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8:25 PM ET, October 7, 2010

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Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Why President Obama is Not Signing H.R. 3808  —  Today, the White House announced that President Obama will not sign H.R. 3808, the Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2010, and will return the bill to the House of Representatives.  The Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act …
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama to Pocket-Veto Bill That Might Make It Easier to Foreclose on Homes
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Confluence
Scot J. Paltrow / Reuters:
Bank foreclosure cover seen in bill at Obama's desk
Carol E. Lee / The Politico:   Barack Obama uses pocket veto
Mike Allen / The Politico:
GOP ad casting call: ‘hicky’ W.Va. look  —  A Republican ad that shows a couple of regular-looking guys commiserating in a diner about West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) turns out to have been shot with actors, from a script, in Philadelphia.  —  But not just any actors …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Connecticut down on Lieberman  —  There's one thing Democrats …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Christine O'Donnell's Second Ad Debuts  —  I liked Christine O'Donnell's opening ad line of “I'm not a witch,” for lumping all of the criticism of O'Donnell together and labeling it with the wackiest and most ridiculous one.  —  Here's the follow-up, which . . . well, decide for yourself.
Discussion: Hot Air, American Power and Weigel
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CNN:
O'Donnell: I've been character assassinated  —  Newark, Delaware (CNN) — Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell is asking voters to give her a second look.  At a candidate forum sponsored by a group of local Republicans, O'Donnell blamed her campaign's recent troubles on unfair coverage in the “liberal media.”
Fhardingj / CNN:
O'Donnell on the Maher tapes: 'I'm not saying that I'm proud...'  —  Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) - Delaware Republican senate candidate Christine O'Donnell says she's “matured” since her now well-known appearances on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher back in the 1990's.
Discussion: newsfeed.time.com
Jim Acosta / CNN:
O'Donnell to CNN: 'I've matured'
Discussion: The Political Carnival and TPMDC
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
David Plouffe on Sarah Palin: 'We won't get that lucky'  —  The Republican Party's tea party candidates are energizing a deflated Democratic base and could wreak havoc with the GOP's 2012 presidential primary process, David Plouffe, the architect of President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign, said Thursday.
Discussion: CBS News
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Paul Bedard / US News:
Sarah Palin Takes A Big Step Toward 2012 Run for President
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Plouffe: Centrist Republicans considering a run should have their head examined
Discussion: CNN
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Ones That Got Away
Paul Krugman:
Tunnel Of Idiocy  —  Many reports that Chris Christie is about to scuttle the second rail tunnel under the Hudson.  If so, it's arguably the worst policy decision ever made by the government of New Jersey — and that's saying a lot.  —  The story seems to be that Christie wants to divert …
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Patrick McGeehan / New York Times:
Governor of New Jersey Blocks Hudson Tunnel Project  —  Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said on Thursday that he has decided to terminate the construction of a commuter train tunnel between northern New Jersey and Manhattan because of escalating estimates of the project's cost.
New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie to kill N.Y.-N.J. rail tunnel project  —  TRENTON — Two senior officials say Gov. Chris Christie today will kill the controversial $8.7 billion Hudson River rail tunnel project, which he says the state cannot afford to build.  —  According to the sources …
Isabel Macdonald / The Nation:
Lou Dobbs, American Hypocrite  —  Research support for this article was provided by the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute.  —  In Lou Dobbs's heyday at CNN, when he commanded more than 800,000 viewers and a reported $6 million a year for “his fearless reporting and commentary,” …
Reed Abelson / New York Times:
Waivers Address Talk of Dropping Health Coverage  —  As Obama administration officials put into place the first major wave of changes under the health care legislation, they have tried to defuse stiffening resistance — from companies like McDonald's and some insurers …
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Lame duck trials for Waters, Rangel
Discussion: CNN and The Note
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Federal judge upholds health care law  —  A federal judge in Michigan has upheld as Constitutional a provision in the health care reform bill requiring uninsured individuals to purchase insurance.  —  U.S. District Court Judge George Steeh ruled Thursday that the so-called individual mandate …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Michigan judge upholds health care law
Discussion: Swampland
Mark Hemingway / Beltway Confidential:
Obamacare firesale: Three Catholic hospitals for sale in Pennsylvania
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Biden: 'You're the dullest audience I've ever spoken to'  —  Vice President Joe Biden got a laugh from his audience at a Wisconsin fundraising event Thursday when he tried to rile the crowd about the economic collapse of 2008.  —  “We want to reward people who manufacture things in the United States …
WTOP.com:
Three dozen fall ill at Obama rally in Md.  —  BOWIE, Md. - About three dozen people have been treated for illness during a rally featuring President Obama at Bowie State University.  —  Prince George's County Fire and EMS spokesman Mark Brady tells WTOP numerous ambulances have been sent …
Discussion: POWIP and Clusterstock
Christina Wilkie / The Hill:
Dem candidate fires back after racy photos surface  —  Democratic Virginia House candidate Krystal Ball (yes, that's her real name) went on the offensive Wednesday after racy photos of her surfaced online this week.  —  The photos, which were taken at a costume party, show Ball wearing …
Michelle Malkin:
MTV casting call: Lights, camera, young Obamacare stooges!  —  Places, everyone.  Places.  The Democrat water-carriers at MTV need to fill a town hall for Dear Leader and they are looking for young Obamacare Kabuki theater actors and actresses to do the job no informed young person ought to be doing.
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Gallup:
Gallup Finds U.S. Unemployment at 10.1% in September  —  Underemployment, at 18.8%, is up from 18.6% at the end of August  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, increased to 10.1% in September — up sharply from 9.3% in August and 8.9% in July.
Celeste Katz / The Daily Politics:
RED ALERT: MAJOR CARL PALADINO CAMPAIGN T.V. ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW  —  ...But nobody knows what the hell it is!!!  —  You cannot make this stuff up!!!  —  Republican gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino is planning to make some sort of major television announcement tomorrow at 5:13 p.m., my sources tell me.
Hotline On Call:
The Surprising Democratic Firewall  —  Actions speak louder than words.  That's why Democratic control of the House is looking more tenuous by the day.  As the party begins to build its firewall to prevent a GOP takeover, top strategists are working to salvage seats that few considered …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
RNC circulates study that shows Dem tax plan is better for poor than GOP one  —  Okay, this is a bit in the weeds.  But it's worth it.  —  This morning the Republican National Committee blasted out a story from The Hill about a new nonpartisan study finding that the poor will be hit hardest …
Stephen George / Nashville Scene:
U.S. Department of Justice visitors tell Muslims they have their back in the Murfreesboro mosque dispute  —  Danger Zoning  —  Over the summer months, Muslims in Murfreesboro — for three decades a virtually silent minority and a sliver of the city's population — have endured challenge …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and TPMMuckraker
 
 
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Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
GOP takeover of Congress would mean ‘hand-to-hand combat,’ Obama warns
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Ezra Klein:
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Toomey within margin of error in Sestak's district
Guardian:
Barack Obama accused of exaggerating terror threat
Discussion: Hot Air and Raw Story
Louise Radnofsky / Washington Wire:
Stimulus Checks Sent to the Dead
The Politico:
George Allen preps for 2012 Senate bid
Discussion: Wonkette and HotAirPundit
Dylan Lovan / Associated Press:
Southern Baptist leader on yoga: Not Christianity
Discussion: AlbertMohler.com
 

 
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Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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