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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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The Politico:
George Allen preps for 2012 Senate bid — Former Virginia Sen. George Allen is taking increasingly aggressive steps to lay the groundwork for a 2012 Senate comeback bid. — POLITICO has learned that Allen, the Republican who was ousted from his seat in 2006 by now-Democratic Sen. Jim Webb …
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ABCNEWS:
NRSC Under Fire for West Virginia Ad Casting Call Looking For ‘Hicky’ Look
NRSC Under Fire for West Virginia Ad Casting Call Looking For ‘Hicky’ Look
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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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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Talent agency for GOP ad called for ‘hicky blue collar look’
Talent agency for GOP ad called for ‘hicky blue collar look’
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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.
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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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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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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:
White House Has ‘Concerns’ About Notarization Bill Seen As Foreclosure Cover
White House Has ‘Concerns’ About Notarization Bill Seen As Foreclosure Cover
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Washington Post, Daily Kos and naked capitalism
Felix Salmon:
Where is the foreclosure mess leading?
Where is the foreclosure mess leading?
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Joe Weisenthal / Clusterstock:
Senate Shockingly Passes Bill That Could Bail The Banks Out Of Foreclosure-Gate
Senate Shockingly Passes Bill That Could Bail The Banks Out Of Foreclosure-Gate
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The Confluence
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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The Huffington Post:
Lou Dobbs Hired Illegal Immigrants: The Nation
Lou Dobbs Hired Illegal Immigrants: The Nation
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Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:
Investigation Discovers Lou Dobbs Hired At Least Five Undocumented …
Investigation Discovers Lou Dobbs Hired At Least Five Undocumented …
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The Nation, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Poor Man Institute
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 — Nearly a million workers won't get a consumer protection in the U.S. health reform law meant to cap insurance costs because the government exempted their employers. — Thirty companies and organizations, including McDonald's …
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National Review, JammieWearingFool and protein wisdom
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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JustOneMinute, Weasel Zippers, PoliPundit.com and Liberty Pundits Blog
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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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
POLL: Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not drain swamp, key voters believe
POLL: Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not drain swamp, key voters believe
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Commentary, The Politico, Weasel Zippers and Gateway Pundit
Ben Pershing / Washington Post:
NRA backs Democrats in key races, frustrating GOP
NRA backs Democrats in key races, frustrating GOP
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Religion Dispatches, Politics Daily, National Review and Raw Story
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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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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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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Politics Daily and JammieWearingFool
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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Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
New York Asks to Bar Use of Food Stamps to Buy Sodas — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg sought federal permission on Wednesday to bar New York City's 1.7 million recipients of food stamps from using them to buy soda or other sugared drinks. — The request, made to the United States Department of Agriculture …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
REPUBLICANS STILL JUST DON'T LIKE THE UNEMPLOYED.... That Republican officials seem to actively dislike unemployed Americans isn't exactly new. We're talking about a party that's waged war against jobless benefits and tried to kill jobs bills during a recession — which should tell the public quite a bit about the GOP's priorities.
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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.”
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No More Mister Nice Blog, TPMDC and The Political Carnival
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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Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
U.S. companies buy back stock in droves as they hold record levels of cash — For months, companies have been sitting on the sidelines with record piles of cash, too nervous to spend. Now they're starting to deploy some of that money - not to hire workers or build factories, but to prop up their share prices.
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Mark Levin / Facebook:
Media Matters: Criminal front group. — Who funds Media Matters? Well, we know the loathsome George Soros was Media Matters' sugar daddy. But it won't release its donor list, which it's not required to. But it likes to play games with donor lists filed by others who are required to reveal names, like candidates.
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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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