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12:40 PM ET, October 1, 2010

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Byron York / Beltway Confidential:
Obama: 'I'd appreciate a little break'  —  It's often remarked that President Obama has enjoyed a number of getaways, vacations, and mini-vacations during his 20 months in office.  But at a Democratic fundraiser Thursday night, the president said, “I'd appreciate a little break.”
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Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Pete Rouse, who will replace Emanuel as chief of staff, is known as ‘fixer’  —  Few people outside Washington, and not many inside, have heard the name Pete Rouse.  The man President Obama will name as his interim White House chief of staff on Friday is a quiet political player who avoids the spotlight.
John Podhoretz / Commentary:   The Meltdown Accelerates — at the Very Top
Stand UP!:
CNN's Rick Sanchez Calls Jon Stewart ‘Bigot’  —  Cuban-American anchor Rick Sanchez came on Stand Up! with Pete Dominick today for a loose exchange on current events, media, and journalism.  Throughout much of the interview, the discussion touched on race.  To our surprise, at various points …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, The Nation and Gawker
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:   Sanchez: CNN run by the Jews
Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Rick Sanchez Calls Jon Stewart “A Bigot”; Says CNN Is Run By Jews
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
AnnArbor.com News:
UPDATED: Assistant AG takes leave of absence after national attention over blog against U-M student body president  —  One would expect that the current Republican attorney general contender, along with Rick Snyder and other major GOP state candidates, had a word or two with Mike Cox.
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Laura Berman / Detroit News:
Assistant AG suspended over gay-bashing blog  —  Attorney General Mike Cox changed his stance Thursday, suspending Andrew Shirvell after the assistant attorney general attracted national attention for a controversial blog that ridicules and denounces a University of Michigan student leader …
Robert Shrum / The Week Magazine:
Democrats will hold the House and Senate  —  For Democrats, it's Rove time: rally the base and save Congress  —  Maybe I'm wrong.  —  In fact, maybe I'm really, really wrong, which is the reaction I hear when I dare even to broach this notion to commentators and political strategists in both parties.
Ezra Klein:
The demographics of 2010  —  Some nice demographic polling out from Gallup today.  Over the past seven months, middle-age voters have been pretty stable in their preferences between Democrats and Republicans.  It's the young and the old who've diverged, with the young swinging toward …
Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
In Midterms, Dems Gain With Young Voters, Slip With Hispanics
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hot Air
Reuters:
Coalition Picks Maliki in Move That May End Iraq Stalemate  —  An alliance of Iraq's Shiite political blocs has chosen the incumbent, Nuri al-Maliki, as its nominee for prime minister, alliance officials said on Friday, ending months of wrangling that had stalled formation of a government.
Discussion: The Page
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Leila Fadel / Washington Post:   Iraq breaks record for longest time with no government
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Report gives stimulus package high marks  —  The massive economic stimulus package President Obama pushed through Congress last year is coming in on time and under budget - and with strikingly few claims of fraud or abuse - according to a White House report to be released Friday.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Why is Obama sending troops to Afghanistan?  —  From the beginning, the call to arms was highly uncertain.  On Dec. 1, 2009, commander in chief Barack Obama orders 30,000 more Americans into battle in Afghanistan.  But in the very next sentence, he announces that an American withdrawal will begin after 18 months.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:   Armed Services chairman: Obama must not budge on Afghan withdrawal date
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Uncanny Accuracy of Polling Averages*, Part 2: What the Numbers Say  —  This is the second article in a three-part series in which I'm addressing a question from a reader whom I'm calling Skeptical Sam.  —  Sam wondered why our election forecasts seem so confident.
