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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 …
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Hot Air, Moe Lane and JammieWearingFool
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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 …
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YID With LID, Power Line, Pajamas Media and Beltway Confidential
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Crist, Meek try to paint Rubio as too extreme in Sunday Senate debate
Crist, Meek try to paint Rubio as too extreme in Sunday Senate debate
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CNN and The Politico
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.”
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Firedoglake, Yglesias, Daniel W. Drezner and EconLog
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Wikileaks documents show WMDs found in Iraq — In this case, the surprise isn't the data but the source. Wikileaks' new release from purloined files of the Department of Defense may help remind people that, contrary to popular opinion and media memes, the US did find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and in significant quantities.
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NO QUARTER, Obsidian Wings, NewsBusters.org blogs, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Pajamas Media
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
I SAID BEFORE THAT WIKILEAKS' JULIAN ASSANGE WAS CLEARLY A TOOL, BUT WHOSE?
I SAID BEFORE THAT WIKILEAKS' JULIAN ASSANGE WAS CLEARLY A TOOL, BUT WHOSE?
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The Mahablog, Whiskey Fire, Chicago Boyz, Right Pundits, Flopping Aces, Andrew Bolt, TigerHawk, Danger Room, Outside the Beltway and Tim Blair
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Gauging the scope of the tea party movement in America — In an unruly, unpredictable and chaotic election year, no group has asserted its presence and demanded to be heard more forcefully than the tea party. The grass-roots movement that was spawned with a rant has gone on to upend …
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Raw Story, Washington Monthly, Prairie Weather, Booman Tribune and Blue Virginia
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David Weigel / Slate:
Lefty academics convene in Berkeley to try to make sense of the Tea Party movement.
Lefty academics convene in Berkeley to try to make sense of the Tea Party movement.
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Don Surber, GayPatriot and Althouse
Tammy Webber / Associated Press:
Gay voters angry at Democrats could sway election — CHICAGO - Kate Coatar is seriously considering voting for Green Party candidates instead of Democrats, whom she normally supports. James Wyatt won't cast a ballot at all because he no longer trusts anyone to fight for causes important to him.
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Pam's House Blend, Joe. My. God. and GayPatriot
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Reid: ‘My manhood has never been in question’ — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) fired back at GOP challenger Sharron Angle on Saturday for saying during their debate earlier this month that he should “man up.” — “This is what her and her kind all around this country are using …
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Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers, JammieWearingFool, Gateway Pundit and Sister Toldjah
Joshua Miller / ABCNEWS:
Top Democrat Says His Party Will Not Lose the House — DNC Chair Tim Kaine Says Country Trending in Democratic Direction — Does Tim Kaine, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, know something all the pundits, pollsters and political prognosticators don't?
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Crooks and Liars, Scared Monkeys, Raw Story and The Reaction
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
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 …
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Power Line, News Talk Radio 77 WABC …, The Page and GOP 12
Frank Rich / New York Times:
What Happened to Change We Can Believe In? — PRESIDENT Obama, the Rodney Dangerfield of 2010, gets no respect for averting another Great Depression, for saving 3.3 million jobs with stimulus spending, or for salvaging GM and Chrysler from the junkyard. And none of these good deeds …
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 …
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FiveThirtyEight, American Power and The Moderate Voice
Buffalo News:
Cuomo for governor — Attorney general is the only candidate who has a chance of reforming Albany — In the end, there is no choice for governor but Andrew Cuomo, and it's not just because Carl Paladino burned his own campaign to cinders after scorching Rick Lazio in September's gubernatorial primary.
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Firedoglake, Gawker, The Daily Politics and Gothamist
Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Jerry Brown's lead doubles in a month; little change in Senate race — Meg Whitman's handling of housekeeper scandal and record-breaking spending have cost her support among women, Latinos and independents. Barbara Boxer maintains an 8-point lead over Carly Fiorina.
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