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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
What Did I Tell You About Her? — Christine O'Donnell's first TV ad of the general election campaign: — The American Spectator, July 27: … With a smile like that, she's awfully hard to hate. The Castle campaign tried to demonize her and it backfired. Maybe Baldy the Tax-Hiking Wanker will have better luck.
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Hot Air, minx.cc, Da Techguy's Blog, Left Coast Rebel, No More Mister Nice Blog and Gateway Pundit
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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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Gateway Pundit, The Political Carnival, Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, TBogg and Mock, Paper, Scissors
The Note:
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, Taylor Marsh, Associated Press, TBogg, Right Pundits, Weigel, AmSpecBlog and George's Bottom Line
Sean Alfano / NY Daily News:
Tea Party darling Christine O'Donnell in first ad: 'I'm not a witch' — Tea Party darling Christine O'Donnell may be brewing more ridicule for her fledgling Senate campaign after releasing her first TV ad. — “I'm not a witch,” O'Donnell deadpans into the camera at the start of the 30-second ad released Monday.
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Haaretz and The Agonist
Brad Phillips / Mr. Media Training:
I Am Not a Witch: Christine O'Donnell's New Ad
I Am Not a Witch: Christine O'Donnell's New Ad
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Taegan Goddard's …
Mark Leibovich / The Caucus:
Send In the Clowns — and the Truth Squad
Send In the Clowns — and the Truth Squad
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Jezebel, The Confluence, First Draft and Rough Sketch
Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
O'Donnell Ad Confronts Reports on Her Past
O'Donnell Ad Confronts Reports on Her Past
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Daily Kos, Philly.com, Firedoglake, Wonkette and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Fhardingj / CNN:
O'Donnell: ‘I am not a witch’
O'Donnell: ‘I am not a witch’
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ABCNEWS, American Power and Outside the Beltway
Levi Johnston / Washington Post:
Democrats gain in poll but GOP still leads as midterm elections near — Less than a month before the midterm elections, the political landscape remains strongly tilted toward Republicans, although Democrats have made modest improvements with voters since their late-summer low point, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Ezra Klein, The Fix, Washington Monthly, The Plum Line, Hot Air, The New Republic, The Page and Prairie Weather
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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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The Note, Beltway Confidential, Washington Wire, Weekly Standard, FiveThirtyEight, The Politico, Hot Air, The Hill, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Politics Daily, Erick's blog, The Atlantic Online, USA Today, Sweetness & Light, Liberty Pundits Blog, National Review, The Sundries Shack, GayPatriot, Real Clear Politics, Conservatives4Palin.com and AmSpecBlog
msnbc.com:
The first place for key political news and analysis from the NBC News Political Unit — First thoughts: Mind the (money) gap — GOP-leaning outside groups are blowing away their Democratic counterparts... Why did Dem groups disarm?... A potential downside to GOP outside groups essentially replacing …
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The Politico, Ben Smith's Blog, AMERICAblog News, Hot Air, Politics Daily and New York Times
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Associated Press:
Sen. Murkowski Asks Alaska Stations Not to Air Tea Party Ads — JUNEAU, Alaska — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's campaign is warning Alaska broadcasters not to air ads by a national tea party group that the campaign says are “littered with lies and intentional mischaracterizations” about her and her write-in campaign.
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Conservatives4Palin.com, Weasel Zippers, HotAirPundit and Sister Toldjah
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
With Tagline, MSNBC Embraces a Political Identity — MSNBC, once the also-ran but now the No. 2 cable news channel, has a new tagline that embraces its progressive political identity. — The tagline, “Lean Forward,” will be publicly announced Tuesday, opening a planned …
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
On the right, hateful words are fired like bullets — I still ride a bike. I do 12 miles, several days a week, and as I do so I listen to music — the Pandora service on my iPhone. I have created a station that plays folk rock. Lately, it has repeatedly played the Neil Young song “Ohio” …
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Althouse, protein wisdom and NewsBusters.org
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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Scared Monkeys, Raw Story, Balloon Juice, The Confluence, Hot Air, CNN, Pajamas Media, MyFox DC and Federal Eye
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Byron York / Beltway Confidential:
Mondale: Obama's teleprompters are ‘idiot boards,’ …
Mondale: Obama's teleprompters are ‘idiot boards,’ …
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Don Surber, Weasel Zippers, RedState and Pajamas Media
Scott / Power Line:
The wreck of the Jim Oberstar? — In “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” Gordon Lightfoot refers to “the gales of November” on Lake Superior. In Minnesota the shores of Lake Superior lie within the Eighth Congressional District. According to a poll conducted by Public Opinion Strategies …
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DickMorris.com and Weekly Standard
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Stunner: Minnesota's 8th CD in play; Update: “Great news, not surprising”
Stunner: Minnesota's 8th CD in play; Update: “Great news, not surprising”
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Let Freedom Ring, The Other McCain, Shot in the Dark and Weekly Standard
Glenn Beck:
Glenn Beck: Can abortion be a kindness? — Audio Available: — GLENN: The first thing I want to play for you, though, however, is an interview from an environmentalist who is on the BBC yesterday and she's talking about the compassionate thing today. She believes the compassionate that abortion is compassionate.