Discussion: National Review
Robert Bazell / msnbc.com:
U.S. to apologize for STD experiments in Guatemala  —  Government researchers infected patients with syphilis, gonorrhea without their consent in the 1940s  —  U.S. government medical researchers intentionally infected hundreds of people in Guatemala, including institutionalized mental patients …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Chambliss fires staffer over posting of anti-gay slur  —  Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) fired a staffer for having posted a threatening slur against gays on a blog.  —  Chambliss said that, following an investigation by the Senate Sergeant at Arms, he'd decided to fire the staffer …
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Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Sen. Saxby Chambliss aide fired over anti-gay comment
Aaron Favila / Associated Press:
Dozens of NATO oil tankers attacked in Pakistan  —  SHIKARPUR, Pakistan - Suspected militants in southern Pakistan set ablaze more than two dozen tankers carrying fuel for foreign troops in Afghanistan on Friday, highlighting the vulnerability of the U.S.-led mission a day after Pakistan closed a major border crossing.
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Reed Abelson / New York Times:
Insurer Cuts Health Plans as New Law Takes Hold  —  The Principal Financial Group announced on Thursday that it planned to stop selling health insurance, another sign of upheaval emerging among insurers as the new federal health law starts to take effect.  —  The company, based in Iowa …
Jennifer Wishon / CBN.com:
O'Donnell: 'God's Keeping Me in the Race'  —  In an exclusive interview with CBN News, Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell said God is keeping her in the race.  —  She made the statement before she stopped doing interviews at the advice of Tea Party power broker Sarah Palin.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Austerity Caucus  —  If I had as much money as Meg Whitman, I'd probably have a more exuberant house.  Hers is perfectly nice.  But at a time when other Silicon Valley moguls were installing underground squash courts, arcade-size game rooms and other gewgaws, she stuck with a New England-style colonial.
Wall Street Journal:
The Twister of 2010  —  America's political landscape will never be the same.  —  On a recent trip to Omaha, Neb., I found a note prominently displayed in my hotel room warning of the possibility of “extreme weather” including “tornadic activity.”  The clunky euphemism was no doubt meant …
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Document shows Meg Whitman lying, attorney says  —  (09-30) 13:40 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Shortly after Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman said today that she and her husband never knew her housekeeper was an undocumented immigrant, the Los Angeles attorney for Nicandra Diaz Santillan presented …
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Senate votes to turn down volume on TV commercials  —  WASHINGTON - Legislation to turn down the volume on those loud TV commercials that send couch potatoes diving for their remote controls looks like it'll soon become law.  —  The Senate unanimously passed a bill late Wednesday …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
News Corp. gave $1 million to pro-GOP group  —  News Corp., the parent company of Fox News, contributed $1 million this summer to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the business lobby that has been running an aggressive campaign in support of the Republican effort to retake Congress, a source close to the company told POLITICO.
Quinnipiac University:
Despite Annoying Ads, Scott Leads In Florida Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Obama Approval 16 Points In The Hole  —  Republican Rick Scott holds a 49 - 43 percent lead over State Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, the Democrat, in the race to become Florida's next governor …
 
 
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
DOJ, the New Black Panther Party, and Integrity
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Project Syndicate:
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Brad Reed / Crooks and Liars:
The bealach to serfdom
Discussion: Wonk Room and BBC
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
O...M...G - Video explodes skeptical kids in bloodbath
Glenn Davis / Mediaite:
Obama In Full-On Fiery Campaign Mode In Speech To Under-40 Crowd
Discussion: Liberty Pundits Blog and The Page
Brendan Scott / New York Post:
Paladino: Uh, what smear??
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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Foreclosures Slow as Document Flaws Emerge
Discussion: Firedoglake and naked capitalism
The Hill:
2012 hopefuls are not showing the Tea Party candidates the money
Discussion: Think Progress, Erick's blog and GOP 12
Sam Hananel / The Huffington Post:
Feds Sue Fox News Over Reporter Catherine Herridge's Charges …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
G.O.P. Stays on Upswing in Senate Forecast
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Angry Voters  —  Republicans in Congress are incredibly unpopular.
Discussion: The New Republic
CNN:
Kagan to be invested into Supreme Court
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“You Elected Me To Do What Was Right”
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
A GOP unknown is in striking range of Barney Frank
Discussion: Commentary and sisu
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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