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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, Pajamas Media and FrumForum
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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, American Power and Balloon Juice
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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Economist's View and The Sideshow
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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 …
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, The Page and Prairie Weather
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
Kimberly Winston / Washington Post:
Stephen Colbert may play religion for laughs, but his thoughtful Catholicism still shows through — When comedian Stephen Colbert brought his act to Capitol Hill last month and stole the spotlight with his satirical shtick, no one was more surprised than lawmakers.
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NewsBusters.org blogs
Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
GOP longshot outraises Pelosi — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Republican challenger raised more than $1.1 million over the past three months, more than three times as much as Pelosi did. — John Dennis, the Ron Paul-backed GOP nominee running against the Speaker in her liberal San Francisco …
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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Alas, a blog and Sadly, No!
Shane D'Aprile / The Hill:
In debate, Crist says Rubio ‘turned his back’ on his Hispanic family — Gov. Charlie Crist (I) hit Republican Marco Rubio's stance on immigration during a contentious debate exchange Friday in the state's three-way race for Senate. — Crist referenced an article in the Hispanic newspaper La Gaceta …
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Palm Beach Post and Weasel Zippers
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Bill Maher Uses Brett Favre's Penis Sexting To Bash Sarah Palin and White Men — Bill Maher on Friday used Brett Favre's penis sexting incident to bash Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Christine O'Donnell, and white men. — During the “New Rules” segment of HBO's “Real Time” …
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Gateway Pundit and Gothamist
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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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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 …
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