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1:30 PM ET, October 2, 2010

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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
The Political Wild Card  —  WILMINGTON — Before she was a Tea Party cause célèbre, liberal laughingstock and perhaps the embodiment of a can-you-top-this-for-bizarre political season, Christine O'Donnell grew up in a “Brady Bunch” household of six kids (three Democrats …
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Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Christine O'Donnell: After Witchcraft I Tried to Be A Hare Krishna — But Liked Meatballs Too Much (VIDEO)  —  In 1999 Christine O'Donnell told Bill Maher that she'd briefly tried Buddhism, and that she'd tried to be a Hare Krishna but couldn't take the vegetarianism.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Exclusive: Gibbs eyed for DNC chair  —  Democratic insiders are taking the temperature of some top party donors about the possibility of naming White House press secretary Robert Gibbs as chairman of the Democratic National Committee heading into President Barack Obama's reelection campaign in 2012, senior officials tell POLITICO.
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Lynn Sweet:
Obama huddles with Chicago reporters: Emanuel would be “excellent” mayor
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Palin jousts with Rouse
Paul Blumenthal / Sunlight Foundation:
Rahm Emanuel's White House visitor trail
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Rick Sanchez fired from CNN  —  The formal announcement is shockingly brief — which, actually, speaks volumes.  —  Monday's “Daily Show” should be a very special episode indeed, my friends. … I assume everyone already knows why, but if you missed Ed's post this morning, read it now.
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Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Rick Sanchez Fired From CNN
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Happy Hour Links
Discussion: Power Line
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:   CNN Fires Sanchez After Critique of Stewart
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Sanchez out at CNN  —  Rick Sanchez lost his job at CNN on Friday …
Andrew Breitbart / Big Journalism:
O'Keefe Owes His Supporters an Explanation  —  I proudly stood behind James O'Keefe on his groundbreaking ACORN investigation.  I also defended him when the media, including CNN — during a previous regime, “the Rick Sanchez era” - falsely reported the Sen. Mary Landrieu story as a “wiretapping” plot gone wrong.
Discussion: Gawker, TPMMuckraker and Mediaite
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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Reminder to journalists: O'Keefe was not dressed as a pimp inside ACORN offices
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
‘Family Guy’ Episode Featuring Rush Limbaugh: A Preview  —  Opinions will no doubt vary among Rush fans for his agreeing to lend his voice to an entire Family Guy episode revolving around him.  The show airs Sunday night on Fox.  —  I'm not a regular viewer of the show …
Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
French women cause a stir in niqab and hot pants in anti-burka ban protest  —  Two French female students have made a film of the pair of them strolling through the streets of Paris in a niqab, bare legs and mini-shorts as a critique of France's recently passed law.
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
What's Dumb, Really?  —  Big-city liberals and their blogging buddies love to paint Tea Partiers as yokels with incoherent candidates and language-mauling signs.  (Some have even dubbed their misspellings and grammatical gaffes “Teabonics.")  On some level, this may be true.
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Movement of the Moment Looks to Long-Ago Texts  —  The Tea Party is a thoroughly modern movement, organizing on Twitter and Facebook to become the most dynamic force of the midterm elections.  —  But when it comes to ideology, it has reached back to dusty bookshelves for long-dormant ideas.
Marisa Lagos / San Francisco Chronicle:
Guv signs marijuana decriminalization bill  —  (10-01) 16:49 PDT Sacramento — Citing the need to reduce spending on prosecution and courts, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a measure that makes marijuana possession an infraction, on par with traffic and littering tickets.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
Discussion: Hit & Run, Moe Lane and Samizdata.net
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Virtues of Nonviolence  —  In response to my point that the Netanyahu government won't make concessions on settlements because it likes settlements, Jon Chait counters that Palestinians don't want moderate goals either.  —  Maybe yes maybe no. But he cites as evidence for that fact …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
DeMint targets Senate colleagues  —  Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is planning to wage a television campaign against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and other Democratic colleagues.  —  The Senate Conservatives Fund, a political action committee that DeMint helms, has produced …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
McConnell slams Dems for adjourning, warns tax increases are on horizon  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) used the Republicans' weekly radio address to criticize Democrats for adjourning to campaign without voting on a tax-cut extension and for failing to help boost the still-sagging economy.
Discussion: CNN
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Obama launches campaign recess with shots at GOP agenda  —  The Obama administration on Saturday continued to push a jobs offensive, portraying the February 2009 stimulus vote as a progressive move and arguing regressive movements would move the country backwards.
Discussion: The Politico
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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Bank of America to Freeze Foreclosure Cases  —  Bank of America, the country's largest mortgage lender by assets, said on Friday that it was reviewing documents in all foreclosure cases now in court to evaluate if there were errors.  —  It is the third major lender in the last two weeks …
 
 
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Russell Berman / Ballot Box:
Conservative House Dem compares self to Boehner in TV ad
Iain Murray / Washington Examiner:
Fish enough for all  —  Ron Arnold alleged yesterday …
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Julia Kollewe / Guardian:
UN warns of unemployment unrest
Discussion: naked capitalism and Truthdig
Reuters:
Bin Laden criticises Pakistan relief mission
Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
U.S. Apologizes for Syphilis Tests in Guatemala
Discussion: BBC and Advocate
Lachlan Markay / NewsBusters.org:
Hypocritical Liberals Beg Murdoch to Force Amnesty Views on Fox News
Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
Al Gore fails to mention President Barack Obama during Democratic rally in Florida
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Linda Austin / BusinessJournalism.org Reynolds Center …:
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz calls for second federal stimulus
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Firedoglake
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Thune sees third party if GOP strays
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Bloomberg:
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