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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Be Afraid, Be Very... Never Mind, You Already Are — Bitterly clinging to his pop psychology, First Sociologist Barack Obama regales a Democratic fundraising event with his latest insight into the minds of the Great Unwashed: — WEST NEWTON, Mass. - President Barack Obama said Americans' …
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Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
President Obama: ‘Fear and frustration’ drive voters — BOSTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday blamed Americans' “fear and frustration” for the fierce, negative, anything-goes midterm election cycle that threatens to upend his agenda. — “Part of the reason that our politics seems …
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Frances Martel / Mediaite:
AIDS Activists In Boston Heckle An Angry President Obama
AIDS Activists In Boston Heckle An Angry President Obama
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Abby Phillip / The Politico:
Fired up? Not so much — If President Barack Obama needed …
Fired up? Not so much — If President Barack Obama needed …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Playing All the Angles — As I sat above the Hoover Dam under the broiling sun, I was getting jittery. — There was Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona, speaking at the dedication of a bridge linking Arizona and Nevada 890 feet above the Colorado River. — As the politicians droned …
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Teresa Dixon Murray / Plain Dealer:
Mortgage foreclosure uproar sweeps up Northeast Ohioans — CLEVELAND, Ohio — Michael and Pamella Negrea have never been late on a mortgage payment in the 15 years they've owned their home in Eastlake. But they've been foreclosed on three times. — Martin and Kirsten Davis, meanwhile …
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Shane D'Aprile / The Hill:
Ken Buck calls homosexuality ‘a choice’ — Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Republican Ken Buck sparred over government spending, deficits and the policies of President Obama Sunday, but the meeting between the two candidates on NBC's “Meet the Press” was untimely dominated by Buck's answer to a question on homosexuality.
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The Huffington Post:
Colorado Senate Debate: Ken Buck Compares Being Gay To Alcoholism (VIDEO) — What's Your Reaction: … Colorado Senate candidates Michael Bennet and Ken Buck appeared on NBC's “Meet the Press” on Sunday, where they challenged each other on their past statements and were called to account for controversial comments they have made.
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Maeve Reston / PolitiCal:
At Fiorina event, McCain doesn't hide disdain for Boxer — she's ‘bitterly partisan’ and ‘anti-defense’ — Former Republican presidential contender John McCain reunited with his onetime advisor Carly Fiorina on the campaign trail Saturday in San Diego, offering a blistering indictment …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
2 Top Candidates Skip G.O.P. Rally
2 Top Candidates Skip G.O.P. Rally
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Amy Taxin / Associated Press:
Palin tells supporters 'soon we'll all be dancing'
Palin tells supporters 'soon we'll all be dancing'
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New York Times:
Big Donors Help Republican Governors' Group — The Republican Governors Association benefited from a number of sizable contributions from deep-pocketed individual and corporate donors over the last few months, driving a record $31 million fund-raising haul in the third quarter.
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Senate Hopefuls in Tight Races Get Money Boost
GOP Senate Hopefuls in Tight Races Get Money Boost
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Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
GOP cash threatens to swamp Dems
GOP cash threatens to swamp Dems
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Hotline On Call and New York Times
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
GOP challengers outraise 40-plus House Democrats
GOP challengers outraise 40-plus House Democrats
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BBC:
Merkel says German multicultural society has failed — Angela Merkel said Germany had “kidded itself” multiculturalism was working — Attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany have “utterly failed”, Chancellor Angela Merkel says. — In a speech in Potsdam, she said the so-called …
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John Gizzi / Human Events:
Rasmussen Predicts GOP Gain of 55 in House — Newport Beach, Calif.—Nationally-recognized pollster Scott Rasmussen last night predicted that Republicans would gain 55 seats in races for the U.S. House of Representatives November 2—much more than the 39 needed for a Republican majority in the House for the first time since 2006.
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
The Rage Won't End on Election Day — CARL Paladino began his New York gubernatorial campaign by bragging he'd “clean out Albany with a baseball bat.” When an ally likened his main Albany target, the (Jewish) leader of the State Assembly, to “an antichrist or Hitler,” he enthusiastically endorsed the slur.
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flemingandhayes.com:
Barney Frank's Boyfriend Heckles Sean Bielat — Upon exiting the most recent debate with Barney Frank, located at WGBH studios in Boston, MA, Republican Congressional candidate, Sean Bielat, gets heckled by a Barney Frank “supporter” while talking to the media.
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Michelle Malkin, Gateway Pundit and RedState
Shane D'Aprile / The Hill:
Gibbs: 'Don't ask, don't tell' will end under Obama administration — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs vowed Sunday that the military's “Don't ask, don't tell” policy will end under President Obama and he said the repeal of the policy should ultimately come from Congress.
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Peter Diamond / New York Times:
Health Care for Everyone — A cancer victim loses her medical insurance when her professional association drops the coverage. A worker recovering from heart surgery keeps a dead-end job, fearing no other employer would offer coverage. A small-businessman with a sick child drops insurance in the wake of skyrocketing premiums.
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The Hill:
Democrats have raised $1 million from foreign-affiliated PACs — Democratic leaders in the House and Senate criticizing GOP groups for allegedly funneling foreign money into campaign ads have seen their party raise more than $1 million from political action committees affiliated with foreign companies.
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