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10:30 AM 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.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Filling an Aide's Shoes With Very Different Feet  —  WASHINGTON — Pete Rouse is the anti-Rahm.  —  If Rahm Emanuel, the colorful, profane, in-your-face White House chief of staff, has loomed large over Washington politics, Mr. Rouse, whom President Obama has chosen as Mr. Emanuel's temporary replacement, does his best to loom small.
The Politico:
White House scorecard: MSNBC up, bloggers down
John Podhoretz / Commentary:   The Meltdown Accelerates — at the Very Top
The Politico:
Hill worries Rahm's exit changes little
Discussion: New York Times and The Caucus
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Pelosi: Democrats will hit campaign trail with a ‘spirit of optimism’
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 …
Discussion: Politics Daily and CNN
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Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Sen. Saxby Chambliss aide fired over anti-gay comment
Seema Mehta / PolitiCal:
Whitman's husband says ‘it is possible’ handwriting on letter is his [Updated]  —  Dr. Griff Harsh, Meg Whitman's husband, just released a statement saying that it may be his handwriting on a 2003 letter that raised the possibility that their housekeeper was undocumented.
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Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Document shows Meg Whitman lying, attorney says
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.
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 …
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
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.
Brendan Scott / New York Post:
Paladino: Uh, what smear??  —  Tweet  —  ALBANY — Carl Paladino beat a hasty retreat last night and insisted he never intended to smear gubernatorial rival Andrew Cuomo with allegations of infidelity.  —  The Tea Party-backed Republican told his hometown paper that his remarks had been misunderstood.
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Lois Romano / Washington Post:   Andrew Cuomo, Carl Paladino focus on the personal in N.Y. gubernatorial election
Washington Post:
U.S. tense over Pakistan  —  Political upheaval in Pakistan and a sudden rupture in relations with the United States have heightened the Obama administration's concern about the stability of a crucial partner in its Afghanistan war strategy.  —  Pakistani authorities closed …
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Sam Hananel / The Huffington Post:
Feds Sue Fox News Over Reporter Catherine Herridge's Charges Of Discrimination, Retaliation  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  WASHINGTON — Federal authorities are suing the Fox News Network for allegedly retaliating against a reporter after she complained about unequal pay and job conditions based on her gender and age.
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 …
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.
The Hill:
2012 hopefuls are not showing the Tea Party candidates the money  —  Senate GOP candidates backed by the Tea Party movement have received much less financial support than more established candidates from their party's leading contenders for the White House.  —  The GOP figures jockeying …
Discussion: Think Progress and GOP 12
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
G.O.P. Stays on Upswing in Senate Forecast  —  Republican chances of taking over the Senate have improved again in this week's forecast.  They are now 22 percent — up from 18 percent last week and 15 percent two weeks ago.  Republican chances are now approaching the point where they stood prior …
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
TARP Bailout to Cost Less Than Once Anticipated  —  WASHINGTON — Even as voters rage and candidates put up ads against government bailouts, the reviled mother of them all — the $700 billion lifeline to banks, insurance and auto companies — will expire after Sunday at a fraction of that cost …
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 …
Discussion: Riehl World View
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
A GOP unknown is in striking range of Barney Frank  —  Sean Bielat, the Republican candidate for Congress in Massachusetts' 4th District, has had just one conversation with his Democratic opponent, Rep. Barney Frank.  —  It was in August, at a parade in New Bedford.
Discussion: sisu and Washington Times
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.
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
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“You Elected Me To Do What Was Right”  —  Obama's speech to Gen44 tonight knocked my socks off.  It's streaming on CSPAN here.  If you've forgotten why many of you worked your ass off for this guy, and felt hope for the first time in many years, watch it.  He deserves criticism when necessary …
msnbc.com:
Bin Laden an environmentalist?  Tape says so  —  Al-Qaida leader proclaims that climate change is worse than war  —  CAIRO — Al-Qaida has released a new audio tape of Osama bin Laden in which the leader of the terror network calls for the creation of a relief body to aid Muslims harmed in natural disasters and wars.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
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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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: The Page
Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Quinn gains on Brady in new Tribune poll
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Foreclosures Slow as Document Flaws Emerge
Discussion: naked capitalism
Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
Associated Press to name Buzbee as D.C. bureau chief
Discussion: FishbowlDC
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Michele Bachmann raises $3.4M for quarter
Discussion: Liberty Pundits Blog
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Angry Voters  —  Republicans in Congress are incredibly unpopular.
Discussion: The New Republic
Silla Brush / The Hill:
Budget battle looms for Wall St. law
Discussion: Prairie Weather
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Kagan to be invested into Supreme Court
Matt Cherette / Gawker.TV:
The Night Jon Stewart Turned on President Obama
Discussion: Commentary
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Craig Newmark: NPR Will Be the Dominant News Force By 2020
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Obama 52%, Clinton 37% for 2012 Democratic Nomination