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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
For Democrats, Even ‘Safe’ Seats Are Shaky — ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio — Republicans are expanding the battle for the House into districts that Democrats had once considered relatively safe, while Democrats began a strategy of triage on Monday to fortify candidates who they believe stand the best chance of survival.
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Foreign Money Flowing Into Campaign? — President Obama, Democrats Say There's Foreign Influence in Election, Scant Evidence to Prove Claims — To many Democrats, the accusation by President Obama and other party leaders that foreign money might be bank rolling some pro-Republican political …
Peter Baker / The Caucus:
White House to Lift Ban on Deep-Water Drilling — The Obama administration on Tuesday plans to announce that it is lifting the moratorium on deep-water oil drilling, after putting in place new rules intended to tighten safety. — President Obama imposed the moratorium after the blowout …
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Bill Estep / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Bill Clinton blasts Rand Paul, GOP tactics at UK rally for Conway — Former President Bill Clinton campaigned for Attorney General Jack Conway in Lexington on Monday, delivering a hard-nosed repudiation of Republican Rand Paul's “radical ideas” to cut government spending.
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Crooks and Liars, Ballot Box, Washington Monthly and Barefoot and Progressive
Los Angeles Times:
Some Democrats uneasy with attacks on Chamber of Commerce — The White House is charging that the politically powerful U.S. Chamber of Commerce may be using foreign money to fuel its election efforts. Some allies are questioning the strategy. — Reporting from Washington …
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Firedoglake, Oliver Willis, Bloomberg, Zandar Versus The Stupid and Don Surber
The Politico:
White House ‘out of the fetal position’
White House ‘out of the fetal position’
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CNN, The Daily Caller, National Review and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Axelrod to US Chamber: What Are You Hiding That You Don't Want …
Axelrod to US Chamber: What Are You Hiding That You Don't Want …
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theblogprof, The Sundries Shack, National Review, Hot Air and RealClearPolitics Video Log
Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Obama Loses Support in Poll as Joblessness Prompts Growing U.S. Discontent — Hope has turned to doubt and disenchantment for almost half of President Barack Obama's supporters. — More than 4 of 10 likely voters who say they once considered themselves Obama backers now are either less supportive …
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The Moderate Voice, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, The Page and Prairie Weather
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Nearly half of Obama's supporters have now given up on him: poll — Nearly half the people who once considered themselves supporters of President Barack Obama don't anymore. — Other than that, his virtually nonstop cross-country campaigning for embattled Democrats in the Nov. 2 election is working perfectly.
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The Hill, Left Coast Rebel, protein wisdom, Scared Monkeys, New York Magazine and Gallup
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Republicans Prove Unpopular With Voters Against Obama in Poll
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Sharron Angle raised $14 million in 3rd quarter — Former Nevada state Assemblywoman Sharron Angle raised $14 million over the last three months for her race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. AP Photo/Cathleen Allison — Former Nevada state Assemblywoman Sharron Angle (R) …
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Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
Fox News Polls: GOP Sees Senate Chances Improve — The race for the Senate continues to heat up as Republicans lead for two seats currently held by Democrats — Nevada and Washington — while another Republican has closed into striking distance for an open seat in Connecticut.
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Taegan Goddard's …, Commentary, TPMDC and Beltway Confidential
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Miller vows silence on background until election — Republican Senate nominee Joe Miller said this afternoon that he will not be answering any more questions about his personal background for the remainder of the campaign. — “We've drawn a line in the sand.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Murkowski names Democrats as senators she admires
Murkowski names Democrats as senators she admires
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Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Pay: A Record $144 Billion — Financial Overhaul Has Affected Structure but Not Level; Revenue-to-Compensation Ratio Stays Flat — Pay on Wall Street is on pace to break a record high for a second consecutive year, according to a study conducted by The Wall Street Journal.
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Hullabaloo, Parker Spitzer, Money & Company, Raw Story, Gawker, Felix Salmon, Sweetness & Light, Clusterstock and The Impolitic
New York Times:
Offering Donors Secrecy, and Going on Attack — The American Future Fund, a conservative organization based in Iowa, has been one of the more active players in this fall's campaigns, spending millions of dollars on ads attacking Democrats across the country.
CNN:
Congressional candidate defends wearing Nazi outfit for re-enactment — (CNN) — A Republican candidate running for U.S. Congress says his past donning of a Nazi outfit was part of a historical lesson — and defended his background in military re-enactments.
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Richard Gabai / Rich Iott for Congress:
Below is a statement from Richard Gabai, a friend of Rich Iott and his family
Below is a statement from Richard Gabai, a friend of Rich Iott and his family
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Matthew L. Wald / New York Times:
Offshore Wind Power Line Wins Praise, and Backing — Correction Appended — WASHINGTON — Google and a New York financial firm have each agreed to invest heavily in a proposed $5 billion transmission backbone for future offshore wind farms along the Atlantic Seaboard that could ultimately transform the region's electrical map.
