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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
O'Donnell Calls Coons a Marxist During Debate — Democratic candidate Chris Coons, left, and Republican candidate Christine O'Donnell wait for the start of a televised Delaware Senate debate at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del. — Christine O'Donnell, the Republican Delaware Senate candidate …
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and Gateway Pundit
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Rebecca Dana / The Daily Beast:
Christine at the ‘Frat House’ — Voters get their best look yet at Tea Party star Christine O'Donnell in tonight's Senate debate. Rebecca Dana talks to her neighbors about her burning ambition, feuds, and the Christian rocker she lives with. — Before Tea Party darling Christine O'Donnell came …
Aharding / CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: O'Donnell down 19 points in Delaware Senate battle
CNN/Time Poll: O'Donnell down 19 points in Delaware Senate battle
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The Politico, The Moderate Voice, CBS News, The Hill, TPMDC, Guardian, Hot Air and The Note
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Survey USA: Coons 54, O'Donnell 33
Survey USA: Coons 54, O'Donnell 33
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CNN, The Other McCain, The Politico and Z on TV
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The Christine O'Donnell fascination, examined
The Christine O'Donnell fascination, examined
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Power Line and CNN
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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New York Times:
For Reid, No Shaking Tea Party Challenger — LAS VEGAS — Senator Harry Reid of Nevada first thought he could scrape his way to re-election by invoking his power as majority leader and reminding voters what that means for his home state. When that didn't seem to work …
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Sean J. Miller / The Hill:
POLL: Majority of voters say they want a viable third party in American politics
POLL: Majority of voters say they want a viable third party in American politics
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CNN, Ballot Box and Prairie Weather
Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun:
The blind hate that is financing Sharron Angle's run
The blind hate that is financing Sharron Angle's run
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Maddow Blog
Michael / Petrelis Files:
WH's Jarrett: Dead Gay Bully Victim — Made ‘Lifestyle Choice’ — The last time I heard anyone use the obnoxious phrase “lifestyle choice” to describe a gay person's sexual orientation was during the Bill Clinton presidency when the gays were accused of wanting “special rights.”
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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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Scott Wong / The Politico:
Obama admission inspires GOP
Obama admission inspires GOP
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Charles Ashby / Daily Sentinel:
Anti-Obama billboard raises eyebrows — Caricatures are racist and homophobic, local Dems say — A Grand Junction billboard depicting President Barack Obama as a terrorist, a gangster, a Mexican bandit and a gay man is getting national attention. — The billboard, erected along …
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Mediaite, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Spot, Weasel Zippers and Colorado Independent
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Rove, Chamber ads widely debunked as false or misleading — Here's something important that's getting lost in the firefight over the money funding the ads by the U.S. Chamber and Karl Rove's groups: Many of the ads themselves have been debunked by independent fact checkers as false, grossly misleading, or marred with distortions.
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Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Obama is Rove's fundraiser-in-chief
Obama is Rove's fundraiser-in-chief
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Hotline On Call, Flopping Aces, Hot Air, FrumForum and Don Surber
Jon Cohen / Behind the Numbers:
Pew: cellphone bias may be bigger than in '08 — In a new analysis sure to add to the uncertainty about the upcoming election, the Pew Research Center reports that a large number of pre-election polls might be biased. — Polls that don't interview people on cellphones …
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Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Rabbi Breaks With Paladino Over Apology — Well, that didn't last long. — The alliance between the Republican Carl P. Paladino and an Orthodox rabbi from Brooklyn has fallen apart, with the rabbi denouncing Mr. Paladino on Wednesday for his apology over remarks he had made about homosexuality on Sunday.
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Atrios / Eschaton:
“Perhaps” — I really don't get the complete lack of concern — for property rights. … If Citi doesn't own the mortgage then the woman doesn't owe them any money. If Citi doesn't own the mortgage then it isn't the case that “perhaps” they shouldn't foreclose on her, it's the case that they have no legal right to foreclosure.
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John Carney / CNBC:
Let's Not Start Lionizing The Anti-Foreclosure Deadbeats
Let's Not Start Lionizing The Anti-Foreclosure Deadbeats
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Overlawyered and TalkLeft
Adam Zielinski / WLS-AM 890:
Military ballots may not count in Illinois — CHICAGO (WLS) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether the state of Illinois missed the deadline for mailing absentee ballots to members of the military and other overseas American voters as part of a new federal overseas voting law.