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iOwnTheWorld.com
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Scott Baker / The Blaze:
UK Pundit to Shocked TV Host: Suffering Children Should Be Smothered
UK Pundit to Shocked TV Host: Suffering Children Should Be Smothered
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NewsBusters.org, Daily Mail, Babalú Blog, Right Wing News, Hot Air, Pundit & Pundette and Pajamas Media
Wall Street Journal:
Frank's Own Battle Erodes Help for Fellow Democrats — It's the kind of political year in which even Rep. Barney Frank is being forced to break a sweat. — The Massachusetts Democrat, one of Congress's most well-known members, usually wins re-election by steamrolling his opponents.
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Politics Daily, The Caucus and Weekly Standard
Fox News:
GOP Rep. Cao ‘Hurt’ After Obama Endorses Dem, Warns of Opponent's Ethics History — Republican Rep. Joseph Cao — in an act of either selfless concern or political expediency — says he “must” warn President Obama that the Democratic candidate he's endorsed in the race has a history of ethical problems.
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Top of the Ticket and FoxNews.com
National Journal Online:
Inside The Shadow GOP — A network of independent Republican allies represent the leading edge of the new world of campaign finance. — by Peter H. Stone, Center for Public Integrity — For many powerful GOP operatives and allied fundraisers, the luncheon last April felt like one part reunion …
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Mother Jones, Raw Story and The Atlantic Online
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Matt Welch / Hit & Run:
Obama: Fiscal Situation “Untenable” — You don't say, Mr. President. … Keen government observers and other Jane's Addiction fans know what's coming next: The big “but”: … A-ha. Because nothing says “competitive edge” like “doubling spending while failing to improve results.”
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White House.gov Blog Feed and EconLog
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Midwest Democrats rip Senate foes — Three Midwestern Democrats launched biting ads against GOP Senate candidates Tuesday, targeting the Republicans with variations on this message: My opponent is an unethical insider who just can't be trusted. — Indiana Rep. Brad Ellsworth …
Mike DeBonis / Mike DeBonis on Local Politics:
Hacker infiltration ends D.C. online voting trial — Last week, the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics opened a new Internet-based voting system for a weeklong test period, inviting computer experts from all corners to prod its vulnerabilities in the spirit of “give it your best shot.”
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The BRAD BLOG, Threat Level and Corrente
Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:
U.S. Military Orders Less Dependence on Fossil Fuels — With insurgents increasingly attacking the American fuel supply convoys that lumber across the Khyber Pass into Afghanistan, the military is pushing aggressively to develop, test and deploy renewable energy to decrease its need to transport fossil fuels.
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Swampland, Green, Balloon Juice and Associated Press
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Rail Service Expansion Imperiled at State Level — Republicans running for governor in a handful of states could block, or significantly delay, one of President Obama's signature initiatives: his plan to expand the passenger rail system and to develop the nation's first bullet-train service.
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The New Republic, Ezra Klein, The Future of Capitalism and Balloon Juice
Jillian Rayfield / TPMMuckraker:
Missouri Tea Partiers, Joe The Plumber Join Movement Against ‘Radical’ Anti-Puppy Mill Legislation — Dog bites man or man bites dog? — A conservative group in Missouri is picking up the backing of the Tea Party and Joe The Plumber in its quest to stop the Humane Society …
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Oliver Willis
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Who's Got West Wing Juice? Look to Flickr — Pete Rouse has a lot of work to do if he wants to match the influence that Rahm Emanuel had as President Obama's chief of staff. — That's the conclusion from a highly unscientific survey of the White House Flicker feed …
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Ben Smith's Blog and Taegan Goddard's …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Federal judge charged with buying drugs from stripper — A longtime federal judge was freed on a $50,000 bond Monday after his arrest on federal charges that he bought cocaine and other illegal drugs while involved in a sexual relationship with an exotic dancer for the past several months.
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TalkLeft
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Infrastructure Spending Now — Mark Thoma wrote the other day that he thinks there's too much talk of monetary policy lately and “there has been hardly any effort to make the case that Congress should take a large share of the blame for the shape that the economy is in, particularly the shape of employment markets.”
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Ezra Klein, Economist's View and Eschaton
Susan Page / USA Today:
Elections are likely to trim number of women in Congress — GLENWOOD, Ark. — Blanche Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1992, a time when women gained so much ground in the House and Senate that it was dubbed the “Year of the Woman.” — Now, the Arkansas senator, who faces Republican John Boozman …
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Shakesville, ECHIDNE of the snakes, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hot Air and Jezebel
BBC:
No joke as Brazil clown tops votes for Congress — Tiririca won far more votes than any other candidate — A Brazilian clown has had the last laugh by winning a seat in Congress with more votes than any other candidate in Sunday's elections. — Tiririca, or Francisco Oliveira Silva …
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Raw Story, iOwnTheWorld.com and Reuters