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The Nastiest Debate Of 2010 In 2:44 (VIDEO) — Last night's Kentucky Senate debate was one of the most brutal of the year, hands down. Though the forum included talk of the health care bill, illegal immigration, the economy and energy legislation, most of the talk was about Republican nominee Rand Paul's days in college.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Conway Rorschach — I'm fascinated by the divide among Democrats in reaction to Jack Conway's fusillade over the weekend against Rand Paul. I first saw the ‘Aqua Buddha’ ad late Saturday afternoon in an email blast from Conway campaign. And my jaw dropped.
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Why The Fuss About Jack Conway?
Why The Fuss About Jack Conway?
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justoneminute.typepad.com, The New Republic and JustOneMinute
The Huffington Post:
Conway's Attack On Paul Slammed By Fellow Dems
Conway's Attack On Paul Slammed By Fellow Dems
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TPMDC, The Caucus and The Note
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Sympathy For Rand Paul
Sympathy For Rand Paul
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Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Confusion was the word of the day on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” this morning when the panel questioned why so many women have been drawn to the Tea Party movement. — Co-host Mika Brzezinski, The New York Times' Sam Tanenhaus, CBS's Lesley Stahl, columnist Mike Barnicle, and Newsweek's Jon Meacham …
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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Sarah Palin to GOP: “Man Up” and Support Tea Party Candidates
Sarah Palin to GOP: “Man Up” and Support Tea Party Candidates
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Scared Monkeys, The Other McCain, Firedoglake and CBS News
Lpratapas / CNN:
CNN's New Palin Interview
CNN's New Palin Interview
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Politics Daily, The Hill, Associated Press, ABCNEWS, Zandar Versus The Stupid and Weasel Zippers
Lpratapas / CNN:
Political theater but no fireworks in NY gubernatorial debate — (CNN) - New York's gubernatorial debate lived up to its expectation that it would be political theater as Republican candidate Carl Paladino faced Democrat Andrew Cuomo for the first time in a debate in a race making headlines for its nasty tone.
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Albany Governor Debate Verges on Farce
Albany Governor Debate Verges on Farce
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Crazy Carl (Paladino) and His Radical Plan for New York
Crazy Carl (Paladino) and His Radical Plan for New York
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Washington Wire, Washington Post and The Daily Beast
Steve / What Do I Know?:
Joe Miller: “If East Germany could, we could.” — I went to the Joe Miller town hall this afternoon at Central Middle School. It was an interesting session, about 175 people, and I was impressed with how courteous, for the most part, the audience was with several questions from people who were clearly not Miller supporters.
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Jillian Rayfield / TPMDC:
Joe Miller On Securing The Border: ‘If East Germany Could, We Could’ (VIDEO)
Joe Miller On Securing The Border: ‘If East Germany Could, We Could’ (VIDEO)
Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Angle to Hispanic children: “Some of you look a little more Asian to me” — As more of the video surfaces from GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle's meeting last week with Rancho High School's Hispanic kids, the more bizarre it gets. Elsewhere on this blog, I have posted the video of her claiming …
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The Note:
ABC News Exclusive: Tea Party Candidate in Nevada Senate May Tip …
ABC News Exclusive: Tea Party Candidate in Nevada Senate May Tip …
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The Politico, Raw Story, TPMDC and YID With LID
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Sharron Angle: My ads aren't referring to Mexico, except when they clearly are
Sharron Angle: My ads aren't referring to Mexico, except when they clearly are
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Mediaite, Zandar Versus The Stupid, TPMDC, The Reaction and Las Vegas Sun Blogs
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Gregg: Repeal not best tactic on health reform — A top Senate Republican suggested Monday night that the party's prevailing strategies to curtail the new healthcare law might not be good ideas. — Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.), the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Almost half of likely voters view healthcare reform unfavorably
The Daily Caller:
Guy gets revenge on ex-girlfriend on CSPAN2 — When the audience gathered for a Book TV discussion of Jonah Goldberg's new book, “Proud to be Right,” they got more than your average CSPAN fare. — It turns out panelists Todd Seavey and Helen Rittelmeyer, both contributors to Goldberg's collection …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
GOP Holds Solid Leads in Voter Preferences for Another Week — Gallup trends from prior midterm years suggest shifts are still possible — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup's tracking of the generic ballot for Congress finds Republicans leading Democrats by 5 percentage points among registered voters …
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Top of the Ticket, Commentary, Scared Monkeys, The Other McCain, The Hill, Viking Pundit, GayPatriot, JammieWearingFool and Wake up America
Jackson Diehl / PostPartisan:
How Obama sabotaged Middle East peace talks — For 15 years and more, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas conducted peace talks with Israel in the absence of a freeze on Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Now, it appears as likely as not that his newborn negotiations …
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Betsy's Page, AmSpecBlog, Israel Matzav and Commentary
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RushLimbaugh.com:
Helpless Liberals Watch as Obama Switches from Messiah to Demon — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: I don't care where you look today, folks. Everywhere in the State-Controlled Media, this election is being reported as a Democrat disaster. Anywhere from 55 to 70, maybe 80 seats in the House …
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The Politico, Gateway Pundit and theblogprof
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. Pushes to Ease Technical Obstacles to Wiretapping — WASHINGTON — Law enforcement and counterterrorism officials, citing lapses in compliance with surveillance orders, are pushing to overhaul a federal law that requires phone and broadband carriers to ensure that their networks can be wiretapped, federal officials say.
