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Ed Barnes / Associated Press:
Citizens' Group Helps Uncover Alleged Rampant Voter Fraud in Houston — Voter selects candidate for U.S president in voting booth, Nov. 4, 2008. — When Catherine Engelbrecht and her friends sat down and started talking politics several years ago, they soon agreed that talking wasn't enough.
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Commentary, Right Wing News, Gateway Pundit, Confederate Yankee, Weasel Zippers and Doug Ross
Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Brown leads Whitman 49%-44% in poll — Boxer leads Fiorina 51%-43% in Senate race, survey finds. Both Republicans are hampered by voters' negative impressions of them, poll says. — Democrat Jerry Brown has moved into a narrow lead over Republican Meg Whitman in their fractious contest for governor …
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American Power, Daily Kos, The Caucus, The Reaction and The Political Carnival
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Boehner's Top Aide Is Little Known — WASHINGTON — Representative John A. Boehner and Barry Jackson cut an odd figure. — Mr. Jackson, the chief of staff to Mr. Boehner, the House Republican leader from Ohio, is shaggy-haired and dough-faced, pale to Mr. Boehner's preternatural tan.
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Michelle Malkin, JustOneMinute and GayPatriot
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Democrats Unleash Ads Focusing on Rivals' Pasts — WASHINGTON — Democratic candidates across the country are opening a fierce offensive of negative advertisements against Republicans, using lawsuits, tax filings, reports from the Better Business Bureau and even divorce proceedings to try …
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CNN, Pirate's Cove, Prairie Weather and The Page
Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
Allen West- Obama and Pelosi- “Welcome to the Jungle” (VIDEO) — At the “Vets for West” picnic today in Delray Beach, Florida, Congressional Candidate Allen West in true form called out the Democrat Party and its spineless minions that include none other than Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
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American Power, The Other McCain, Verum Serum and Liberty Pundits Blog
NEWS.com.au:
UN to appoint Earth contact for aliens — THE United Nations was set today to appoint an obscure Malaysian astrophysicist to act as EarthÂ's first contact for any aliens that may come visiting. — Mazlan Othman, the head of the UN's little-known Office for Outer Space Affairs (Unoosa) …
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Outside the Beltway and The American Pundit
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Obama argues his assassination program is a “state secret” — (updated below) — At this point, I didn't believe it was possible, but the Obama administration has just reached an all-new low in its abysmal civil liberties record. In response to the lawsuit filed by Anwar Awlaki's father asking …
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MyDD, The Confluence, Emptywheel, Unqualified Offerings, Hullabaloo and New York Times
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Obama invokes ‘state secrets’ …
Obama invokes ‘state secrets’ …
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Taylor Marsh, FrumForum, Reuters and The League of Ordinary …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
They're gay, conservative and proud — NEW YORK — Even among the gays, the right is on the rise. — The broad surge in the conservative grassroots made it as far as PayPal founder Peter Thiel's grand apartment overlooking New York's Union Square Tuesday night, where about 150 backers …
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Joe. My. God.
Molly K. Hooper / Ballot Box:
Bill Clinton to stump for Barney Frank re-election as right digs in — Former President Bill Clinton will lend his star power to veteran Democratic Rep. Barney Frank (Mass.) at an afternoon rally on Sunday. — The 42nd president's appearance with the powerful 15-term House member comes …
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The American Pundit and The Confluence
Alex Leary / The Buzz:
Poll: Rubio building lead as Meek closes in on Crist — With a little over a month remaining before the Nov. 2 election, the three-way race for U.S. Senate is turning into a two-man race - for second place. — A statewide poll released Saturday night shows Republican Marco Rubio building …
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The American Pundit
Telegraph:
Ed Miliband: my vision to rebuild trust — In an article for The Sunday Telegraph, Labour's new leader Ed Miliband pledges to regain the support of families and Middle Britain and to learn from the party's past mistakes — Yesterday the Labour Party committed to start the long journey back to power.
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Guardian and The Nation
John Harwood / New York Times:
Obama, Empathy and the Midterms — MY homework for an hourlong interview with President Obama last week began with reviews of his earlier speeches and interviews, and conversations with economists and political operatives. It ended around a dinner table. — That's where, over salad and swordfish …
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American Power