memeorandum: Huckabee blasts Rove, ‘elitist’ GOP establishment (Ben Smith/Ben Smith's Blog)

6:20 AM ET, October 25, 2010

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Huckabee blasts Rove, ‘elitist’ GOP establishment — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee today broadened the assault on the Republican Party establishment — and former Bush adviser Karl Rove in particular — levied recently by Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh, blasting the “elitism” and …

Discussion: News Talk Radio 77 WABC …, National Review, GOP 12 and The Page

Paul / Power Line:

Huckabee's gambit — Mike Huckabee has blasted Karl Rove and the “Republican Party establishment” for the “elitism” and “country club attitude” that he claims has driven Republican criticism of Christine O'Donnell. Huckabee says that he too was the victim of the such elitism when he ran for president.

David Weigel / Slate:
Lefty academics convene in Berkeley to try to make sense of the Tea Party movement.

Discussion: Right Wing News, American Power, Don Surber, GayPatriot and Althouse

Amy Gardner / Washington Post: Gauging the scope of the tea party movement in America

Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:

Pro-Republican Groups Prepare Big Push at End of Races — OVIEDO, Fla. — The phalanx of anonymously financed conservative groups that have played such a crucial role this campaign year is starting a carefully coordinated final push to deliver control of Congress to Republicans …

Discussion: The Page

Kasie Hunt / The Politico:

House: The Daily 10 — Minnesota 8th District — Rep. Jim Oberstar's hometown paper wants him to come back to Duluth. The News Tribune backed Oberstar in 2006 and 2008 but this time they've endorsed Republican challenger Chip Cravaack, a Navy veteran. The paper says Oberstar …

New York Times:
G.O.P. Is Poised to Seize House, if Not Senate

Discussion: Swampland and Daily Kos

Newsweek:

America's Worst Politician — The short, ugly career of Alan Grayson. — ORLANDO—There are hundreds of plausible nominees for the title of America's Second-Smarmiest Politician, but surely the top spot is un-contested. Americans of all political persuasions can come together in affirming …

Discussion: The Democratic Daily, Booman Tribune, YID With LID, Power Line, Pajamas Media, Don Surber and Beltway Confidential

JammieWearingFool:

Shocking Video: 60 Minutes Admits Unemployment is Actually 17%, 22% in California — I nearly fell out of my chair tonight when 60 Minutes admitted this. Yes, 60 Minutes. — You can bet the White House and their lackeys will be all over them tomorrow. This isn't news the Democrats need America …

Discussion: Breitbart.tv, Big Government, GayPatriot and Weasel Zippers

Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:

“Heckler” Disrupts Florida U.S. Senate Debate — Tampa, Florida- The three candidates for the open U.S. Senate seat in Florida squared off again in another debate hosted by CNN and the St. Petersburg Times this Sunday morning. The audience was not lulled to sleep, as there were an abundance …

Discussion: Hot Air, JammieWearingFool and RedState

Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Crist, Meek try to paint Rubio as too extreme in Sunday Senate debate

Discussion: CNN and The Politico

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
LIVE BLOG from the Florida Senate debate

Discussion: The Political Carnival

Charles Murray / Washington Post:

The tea party warns of a New Elite. They're right. — The tea party appears to be of one mind on at least one thing: America has been taken over by a New Elite. — “On one side, we have the elites,” Fox News host Glenn Beck explained last month, “and the other side, we have the regular people.”

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Betsy's Page, Firedoglake, No More Mister Nice Blog, Gawker, ParaPundit, Yglesias and EconLog

T.W. Farnam / Washington Post:

Companies that received bailout money giving generously to candidates — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) was a fierce critic of the federal bailout of General Motors and Chrysler last year, saying he could not “ask the American taxpayer to subsidize failure.” — But GM doesn't seem to hold a grudge.

Discussion: Open Congress and New York Magazine

Mark J. Konkol / Chicago Sun Times:

Hendon calls Brady ‘idiotic, racist, sexist, homophobic’ — Quinn: 'I don't associate myself with those comments' — Always-outspoken state Sen. Rickey Hendon on Saturday took aim at Republican gubernatorial nominee Bill Brady at a “get out the vote” rally on the West Side.

Discussion: Clout St, Weasel Zippers, Big Government, The Capitol Fax Blog and Beltway Confidential

Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:

California voters likely to keep global warming law, toss two-thirds budget passage — Prop. 23, which would suspend new emissions standards until unemployment drops, trails 48% to 32% among likely voters. Prop. 25, allowing a legislative majority to pass a budget, has 58% support.

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Molly Ball / The Politico:

The early vote: Signs of GOP passion — Just over a week before Election Day, signs of widespread Republican enthusiasm are apparent in the early-voter data, including in some places with highly competitive statewide races. Yet at the same time, for Democrats there are promising data …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, FiveThirtyEight, American Power and The Moderate Voice