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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Why Christine O'Donnell Could Be More Dangerous Than Sarah Palin — Because she has the idiot bravado of the talk show regular. — I write this 2/3rds of the way into her “debate” with Chris Coons in Newark, Delaware. Sarah Palin was wounded by Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson …
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Salon, NewsBusters.org blogs, The Daily Dish, Washington Wire, Politics Daily, National Review and Conservatives4Palin.com
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
CNN: Chris Coons “can barely contain his disdain for his opponent”
CNN: Chris Coons “can barely contain his disdain for his opponent”
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National Review, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Althouse, Patterico's Pontifications and The Caucus
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Christine O'Donnell says GOP has left her
Christine O'Donnell says GOP has left her
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New York Magazine and FrumForum
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Since Dick Cheney shot him, Harry Whittington's aim has been to move on — AUSTIN — Nearly five years on, Harry Whittington still speaks with a slight flutter in his voice — a “warble,” he calls it, inadvertently choosing a bird metaphor. His easy East Texas drawl changed forever …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
POLL: Voters more likely to see Dems as dominated by extremists — Likely voters in battleground districts see extremists as having a more dominant influence over the Democratic Party than they do over the GOP. — This result comes from The Hill 2010 Midterm Election Poll …
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JammieWearingFool, Wake up America, National Review, theblogprof, Right Wing News, RedState, Weasel Zippers, JustOneMinute, FrumForum and GayPatriot
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner a rubber stamp for Pelosi? — It's an attack ad that writes itself: The House Republican leader, Rep. John Boehner (Ohio), votes with liberal Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a majority of the time. — The statistic seems impossible to believe, given the ferocity …
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CNN, Washington Post, Mediaite, Parker Spitzer, Washington Monthly, The Politico, Prairie Weather and JammieWearingFool
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Yo, Rich Whitey! — Rich Whitney is the Green party candidate for governor in Illinois this year. But there's been a small matter of a typo on the state's electronic voting machines. On electronic voting machines in 23 wards — about half of which are predominantly African-American districts …
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Comments from Left Field
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Dave McKinney / Chicago Sun Times:
Whitney is ‘Whitey’ on some ballots — SPRINGFIELD — The last name of Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney is misspelled as “Whitey” on electronic-voting machines in nearly two dozen wards — about half in predominantly African-American areas — and election officials said Wednesday …
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Outside the Beltway and msnbc.com
Eric Lach / TPMDC:
Illinois Candidate's Name Misspelled As ‘Rich Whitey’ On Electronic-Voting Machines
Illinois Candidate's Name Misspelled As ‘Rich Whitey’ On Electronic-Voting Machines
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Wonkette
Dana Davis Rehm / NPR:
Why Can't NPR Staff Go To ‘Rally To Restore Sanity’ Or ‘March To Keep Fear Alive’? — The answer is they can - if they are assigned to cover the events. — But news staff and others covered by NPR's ethics policy should not go. — We've received enormous attention from media …
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The Huffington Post and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, more at Mediagazer »
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Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
News outlets caution staffers about Stewart-Colbert events — NPR, like many news organizations, restricts its journalists from taking political stands, making campaign contributions, or participating in marches and rallies that the network covers. — Those rules can apply more broadly than just to Democratic or Republican events.
