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Ben Evans / Associated Press:
O'Donnell said China plotting to take over US — WASHINGTON — Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell of Delaware said in a 2006 debate that China was plotting to take over America and claimed to have classified information about the country that she couldn't divulge.
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Christine O'Donnell Ad: 'I'm Not A Witch' — ABC's Michael Falcone reports: — “I'm not a witch,” Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell assures voters, who may be concerned that she once “dabbled” in the dark arts, in a new ad released by her campaign on Monday.
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The Politico, The Other McCain, Right Pundits and Weigel
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
It Has Come To This: O'Donnell Family Straightens Out Father's Bozo The Clown Career — Christine O'Donnell's campaign is facing yet another set of questions about her background, and this time it's on a really weird line of discussion — whether her father was Philadelphia's local Bozo the Clown.
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The Political Carnival, The Caucus and Mock, Paper, Scissors
Fhardingj / CNN:
Trending: O'Donnell: ‘I am not a witch’ — Washington (CNN) - Playing off of her admission that she dabbled in witchcraft in high school, Delaware Senate Republican nominee Christine O'Donnell will launch her first television ad of the general election on Tuesday, in which she looks straight …
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Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:
Tennessee County's Subscription-Based Firefighters Watch As Family Home Burns Down — As ThinkProgress has noted, there are currently two competing visions of governance in the United States. One, the conservative vision, believes in the on-your-own society, and informs a policy agenda …
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Daniel Foster / National Review:
Pay-to-Spray Firefighters Watch as Home Burns — Oy, this is bad for the libertarians: … That bolded paragraph is what really gets to me. I have no problem with this kind of opt-in government in principle — especially in rural areas where individual need for government services and available infrastructure vary so widely.
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The Volokh Conspiracy, Hot Air, JustOneMinute, Salon, ECHIDNE of the snakes and Matthew Yglesias
Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:
National Review Writers Defend County Whose Subscription-Only Firefighters Watched Home Burn Down — As ThinkProgress reported earlier this morning, South Fulton firefighters from Obion, Tennessee, last week stood by and watched as a family's home burned down because their services …
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Blogcritics and National Review
Lynn Sweet:
Rahm Emanuel: Experts say not a legal resident of Chicago, cannot run for mayor — BY ABDON M. PALLASCH — CHICAGO—The first question isn't: Can Rahm win? It's: Can Rahm run? — Sunday, Rahm Emanuel announced in a video posted on a website that he is preparing to run for mayor of Chicago.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Emanuel's ‘Glad to be home’ video filmed in Washington — Rahm Emanuel kicked off his campaign for mayor of Chicago with a homecoming video, filmed in front of a bookshelf with a vase and a family photograph. — “I was born here, and my wife Amy and I raised our three children here,” he says.
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Ron Grossman / Chicago Tribune:
Jewish voters don't reflexively back Rahm Emanuel for Chicago mayor
Jewish voters don't reflexively back Rahm Emanuel for Chicago mayor
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Clout St, Chicago Breaking News, HillBuzz, The Capitol Fax Blog and Commentary
Gallup:
GOP Well Positioned Among Likely Midterm Voters — Voting preferences remain close among registered voters — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup's generic ballot for Congress among registered voters currently shows Republicans with 46% of the vote and Democrats with 43%, similar to the 46% to 46% tie reported a week ago.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
GOP holds wide lead among likely voters in latest Gallup poll
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Mondale to Obama: Ditch the ‘idiot boards’ — Former Vice President Walter Mondale suggested in an interview today President Obama stop relying on “idiot boards” — teleprompters, that is — to deliver his message to the American people. — “He uses these idiot boards to read speeches in television …
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Hot Air, Pajamas Media, CNN, MyFox DC and Moe Lane
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Mondale: Obama's teleprompters are ‘idiot boards,’ …
Mondale: Obama's teleprompters are ‘idiot boards,’ …
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Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
Brian Alexander / msnbc.com:
Pretzel nation: Americans have sex in 41 combinations — We aren't as bland as we might think, new study shows — Americans are often portrayed as being bland sexual mopes, compared to say, the French. But according to a new study, we actually routinely choose from more spicy combinations …
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Runnin' Scared, The Awl and The Daily Weekly