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Raw Story and Prairie Weather
Victorino Matus / Weekly Standard:
Ick-arus Syndrome — Do poor ratings for ‘Parker Spitzer’ mean viewers have yet to forgive the former governor? — “Struggling cable news net CNN has fallen to another 10-year low in terms of ratings,” MediaBuyerPlanner reported last week. … This isn't the way it was supposed to happen.
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Commentary and Liberty Pundits Blog
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Citing health care law, Boeing pares employee plan — WASHINGTON - Aerospace giant Boeing is joining the list of companies that say the new health care law could have a potential downside for their workers. — In a letter mailed to employees late last week, the company cited the overhaul …
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Quinnipiac University:
Kasich Holds Off Strickland In Ohio Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Independent Voters Back Republican Almost 2-1 — Republican John Kasich remains in command of the Ohio governor's race with a 51 - 41 percent likely voter lead over Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland …
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Cooperation vs. Confrontation: Do Nice Guys Finish First? — Obama Seen as More Cooperative Than Other Political Players — If nice guys finished first, Barack Obama might be riding high. — So suggests the latest ABC News/Yahoo! News poll, in which Obama far outpoints other players …
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Andrew Harmon / Advocate:
Judge Skeptical of Govt. Arguments — If a Monday afternoon federal court hearing in Riverside, Calif., was any indication, a recent judicial ruling barring any enforcement of the “don't ask, don't tell” policy will remain in effect unless a higher court intervenes.
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Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
THE MOST ‘FRIENDED’ CANDIDATES — It may be sad, but it's probably true: The future of elections might come down to who has the most Facebook friends. — There's a new site up that tracks the Facebook friends of this year's candidates. We've combed the numbers for the most “friended” politicos around:
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
From Obama, the Tax Cut Nobody Heard Of — HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — What if a president cut Americans' income taxes by $116 billion and nobody noticed? — It is not a rhetorical question. At Pig Pickin' and Politickin', a barbecue-fed rally organized here last week by a Republican women's club …
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Mother Jones and Prairie Weather
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just Coming Right Out & Saying It — There are a lot of subterranean efforts afoot around the country right now to suppress the vote of various racial minorities. But a group styling itself Latinos for Reform is taken a more straightforward approach: their running ads in Nevada asking Latino voters simply not to vote.
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Ben Smith's Blog, Zandar Versus The Stupid and Booman Tribune
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
It's Official: Obama Has Now Borrowed $3 Trillion — It's official: The Obama administration has now borrowed $3 trillion, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. — It took from 1776, when the United States became an independent country, until 1990, the year after the Berlin Wall fell signaling victory …
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Weasel Zippers, Michelle Malkin, HotAirPundit and Gateway Pundit
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
In Kansas, Climate Skeptics Embrace Cleaner Energy — SALINA, Kan. — Residents of this deeply conservative city do not put much stock in scientific predictions of climate change. — “Don't mention global warming,” warned Nancy Jackson, chairwoman of the Climate and Energy Project …
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The Reality-Based Community
Daily Kos:
Meet Joe Miller's Thugs: Drop Zone Security — If you went to bed early tonight, you may have missed one of the most wonderful gifts that the Teabaggers have ever given to the Democrats: Alaskan GOP Senate candidate, Joe Miller. — If you wanna catch up on Joe's recent antics …
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TPMDC, The Immoral Minority, Talking Points Memo and Progressive Alaska
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Democrats' Grip on the South Continues to Slip — JONESBORO, Ark. — The Southern white Democrat, long on the endangered list, is at risk of being pushed one step closer to extinction. — From Virginia to Florida and South Carolina to Texas, nearly two dozen Democratic seats are susceptible …