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Tea-Party Movement Gathers Strength — The tea party has emerged as a potent force in American politics and a center of gravity within the Republican Party, with a large majority of Republicans showing an affinity for the movement that has repeatedly bucked the GOP leadership this year …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The Tea Kettle Movement — There are actually two Tea Party movements in America today: one you've read about that is not that important and one you've not read about that could become really important if the right politician understood how to tap into it. — The Tea Party that has gotten …
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NewsBusters.org, No More Mister Nice Blog, Althouse, Firedoglake and Balloon Juice
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Tea & Crackers — How corporate interests and Republican insiders built the Tea Party monster — This is an article from the October 15, 2010 issue of Rolling Stone, available on newsstands on October 1, 2010. — It's taken three trips to Kentucky, but I'm finally getting …
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Balloon Juice and Daily Kos
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Takeover: 71% of Republicans now tea-party supporters
Takeover: 71% of Republicans now tea-party supporters
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NewsBusters.org, The Daily Caller and CNN
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Poll: Obama, Dems Poised to Lose Grayson House Seat — Republican Dan Webster jumps to a 7-point lead — In one of the most closely watched U.S. House races in the nation, Republican Daniel Webster now holds a 7-point lead over Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson in Central Florida's 8th Congressional District …
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‘Credible But Not Specific’: Threat of New Terrorist Attack — Officials in Europe, US on High Alert for Commando-Style Raids After Capture of Suspected German Terrorist — US and European officials said Tuesday they have detected a plot to carry out a major, coordinated series …
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JustOneMinute, Hot Air, JammieWearingFool, The American Pundit, Jihad Watch, Sister Toldjah and Wall Street Journal
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Al-Qaeda terror plot targeting Europe uncovered — France has recently beefed up security outside its national landmarks — An al-Qaeda plot to carry out co-ordinated attacks in the UK, France and Germany has been uncovered, Western intelligence sources say.
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Online NewsHour and The Page
Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Probes Scope of Suspected Terror Plot
U.S. Probes Scope of Suspected Terror Plot
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The Volokh Conspiracy, Washington Post, Guardian, The AfPak Channel, Fox News, News Desk, Pajamas Media, msnbc.com, Sky News and Telegraph
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Obama's University Visit Was Not Simple — Would it be all right if the Leader of the Free World stopped by your campus for a little while? — He wants to surround himself with hordes of enthusiastic young people, toss out a few oratorical gems — as you know, he's got the gift — and reinvigorate his anxious political party.
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Obama to Students: 'We Can't Sit This One Out'
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The Daily Caller and Climate Progress
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
‘Stick With Me,’ Obama Urges Students
‘Stick With Me,’ Obama Urges Students
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Lynn Sweet, The Huffington Post, Washington Monthly, The Politico and National Review
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Your Bad Economic News for the Morning — Earlier this year, government bond spreads in several European countries ballooned dangerously in response to the Greek debt crisis. In May the EU came to the rescue, Greece agreed to a combined loan/austerity package, and spreads settled down.
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Ezra Klein
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Edward Hugh / Edward.Hugh.Blog:
And Then There Were None — According to Spanish Prime Minister …
And Then There Were None — According to Spanish Prime Minister …
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Wall Street Journal, Free exchange, Felix Salmon and The Atlantic Online
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Fake pimp from ACORN videos tries to ‘punk’ CNN correspondent — Editor's note: CNN takes an unprecedented look inside the young conservative activist movement in the documentary “Right On The Edge,” which airs Oct. 2 and 3 at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. EST. — Lusby, Maryland (CNN) …
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Politics Daily, Ben Smith's Blog, TPMMuckraker, Media Matters for America, Talking Points Memo, pandagon.net and The Nation
Lymari Morales / Gallup:
Distrust in U.S. Media Edges Up to Record High — Perceptions of liberal bias still far outnumber perceptions of conservative bias — WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the fourth straight year, the majority of Americans say they have little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly.
