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5:20 AM ET, October 1, 2010

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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.

Discussion: TMZ.com, Hot Air, CBS News, Michelle Malkin, Left Coast Rebel and Daily Kos

TMZ.com:

Gloria Allred: Meg Whitman Is a Liar — Gloria Allred just went after Meg Whitman with a vengeance ... waiving a letter from the Social Security Administration sent to Meg back in 2003, putting Meg and her husband on notice there was a problem with their housekeeper's Social Security number — a sign she was here illegally.

Discussion: PolitiCal, American Power, The Political Carnival, RedState, Raw Story, Hot Air, The Daily Caller and Pajamas Media

Illegal Immigration:

ALIPAC Calls for Arrest of Candidate Meg Whitman & Nicky Diaz! — Contact: Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) — In response to the explosive revelations that California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman employed illegal alien Nicky Diaz for nine years, ALIPAC is asking Immigration …

Discussion: The Washington Independent, TPMMuckraker, Hit & Run, Opinion L.A. and Joe. My. God.

Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:

Gloria Allred Says Letter Is Proof Meg Whitman Knew Housekeeper Was Illegal — Meg Whitman Accuses Jerry Brown of Orchestrating ‘Smear’ — Lawyer Gloria Allred released a letter today that she claims proves California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman knowingly employed an undocumented immigrant as her housekeeper.

Discussion: PolitiCal, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Politics Daily, Crooks and Liars, Ben Smith's Blog, The Politico, Swampland and CNN

Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Document shows Meg Whitman lying, attorney says

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Seema Mehta / PolitiCal:
Whitman says she would take polygraph test to prove she didn't …

Discussion: TPMMuckraker, Colorlines and Los Angeles Times

Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
SEIU seizes on Whitman housekeeper story

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay, TPMDC, The Political Carnival and Capitol Alert

The Caucus:

Emanuel's Departure Set; Rouse to Replace Him — Updated President Obama will give his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, a send-off Friday as Mr. Emanuel officially announces his departure from the West Wing to run for mayor of Chicago, officials familiar with the decision said.

Discussion: News Desk, Liberty Pundits Blog, Speakeasy, The Page, The Reaction, The Nation, BAGnewsNotes, Daily Kos, Pajamas Media, Beltway Confidential, AmSpecBlog, Mediaite, Firedoglake, Towleroad News #gay, New York Magazine, AMERICAblog News, Gawker and Joe. My. God.

Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post: Pete Rouse, who will replace Emanuel as chief of staff, is known as ‘fixer’

Russell Berman / The Hill:
Pelosi: Democrats will hit campaign trail with a ‘spirit of optimism’

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:

Closing the book on Christine O'Donnell Oxford flap — By now you may have heard that the claim that Christine O'Donnell studied at Oxford has now turned up on a second O'Donnell online resume, this one from ZoomInfo. — I've got some more information on what happened from ZoomInfo …

Discussion: AMERICAblog News, Washington Monthly and Daily Kos

The Huffington Post:
O'Donnell's Oxford Education Claim On Second Website Was Authored …

Discussion: TPMDC, Salon, Patterico's Pontifications, Weigel, Little Green Footballs, New York Magazine and Outside the Beltway

Christine O'Donnell / ZoomInfo.com:
Results found for this person at Intelius.com

Discussion: Washington Wire, The Huffington Post and Patterico's Pontifications

Joe / Joe. My. God.:

Sen. Saxby Chambliss Just Called Me To Offer His “Sincerest Apologies” — I just got off the phone with Sen. Saxby Chambliss, who said he was calling to personally apologize for the “All faggots must die” comment left here on JMG last Tuesday. I'll paraphrase what Chambliss said to me …

Discussion: TPMMuckraker, Gawker, Lez Get Real, The Daily Dish, Mediaite, Advocate, Towleroad News #gay and Truth Wins Out

Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Chambliss fires staffer over posting of anti-gay slur

Discussion: CNN and Politics Daily

Frank Newport / Gallup:

