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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Republicans will unveil their new ‘Contract’ on Thursday in Virginia — Republicans will unveil their new “Contract with America” in Virginia on Thursday, less than two months before election day. — The GOP, which polls show has a strong chance of winning back the House this fall …
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Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Obama To Hedge Fund Manager Who Complains Of Being ‘Whacked’ …
Obama To Hedge Fund Manager Who Complains Of Being ‘Whacked’ …
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Firedoglake, TPMDC and The Washington Independent
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
STEVE KING EYES SHUTDOWN, DEMANDS ‘BLOOD OATH’ FROM BOEHNER. …
STEVE KING EYES SHUTDOWN, DEMANDS ‘BLOOD OATH’ FROM BOEHNER. …
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Think Progress, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Ezra Klein and Democratic Strategist
Ariana Eunjung Cha / Political Economy:
At CNBC town hall, Obama is asked: ‘Is the American dream dead?’
At CNBC town hall, Obama is asked: ‘Is the American dream dead?’
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Wonkette, Weasel Zippers and Gateway Pundit
Eric Cantor / Wall Street Journal:
Tax Fight: GOP Won't Back Down
Tax Fight: GOP Won't Back Down
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Obama Town Hall: Defending His Record on Economy, Jobs
Obama Town Hall: Defending His Record on Economy, Jobs
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Gothamist, Gateway Pundit and Liberty Pundits Blog
The Politico:
White House: New York Times report ‘100 percent wrong’ — The White House is pushing back hard against a New York Times report that the president's political team is considering a national ad campaign that would cast the GOP as taken over by tea party extremists. (See: Tea party dominates the narrative)
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New York Times:
Obama Aides Weigh Bid to Tie the G.O.P. to the Tea Party — WASHINGTON — President Obama's political advisers, looking for ways to help Democrats and alter the course of the midterm elections in the final weeks, are considering a range of ideas, including national advertisements …
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New York Times:
The Mood of Voters: Men Are Fuming, Women Despairing — It is not exactly the year of the angry man, but it may be something close to that. A recent New York Times/CBS News poll found a striking difference in the way men and women say they are going to vote come November.
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Indecision Forever, Prairie Weather and Shakesville
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Town Hall Questioner To Obama: “I'm Exhausted Of Defending You” — “I'm one of your middle class Americans. And quite frankly, I'm exhausted. Exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that I voted for,” a woman told President Obama at a town hall.
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Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:
Carter: ‘Probably superior’ to other ex-presidents — Former President Jimmy Carter (right) standing off to the side in a photo with the living presidents (and then-President-elect Obama) in the Oval Office. — *** UPDATE 3:59 pm ET *** Former President Carter issued a written statement after his comments aired:
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The Hill, Taylor Marsh, AmSpecBlog and Gawker
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
BACK TO THE SEVENTIES — For most people, it's hard to imagine …
BACK TO THE SEVENTIES — For most people, it's hard to imagine …
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Prairie Weather
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Kaufman: GOP waging ‘holy jihad’ to extend tax cuts — Republicans are fighting to extend tax cuts for high earners with the intensity of a “holy jihad,” a Democratic senator charged Monday. — Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) said he didn't see any room for compromise with Republicans …
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Chris Isidore / CNNMoney.com:
Economists: Extend Bush tax cuts for everyone
Economists: Extend Bush tax cuts for everyone
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The Atlantic Online, Liberty Pundits Blog, NRSC and NewsBusters.org
Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Senate Dems Vow Tax Cut Vote Before Election — Even If It Fails, ‘We Win’
Senate Dems Vow Tax Cut Vote Before Election — Even If It Fails, ‘We Win’
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The Plum Line, Democratic Strategist, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos and Towleroad News #gay
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
GOP: Bechtel, PricewaterhouseCoopers And Other 'Small Businesses …
GOP: Bechtel, PricewaterhouseCoopers And Other 'Small Businesses …
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Washington Monthly, Bloomberg and Talking Points Memo
nber.org:
Business Cycle Dating Committee, National Bureau of Economic Research — The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research met yesterday by conference call. At its meeting, the committee determined that a trough in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in June 2009.
