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3:55 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.  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 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.
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.
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.
Jillian Rayfield / TPMDC:
Christine O'Donnell's 1996 Anti-Masturbation Campaign On MTV's ‘Sex In The 90s’ (VIDEO)  —  Christine O'Donnell won the Republican nomination for senator in Delaware tonight, and Rachel Maddow wasted no time showing the footage she obtained of O'Donnell's 1996 appearance on MTV's “Sex In The 90s” TV show.
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Castle will not back O'Donnell  —  A Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) campaign source confirmed to The Hill late Tuesday that the longtime congressman will not be endorsing Christine O'Donnell.  —  The Tea Party-backed O'Donnell defeated Castle for Delaware's Republican Senate nomination.
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
NRSC: No Plans to Fund O'Donnell
Discussion: Blogcritics and The Page
Collier Brothers / The Freedomist:
Exclusive- Karl Rove Tried To Cut Deal For Castle With Tea Party- Teaparty News
Paul / Power Line:
Leader of the pack  —  Most of the reasonably well-informed Repubicans …
Discussion: TigerHawk
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Report: National Republican Senatorial Committee Won't Fund …
Discussion: Hot Air and Verum Serum
Aharding / CNN:
Hill Hallways: Cornyn doesn't sugercoat O'Donnell
Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Caller and The Hill
Guardian:
O'Donnell scores shock win for Tea Party in Delaware
Aharding / CNN:
DeMint's operation fires back
Discussion: The Page
Hotline On Call:
DE SEN: O'Donnell Pulls Off Stunning Upset Over Castle
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Christine O'Donnell beats Rep. Mike Castle in Delaware Republican Senate primary
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
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
Discussion: msnbc.com, TPMDC and National Review
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 …
Washington Post:
Vincent Gray wins D.C. mayor's race over Adrian Fenty  —  Vincent C. Gray has won the D.C. mayoral race, besting incumbent Adrian M. Fenty, according to unofficial results.  —  The vote tally just after 1:30 a.m. was Gray by 59,285; Fenty, 50,850.  —  Earlier, anxious supporters …
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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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.”
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 …
Wcbsmark / CBS New York:
Bloomberg: Poll Problems ‘A Royal Screw-Up’  —  NEW YORK (CBS 2 / WCBS 880/1010 WINS) — There were major problems at the polls on primary day in New York and it's all connected to the debut of the state's new electronic voting machines.  —  New York City spent $160 million on new voting machines, but the roll out was embarrassing.
Discussion: Pajamas Media
 
 
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
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The Note:
Primaries 2010: Results Outside Delaware: MTV's “Real World” to Palin's MD Failure
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
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The Note:
Speaker Pelosi ‘Absolutely’ Confident Dems Will Retain House Majority
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