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Top of the Ticket, Moe Lane and JammieWearingFool
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Gallup: Americans really distrust the media — In a way, this is somewhat similar to polling job approval for Congress. Low numbers are the New Normal, and we elect people to that institution. The media, on the other hand, gets plenty of well-deserved criticism for its bias and other failures …
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JustOneMinute
Stephanie Vallejo / Boston Globe:
Dukakis shared his strategy for midterm elections at the White House — WASHINGTON — Former Massachusetts Governor Michael S. Dukakis, the failed 1988 presidential nominee, recently visited the White House and delivered his strategy for the midterm elections: pound key precincts across …
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The Note, Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers, Scared Monkeys, Moe Lane, Betsy's Page, GayPatriot and The American Pundit
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
White House gets political advice from Dukakis
White House gets political advice from Dukakis
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Outside the Beltway
gary scott:
Christine O'Donnell didn't go to Claremont Graduate University either — Greg Sargent at the Washington Post's Plum Line has a story today that says Christine O'Donnell, Republican Senate candidate in Delaware, embellished her online resume to say she'd studied at Oxford University …
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Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Another School Says Christine O'Donnell Did Not Attend
Another School Says Christine O'Donnell Did Not Attend
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Washington Monthly, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Plum Line, Gawker and New York Magazine
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Being Glenn Beck — Glenn Beck was sprawled out on his office couch a couple of weeks ago, taking — as self-helpers like to say — an inventory. “I think what the country is going through right now is, in a way, what I went through with my alcoholism,” he told me. “You can either live or die.
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Think Progress, Ben Smith's Blog, Mediaite and Prairie Weather
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Assistant attorney general blogs against gay student body president — (CNN) — For nearly six months, Andrew Shirvell, an assistant attorney general for the state of Michigan, has waged an internet campaign against college student Chris Armstrong, the openly gay student assembly president at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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Think Progress, Pharyngula and AMERICAblog Gay
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Blaming the voters — Tweet — On Oct. 24, 1996, Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole got up at a campaign rally and promptly lost it: “I wonder sometimes what people are thinking about, or if people are thinking at all,” he shouted. “Wake up, America!”
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, The DSCC, Betsy's Page, DCCC, Commentary and TalkLeft
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Meg Whitman's Housekeeper — ‘Explosive’ Allegations — UPDATE: Meg Whitman's campaign chairman, former California Governor Pete Wilson, tells TMZ he is unaware of any claim by Whitman's former housekeeper, but “The timing of this is highly suspect.” — The former housekeeper for Meg Whitman …
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Florida Dems aim death blow at Charlie Crist — Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is getting the full Arlen Specter treatment as he struggles to hold on to Democratic support in his independent bid for the U.S. Senate. — The Florida Democratic Party is throwing money behind a crushing new ad …
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Even if Bin Laden Had Been on the Gaza-Bound Flotilla, Israel's Actions Would Have Been Illegal, Says UN-Appointed Judge — The U.N. Human Rights Council is considering a report by the three-member commission that investigated the so-called “flotilla incident” - Israel's interception at sea …
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Weasel Zippers and Right Wing News
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Progressives: Obama remarks are ‘condescending’ — Activist: ‘The least he could do is acknowledge that progressives have legitimate concerns’ — President Barack Obama's lecture to his supporters to snap out of their lethargy is getting a frosty reception from some on the left side of the Democratic coalition.
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Weasel Zippers, Commentary, Reuters, Hot Air and Fausta's Blog
Robert Creamer / The Huffington Post:
Four More Reasons Why Democrats Will Retain Control of House and Senate — What's Your Reaction: — Over the last several weeks, the Pollster.com average of polls testing the generic choice of Republican versus Democrat for Congress has begun to close from a spread of almost 5% down to only 2.3% advantage to Republicans.
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Questions and Observations, The Capitol Fax Blog and Democratic Strategist
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Scott Wong / The Politico:
Dems embrace immigration fight
Dems embrace immigration fight
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Wonk Room and The Washington Independent
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Big Labor, not Tea Party, is workers' worst enemy — My column today sheds light on SEIU Local 1199, which is spearheading this weekend's disgruntled lefty protest in Washington. As Big Labor's Tea Party-bashing rhetoric ramps up, it's time for workers to put the blame for their troubles …
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American Power, Associated Press, Hot Air and Nice Deb
Heather Mac Donald / Secular Right:
Dinesh D'Souza's poison — Forbes magazine has now “fact-checked” Dinesh D'Souza's infamous September 27 cover story, “How Obama Thinks,” and has uncovered one “slight” misrepresentation, it says, of an Obama speech on the BP oil spill. Such a “fact-checking” feint is irrelevant to this travesty …
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Matthew Yglesias and The Daily Dish
Daniel Woolls / Associated Press:
Spain arrests American al-Qaida suspect — MADRID - Spanish police have arrested a U.S. citizen of Algerian origin who is suspected of financing al-Qaida's North African affiliate, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. — Mohamed Omar Debhi, 43, was arrested Tuesday in the town of Esplugues de Llobregat, a Barcelona suburb.
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The Jawa Report and Jihad Watch