James Hohmann / The Politico:
Democratic National Committee gets new logo, slogan
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Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
CHRISTINE O'DONNELL ASSESSES ‘MIDDLE EARTH’ — Much has already been made of some of Christine O'Donnell's notable quotables in the past, especially in the wake of her huge upset over Rep. Mike Castle in Tuesday's GOP Senate primary in Delaware. — But did you know this?
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Tim Pawlenty mourns Adrian Fenty's loss — Minnesota Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Wednesday lamented the loss of Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty, blaming teachers unions and expressing worry that the new administration will not continue the education reform policy.
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How Adrian Fenty lost his reelection bid for D.C. mayor
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Seyward Darby / The New Republic:
What Will Happen to D.C. Schools If Michelle Rhee Leaves?
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Rachel Maddow Sexualizes Christine O'Donnell — Christine O'Donnell won the Delaware primary last night, and within minutes (literally) über liberal Rachel Maddow started running video and commentary on MSNBC about O'Donnell's views on masturbation. — The pretext for sexualizing O'Donnell …
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Jillian Rayfield / TPMDC:
Christine O'Donnell's 1996 Anti-Masturbation Campaign On MTV's 'Sex …
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John Distaso / UnionLeader.com:
Ayotte defeats Lamontagne in U.S. Senate primary — CONCORD - 4:11 p.m. Ovide Lamontagne has conceded the Republican U.S. Senate primary to Kelly Ayotte. — At a news conference at the Legislative Office Building, still in progress, Lamontagne began by saying he would “humbly accept the verdict” of voters.
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John Distaso / UnionLeader.com:
Senate: Ayotte, Lamontagne in tight race
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Ed Barnes / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Venezuela Cancels Round-Trip ‘Terror Flight’ to Syria and Iran — Image taken from a video of the inside of the cabin of Flight IR744 in May 2007. — A Venezuelan airline's “mystery” flight that shuttled among the capitals of three of the world's most terror-friendly nations …
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