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Blumenthal up 12 — The race may be closer than it was six months ago but the truth remains: Richard Blumenthal is one of the strongest Democratic Senate candidates in the country, Linda McMahon is one of the weakest Republican ones, and Blumenthal holds a double digit lead.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
McMahon hammers Blumenthal over Vietnam statements
McMahon hammers Blumenthal over Vietnam statements
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Integrity at Issue in Connecticut Senate Debate
Integrity at Issue in Connecticut Senate Debate
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Hot Air, Indecision Forever, FoxNews.com, A plain blog about politics and The Note
Slate:
How the Roberts Court disguises its conservatism. — It's dark and silent. Reporters trickle into the grand ceremonial room from a door on the left; like everyone, they've been instructed that no recording devices of any sort are allowed. A clutch of spectators, some of whom have been waiting for hours, enters at the rear.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
It's the first Monday in October, time for people like Barry Friedman …
It's the first Monday in October, time for people like Barry Friedman …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Kagan's recusals take her out of action in many of the Supreme Court's cases
Kagan's recusals take her out of action in many of the Supreme Court's cases
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Project Veritas:
Statement regarding CNN — Now that I've had a chance to watch CNN's “Right on the Edge” documentary, I'm happy to comment. I apologize for not saying anything sooner, but don't want to comment until I have all the facts at my disposal. — As you can imagine in our line of work …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Gibbs won't rule out DNC appointment — White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday he loves his job, but he would not rule out a transition to chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). — Reports over the weekend indicated Gibbs was being considered for the DNC post …
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Kerry Eleveld / Advocate:
Gibbs Vague on Path to End DADT
Gibbs Vague on Path to End DADT
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Did The Wave Crest? — We've got another new congressional generic just out today. This one from Rasmussen and it shows a 3 point spread for the GOP — GOP 45%, Dems 42%. But the context is important. Last week Rasmussen had a 6 point margin. And for most of the summer their number …
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Daily Kos
The Note:
Joe Miller: End Federal Minimum Wage, ‘Defund Certain Components’ of EPA — ABC News' Rick Klein reports: — Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller was in Washington last week to raise money and meet with some of the same establishment Republicans who supported his opponent in his primary.
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DownWithTyranny!:
Could Congressional Progressives Come Out Of The Midterms In A Stronger Position? — There's the roll-up-your-sleaves-and-get-to- work way to win elections and then there's the Inside-the-Beltway conventional wisdom about what candidates are supposed to do. Inside the Beltway it's …
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Gateway Pundit, Open Left and TalkLeft
Bruno Waterfield / Telegraph:
Geert Wilders trial suspended after he attacks judge — Geert Wilders, the anti-Islam politician, told a Dutch court that he stood by his opinions that the Koran is a “fascist book” and Islam is as dangerous as Nazism, as he went on trial for inciting racial hatred.
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Twitter Blog:
newtwitterceo — By all accounts Twitter is on a roll. We've redesigned our web site to great user feedback. Our user and usage numbers are growing at a rapid clip all around the world. We've launched an early, but successful, monetization effort. And, many top engineers …
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Kevin Grandia / The Huffington Post:
Filmmaker Goes Undercover to Expose the Corporate Links to the Tea Party [video] — What's Your Reaction: — In his recently released documentary, [astro] Turf Wars, Australian filmmaker Taki Oldham goes undercover to try and answer the question: “Just how real are the roots of the tea party's supposed grassroots uprising.”
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Wonk Room
Jack Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
$69 million in California welfare money drawn out of state — Las Vegas tops the list with $11.8 million spent at casinos or taken from ATMs, but transactions in Hawaii, Miami, Guam and elsewhere also raise questions. Officials say budget cuts hinder investigations. — Reporting from Sacramento —
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Tammy Bruce:
Tammy Radio Guest Podcast: Renee Ellmers for NC CD2 — I was pleased to have on my show, once again, Tea Party Patriot, Citizen Candidate and Mama Grizzly Renee Ellmers on Tammy Radio today. Here's the interview as its own podcast and available to the public.
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Riehl World View
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
11 Arrests in Alabama Investigation — Federal agents swept across Alabama on Monday arresting state legislators, lobbyists and powerful businessmen in a wide-ranging investigation into bribery and corruption charges. — All 11 people who were charged in a 39-count indictment have been arrested, federal officials said.
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