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1:15 PM ET, September 16, 2010

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Alex Seitz-Wald / Think Progress:
Palin Advises Christine O'Donnell To ‘Speak Through Fox News’  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin appeared on the O'Reilly Factor last night to defend Delaware GOP Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell from intra-party skeptics like former Bush advisor Karl Rove, who said Republicans aren't …
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Karl Rove Walks Back His Diss And Gives In To O'Donnell Fever (VIDEO)  —  Well, that didn't take long.  After being pounded for a full day by some of the conservative movement's biggest names, a bruised and battered Karl Rove took to the Fox News airwaves this morning to get on board the Christine O'Donnell train.
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Reid: Coons, ‘my pet,’ will win
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
The Sore Loser Party
New York Times:
Primary Day 2010: The Tea Party's Snarl
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
USA Today:   Tea Party's wins fuel a ‘civil war’ within GOP
Aharding / CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: Reid-Angle race all tied up
Daily Mail:
Catty Carla Bruni lifts lid on Michelle Obama's ‘hellish’ job  —  Michelle Obama thinks being America's First Lady is ‘hell’, Carla Bruni reveals today in a wildly indiscreet new book.  —  Miss Bruni reveals that Mrs Obama replied when asked about her position as the U.S. president's wife: 'Don't ask!
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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.
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Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
Elizabeth Warren on Way to Being Sidelined as Head of Consumer …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Warren Thing  —  I was initially confused by the Elizabeth …
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Exclusive: President Obama to This Week Name Elizabeth Warren …
Cassandra McKee / Congress Blog:
The big double dip: Not one but two tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans  —  Economists and newspapers are reporting that the recession may be heading for a double dip.  Well, it might interest you to know that while most working families are in the economic struggle of their lives …
Discussion: CNN
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Simmi Aujla / The Politico:
Boehner: GOP won't shut down gov't
Discussion: CNN and Outside the Beltway
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:   Obama's Mystifying Strategy
Quinnipiac University:
Kasich Has Double-Digit Lead In Ohio Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Independent Voters Back Republican 2-1  —  Republican challenger John Kasich has a 54 - 37 percent lead over Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland in the race to be Ohio's next chief state executive …
Discussion: TPMDC, CNN and Liberty Pundits Blog
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The Politico:
Battleground Poll: Voters see November GOP takeover of the House and Senate  —  Voters, by a 9-point margin, believe Republicans will pick up both the House and the Senate, even though they are evenly divided over whom they intend to back in six weeks, according to a new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll.
U.S. Census Bureau News:
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009  —  The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that real median household income in the United States in 2009 was $49,777, not statistically different from the 2008 median.  —  The nation's official poverty rate in 2009 was 14.3 percent …
Kevin Sack / New York Times:
Limbaugh Taken In: The Judge Was Not Loaded for Bear  —  PENSACOLA, Fla. — Anyone listening to Rush Limbaugh's radio show Tuesday could be forgiven for thinking that Judge Roger Vinson has the federal government dead in his sights.  —  Mr. Limbaugh spent some time profiling Judge Vinson …
Discussion: Politics Daily and Law Blog
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Parsing the Polls on Health Reform  —  The last few polls on health care reform have been discouraging.  Public support for the Affordable Care Act does not seem to be rising.  If anything, it seems to be falling, as a quick glance at Pollster.com will confirm.
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Oh, Dear Lord  —  Did we know about this?  Obama the Musical:
Steve Bousquet / St. Petersburg Times:
Charlie Crist listed 9th on ballot for U.S. Senate  —  TALLAHASSEE — In three successful statewide elections, Charlie Crist's name was at the top of the ballot.  But as a nonpartisan candidate for the Senate, he shows up ninth in a field of 10 candidates, sandwiched between Rick Tyler and Lewis Jerome Armstrong.
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: Most Want New Blood in Congress
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. Debates Response to Targeted Killing Lawsuit  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, fresh off a victory in persuading federal judges to dismiss a torture case for fear of revealing state secrets, is divided over using similar tactics to try to block a lawsuit over government efforts …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Teachers union helped unseat Fenty  —  The American Federation of Teachers spent heavily to unseat Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and to put the breaks on his aggressive efforts to shake up the city's schools system.  —  The national union spent roughly $1 million in contributions …
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.
EU News:
Only Americans remain upbeat about Afghanistan: poll  —  (BERLIN) - Confidence in Afghanistan's prospects is crumbling in the West, with only Americans showing prevailing optimism about stabilising the war-ravaged country, a poll showed Wednesday.  —  The wide-ranging Transatlantic Trends study …
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
NRSC opens up on Bennet …
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Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Edwin Newman, 91, dies; NBC broadcaster, guardian of grammar
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John Lyon / Arkansas News:
Poll: Boozman continues to hold 17-point lead over Lincoln
Discussion: NRSC, The Eye and Hotline On Call
Jeffrey H. Keefe / epi.org:
Debunking the Myth of the Overcompensated Public Employee
CNN:
Palin lends Paul a hand in Kentucky
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