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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Clarence Thomas's Wife Asks Anita Hill for Apology — WASHINGTON — Nearly 20 years after Anita Hill accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during his contentious Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Justice Thomas's wife has called Ms. Hill, seeking an apology.
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Virginia Thomas Leaves Anita Hill a Voicemail Asking for An Apology — Hill Says No — ABC News' Jake Tapper, Ariane de Vogue and KGO's Mark Matthews report: — A few days ago, Brandeis University professor Anita Hill received a message on her voice mail at work.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
GINNI THOMAS STAYS AWFULLY BUSY.... The bizarre right-wing activism of Ginni Thomas, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, has taken on a higher profile this year. As she sees it, “there's a war going on against tyranny,” and in her worldview, the tyrants are America's elected leaders.
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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Virginia Thomas seeks apology from Anita Hill
Virginia Thomas seeks apology from Anita Hill
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Suburban Guerrilla and Oliver Willis
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Justice's Wife Seeks Apology From His Accuser
Justice's Wife Seeks Apology From His Accuser
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Spiegel Online:
‘Obama Has Turned Out to Be an Utter Disaster’ — Karl Rove was one of President George W. Bush's closest advisers. SPIEGEL spoke with the political analyst about the widespread anger against Barack Obama and the prospects of Tea Party success in the coming midterm elections.
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Fox News:
Palin: ‘Queen Bee’ of GOP ‘Mean Girls’ Has Message for Times' Dowd | On the Record — This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” Oct. 18, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. — GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Today the Tea Party Express launched …
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Jordan Fabian / Ballot Box:
Pa. Democrat admits helping Tea Party candidate
Pa. Democrat admits helping Tea Party candidate
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Tea Party Express's pricey cruises
Tea Party Express's pricey cruises
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Judy L. Thomas / Kansas City Star:
NAACP releases report accusing tea party groups of links to bigots
NAACP releases report accusing tea party groups of links to bigots
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Secretive Republican Donors Are Planning Ahead — A secretive network of Republican donors is heading to the Palm Springs area for a long weekend in January, but it will not be to relax after a hard-fought election — it will be to plan for the next one. — Koch Industries …
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Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
MEMO: Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met With Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck To Plot 2010 Election — In 2006, Koch Industries owner Charles Koch revealed to the Wall Street Journal's Stephen Moore that he coordinates the funding of the conservative infrastructure of front groups …
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
A Fine Mahoke To You All — I usually tend to think the liberals …
A Fine Mahoke To You All — I usually tend to think the liberals …
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Ezra Klein
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Pelosi's Favorable Rating as Speaker Drops to 29%, a New Low — Nearly 6 in 10 independents now view her unfavorably — PRINCETON, NJ — Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's favorable rating is down seven percentage points since May to 29%, a new low for her since assuming the top congressional post.
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Sean J. Miller / The Hill:
Speaker Pelosi ‘majority makers’ are facing electoral challenges — Two-term Democrats, whose victories helped secure the Speaker's job for Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), are facing the possibility of a near-wipeout in the Nov. 2 election. — Of 10 reelection races involving sophomore Democrats …
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Colby Itkowitz / Morning Call:
Poll: Joe Sestak overtakes Pat Toomey — New U.S. Senate poll shows Democrat with three-point lead. — WASHINGTON — Joe Sestak has pulled ahead of Pat Toomey after trailing for months in their closely watched Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race, an independent poll confirms.
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Unions making push for Sestak as polls show race tightening
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Barney Frank gives $200K to his campaign — Longtime Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank has given his re-election campaign $200,000 as he faces his toughest race in years. — A campaign finance report filed Tuesday showed that Frank, the chairman of the powerful House Financial Services committee, lent himself the money Tuesday.
