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1:15 PM ET, September 19, 2010

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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Myth and Madness  —  Christine O'Donnell is in a fantasy world.  Literally.  —  The pretty Palin Mini-Me identifies with the women of Middle Earth, comparing herself to the female characters in the “Lord of the Rings” novels by J. R. R. Tolkien.  —  “Look at the significance that he gives to Eowyn …
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Michelle Malkin:
Bill Maher's witch hunt — and the missing context for O'Donnell's remarks  —  Narcissism.  Blackmail.  Distortion.  All wrapped in his trademark smirk of pallor.  Yes, it's tired old liberal “comedian” Bill Maher trying to get Senate GOP primary candidate Christine O'Donnell to come …
Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Rove: Murkowski's write-in campaign is ‘sad and sorry’  —  Republican strategist Karl Rove said on “Fox News Sunday” that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is going to lose her Senate bid and that her decision to wage a write-in candidacy is “sad and sorry.”  —  “Absolutely no she can't win,” Rove said.
Discussion: Raw Story and Left Coast Rebel
Raven Brooks:
About that Tea Party convention... canceled  —  Back in June we learned that the much hyped Tea Party Unity convention was being canceled and rescheduled to October 14-16 in Las Vegas.  This barely registered a blip with the media at the time and I called them out on it and set the record straight on what this was really about.
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Bridget Johnson / Ballot Box:
DeMint rips Murkowski as ‘big-tent hypocrite’  —  Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) ripped into Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) as a “big-tent hypocrite” in a fundraising e-mail for Tea Party favorite and GOP nominee Joe Miller on Saturday.  —  Murkowski announced Friday that, after the primary defeat …
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Bloomberg Pushes Moderates in National Races  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In an election year when anger and mistrust have upended races across the country, toppling moderates and elevating white-hot partisans, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is trying to pull politics back to the middle …
Jay Heflin / Ballot Box:   Hayworth to be Tea Party spokesman
Daily Mail:
Britain goes halal... but no-one tells the public: How famous institutions serve ritually slaughtered meat with no warning  —  A Mail on Sunday investigation - which will alarm anyone concerned about animal cruelty - has revealed that schools, hospitals, pubs and famous sporting venues …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Gingrich Calls For Federal Ban On Shariah Law In US  —  The second morning of speeches at the Values Voter Summit here in DC was dominated by a man who is swiftly becoming the nation's spokesperson for Islamophobia — former House speaker Newt Gingrich.  Fresh off the release of his Islam-focused film …
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Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Pence edges out Huckabee, Romney in conservatives' straw poll for president  —  Indiana Rep. Mike Pence is the top choice in a field of more well-known GOP figures, including Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin, with 24% of the vote at this weekend's Values Voter Summit.
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Members of U.S. platoon in Afghanistan accused of killing civilians for sport  —  AT JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASH. The U.S. soldiers hatched a plan as simple as it was savage: to randomly target and kill an Afghan civilian, and to get away with it.  —  For weeks, according to Army charging documents …
Brad DeLong / Grasping Reality with Both Hands:
In Which Mr. Deling Responds to Someone Who Might Be Professor Todd Henderson  —  I had published a link and a long excerpt from Michael O'Hare's rant after reading University of Chicago Law Professor Todd Henderson.  —  And now somebody purporting to be University of Chicago Professor Todd Henderson writes:
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Michael O'Hare / The Reality-Based Community:
The whining of the rich  —  Through Glenn Reynolds …
Discussion: Economist's View and Hullabaloo
New York Post:
Rep. Meeks helped ‘jihad’ flier  —  Tweet  —  US Rep. Gregory Meeks scolded immigration officials for questioning a Muslim scholar whose nonprofits have been linked to financing terrorism.  —  The Queens Democrat contacted federal agencies — finally appealing to then-Homeland Security …
Des Moines Register:
Reaction to Sarah Palin speech by Iowa Republican activists  —  Should former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin decide to make a presidential bid, Iowa Republicans voting in the leadoff caucuses would have the opportunity to give her candidacy a major boost or a setback.  Here are reactions from key activists after her speech Friday night.
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TEApublican / The Iowa Republican:   Sarah Palin Shines in Iowa Foreshadowing of 2012 Return
 
 
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Mark Whitehouse / Real Time Economics:
Defaults Account for Most of Pared Down Debt
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Hey, Look at Me, I'm a Conservative Dupe or, What Part of Massive …
Amy Harmon / New York Times:
New Drugs Stir Debate on Basic Rules of Clinical Trials
Jeff Shesol / New York Times:
Evolving Circumstances, Enduring Values
Tyler Cowen / New York Times:
Can the Fed Offer a Reason to Cheer?
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Helen Thomas receiving lifetime achievement award from CAIR
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Montana GOP policy: Make homosexuality illegal
 

 
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