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John Carney / CNBC:
Sorry Folks, The Put-Back Apocalypse Ain't Gonna Happen — You should probably be a buyer of Bank of America right now. — I never thought I'd find myself typing those words. I've been a huge critic of Bank of America for years. I'm bearish on the financial supermarket model.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Consensus Points to 50-Seat G.O.P. Gain in House, But May Understate Uncertainty — FiveThirtyEight's projection for the U.S. House shows little change from last week. Republicans are given a 73 percent chance of taking over the House, up incrementally from 72 percent last week.
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Prairie Weather, Taegan Goddard's …, Balloon Juice and NPR
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Poll: GOP has edge in most competitive Democratic seats
Poll: GOP has edge in most competitive Democratic seats
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Gateway Pundit and Libertarian Republican
Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Christine O'Donnell outraises Chris Coons more than 2-to-1 — Delaware Republican Christine O'Donnell raised a substantial $3.8 million during the last three months, more than twice what her Democratic opponent raised, but it hasn't yet thinned his substantial lead in most polls.
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Liz Benjamin / Capital Tonight:
Hinchey Tangles With Reporter (Updated) — Rep. Maurice Hinchey, who suddenly finds himself in the GOP's crosshairs, had a heated exchange with a local reporter at last night's debate that became physical before the congressman disengaged and walked away, according to witnesses.
Sig Christenson / Agence France Presse:
Fort Hood soldier ordered to delete video of rampage — FORT HOOD, Texas — A US soldier who captured a deadly 2009 rampage at Fort Hood with his cell phone camera testified Friday that he was ordered to erase the video by his commanders. — The video could have provided key evidence …
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Balloon Juice and Outside the Beltway
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Media Decoder:
Fox Stations Go Dark as Dispute With Cablevision Escalates — Updated — Executives at Cablevision and News Corporation are scheduled to meet at noon Saturday to resume negotiations in a spat that has left Cablevision subscribers without access to Fox network programming.
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CNN, Gothamist and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
Shane D'Aprile / The Hill:
Obama: GOP favors tax loopholes that send jobs overseas — President Obama took aim at Republicans in his weekly radio address Saturday, accusing the party of favoring corporate tax loopholes that encourage companies to create jobs overseas. — The president said the key to job creation …
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The Politico and Liberty Pundits Blog
Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
Obama says federal jobs may stay vacant, doesn't rule out furloughs — Facing Republican complaints about big government and federal salaries, President Obama said Friday that government agencies might leave some vacancies unfilled as his administration looks for ways to save money.
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Paul Krugman, Crooks and Liars, Politics Daily and Grasping Reality …
Ballot Box:
Angle burns through much of her staggering $14 million haul — Nevada Republican Sharron Angle announced earlier this week she raised a staggering $14 million between the start of July and the end of September. Observers seized on the impressive total as a sign her challenge …
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Washington Monthly, Riehl World View, The Politico and POLISING
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
‘Man Up?’ What if Harry Reid Told Sharron Angle to ‘Act Like a Lady?’
‘Man Up?’ What if Harry Reid Told Sharron Angle to ‘Act Like a Lady?’
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JustOneMinute, The Caucus, Firedoglake, Washington Wire, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and RealClearPolitics Video Log
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Just Four Dudes Jamming On The Subway — With Their iPhones As Instruments [Video] — A lot is said about the Apple marketing machine. Love them or hate them, there's no denying that their ads are effective. But someone just one-upped them — with their own products.
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The Impolitic, The Big Picture and Mediaite
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Treasury Defends HAMP Again - I Can't Stop Laughing — I see nothing. (photo: sirtwitchalot2000 on Flickr) — So Ezra stepped out and pretty sharply criticized HAMP. To him I say welcome. But because he has a Beltway audience, the Treasury Department got right angry and dialed him up and pleaded their case.
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The Sideshow and Eschaton
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Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Immigrants Find Voting Can Come At a Cost — The way Joseph E. Joseph tells it, he was just doing his civic duty. — On his way home from work one evening in 1992, he came across a group of volunteers in Brooklyn registering people to vote. Mr. Joseph, a legal permanent resident …
iowahawk:
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Concord Monitor:
Baby returned to Epsom couple — Oath Keepers rally outside courthouse — Having returned from court, Jonathan Irish and Stephanie Taylor hold their child, Cheyenne, while friends celebrate the return of the child from state social workers. Earlier in the day, protestors from Oath Keepers …
Marcus Wohlsen / Associated Press:
Feds oppose Calif. Prop 19 to legalize marijuana — Attorney General Eric Holder is warning that the federal government will not look the other way, as it has with medical marijuana, if voters next month make California the first state to legalize pot. — Marijuana is illegal under federal law …
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New York Times, L.A. NOW, TalkLeft, Zandar Versus The Stupid and Raw Story
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Republican ‘Contender’ Dons Duckie Pajamas, Parties With Scantily Clad Women — Who among us hasn't donned duckie pajamas for a night out with scantily clad women, then run for Congress? — Well, in the event that you haven't, consider the case of NRCC's latest big “contender,” …
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The Impolitic, New York Magazine and AMERICAblog News
Reuters:
California Democrats cling to leads: Reuters/Ipsos — (Reuters) - Democratic candidates are clinging to narrow leads over their Republican rivals in two key California races with less than three weeks to go until November 2 elections, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Friday.
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Weasel Zippers, CarlyForCA.com, Hot Air, NewsReal Blog, Left Coast Rebel, GayPatriot, American Power, SFGate, Washington Wire, TPMDC and National Review