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12:50 AM ET, September 16, 2010

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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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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 …
Michelle Malkin:
Creepy Harry Reid hands O'Donnell her first general election ad on a silver platter; Updated  —  Oh, dear.  He is so creepy.  Ew: … Quick, someone please photoshop Reid as Gollum holding his precious, precious Bearded Marxist Coons.  —  And go ahead, Democrats.  Keep gloating about how you've got Delaware in the bag.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Doug Ross
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.
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 …
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 …
New York Times:
Poll Suggests Opportunities for Both Parties in Midterms
Discussion: National Review
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Cornyn embraces O'Donnell
Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
Does she still believe masturbation is a sin?
Discussion: GOP 12
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Rush Limbaugh Apoplectic Over Rove's O'Donnell Diss (VIDEO)  —  Add Rush Limbaugh to the list of prominent conservatives tearing into Karl Rove's hide today.  As Rove continued his tour slamming freshly minted Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell over the considerable number …
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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 …
Jeri Thompson / AmSpecBlog:
Don't Tell Me She Can't Win, Sir
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Karl Rove: Christine O'Donnell ‘nutty’
Ryan J. Reilly / TPMMuckraker:
Christine O'Donnell: AIDS Gets Too Much Gov't Money, Condoms …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Romney backs O'Donnell
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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Sewell Chan / New York Times:
Warren to Unofficially Lead Consumer Agency
Discussion: The Nation
The Huffington Post:
White House To Tap Warren To Set Up Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Discussion: ECHIDNE of the snakes
CNN:
Sources: Obama to sidestep Senate in appointing Warren
Discussion: Reuters
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Obama will put Warren in special advisory role for consumer agency …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Corrente
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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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 …
The Note:   Senator Jim DeMint on Winning Back a Republican Majority in the Senate …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
DeMint on GOP: 'I don't want the majority back if we don't believe anything'
Discussion: The Politico and The Confluence
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.
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.
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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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?
Seyward Darby / The New Republic:
What Will Happen to D.C. Schools If Michelle Rhee Leaves?  —  What would public schools in Washington, D.C., be like without Michelle Rhee?  —  It's the big question of the day, after incumbent Adrian Fenty lost the Democratic nomination for mayor to city council Chairman Vincent Gray on Tuesday.
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Tim Pawlenty mourns Adrian Fenty's loss
Discussion: Post Now
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 …
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Crime Blotter Has a Regular: Yankees Caps  —  Two men and a woman broke into a locker at a Manhattan gym in February and stole credit cards, the first in a series of similar thefts.  —  Three months later, in May, a young man tried to rob a Chase bank in the Bronx armed with only a note, which he slipped to a teller.
Discussion: New York Magazine
 
 
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