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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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Jeremy P. Jacobs / Hotline On Call:
NRSC Pulling Controversial West Virginia Ad
NRSC Pulling Controversial West Virginia Ad
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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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Scot J. Paltrow / Reuters:
Bank foreclosure cover seen in bill at Obama's desk — (Reuters) - A bill that homeowners advocates warn will make it more difficult to challenge improper foreclosure attempts by big mortgage processors is awaiting President Barack Obama's signature after it quietly zoomed through the Senate last week.
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama to Pocket-Veto Bill That Might Make It Easier to Foreclose on Homes — ABC News has learned that President Obama will not sign - or “pocket veto” — a bill that sailed through Congress that consumer groups warn would make it easier for banks to foreclose on homeowners.
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Michelle Malkin:
What the hell: How stealth banking bailout reached Obama's desk; Update: Here comes the first O-veto; White House: We'll work on it — Scroll for updates... Both the left and right sides of the blogosphere are buzzing about a bipartisan TARP-style banking bailout bill that somehow reached …
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The Huffington Post:
Obama Will Not Sign Bill Seen As Cover For Bank Foreclosures
Obama Will Not Sign Bill Seen As Cover For Bank Foreclosures
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Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
Obama won't sign bill that would affect foreclosure proceedings
Obama won't sign bill that would affect foreclosure proceedings
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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,” …
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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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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 …
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Patrick McGeehan / New York Times:
Governor of New Jersey Blocks Hudson Tunnel Project
Governor of New Jersey Blocks Hudson Tunnel Project
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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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Drew Armstrong / Bloomberg:
McDonald's, 29 other firms get health care coverage waivers
McDonald's, 29 other firms get health care coverage waivers
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
NYT: Obama letting big corporations off the hook with ObamaCare waivers
NYT: Obama letting big corporations off the hook with ObamaCare waivers
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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
POLL: Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not drain swamp, key voters believe — Most voters think Congress's ethics have gotten worse in the past two years, according to a new poll in key battleground districts. — The finding suggests that people likely to have a big say in who controls the House …
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Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Gingrich Can't Figure Out Why Food Stamps Are Stimulative: 'I Don't Understand...Liberal Math' — Newt Gingrich's new messaging strategy has been to tell Republican candidates to label Democrats “the party of food stamps,” while, claiming the GOP is in turn “the party of paychecks.”
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
MTV screening Obama's audience for views, looks — The Backstage.com listing: — PRESIDENT OBAMA TOWN HALL, MTV — MTV, BET and CMT are casting the audience for town hall meeting with President Obama. Shooting Oct. 14, 4 p.m. in Washington, D.C. — Seeking—Audience Members: males & females, 18+.
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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.
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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 …
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Louise Radnofsky / Washington Wire:
Stimulus Checks Sent to the Dead — The Social Security Administration sent about 89,000 stimulus payments of $250 each to dead and incarcerated people — but almost half of them were returned, a new inspector-general's report has found. — The agency was charged with distributing the one-time payments …
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Dylan Lovan / Associated Press:
Southern Baptist leader on yoga: Not Christianity — LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Southern Baptist leader who is calling for Christians to avoid yoga and its spiritual attachments is getting plenty of pushback from enthusiasts who defend the ancient practice. — Southern Baptist Seminary President Albert Mohler …
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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 …
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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.
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Sharron Angle ad: Harry Reid gives Viagra to predators — Nevada Republican Senate nominee Sharron Angle is out with a harsh new ad Thursday, accusing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of approving funds to give Viagra to child molesters. — The ad begins with Angle and her husband walking hand …
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Todd Purdum / Vanity Fair:
The Man Who Never Was — Desperate to keep his Senate seat, John McCain repudiated his record, his principles, and even his maverick reputation, entrenching himself as the anti-Obama. Which raises the issue of whether the leader so many Americans admired—and so many journalists covered—ever truly existed.
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