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Liberal blogger directly confronts David Axelrod, accuses White House of “hippie punching” — Top Obama adviser David Axelrod got an earful of the liberal blogosphere's anger at the White House moments ago, when a blogger on a conference call directly called out Axelrod over White House criticism …
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Blogger Susie Madrak Asks David Axelrod: “Do You Know What Hippie Punching Means?” — No respect. (photo: Neubie on Flickr) — Some fireworks at the end of an otherwise uneventful conference call with White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod, when blogger Susie Madrak took the White House …
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Pam's House Blend


Life is funny — I just got off a White House conference call in which I asked David Axelrod if he ever heard of the term “hippie punching”. — Silence. — “Are you there?” — “Yeah, I heard you. Go on.” — Basically, after Axelrod told us how wonderful we were and how much they needed us …
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MyDD


Axelrod To TPM: It's The GOP's Fault Dems Punted On Tax Cuts Vote
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Balloon Juice and FrumForum

Axelrod to exit White House in 2011 to work on Obama reelection
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The Reaction, Outside the Beltway, The Moderate Voice, FrumForum and CBS News

Fun: Axelrod, lefty bloggers get testy with each other on conference call
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Oh, My: Liberal Bloggers Getting Tired of Putting Out (Propaganda) for Obama?
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Left Coast Rebel and Suburban Guerrilla

We'll run on our record — Congressional Democrats on Thursday declared they would run on their legislative record this fall, rejecting former President Clinton's advice to counter a new Republican policy agenda with one of their own. — The Democrats' decision to run on what they have accomplished …
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Prairie Weather
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Democrats put off votes to extend Bush tax cuts until after midterm election — A rift between centrist and liberal Democrats in both chambers of Congress has derailed plans for House and Senate votes on extending tax cuts before the election. — Senior Senate Democrats said they plan …
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Liberty Pundits Blog

Senate Won't Vote on Bush-Era Tax Cuts Until After Elections
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Commentary and The Page

Democrats Decide On Political Suicide
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The Reality-Based Community, The Plum Line, Wonkette, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, TPMDC and Daily Kos

Colbert appearance causes mixed feelings — Comedian Stephen Colbert's scheduled appearance on Capitol Hill Friday elicited mixed reactions from lawmakers, with some grateful for his participation and others incensed he had been invited in the first place. — The star of Comedy Central's …
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National Review

Now He's Lost Margaret Carlson — Obama's problem goes far deeper than his insolent style. — If he's lost Margaret Carlson, he's lost Middle America. Sorry if you disagree, but somehow, to our mind, that joke just never gets old. Carlson, a fixture at Time magazine before jumping …
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Don Surber and Liberty Pundits Blog

Downhill With the G.O.P. — Once upon a time, a Latin American political party promised to help motorists save money on gasoline. How? By building highways that ran only downhill. — I've always liked that story, but the truth is that the party received hardly any votes.
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Washington Monthly, Prairie Weather and bjkeefe

Hidden Under Tax-Exempt Cloak, Political Dollars Flow — Alaskans grew suspicious two years ago when a national organization called Americans for Job Security showed up and spent $1.6 million pushing a referendum to restrict development of a gold and copper mine at the headwaters of Bristol Bay.
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New York Magazine, TPMCafe, Ben Smith's Blog, Prairie Weather and Washington Post

U. of Ill. denies William Ayers emeritus status — URBANA, Ill. — The University of Illinois on Thursday denied 1960s radical William Ayers emeritus faculty status after trustees Chairman Christopher Kennedy noted Ayers dedicated a book to, among others, the man who killed Kennedy's father, Robert F. Kennedy.
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Michelle Malkin and Betsy's Page
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U.S. delegates walk out of Ahmadinejad's U.N. speech — The U.S. delegation to the U.N. walked out of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech before the general assembly Thursday after the controversial leader said some believe Americans were behind the 9/11 terror attacks.
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Scared Monkeys, The Note and American Power
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With Warning, Obama Presses China on Currency
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Liberal media goes on attack against GOP's Boehner — Tweet — The heat is on Republican leader John Boehner. — Liberal media outlets are trying to smear the highest-ranking Republican in the House just weeks before the midterm elections with a deal-breaking scandal before he has a chance …
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Liberty Pundits Blog, Gateway Pundit and JammieWearingFool

SENATE POLL: Senate race in dead heat between Reid, Angle — Race remains knotted with six weeks until election — U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and GOP challenger Sharron Angle tied with 43 percent of the vote in a new poll that suggests most Nevadans won't gamble on half a dozen other little known contenders.
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Christie faces off against heckler — (CNN) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie got tough with a heckler Wednesday during a Los Angeles town hall meeting with California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman. — Whitman, a Republican and the former CEO of eBay, was finishing her remarks …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Note, Gateway Pundit and Liberty Pundits Blog
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Volcker Spares No One in Broad Critique — Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker scrapped a prepared speech he had planned to deliver at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on Thursday, and instead delivered a blistering, off-the-cuff critique leveled at nearly every corner of the financial system.
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The Big Picture and Economist's View


Senate Republicans launch $1 million ad buy in West Virginia — 1. The National Republican Senatorial Committee will launch ads in the West Virginia Senate race today, a seven-figure expenditure that strongly suggests the party thinks they can pull off an upset in the Mountain State.
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Plain Dealer, Hotline On Call and The Page

Chrysler Auto Workers Busted — Jefferson North Plant in Detroit — myFOXDetroit.com Staff - We're all rooting for the auto industry to come back stronger than ever. It affects every one of us here in metro Detroit and across the country because it's so important to our economy.
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Hot Air, Doug Ross, Mediaite, theblogprof, All American Blogger, Jalopnik and Associated Press


DOJ to Judge: Keep Enforcing DADT — The Department of Justice issued a request Thursday to a U.S. district court judge asking to keep enforcing the military's ban on gay and lesbian service members, challenging a request to stop its enforcement. — In a 14-page brief …
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Castle will test waters with poll — Rep. Mike Castle is planning on polling a potential three-way Senate race to test his chances as a write-in candidate, a Delaware Republican tells POLITICO. — Castle, who lost his GOP primary by a 6-point margin to tea party upstart Christine O'Donnell nine days ago …
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Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Conservatives4Palin.com and National Review

The Responsibility Deficit — One of the oddities of the current moment is that the country wants a radical change in government but not a radical change in policy. — On the one hand, voters are completely disgusted with Washington. On the other hand, they have not changed their fundamental views on the issues.
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Balloon Juice

November is Coming — Where do you stand? — Normally at RedState we post a brief description of any videos we post. But this one ... you just have to watch it. — November. It's coming. — Video created and produced by Ben Howe.
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Ruby Slippers and Flopping Aces

Stewart ‘saddened’ by Obama — (CNN) - Count Jon Stewart among the legion of frustrated supporters of President Obama. — Appearing on Fox News' The Bill O'Reilly show Wednesday, the liberal comedian said he thought Obama would do a better job when he voted for him in the 2008 presidential election.


Joe Miller: Social Security Is Something The Federal Government 'Shouldn't Have Gotten Into' — Earlier today, Alaska GOP Senate candidate Joe Miller was a guest on KWHL's Bob and Mark show. ThinkProgress called in to ask him to clarify his previous suggestions that Social Security is unconstitutional.
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The Nation, Libertarian Republican, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Daily Kos