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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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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:
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 and Prairie Weather
Washington Post:
More House Democrats stressing independence from Pelosi, Obama — MCGREGOR, TEXAS - Little more than two years after she touted him for the vice presidential nomination, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi cannot count on the support of Rep. Chet Edwards. — Edwards, a conservative Democrat trying win …
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Belinda Luscombe / Time:
Why Sarah Palin Is Stronger Than You Think
Why Sarah Palin Is Stronger Than You Think
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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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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Plan: Deprive Programs of Cash — Preparing for a Potential Congressional Majority, Republican Leaders Say Repeal of Health-Care Law Tops Their Priorities — Eyeing a potential Congressional win in November, House Republicans are planning to chip away at the White House's legislative agenda …
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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Ezra Klein
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Steve King Demands ‘Blood Oath’ From Boehner To Shut Down The Government
Steve King Demands ‘Blood Oath’ From Boehner To Shut Down The Government
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Democratic Strategist
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
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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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Cubachi, Weekly Standard, Liberty Pundits Blog, National Review and RedState
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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Washington Monthly and FrumForum
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Angry Rich — Anger is sweeping America. True, this white-hot rage is a minority phenomenon, not something that characterizes most of our fellow citizens. But the angry minority is angry indeed, consisting of people who feel that things to which they are entitled are being taken away.
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.
Patterico's Pontifications:
Leftist Activist in Delaware: Chris Coons Harassed Me Due to My Political Activism — Tonight I spoke with Alan Muller, who runs a site at Green Delaware — and thinks Chris Coons should be defeated. Mr. Muller wrote a blog post about how he had been harassed by Chris Coons …
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National Review, Riehl World View and The Daily Caller
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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 Hill, Little Green Footballs and FrumForum
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. — In an interview with NBC's Brian Williams, former President Jimmy Carter …
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The Hill and Taylor Marsh
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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Politics Daily, TPMMuckraker, Balloon Juice and Truthdig
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Graham: W.H. talks just went ‘dead’ — For much of the early part of the year, Sen. Lindsey Graham and the White House were locked in heated negotiations over legislation that could close the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, move some of the war-on-terror prisoners …
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Emptywheel and FrumForum
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Koch Industries Lawyer to White House: How Did You Get Our Tax Information?
Koch Industries Lawyer to White House: How Did You Get Our Tax Information?
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The Future of Capitalism
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, Hot Air, LewRockwell.com Blog, neo-neocon, Bookworm Room and Fausta's Blog
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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Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers, Liberty Pundits Blog, Gateway Pundit and JammieWearingFool
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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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Washington Post, NewsBusters.org, Liberty Pundits Blog and NRSC
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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CNBC, Weasel Zippers, Michelle Malkin, Gateway Pundit and Ben Smith's Blog
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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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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protein wisdom, NewsBusters.org, Weasel Zippers, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Daily Caller
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 …