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12:45 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 …

Discussion: alicublog, Open Left, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!

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.

Discussion: Anchorage Daily News, Daily Kos, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, msnbc.com, TPMDC, Weekly Standard and The Buzz

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

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 …

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New York Times:
Poll Suggests Opportunities for Both Parties in Midterms

Discussion: National Review

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Cornyn embraces O'Donnell

Matt Welch / Hit & Run:
So What Did Christine O'Donnell Run On?

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Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
Does she still believe masturbation is a sin?

Discussion: GOP 12

Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Why Mike Castle Lost

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Ed Kilgore / The New Republic:
Understanding a Mad, Mad Primary Season

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The Hill:
Pelosi: Tea Party primary victories ‘very positive’ for Democrats

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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 …

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Jeri Thompson / AmSpecBlog:
Don't Tell Me She Can't Win, Sir

Discussion: Hot Air and Patterico's Pontifications

Andy Barr / The Politico:
Karl Rove: Christine O'Donnell ‘nutty’

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Bradford Plumer / The New Republic:
Does Christine O'Donnell Think Dinosaur Bones Are Fake?

Discussion: TPMDC, Think Progress, NewsBusters.org and Little Green Footballs

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Rachel Maddow Sexualizes Christine O'Donnell

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Ryan J. Reilly / TPMMuckraker:
Christine O'Donnell: AIDS Gets Too Much Gov't Money, Condoms …

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Romney backs O'Donnell

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Scott Keyes / Think Progress:
O'Donnell So Fervently Pro-Truth That She Wouldn't Lie To Nazis Asking …

Discussion: Washington Post, Democracy in America, No More Mister Nice Blog and New York Magazine

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 — WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren, who conceived of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, will oversee its establishment as an assistant to President Obama, an official briefed on the decision said Wednesday evening.

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

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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.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans unveil a plan to make Bush tax cuts permanent

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.

Discussion: Althouse, Hit & Run, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, The Jawa Report and Hot Air

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.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, RedState, Nice Deb and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

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?

Discussion: Washington Post, The Political Carnival, The Atlantic Online and Salon

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

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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 …

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