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NewsBusters.org blogs, FishbowlDC, Psychology Today Blogs and Mediaite
Ezra Klein:
Why don't the markets care about the foreclosure crisis? — The foreclosure mess really looks pretty bad. Here's one vision of the worst-case, bad-case and even not-so-bad scenarios. They're all grim. Here's a “doomsday scenario.” The words “TARP” and “two” are getting thrown around a lot …
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Prairie Weather
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Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
Foreclosure-Gate's Doomsday Scenario
Foreclosure-Gate's Doomsday Scenario
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The Moderate Voice, Bloomberg and Suburban Guerrilla
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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The Politico, Politics Daily, CNN, ABCNEWS, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Note, The Caucus, The Washington Independent, Commentary, The Eye and The Page
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Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Entering tonight's debate, poll shows Angle ahead of Reid
Entering tonight's debate, poll shows Angle ahead of Reid
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The Fix, National Review, Barcepundit and TPMDC
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Murkowski backers worry about spoilers — As Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) makes her write-in bid for Senate official, filing paperwork with state elections officials Wednesday, she faces a new concern—some backers worry that opponents are searching for a way to torpedo her campaign …
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The Note and Liberty Pundits Blog
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Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Unexpected Turns for Suit Over 'Don't Ask' Rule — The timing could not have been worse. Just as the Log Cabin Republicans' lawsuit challenging “don't ask, don't tell” was finally racing out of judicial limbo in 2009, the group was in disarray. — The prominent gay and lesbian conservative organization …
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Firedoglake, Towleroad News #gay, Poliglot, CNN, Pam's House Blend and AMERICAblog Gay
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New York Times:
Bankers Ignored Signs of Trouble on Foreclosures — At JPMorgan Chase & Company, they were derided as “Burger King kids” — walk-in hires who were so inexperienced they barely knew what a mortgage was. — At Citigroup and GMAC, dotting the i's and crossing the t's on home foreclosures …
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Newshoggers.com, Guardian, Housing Complex, The Big Picture, New York Magazine, The Consumerist and Balloon Juice
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Glenn Beck asks listeners to give Chamber its biggest fundraising day ever — Conservative media personality Glenn Beck implored his listeners Thursday to flood the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with donations. — Beck, on his daily radio show, personally donated to the Chamber …
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
DNC chairman isn't ‘wild about’ Manchin's cap-and-trade TV ad — Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said he wasn't “wild about” West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin's (D) TV ad in which he shoots a copy of the cap-and-trade bill. — “The part that I most don't like is fixing what's bad …
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Ben Smith's Blog and The Note
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Democratic Polling Improves in Key Senate Races, Lengthening G.O.P. Takeover Odds
Democratic Polling Improves in Key Senate Races, Lengthening G.O.P. Takeover Odds
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Don Surber and Prairie Weather
Quinnipiac University:
Blumenthal Opens Up Double-Digit Lead In Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Connecticut Poll Finds; Independent Voters Shift Back To Democrat — Reversing a months-long decline in his lead in the Connecticut U.S. Senate race, Democratic State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has opened up a 54 …
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New York Times, Hot Air, Politics Daily, Washington Wire, Hotline On Call, Daily Kos and TPMDC
Wall Street Journal:
Capitalism Saved the Miners — The profit = innovation dynamic was everywhere at the mine rescue site. — It needs to be said. The rescue of the Chilean miners is a smashing victory for free-market capitalism. — Amid the boundless human joy of the miners' liberation, it may seem churlish to make such a claim.
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The Huffington Post, Gawker, Left in the West, Cold Fury, Oliver Willis and Hot Air
NPR:
‘Nonpolitical’ Groups Target Democrats In Ad Blitz … This election season, more money than ever is flowing from supposedly nonpolitical groups into TV ad campaigns. — Americans for Job Security ad targeting Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA) — Most of the ads are negative …
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Guardian
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
I CAN THINK OF A FEW LETTERS I'D LIKE TO BUY.... Pat Sajak is perhaps best known as the host of the television game-show “Wheel of Fortune,” but those who keep up with conservative media outlets also recognize Sajak as a prominent far-right activist. — How far-right?
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TPM LiveWire, New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo and Eschaton
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
After O'Reilly's Rants About How ‘Muslims Killed Us On 9/11!’ Goldberg And Behar Storm Off Set — This morning, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly appeared on The View and chatted with the hosts about a variety of the day's issues. At one point, the discussion turned to the topic of Park 51 …
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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The Moderate Voice, The Daily Dish, Gawker, City Room, Mediaite, Speakeasy, Raw Story, Tablet Magazine, Towleroad News #gay, Balloon Juice, Gothamist and TPMDC
Mike Allen / The Politico:
National Republican Senatorial Committee fires ad maker over ‘hicky’ term — The National Republican Senatorial Committee fired Jamestown Associates, a media consulting firm, and apologized to the voters of West Virginia on Thursday after committee officials learned that the firm was responsible …
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The Atlantic Online, The Plum Line, TPMDC and Daily Kos
Morgen / Verum Serum:
Jerry Brown Flashback: Solution to the Immigration Problem is to “Slow Down the Process of Modernization in Mexico” — They don't call him Moonbeam for nothing: — Click here to view the embedded video. — Source: CSPAN … For someone so concerned about the elimination of anyone's liberty …
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GayPatriot and Left Coast Rebel
Fox News:
Obama: Republicans Will Have to Learn to Get Along With Me — President Obama reveals in a magazine article that he is weighing what to do if Republicans win the House majority next month, and has come up with a novel approach: Make the GOP work with him. — In a seeming twist …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Rep. Clyburn: Black vote could be ‘secret weapon’ for Dems in midterms — A large turnout by black voters could help stave off large losses for Democrats, Rep. James Clyburn said Thursday. — Clyburn, the third-ranking House Democrat, dismissed concerns that black turnout on Nov. 2 …
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