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Catherine Rampell / Economix:
The Recession Has (Officially) Ended
The Recession Has (Officially) Ended
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Ruby Slippers, Washington Monthly, Corrente, Hot Air and FrumForum
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
It's Official: The Great Recession Is Over
Rasmussen Reports:
52% of Voters Say Their Views Are More Like Palin's Than Obama's — Fifty-two percent (52%) of Likely U.S. Voters say their own views are closer to Sarah Palin's than they are to President Obama's, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
CREW:
CREW CALLS FOR FEDERAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO CHRISTINE O'DONNELL FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE FRAUD — Washington, D.C. -Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed complaints with the Delaware U.S. Attorney's Office and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) …
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David Catanese / The Politico:
DeMint PAC hits the air for O'Donnell
DeMint PAC hits the air for O'Donnell
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The Note, ABCNEWS, The Plum Line, Guardian, The Hill and Little Green Footballs
Robin Knight / CNBC:
UK Proposes All Paychecks Go to the State First — The UK's tax collection agency is putting forth a proposal that all employers send employee paychecks to the government, after which the government would deduct what it deems as the appropriate tax and pay the employees by bank transfer.
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Power Line, The Daily Caller, Questions and Observations, Hot Air, LewRockwell.com Blog, Bookworm Room, neo-neocon and Fausta's Blog
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Koch Industries Lawyer to White House: How Did You Get Our Tax Information? — Lately, the White House and its allies have been drawing attention to the political activities of libertarian billionaires Charles and David Koch. In an August 9 speech, President Obama singled out Americans for Prosperity …
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Liberty Pundits Blog, 24Ahead and The Future of Capitalism
Scott Keyes / Think Progress:
Tea Party Leader Dick Armey: Social Security Is A Corrupt ‘Ponzi Scheme’ — This past weekend, conservative activists and Tea Party groups gathered in Chicago for the Right Nation 2010 convention. Among those who attended was former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, the chairman of one of the original Tea Party groups, FreedomWorks.
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The Politico and TPMDC
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George Bennett / Post on Politics:
Updated: Dem mailer includes West's Social Security number …
Updated: Dem mailer includes West's Social Security number …
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TMZ.com:
‘Dancing’ Studio on Red Sarah Palin Alert — There will be high security tonight when Sarah Palin shows up to watch daughter Bristol perform on “Dancing with the Stars” ... TMZ has learned. — Our spies say security guards at CBS Television City in L.A. — the place where “Dancing” is broadcast — is on “heightened alert.”
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New York Magazine, The Political Carnival, Wonkette and Dependable Renegade
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
On the Cheapness of Life — Andrew and Jack Shafer's reminiscence over the legacy of Martin Peretz, and quasi-defense of his bigotry, motivated me to do some of my own reflecting. To the present business, there is no actual defense of the statement “Muslim life is cheap, particularly to Muslims.”
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TalkLeft, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Grasping Reality …, Balloon Juice and The Daily Beast
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Dem worries on Stewart rally — Jon Stewart's planned “Rally for Sanity” sounded a bit like a joke when he announced — without his permit application approved — that he'd hold it on October 30 in Washington, D.C. — But it's suddenly looking quite real: Nearly 100,000 people have written …
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Jonathan Martin / Ben Smith's Blog:
Rumsfeld, unvarnished — If there was any doubt that Donald Rumsfeld's book would be frank-and-candid narrative of what, in his telling, really happened, here are a few details about what promises to be a tell-all in the tradition of the Washington memoir. — First, see above …
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
FBI probes were improper, Justice says — The FBI improperly opened and extended investigations of some U.S. activist groups and put members of an environmental advocacy organization on a terrorist watch list, even though they were planning nonviolent civil disobedience, the Justice Department said Monday.
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Fouad Ajami / Wall Street Journal:
Islam's Encounters With America — A survey by Elaph, the most respected electronic daily in the Arab world, saw 58% object to the building of the WTC mosque. — From his recent travels to the Persian Gulf—sponsored and paid for by the State Department—Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf returned with a none-too-subtle threat.
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