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4:40 AM ET, September 30, 2010

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TMZ.com:
Meg Whitman: My Maid's Full of It  —  Meg Whitman's campaign just gave us documents suggesting that her former maid, Nicky Diaz Santillan, actually lied to Meg about her immigration status when she was hired back in 2000.  —  The documents, which Whitman claims Nicky filled out and signed …
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Anthony York / PolitiCal:
Former Whitman housekeeper alleges she was treated like ‘garbage’  —  The California governor's race took on a circus-like atmosphere Wednesday as a former housekeeper for Meg Whitman alleged the Republican gubernatorial nominee employed her for nearly nine years, even though Whitman knew the housekeeper was in the country illegally.
CNN:   Whitman campaign rocked by ‘abuse’ claims
TMZ.com:
Meg Whitman's Housekeeper — ‘Explosive’ Allegations
Evan Halper / PolitiCal:
Whitman housekeeper says she was fired, treated like ‘garbage’ [Updated]
Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: Murkowski deadlocked with Miller in Alaska  —  (CNN) - The wild three-way Senate race in Alaska now appears to be a two-person fight for the top spot, according to a new poll.  —  A CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday indicates that 38 percent …
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Jay Newton-Small / Time:
Poll: Murkowski Close in Alaska; Dems Pull Away in Calif.  —  From left: Joe Miller, Senator Lisa Murkowski, Scott McAdams  —  From left: Michael Dinneen / AP; J. Scott Applewhite / AP; Chris Miller / AP  —  In Alaska, Republican Lisa Murkowski is giving the GOP nominee for her Senate-seat, Joe Miller, a real race to contend with.
Discussion: The Page, Swampland, The Hill and The Buzz
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Alaska Polls Suggest Murkowski Has Upside as Write-In  —  Two new polls out Wednesday find that Senator Lisa Murkowski, who is running a write-in-bid for the U.S. Senate, is still an appealing figure to some Alaskans.  —  First, a CNN poll showed Ms. Murkowski running just 2 points behind the Republican Joe Miller among likely voters.
Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: Rubio opens Senate lead while governor's race stays a dead heat
Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: Democrats on top in California governor and Senate contests
Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: Deadlocked in fight for Obama's Illinois Senate seat
CNN:
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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Abbie Boudreau / CNN:
Our Documentary Takes A Strange Detour  —  (Programming note: “Right On The Edge” airs this Saturday and Sunday at 8 and 11 p.m. ET).  —  I've been a reporter for nine years.  My first official day on the job was on 9-11.  I was the bureau chief in Dubuque, Iowa, working as a one-man band.
Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
James O'Keefe isn't a punk. He's worse.
Discussion: Speakeasy
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Carl Paladino alleges Andrew Cuomo affair  —  New York Republican gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino alleged Tuesday that Democrat Andrew Cuomo was unfaithful to his ex-wife years ago, a stunning accusation that validated his earlier prediction that the race would be getting nastier.
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Celeste Katz / The Daily Politics:
Breaking: Carl Paladino Gets Into Confrontation With Albany Reporter …
Kat Stoeffel / New York Observer:   Cuomo Grabs NARAL, Calls Paladino “Frightening”
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate blocks recess appointments with deal between Dems, GOP  —  Senate Democrats agreed Wednesday night to a Republican demand to block President Obama from making recess appointments while Congress is out of town campaigning for the midterm elections.  —  Democratic leaders have agreed …
Steven Thrasher / Village Voice:
White America Has Lost Its Mind  —  The white brain, beset with worries, finally goes haywire in spectacular fashion  —  About 12:01 on the afternoon of January 20, 2009, the white American mind began to unravel.  —  It had been a pretty good run up to that point.
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New York Times:
Eye on China, House Votes for Greater Tariff Powers
Discussion: The Page and Truthdig
Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
McDonald's May Drop Health Plan  —  McDonald's Corp. has warned federal regulators that it could drop its health insurance plan for nearly 30,000 hourly restaurant workers unless regulators waive a new requirement of the U.S. health overhaul.  —  The move is one of the clearest indications …
Discussion: GayPatriot, Power Line and CBS News
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Boehner surprise: Dems barely get votes to adjourn after floor speech  —  House Democrats on Wednesday barely won a 210-209 vote to adjourn the House without extending the Bush tax cuts.  —  Thirty-nine House Democrats voted against adjournment after Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) …
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Democrats struggle to define own agenda
Discussion: CNN
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Rep. Castle says no to write-in bid  —  Longtime Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) announced late Wednesday that he will not launch a write-in bid for Senate this fall, ceding the stage to Tea Party favorite Christine O'Donnell (R) and New Castle County Executive Chris Coons (D).
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Mike Castle won't run as a write-in candidate in Delaware
Discussion: Hot Air and The American Pundit
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Two senators put hold on women's museum  —  WASHINGTON — A letter from two senators is the only thing blocking congressional approval of a decade-long effort to build a women's history museum in the nation's capital.  —  Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Jim DeMint, R-S.C., have placed a …
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Tanya Somanader / Think Progress:
Coburn, DeMint Block National Women's History Museum Because 'Quilters …
Discussion: RHRealityCheck.org and Jezebel
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid, Coburn in floor spat over shark bill
Discussion: The Politico and Wonkette
Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Victim of Secret Dorm Sex Tape Posts Facebook Goodbye, Jumps to His Death  —  Rutgers University Freshman Jumped From the George Washington Bridge  —  A Rutgers University freshman posted a goodbye message on his Facebook page before jumping to his death after his roommate secretly filmed him during a …
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Today in Assassination News . . .  There has been much discussion lately of the legal questions surrounding the Obama administration's plan to assassinate U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki, an al-Qaeda goon, Islamist propagandist, and general bum.  The Christian Science Monitor has a pretty good discussion here …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Power To Kill American Citizens At War With The US
Discussion: Salon, Spectator, Shakesville and Eunomia
Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Compare and Contrast: Karl Marx' 10 Point Program of Communism and the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Agenda  —  According to Karl Marx, the following ten elements were requisite conditions for “a transition from capitalism to communism.”  —  1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
Discussion: Flopping Aces
Laura Rozen / The Politico:
Obama letter offered Netanyahu security pledges  —  President Barack Obama has written a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offering “a string of assurances to Israel in return for a two-month moratorium extension,” a prominent Washington Middle East expert has revealed.
 
 
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Obama Nominates N.Y. Lawyer to D.C. Circuit
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Emanuel Has A Campaign Manager
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Minnesota Public Radio:
MPR-Humphrey poll: Dayton has significant lead over Emmer
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On Fox, where's the outrage?
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Reps. Bachmann, King allege fraud in black farmers settlement
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Obliterating a generation
 

 
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