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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 and Balloon Juice
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Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Retrench as GOP Pulls Away — Democratic strategists acknowledged they are abandoning a dozen House seats the party now holds, as they try to salvage their majority in the chamber by shoring up candidates with better chances. — With Republicans expanding their advertising …
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The Caucus and Pajamas Media
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Pelosi Renounced by Candidates in Her Own Party — PERRY, Ga. — As if embattled Congressional Democrats did not have enough on their hands, some are opening up a new front in their fight to save their seats — against Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House and a leader of their own party.
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Outside the Beltway and Prairie Weather
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
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.
Paul Krugman:
The Boehnerization of Barack Obama — Why has stimulus become a dirty word? Many reasons, I guess: an inadequate plan combined with a wildly overoptimistic forecast was more or less guaranteed to create the impression of a failed program. But it's also true that the president himself …
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The Sideshow and Economist's View
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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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Crooks and Liars, Politics Daily and Grasping Reality …
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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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.
Mike Adams / Townhall.com:
Mike Adams Eight Straight Suicides — Officials on college campuses across the nation are alarmed at a wave of recent suicides involving Christians who have been harassed by homosexual activists. The main stream media isn't covering the story so, as usual, I have taken it upon myself to do their jobs for them.
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Sadly, No! and Alas, a blog
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
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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Melanie Mason / Dallas Morning News:
Bill Flores backs away from saying he's not opposed to raising Social Security retirement age — mmason@dallasnews.com — WASHINGTON — Republican congressional candidate Bill Flores, blaming a headache for a verbal miscue, has backed away from saying he's “not philosophically opposed” …
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Ben Smith's Blog, Washington Monthly and Taegan Goddard's …
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 Big Picture, The Impolitic and Mediaite
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 …
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 …
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Roger Ailes, Wonkette and Hit & Run