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Dave Wedge / Boston Herald:
Rep. Barney Frank loans his campaign $200,000 — U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, in a scrap for his political life, has lent his campaign $200,000, according to newly filed financial records. — Frank (D-Newton), who's facing a stiff challenge in the 4th Congressional District from upstart Republican Sean Bielat …
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Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
GOP in Lead in Final Lap — A vigorous post-Labor Day Democratic offensive has failed to diminish the resurgent Republicans' lead among likely voters, leaving the GOP poised for major gains in congressional elections two weeks away, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: GOP poised for big midterm gains
NBC/WSJ poll: GOP poised for big midterm gains
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Colorado Pols:
You Knew They'd Hit The Wrong Markey Eventually — UPDATE #2: Rep. Ed Markey (the Democrat from Massachusetts — the male Markey) chimes in with his own quote: … UPDATE: We've created this handy-dandy tool that allows you to quickly figure out which Markey you are trying to discuss …
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Emily Guevara / Tyler Morning Telegraph:
Sold-Out Crowd Gives Former President Bush Three Standing Ovations During Speech — Former President George W. Bush pulled back the curtain of the Oval Office and gave East Texans a picture of what his job was like during the high and low points. — With trademark humor and conviction …
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Jack Coleman / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Rachel Maddow at Most Shameless: Claims GOP Congressman ‘Received Advance Notice’ of Oklahoma City Bombing — “Lean Forward,” MSNBC's new slogan suggests. The better to stick a shiv in your opponent's back. — Ethics-averse Rachel Maddow did exactly that on her MSNBC show last night.
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Associated Press:
Obama to appear on ‘The Daily Show’ — President is set to tape appearance on Oct. 27 — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is taking his campaign message to “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart. — White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer says Obama is taping an appearance on Oct. 27, just days before the Nov. 2 elections.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Making Ignorance Chic — Casanova's rule for seduction was to tell a beautiful woman she was intelligent and an intelligent woman she was beautiful. — The false choice between intellectualism and sexuality in women has persisted through the ages. There was no more poignant victim of it than Marilyn Monroe.
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Political Punch:
Is Obama Skipping Temple Over Headgear? — From Russell Goldman and Jake Tapper: — On an upcoming trip to India, President Obama will skip visiting one of the country's most sacred shrines out of fear that wearing the requisite headgear might make him appear Muslim, according to reports from the United States and India.
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New York Times, The Indian Express, Outside the Beltway and Ben Smith's Blog
Bloomberg:
Wall Street Bailout Returns 8.2% Profit Beating Treasury Bonds — The U.S. government's bailout of financial firms through the Troubled Asset Relief Program provided taxpayers with higher returns than they could have made buying 30-year Treasury bonds — enough money to fund the Securities …
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Ezra Klein and Mediaite
Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
Dems Cut Members Adrift — The Democratic Congressional Committee is spending millions of dollars in key districts around the country on late independent expenditures, demonstrating the districts Democrats believe can be saved from a national wave — and the members the party believes …
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Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
New York Times:
Britain Details Radical Cuts in Spending, Citing Debt — LONDON — Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer unveiled the country's steepest public spending cuts in decades on Wednesday, sharply reducing welfare benefits and eliminating almost half a million public sector jobs over the next four years …
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Justin Elliott / Salon:
Ex-boss: “We were relieved” when Joe Miller left — Alaska GOP Senate candidate and Tea Partier Joe Miller, who is already under fire for breaking ethics rules while working as an attorney in 2008, had a rocky tenure at an earlier job at a top Anchorage law firm, his former supervisor tells Salon.
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Democrats bank on early voting to bridge enthusiasm gap — LAS VEGAS - Walter Grimsley woke up Saturday morning and remembered he had an errand to run. He had to go vote. — The government retiree's phone had been ringing every few hours with reminder calls from Democratic volunteers.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Most Americans Say U.S. Is Too Politically Correct — It may not be politically correct to say it, but most Americans think the country's gotten too PC and see that as a problem. — A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% of Adults believe America today has become …
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
N.Y. Fed: Banks Should Buy Mortgages — To the long list of those picking fights with banks over bad mortgages, add the Federal Reserve. — Two years after the Fed bought billions of dollars in mortgage securities as part of the financial bailout, its New York arm is questioning the paperwork …