The Politico:
Wall St. cash flow imperils Democrats — A shift in the flow of Wall Street money toward Republicans earlier this year has become a torrent in the final weeks of the campaign, according to lobbyists and business executives doling out the cash. — “Our target ratio for the 2010 cycle is 80-20 Republican …
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The Huffington Post:
Ken Buck Explained To Alleged Rape Victim Why He Wouldn't Take Her Case (AUDIO) — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — A five-year-old rape case that was never prosecuted is suddenly causing major ripples in the Colorado Senate race and headaches for Republican candidate Ken Buck.
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The Note, The Politico, Washington Monthly, Taylor Marsh, Speakeasy, Weigel, Hullabaloo, Daily Kos, Colorado Independent and ColoradoPols.com
Washington Post:
Foreclosure logjam threatens Fannie, Freddie — A breakdown in the nation's foreclosure process threatens to create billions of dollars in losses for federally controlled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, highlighting how improper actions by banks could impose new costs on taxpayers …
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
A Foreclosure Tightrope for Democrats
Laura Rozen / The Politico:
Researcher: Suicide terrorism linked to military occupation — Robert Pape, a University of Chicago political science professor and former Air Force lecturer, will present findings on Capitol Hill Tuesday that argue that the majority of suicide terrorism around the world since 1980 has had a common cause: military occupation.
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Salon and Israel Matzav
Ezra Klein:
The irrelevance of the liberal ‘brand’ — There is perhaps no surer signal that Democrats are about to suffer a terrific defeat than to see liberals begin discussing how to define, redefine, or otherwise burnish their “brand.” So far as I'm concerned, this falls firmly in the “doesn't matter” category of American politics.
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A plain blog about politics, Oliver Willis, Weasel Zippers and The New Republic
Scott / Power Line:
The Stanford Daily's Two Minute Hate — Victor Davis Hanson recently noted some of the ironies and absurdities of the regime of affirmative action enforced in American institutions of higher learning. The rationale of the affirmative action regime is of course “diversity.” Regarding this rationale, Hanson wrote:
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Stanford Daily, F i a t Lux and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Chris Ciarlo / KTVN-TV:
Woman Says She Worked for Sandoval Illegally — Ana Padilla used to be go by her middle name, Maritza. She told us that was when she first came to the United States illegally. — “I come from Guatemala City in 1986,” said Padilla. — She told us after working in the States for about ten years …
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Unrepentant, Paladino Calls Gay Parades ‘Disgusting’ — Despite an uproar over his remarks about gays, Carl P. Paladino appeared on national television on Monday and expressed revulsion at gay pride parades. — Mr. Paladino restated his criticism of Andrew M. Cuomo, his Democratic opponent …
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CBS New York, City Room, NY Daily News, GayPatriot, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Jewish Week
Dan Klein / Tablet Magazine:
Jews in the Senior Chamber — Democratic politicians are bracing for big losses three weeks from today. According to election-predicting honcho Nate Silver (to whom many apologies), eight senators are likely to turnover their seats. According to The Scroll, three are Members of the Tribe …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Dem congressman's ad brags: ‘He voted with the Republican leader 63% of the time’ — One Democrat running for re-election for a conservative seat is bragging about his loyalty — to John Boehner. — “Bill Owens didn't vote with Nancy Pelosi 93% of the time,” the narrator says …
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CNN, Washington Post and Gateway Pundit
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
VFW battles VFW PAC over endorsements — Yesterday, the political world scratched its head over the endorsement of Barbara Boxer — “Senator Ma'am” — by the VFW's political action committee. It turns out that veterans weren't very happy about it, either.
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Moe Lane, POWIP and Questions and Observations
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Sarah Palin raised $1.2 million in last quarter — Sarah Palin had by far her best three months of fundraising since her star turn as the GOP's 2008 vice presidential candidate, pulling in more than $1.2 million from July through the end of last month. — That total - which is nearly 50 percent …
Quinnipiac University:
Scott, Sink In Dead Heat In Florida Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Democrat Wins ‘ethics’ Contest — Closing the Florida governor's race to a dead heat, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, the Democrat, now has 44 percent of likely voters to Republican Rick Scott's 45 percent …
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Jim VandeHei / The Politico:
The race that says it all — OSHKOSH, WI. — Until last fall, Ron Johnson was just an intensely private guy with a good business and a nice house on Lake Winnebago. He kept a stack of Wall Street Journals next to his bed, folded just right so he wouldn't forget to read columnist Dan Henninger on this or Paul Gigot on that.
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Althouse, The Caucus and Wall Street Journal