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Right Wing News
Pat Sajak / National Review:
Public Employees and Elections: A Conflict of Interest? — None of my family and friends is allowed to appear on Wheel of Fortune. Same goes for my kids' teachers or the guys who rotate my tires. If there's not a real conflict of interest, there is, at least, the appearance of one.
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First Read / msnbc.com:
Raese, missile defense, and ‘lasers in the sky’ — From NBC's Shawna Thomas and Carrie Dann — INWOOD W.V.— West Virginia Republican candidate John Raese on Tuesday outlined his focus on national defense by calling for an extensive laser-based missile defense system. — A very extensive one.
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TPMDC, Washington Monthly, Gawker, Truthdig and The Politico
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Raese Mangles Ethnic Names, Calls Justice Sotomayor ‘Sarah Manorgan’
Raese Mangles Ethnic Names, Calls Justice Sotomayor ‘Sarah Manorgan’
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Charleston Daily Mail, New York Magazine and The Note
Mike Flynn / Big Government:
Exclusive: Court Document Details Congressman's Past Spousal Abuse — Ohio Democrat Congressman Charlie Wilson was first elected to Congress in the Democrat wave year of 2006. Prior to that, he had been a long-time member of the Ohio state legislature, first elected to the Ohio House in 1996 and the Ohio Senate in 2004.
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National Review, RedState and Pajamas Media
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 …
Paul / Power Line:
The wrong bogeyman — Here's a sidebar to the debate tonight between Chris Coons and Christine ODonnell (see the post below for a discussion of that debate). One of the first things Coons said was that he has a proven record as a job creator by virtue, in part, of his ability as a County Executive …
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
NPR staff told to stay away from Colbert, Stewart rallies if not covering them — From: [NPR chief executive] Vivian Schiller — Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 8:58 AM — Subject: FW: NPR Journalists and political activity — Please see Ellen Weiss' note to her staff below …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Dem's hippie ad: ‘Does not support Pelosi...voted with GOP 65% of the time’ — As Democrats in conservative districts scramble to distance themselves from the national Democratic leadership, Georgia Rep. Jim Marshall outdoes the rest with what's a cultural attack ad aimed at contrasting him with Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Hotline On Call, Sister Toldjah, Washington Post, Althouse, Beltway Confidential, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and The Fix
Suzanne Goldenberg / Guardian:
Tea Party movement: Billionaire Koch brothers who helped it grow — Industrialists who own private company with annual revenues of £62bn have channelled millions of dollars to rightwing causes — It likes to present itself as a grassroots insurgency made up of hundreds of local groups intent on toppling the Washington elite.
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Grist, The Huffington Post, Wonkroom and Crooks and Liars
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Female Candidate Finds a Tough Audience: Women — HARTFORD — Every time Dolores Meehan turns on her television, there she is: Linda E. McMahon, attacking her opponent, in yet another political advertisement. — “She's bothering people,” said Ms. Meehan, a retired telephone company worker from Norwalk.
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New York Magazine
Geoffrey Dickens / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Matthews: Chilean Miners Would Be Dead if They Followed Tea Party's ‘Every Man for Himself’ Philosophy — Leave it to Chris Matthews to shoe-horn in a crass political point against the Tea Party, even in the midst of a heartwarming story like the rescue of the Chilean miners.
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Michelle Malkin, Hot Air and The Anchoress
New York Times:
Ex-Overseer of Auto Industry Accepts Ban in S.E.C. Deal — Steven Rattner, the former car czar, has agreed to a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over kickback claims involving the New York State pension fund, a person with knowledge of the negotiation said Wednesday.
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DealBook, Ben Smith's Blog and New York Magazine
John O'Connor / The State:
New Poll: Haley leads, but Sheheen's support more solid — Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley holds a 9 percentage point lead over Democrat Vincent Sheheen three weeks ahead of Election Day, according to a poll conducted by Winthrop University. — But the poll shows Sheheen's voters …
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Outside the Beltway and National Review