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Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Christine O'Donnell In Oct. 1999: ‘I Dabbled Into Witchcraft’ — Before she stole the hearts of tea party activists, Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell was best known for her regular and bizarre punditry on 22 different episodes of Politically Incorrect.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
O'Donnell cancels “Face the Nation” appearance — Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell has backed out of an appearance tomorrow on CBS's “Face the Nation” with no explanation to the network. — “They just emailed us and said she needed to cancel,” said Mary Hager, “Face the Nation's,” senior producer.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Huffington Post, Crooks and Liars and Outside the Beltway
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Bill Maher: Obama Would Be A Better President ‘If He Was Fully Black’ — Bill Maher on Friday said Barack Obama's problem is “he's only half black.” He'd be a better president “if he was fully black.” — In the season premiere of HBO's “Real Time,” while chatting with former Clinton …
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Political Byline and Gateway Pundit
Matt DeLong / Washington Post:
Christine O'Donnell in 1999: ‘I dabbled into witchcraft’
Christine O'Donnell in 1999: ‘I dabbled into witchcraft’
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Think Progress, Associated Press and TPMDC
Anchorage Daily News:
Murkowski says 'Let's Make History' — With the slogan “Let's Make History,” Lisa Murkowski announced Friday she'd pursue an unprecedented write-in bid to keep her seat in the U.S. Senate after losing the Republican primary to Joe Miller. — The decision is a historic gamble for Murkowski …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
What ‘Republican establishment’ is the Tea Party rattling? — The Republican establishment, we are told, has suffered quite a beating at the hands of a 41-year-old Delaware woman by the name of Christine O'Donnell. — The Time magazine cover says the Tea Party's “conservative rebels are rattling the Republican establishment.”
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Mediaite, Daily Kos, PostPartisan and USA Today
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
‘The gloves are off’: Murkowski pursues write-in bid against Tea Party favorite
‘The gloves are off’: Murkowski pursues write-in bid against Tea Party favorite
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Liberty Pundits Blog, Weasel Zippers, The Page and Prairie Weather
Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Lisa Murkowski hits up lobbyists
Lisa Murkowski hits up lobbyists
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Politics Daily, Pajamas Media and The Other McCain
Robert Costa / National Review:
Miller to NRO: Her ‘Lifeblood is power’
Miller to NRO: Her ‘Lifeblood is power’
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Rumproast, Riehl World View, The Politico, Gateway Pundit, Conservatives4Palin.com and Talking Points Memo
Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich: Force Kathleen Sebelius out — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Saturday said Republicans should try to oust Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius because she was acting “in the spirit of the Soviet tyranny” and represents “left-wing thought police.”
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Obama's view of liberal criticisms — (updated below - Update II) — Last night, Barack Obama spoke at a $30,000 per plate DNC fundraising event at the “home of Richard and Ellen Richman, who live in the exclusive Conyers Farm development in Greenwich [Connecticut]'s famed ‘back country’ neighborhood …
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Obama Mocks Public Option Supporters
Obama Mocks Public Option Supporters
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TalkLeft, Wake up America, The Huffington Post, The Confluence and Riehl World View
Christopher Keating / Capitol Watch:
President Obama's Remarks At Greenwich Fundraiser At Conyers Farm …
President Obama's Remarks At Greenwich Fundraiser At Conyers Farm …
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Rough Sketch and PostPartisan
Jennifer Rubin / Weekly Standard:
Truth, Justice, or the Obama Way — The Justice Department is forced to investigate itself. — It is about to get harder for both the Obama administration and the mainstream media to downplay the New Black Panther party scandal. — The mainstream media did their best to ignore …
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National Review
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Secrets in Plain Sight in Censored Book's Reprint — WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency, headquarters for the government's eavesdroppers and code breakers, has been located at Fort Meade, Md., for half a century. Its nickname, the Fort, has been familiar for decades to neighbors and government workers alike.
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Washington Post:
Was politics behind the government's decision to preserve the UAW's pensions? — IT IS ONE of the enduring puzzles surrounding the bailout of General Motors: Why did retired salaried personnel of a former GM division, Delphi, receive a fraction of their promised pension benefits …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Grand Illusion — Let me be clear: the idea of an inevitable Republican landslide in November is not a foregone conclusion. It's a self-perpetuating bit of wishful thinking that's gaining currency through the force of being recycled ad nauseam by overzealous pundits.
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Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Steve Jobs In Email Pissing Match with College Journalism Student — Steve Jobs is known for replying to random emails sent to his personal Apple email address. Well, a college journalism student from Long Island emailed him about a problem she had with Apple's PR department. Jobs' response?
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Larry O'Connor / Big Government:
Dem Congresswoman's Supporters Participate in ‘Palin-As-Hitler’ Rally — A video showing protesters outside an Americans For Prosperity event has surfaced on the internet. It shows the protestors with signs depicting Sarah Palin and Glenn beck with Hitler mustaches and the label “Naz-Tea Party” over their pictures.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In Delaware, GOP should target Dems, not O'Donnell — Imagine for a moment that Republicans were not consumed with the various faults of the party's newly chosen Delaware Senate candidate, Christine O'Donnell. What would GOP operatives, both in Delaware and in Washington, be doing right now?
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RedState, The Other McCain and Da Techguy's Blog
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
O'Donnell to summit: 'We're not taking our country back, we are our country'
O'Donnell to summit: 'We're not taking our country back, we are our country'
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Weasel Zippers
Des Moines Register:
Sarah Palin: GOP, It's time to unite — Sarah Palin drew the largest crowd here tonight in the history of the Iowa Republican Party's Ronald Reagan Dinner - more than 1,500 people. — “In just 46 days Republicans will put their ideas and their experience on the line to let the voters decide …
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Wake up America, The Caucus, Hot Air, Right Wing News, Outside the Beltway, Conservatives4Palin.com, GOP 12, Tammy Bruce, Washington Post and The Hill
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
The Monthly 2012 — There may be a lesson in the results …
The Monthly 2012 — There may be a lesson in the results …
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Political Punch, Outside the Beltway, GOP 12 and Hot Air