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Ex-aides unload on Christine O'Donnell — By pulling off arguably the biggest upset of the primary election season Tuesday, Christine O'Donnell shocked the Republican establishment and political pundits who didn't think her campaign for the Delaware GOP Senate nomination had a chance.
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The Buckley rule — Tuesday in Delaware was a bad day not only for Republicans but also for conservatives. Tea Partyer Christine O'Donnell scored a stunning victory over establishment Republican Mike Castle. Stunning but pyrrhic. The very people who have most alerted the country …
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O'Donnell, Coons face off in first debate before packed house — WILMINGTON, Del. — Just two days after her upset of Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) in the state's Republican Senate primary, Tea Party-backed Christine O'Donnell shared a stage with New Castle County Executive Chris Coons (D) …
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Howard Dean: ‘I actually approve’ of tea party
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My Ex-Gay Life With the Tea Party Queen
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Does Christine O'Donnell think homosexuality is an identity disorder?
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The Backlash Myth — Many of my liberal friends are convinced that the Republican Party has a death wish. It is sprinting to the right-most fever swamps of American life. It will end up alienating the moderate voters it needs to win elections. — There's only one problem with this theory.
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What The White House Wants To Say, But Can't — So here's the scenario. The Democrats who craft political strategy for the party have tried to figure out how to somehow use the Tea Party moment to provide an advantage to their base. When the Tea Partiers, collectively …
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Dana Bash: Snowe sounds off
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Murkowski Will Run As Write-In — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) will run for re-election as a write-in candidate after losing her bid for renomination, according to sources briefed on Murkowski's decision. — Murkowski's decision will set up a 3-way battle between the incumbent …
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Murkowski supporters: come to “campaign kickoff” tonight — From Sean Cockerham in Anchorage - — Lisa Murkowski supporters are urging people to come out tonight for what's being called a “campaign kick off,” although her campaign manager isn't ready to say that she's decided to run.

Bayh Says Poverty Increase Means Congress Should Ignore ‘Fairness’ And Cut Taxes For The Rich — Yesterday, the Census Bureau released a report showing that one in seven Americans is currently living in poverty, and that the median income decreased by nearly five percent during the last decade.
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What America needs is a payroll tax cut — Nearly three years since the onset of the financial crisis, the continued weakness of the labor and real estate markets, U.S. consumers' unbalanced balance sheets and fading support from policy stimulus have transformed the risk of a double-dip recession …
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The Tax-Cut Racket — “Nice middle class you got here,” …
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Wiggle Room: Cornyn Suggests He'd Back Temporary Tax Cut Extension (VIDEO)
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Palin Opens Up About Possible 2012 Run, Says She's Willing to ‘Give It a Shot’ — Sarah Palin may be edging closer to a 2012 presidential run, telling Fox News “I would give it a shot” if the American people think she's “the one.” — The former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee …
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Sarah Palin's celebrity faces Iowa test
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Gibbs: Palin might be ‘most formidable force’ in the Republican Party
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The Obama administration's pipe dreams — The White House held a conference call today for Elizabeth Warren and various bloggers and writers. Most of it was what you'd expect, but Warren did mention that Rep. Barney Frank once told her that getting a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was a “pipe dream.”
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Fighting to Protect Consumers — Over the past several weeks, the President and I have had extensive conversations about the vital importance of consumer financial protection. — The President asked me, and I enthusiastically agreed, to serve as an Assistant to the President and Special Advisor …


Mao's Great Leap Forward ‘killed 45 million in four years’ — Mao Zedong, founder of the People's Republic of China, qualifies as the greatest mass murderer in world history, an expert who had unprecedented access to official Communist Party archives said yesterday.

Romney Unleashed … That's how Mitt Romney, potential presidential candidate, begins his speech to the Values Voter Summit here in Washington today. The rest of the speech is much less temperate than anything I've heard Romney give this year. Romney has the fundamentals for a presidential bid down pat …
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2012 hopefuls to slam Barack Obama
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Ad Watch: Pelosi's VP Pick Slams Her, Obama in New Ad — ABC's Z. Byron Wolf reports: — Here's a sign of the times that takes Democrats breaking with President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to a new level. — Remember Chet Edwards? — He's the moderate Texas Congressman …
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Nancy Pelosi keeps losing Democrats on tax cuts
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If you thought Christine O'Donnell was bad... Meet the GOP's extreme nominee for Delaware's open seat in the House, Glen Urquhart. Since Mike Castle vacated the seat in order to (unsuccessfully) run for Senate, the Republicans nominated Urquhart in a tight primary election.
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Palin Endorses Continetti — THE WEEKLY STANDARD has obtained an advance copy of the new paperback edition of The Persecution of Sarah Palin by (THE WEEKLY STANDARD's) Matthew Continetti. As you can see on the cover, the book carries with it the official endorsement of none other than Sarah Palin herself.
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The Rout Is On. — Campaigns hate it when I suggest they have their races won, so let's include all the traditional caveats. In a New York minute, everything can change; every candidate is one gaffe away from self-destruction, October surprises may abound, the only poll that matters …
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Riehl World View


Stimulus funds failed to create enough jobs: LA City Controller — The Los Angeles City Controller said on Thursday the city's use of its share of the $800 billion federal stimulus find has been disappointing. — The city received $111 million in stimulus under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act …

Dinesh D'Souza Digs Himself in Deeper — Some more criticism of Forbes's disastrous Obama cover story — Dinesh D'Souza has responded to my, uh, criticism of his smear piece that, shamefully, made the cover of Forbes with its claims that Obama is directed by a “Kenyan, anticolonial” …
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No meeting for O'Donnell and NRSC — There was no meeting Friday between Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell (R) and National Republican Senate Campaign Chairman John Cornyn (R-Texas). — The two were supposed to met when O'Donnell came to Washington.

Comedians Stewart and Colbert plan Oct. 30 rally on the Mall — Comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert plan a pair of rallies on the National Mall shortly before Election Day. — Stewart said he was organizing a “Rally to Restore Sanity” in Washington on Oct. 30, billed as a …
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