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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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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Nevada Fight Night fizzles — LAS VEGAS - Republican Sharron Angle lashed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the only debate of the Nevada Senate race Thursday night, telling the Democrat to “man up” at one point and questioning how he got wealthy during his years in Congress.
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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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Aharding / CNN:
Angle lands ‘low blow,’ says Reid — Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) - Both sides landed some punches, but there didn't seem to be a knockout in the high stakes debate between Sen. Harry Reid and Sharron Angle Thursday night. — Still, Reid said at one point Angle had gone too far in attacking his wealth, calling it a “low blow.”
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Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Candidates play man-upsmanship — When Sharron Angle asked Harry Reid how he had become so wealthy while serving the public, Reid, a former boxer, accused his Republican challenger of hitting below the belt. — But it was at a different point in last night's Nevada Senate debate that Angle …
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The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid & Sharron Angle Debate: Nevada Senate Candidates Face Off (VIDEO)
Harry Reid & Sharron Angle Debate: Nevada Senate Candidates Face Off (VIDEO)
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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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David S. Hilzenrath / Washington Post:
Worries over fast-tracked foreclosures send bank stocks plummeting
Worries over fast-tracked foreclosures send bank stocks plummeting
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
It's Time For Jail Terms
It's Time For Jail Terms
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Tea Party Set to Win Enough Races for Wide Influence — Enough Tea Party-supported candidates are running strongly in competitive and Republican-leaning Congressional races that the movement stands a good chance of establishing a sizable caucus to push its agenda in the House and the Senate, according to a New York Times analysis.
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The Huffington Post:
Christine O'Donnell Tells GOPers: 'I've Got Sean Hannity In My Back Pocket' — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — WASHINGTON — Christine O'Donnell may not be a witch, but she knows how to use scare tactics to raise money, top Republican strategists and officials here tell me.
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Aharding / CNN:
Palin to once again help kick off Tea Party Express tour
Palin to once again help kick off Tea Party Express tour
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Post:
Five myths about Sarah Palin
Five myths about Sarah Palin
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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 …
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Sewell Chan / New York Times:
Bernanke Signals Intent to Further Spur Economy — BOSTON — The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, sent a clear signal on Friday that the central bank was poised to take additional steps to try to fight persistently low inflation and high unemployment.
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Outlook for November 2nd — Larry J. Sabato, Director, U.Va. Center for Politics — As alert readers of the Crystal Ball will note, we have not changed our projection of +47 Republican net House seats in many weeks. We made this prediction prior to Labor Day, and we were the first to say definitively …
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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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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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Glen Bolger / Public Opinion Strategies:
An In-Depth Look At Key Congressional Races — NPR Survey
An In-Depth Look At Key Congressional Races — NPR Survey
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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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Drudge Report:
FIRST LADY CAMPAIGNS INSIDE POLLING PLACE — First lady Michelle Obama appears to have violated Illinois law — when she engaged in political discussion at a polling place! — The drama began after Mrs. Obama stopped off at the Martin Luther King Center on the south side of Chicago to cast an early vote.
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Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
House will hold Social Security supplement vote, Pelosi says — The House will vote in November to provide $250 payments to Social Security recipients to make up for the presumed lack of a cost-of-living increase for next year, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Social Security benefits will remain flat for 2nd straight year, government says
Social Security benefits will remain flat for 2nd straight year, government says
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Washington Post:
Pentagon to comply with court order to end 'don't ask, don't tell' — The Pentagon announced Thursday that it will comply with a court order to stop enforcing its “don't ask, don't tell” policy barring gays from serving openly in the military, even as the Obama administration asked a federal judge to delay implementation of the ruling.
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Murkowski goes up with Stevens ads — Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski will start airing the long-awaited campaign ad featuring the late Sen. Ted Stevens this week. — In the ad, Stevens, who died in a plane crash earlier this year, tells voters, “We need Lisa,” according to footage of the advertisement obtained exclusively by POLITICO.
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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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Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Barack Obama sees rise of ‘tribal attitude’ — President Barack Obama thinks that the recession has caused a temporary increase in racial tension by stoking “tribal attitude” among people in economic distress. — During an hour-long town hall with young people simulcast on MTV …
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Rikntx / Media Matters for America:
Kilmeade defends O'Reilly's View appearance: “Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim” — From the October 15 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends: — Please upgrade your flash player. The video for this item requires a newer version of Flash Player.
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Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
U.S. Uses Attacks to Nudge Taliban Toward a Deal — KABUL, Afghanistan — Airstrikes on Taliban insurgents have risen sharply here over the past four months, the latest piece in what appears to be a coordinated effort by American commanders to bleed the insurgency and pressure its leaders to negotiate an end to the war.
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Marty Lamb for Congress:
McGovern Says Constitution is WRONG — Lamb Will Uphold Constitution — Holliston, MA ...Tonight, Marty Lamb, Republican candidate for Congress in Massachusetts Third District, was shocked at Congressman James McGovern's words and his attitude toward the U.S. Constitution.
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