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Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun:
Reid lost the debate to Angle — Let's get the easy part out of the way first: — Sharron Angle won The Big Debate. — Angle won because she looked relatively credible, appearing not to be the Wicked Witch of the West (Christine O'Donnell is the good witch of the Tea Party) and scoring many more rhetorical points.
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The New Republic:
Reid My Lips: Last Night Was a Disaster — The Senate majority leader should've stayed home. — Why Harry Reid agreed to have a debate with Sharron Angle is a bit of a mystery to me. If your campaign is based on portraying your opponent as loony, then why give that opponent a chance to look reasonable?
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American Power, Guardian, Comments from Left Field and Swampland
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The New Normal — I didn't see last night's debate between Harry Reid and Sharron Angle, but the consensus seems to be that both speakers were terrible. However, Angle may have benefited from galactically low expectations. “Angle repeatedly found herself in verbal cul-de-sacs …
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The Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, Outside the Beltway, CNN, Washington Wire and The Page
Tunku Varadarajan / The Daily Beast:
Why I'm Rooting for Sharron Angle — It's easy for a libertarian to wish for all-around Republican victories in the midterms. What's more delicate is supporting political aberrations like Angle, Paladino, and O'Donnell. By Tunku Varadarajan. — As the midterm elections approach …
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Michelle Malkin:
“Man up!:” Doddering Reid wilts in debate with Angle — In style and substance, Lady in Red Sharron Angle trounced the four-term Democrat Senate incumbent and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at tonight's Las Vegas debate. — He preposterously called George W. Bush “his friend” …
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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Aharding / CNN:
Angle lands ‘low blow,’ says Reid
Angle lands ‘low blow,’ says Reid
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Analyzing the Angle-Reid debate
Analyzing the Angle-Reid debate
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Club for Growth, The Daily Caller, The Page and National Review
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Mortgage Morass — American officials used to lecture other countries about their economic failings and tell them that they needed to emulate the U.S. model. The Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, in particular, led to a lot of self-satisfied moralizing.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
It's Time For Jail Terms
It's Time For Jail Terms
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Mortgage Mess May Cost Big Banks Billions
Mortgage Mess May Cost Big Banks Billions
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Mother Jones and Felix Salmon
Associated Press:
Feds oppose Calif. Prop 19 to legalize marijuana — SAN FRANCISCO — Attorney General Eric Holder says the federal government will enforce its marijuana laws in California even if voters next month make the state the first in the nation to legalize the drug.
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Ezra Klein:
Do the polls back up the attacks on the Chamber of Commerce? — From one “Beltway inside-game commentator” to another: No, the attacks on the Chamber of Commerce aren't helping Democrats in the election. A MoveOn.org poll showing that voters respond negatively when asked …
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The Washington Independent, Hullabaloo and The Plum Line
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Tom Odula / Associated Press:
Obama's half brother in Kenya says he married teen — NAIROBI, Kenya - President Barack Obama's polygamist half brother in Kenya has married a woman who is more than 30 years younger than him. — The 19-year-old's mother told The Associated Press on Friday she is furious …
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DutchNews.nl:
Wilders not guilty on all counts - Update — The public prosecution department on Friday afternoon stated that Geert Wilders is not guilty of discriminating against Muslims. Earlier on Friday it announced he should also be found not guilty of inciting hatred.
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Jessica Taylor / The Politico:
Poll: Joe Manchin ahead by 10 points — Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin has opened up a double-digit lead over Republican John Raese in the West Virginia Senate special election, according to a new independent poll set for release Friday morning. — The Marshall University poll shows Manchin taking 48 percent …
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James Hohmann / The Politico:
Mitch Daniels open to VAT, oil tax hike — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels opened the door Thursday to supporting both a value added tax and a tariff on imported oil, bold proposals that could cause trouble for him with conservatives as he flirts with a long-shot bid for the presidency.
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Brookings Institute, Hot Air, Big Government, Liberty Pundits Blog, The Page, National Review and The Hill
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Monetary Policy Objectives and Tools in a Low-Inflation Environment — The topic of this conference—the formulation and conduct of monetary policy in a low-inflation environment—is timely indeed. From the late 1960s until a decade or so ago, bringing inflation under control was viewed …
Mara Liasson / NPR:
NPR Poll Offers Sliver Of Hope For Democrats — With only 18 days left until Election Day, an NPR survey of likely voters in battleground districts found that while the overall field still tilts to the GOP, Democrats are closing the gap in some places. — The good news for Democrats …
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Public Opinion Strategies, The Note and National Review
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
From a Maine House, a National Foreclosure Freeze — DENMARK, Me. — The house that set off the national furor over faulty foreclosures is blue-gray and weathered. The porch is piled with furniture and knickknacks awaiting the next yard sale. In the driveway is a busted pickup truck.
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PaperTrail Blog, Developments, Emptywheel and The Big Picture
William P. Barrett / Informer:
Hey, Secret Big Political Donor, Don't Forget The 35% Gift Tax — In the run-up to next month's elections, a big and controversial development has been the ability of tycoons to make unlimited political donations without any public disclosure whatsoever. This is done by giving the money to certain 501 …
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msk.com, Ben Smith's Blog, The Washington Independent and TaxProf Blog
Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Dem State Senator: My Redneck Constituents Don't Want Free Health Care for Illegals — This website uses IntenseDebate comments, but they are not currently loaded because either your browser doesn't support JavaScript, or they didn't load fast enough.
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Pamela Geller Interview — It has been great to see my friend Pamela Geller from Atlas Shrugs starting to gain more national prominence. She's a got a new book out, The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America, she's been the point person on the Ground Zero Mosque right …
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
D.S.C.C. Has Record-Breaking Month — Democrats may be struggling against a political headwind and a new cadre of conservative groups, but the national party organizations appear to be having no trouble raising money. — The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee will report later …
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action.sierraclub.org:
Victory for Appalachians as a Determined EPA Recommends No More Mining at Biggest Proposed Mountaintop Removal Coal Mine — Statement from Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune — Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took courageous action today …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
How Romney made a bestseller — Mitt Romney boosted sales of his book this spring by asking institutions to buy thousands of copies in exchange for his speeches, according to a document obtained by POLITICO. — Romney's book tour ran from early March to late May of this year …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
In re Collegio vs. Woodhouse — The spokesmen for the DNC and American Crossroads are going at it today, with Crossroads' Jonathan Collegio calling Woodhouse a “brazen hypocrite” for attacking his group while having worked in the past for another 501(c)(4) that didn't disclose its donors.
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CNN and The Caucus
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Public option effort could be revived if Democrats keep majorities, Clyburn says — Democrats could revive the public healthcare option if they maintain their majorities in Congress, the House Democrats' third-ranking member said Friday. — “Reelect me, keep Democrats on the field.
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The Huffington Post:
Tides Foundation CEO To Fox News Advertisers: Drop Glenn Beck Or Have Blood On Your Hands — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — In an extraordinary move to nip the inflammatory commentary coming from Glenn Beck, the founder and CEO of the Tides Foundation (a frequent Beck target) …
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