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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Education of a President — On a busy afternoon in the West Wing late last month, President Barack Obama seemed relaxed and unhurried as he sat down in a newly reupholstered brown leather chair in the Oval Office. He had just returned from the East Room, where he signed the Small Business Jobs Act …
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
President Obama Looks Forward — and Back — President Obama said that he expected Republicans to offer him more cooperation after November's elections, no matter the outcome. — In an hour-long interview with the Times's White House correspondent, Peter Baker, Mr. Obama predicted …
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Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:
‘Spirit of Political Disclosure’? White House Press Sec once part of group that refused to disclose donors — The White House plans to continue attacking groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other conservative organizations for not disclosing the names of donors behind political ads.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Robert Gibbs, hypocritical transparency crusader
Robert Gibbs, hypocritical transparency crusader
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
20 DAYS OUT - Obama to Peter Baker: 'There's no such thing …
20 DAYS OUT - Obama to Peter Baker: 'There's no such thing …
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Gerald F. Seib / Washington Wire:
Political Wisdom: The ‘Foreign Campaign Money’ Can of Worms
Political Wisdom: The ‘Foreign Campaign Money’ Can of Worms
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NY Daily News:
GOP governor hopeful Carl Paladino cashed in on Buffalo gay clubs Cobalt, Buddies II — Carl Paladino says kids shouldn't be “brainwashed” into thinking it's okay to be gay or be taken to a “disgusting” gay pride parade. — But he had no problem when his son, William, ran Cobalt …
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The Hill:
THE HILL POLL: Republicans are up in 8 of 10 open House districts — Republicans are winning eight out of 10 competitive open House seats surveyed in a groundbreaking new poll by The Hill. — Taken on top of 11 GOP leads out of 12 freshman Democratic districts polled last week …
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Four Causes that Will Lead to a Democratic Election Nightmare — Locked in place. — The four causes of what's likely to be a landslide defeat for Democrats in the midterm election are now locked in place. All that's left for Democrats in the final three weeks of the campaign is to trash Republicans …
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Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Exclusive: Chamber Receives At Least $885,000 From Over 80 Foreign Companies In Disclosed Donations Alone — Last week, ThinkProgress published an exclusive story about the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's foreign fundraising operation. We noted the Chamber raises money from foreign-owned businesses for its 501 …
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Chamber of Commerce: The White House Wants Our Donor Lists So Its Allies Can Intimidate Our Donors — Tuesday afternoon, I spoke with Bruce Josten, executive vice president for government affairs at the US Chamber of Commerce, about the White House pressing the Chamber to release its donors list …
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Groups Launch Massive Ad Blitz — Alliance Spends $50 Million on Competitive House Races Where Democrats Have More Money Now — An alliance of Republican groups is launching a $50 million advertising blitz this week in a final push to help the GOP win a majority in the House …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Rove-backed group raised $13M since attacks from Obama
Rove-backed group raised $13M since attacks from Obama
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Steven Pearlstein / Washington Post:
Wage cuts hurt, but they may be the only way to get Americans back to work — Last week, General Motors and the United Auto Workers announced agreement on a new two-tier wage structure that would allow the automaker to produce its next-generation subcompact car in Michigan rather than in South Korea.
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Jocelyn Noveck / Associated Press:
Obama's related to Palin — NEW YORK - President Barack Obama has family ties to none other than Sarah Palin, according to the genealogists at Ancestry.com, a discovery the family history site made when looking for connections between political foes. — And that's not all …
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Washington Post:
Michelle Rhee to announce resignation as D.C. schools chancellor on Wednesday — D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee will announce Wednesday that she is resigning at the end of this month, bringing an abrupt end to a tenure that drew national acclaim but that also became a central issue …
Felix Salmon:
The enormous mortgage-bond scandal — You thought the foreclosure mess was bad? You're right about that. But it gets so much worse once you start adding in a whole bunch of parallel messes in the world of mortgage bonds. For instance, as Tracy Alloway says, mortgage-bond documentation generally …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Rand Paul's college letters: Asked whether gov't should combat discrimination, worshipped Ayn Rand — I've obtained several letters and Op eds that Rand Paul wrote to his school newspaper in the early 1980s, and they provide a glimpse into Paul's budding libertarian mind as he grappled with his early hostility towards government.
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Michael Hirschorn / The Atlantic Online:
Truth Lies Here — How can Americans talk to one another—let alone engage in political debate—when the Web allows every side to invent its own facts? — THIS PAST AUGUST, the left-leaning San Francisco-based Web site AlterNet posted a remarkable scoop: members of a group calling itself …
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Eric Dondero / Libertarian Republican:
MAINE: Nazi symbols spray-painted on Jewish Republican candidate's signs — Media Blackout! — From Eric Dondero: — Symbols of the National Socialist Party (NAZIs) such as the ones in the photo to the left, were recently spray-painted on signs of a Jewish Republican candidate for Maine State Senate.
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Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:
GOP Congressional Candidate Walberg Suggests Using Impeachment To Get Obama's Birth Certificate — As ThinkProgress previously noted, Tim Walberg — a former GOP congressman and current Republican nominee for the House of Representatives from Michigan's seventh congressional district …
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Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Whitman and Brown's final debate a contentious one — The rivals for California governor continue their attacks on each other and stick to their talking points without offering details on how they would fix the troubled state. — Meg Whitman called Jerry Brown “the same old same old,” …
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Christian Rudder / OkTrends:
Gay Sex vs. Straight Sex — Gay issues have been in the news a lot lately, from the debate over same-sex marriage in Congress to a sickening rash of gay-bashing here in New York City. We see a lot of emotion out there, instead of information, and we wanted to provide some data-based context …
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Jeremy Pelofsky / Reuters:
Obama administration appeals gay marriage ruling — (Reuters) - The Obama administration decided on Tuesday to appeal a judge's rulings that prevented the U.S. government from banning same-sex marriages, a move that could undermine support among President Barack Obama's traditional liberal base ahead of a key election.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Rep. Castle won't make endorsement in Del. Senate race — Nine-term Delaware Rep. Mike Castle, who lost his state's Senate GOP primary, said Wednesday that he won't endorse a candidate in the general election. — Castle, who is a centrist, stunningly lost to Tea Party-backed candidate Christine O'Donnell …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Gore vs. the Supreme Court: The justices and the ‘CSI effect’ — In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.
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Nigel Jaquiss / blogs.wweek.com:
Dudley Says He “Was a Minority”; Black Lawmaker Disagrees — When Republican gubernatorial nominee Chris Dudley addressed the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs' monthly “Coffee & Issues” breakfast on Sept. 24, he reprised a comment he'd made at an earlier interview with the Urban League of Portland.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Majorities in U.S. View Gov't as Too Intrusive and Powerful — Independents largely side with Republicans in denouncing big government — PRINCETON, NJ — Record- or near-record-high percentages of Americans are critical of the size and scope of government, as measured by four Gallup trend questions updated in September.
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Associated Press:
JPMorgan exits electronic mortgage tracking system — NEW YORK - JPMorgan Chase's CEO says the bank has stopped using the electronic mortgage tracking system used by major financial institutions. — Lawyers have argued in court proceedings that the system is unable to accurately prove ownership of mortgages.
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