Obama 52%, Clinton 37% for 2012 Democratic Nomination — Clinton's support highest among conservative, less well-educated Democrats — PRINCETON, NJ — If Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were to challenge President Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2012 …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Liberal Values, Hot Air, CNN, Outside the Beltway, AmSpecBlog, Althouse, Weigel, New York Magazine and National Review

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney, Palin at Front of GOP Presidential Field

Discussion: msnbc.com, Hit & Run, Conservatives4Palin.com, Salon, American Power, CNN, Outside the Beltway, Half Sigma, GOP 12, Beltway Confidential, The Hill and Politics Daily

Vox Popoli:

Gay rights killed Clementi — The body count of the gay rights movement grows by one. … It was obvious from the start that the orientationally-challenged activists would attempt to blame Clementi's death on his roommate. But the surreptitious filming of sexual activity …

Discussion: Truth Wins Out, Sadly, No!, The Daily Caller, Good As You, Associated Press and alicublog

The Politico:

White House scorecard: MSNBC up, bloggers down — At one point not that long ago, Greenwald's critiques were taken as constructive criticism, in much the same way Maddow's are. Marc Ambinder wrote in The Atlantic in May 2009 that “whereas the White House does not give a scintilla of attention …

Discussion: Speakeasy and The Huffington Post

AKMuckraker / The Mudflats:

The Arrogance of Joe Miller (Updated With Blame) — You hear an awful lot from the Joe Miller campaign about Lisa Murkowski being “entitled” and acting like she's owed the senate seat. It seems to bug them. And it bugs a lot of Alaskans. — These Tweets from Joe Miller were captured …

Discussion: Swing State Project, Associated Press, Politics Daily, TPMDC, Daily Kos and FiveThirtyEight

Ivan Moore / Anchorage Press:
The Moore Report: New poll numbers

Discussion: msnbc.com, Conservatives4Palin.com and Taegan Goddard's …

The Huffington Post:

Linda McMahon: ‘We Ought To Review’ The Minimum Wage — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Linda McMahon, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Connecticut, suggested Thursday that the U.S. ought to take a second look at the federal minimum wage. — “The minimum wage now in our country …

Discussion: Oliver Willis, The Day newspaper, Jezebel and The Moderate Voice

CNN:

Kagan's Supreme Court investiture ceremony to be held Friday — Washington (CNN) — A formal investiture ceremony will take place Friday for Elena Kagan during a special sitting of the Supreme Court. — Kagan was sworn in as the 112th justice of the court in August.

Discussion: The Page

Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:

J Street, Down the Rabbit Hole — Jeremy Ben-Ami, the founder and president of J Street, the liberal Jewish group, e-mailed Goldblog last night: “Reports of our demise (including from you) are greatly exaggerated....” He was referring to a question I posted earlier in the day …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Washington Times, AmSpecBlog, Pajamas Media, Commentary, The Volokh Conspiracy and Washington Post

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 …

Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com, Weasel Zippers and Truthdig

Chicago Breaking News:

UIC faculty may jump into Ayers fray — University of Illinois at Chicago faculty leaders are weighing whether to ask the board of trustees to reconsider its controversial decision to deny emeritus status to retired professor William Ayers. — It's the latest twist in a showdown 40 years …

Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers

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

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.

Discussion: The Page

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.

Discussion: The Huffington Post and driftglass

Jon Ward / The Daily Caller:

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday gave a mixed but decidedly negative review of President Obama's economic policies, saying that the reason for joblessness is uncertainty in the private sector caused by government and that the president is uninterested in business.

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 …

Louise Radnofsky / Washington Wire:

Grayson Attack Helps His Rival — Florida Republican Daniel Webster turned an attack advertisement from incumbent Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson comparing him to a member of the Taliban into a fund-raising tool — raking in $130,000 in the last two days, the Webster camp said.

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 …

Discussion: Comments from Left Field

Marty Beckerman / Esquire:

Exclusive: Ben Wetmore Explains CNN Boat Sex Prank — On Wednesday CNN reported that right-wing provocateur James O'Keefe — the fake pimp whose YouTube video cost ACORN its federal funding, and who pled guilty to entering Senator Mary Landrieu's office under false pretenses — planned to …