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2:40 AM ET, September 15, 2010

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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.  (AP Photo/Rob Carr)  —  Marketing consultant Christine O'Donnell upset Rep. Mike Castle in the Delaware Republican …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
GOP nightmare: O'Donnell topples Castle in Delaware primary  —  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.
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.
Michelle Malkin:
Rove bashes O'Donnell; O'Donnell supporter at victory party strikes back; NRSC cuts and runs; Update: Soros Republican Castle won't back O'Donnell  —  Scroll for updates...  I just finished watching Karl Rove trashing GOP Senate primary winner Christine O'Donnell.  It was on Sean Hannity's FNC show.
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.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
SO THEY'RE CALLING IT FOR CHRISTINE O'DONNELL: It's yet another win for the Tea Party crowd over G.O.P. insiders.  O'Donnell polls weaker than Castle against her Democratic opponent, but just by winning the nomination she'll probably get a bump.  As I mentioned before, the real question …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Castle will not back O'Donnell
Discussion: Swing State Project and Daily Kos
Jillian Rayfield / TPMDC:
Christine O'Donnell's 1996 Anti-Masturbation Campaign On MTV's 'Sex …
Collier Brothers / The Freedomist:
Exclusive- Karl Rove Tried To Cut Deal For Castle With Tea Party- Teaparty News
Aharding / CNN:
Hill Hallways: Cornyn doesn't sugercoat O'Donnell
Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Caller and The Hill
Paul / Power Line:   Leader of the pack  —  Most of the reasonably well-informed Repubicans …
Aharding / CNN:
DeMint's operation fires back
Discussion: The Page
George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Bill O'Reilly on Tax Cut Debate: Boehner ‘Was Caught In A Tanning Bed’
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Is Castle Really a RINO?
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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The Note:
Lady Gaga, Harry Reid Tweet Over Don't Ask Don't Tell
Peter Henderson / Reuters:
Nevada eyes big political gamble
Discussion: msnbc.com, TPMDC and National Review
New York Times:
Paladino Stuns N.Y. G.O.P. With Victory  —  Carl P. Paladino, a Buffalo multimillionaire who jolted the Republican Party with his bluster and belligerence, rode a wave of disgust with Albany to the nomination for governor of New York on Tuesday, toppling Rick A. Lazio, a former congressman …
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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.
The Note:
Carl Paladino Trounces Rick Lazio In New York; Charlie Rangel …
Discussion: The Politico and WHAM-TV
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.
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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David Lester / Yakima Herald-Republic:
Some paradegoers vexed by political parade float
Discussion: Jesus' General
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Wonkette, Bearing Drift and Hot Air
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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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Lisa Murkowski decision due Friday  —  Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski will announce Friday whether she will mount a write-in campaign as a last resort to stay in the race and have a shot at keeping her seat.  —  Murkowski will announce her decision more than two weeks after she conceded …
Discussion: FrumForum
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J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:   Senators won't back defeated Murkowski in write-in campaign
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.”
The Note:
Primaries 2010: Results Outside Delaware: MTV's “Real World” to Palin's MD Failure  —  ABC's Z. Byron Wolf reports:  —  Christine O'Donnell's remarkable victory in the Republican Senate primary in Delaware will lead headlines after Tuesday's primaries.  But there are other races worth paying attention to:
Discussion: Ballot Box and CNN
 
 
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