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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 …
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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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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.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Huckabee blasts Rove, ‘elitist’ GOP establishment
Huckabee blasts Rove, ‘elitist’ GOP establishment
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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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Keach Hagey / The Politico:
NPR CEO apologizes for handling of Williams firing — Vivian Schiller, the NPR CEO who has gotten criticism from all sides about NPR's decision to fire Juan Williams, apologized to her colleagues Sunday evening for the way the firing was handled. — Among the most problematic aspects …
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Hume: Race had role in NPR firing Williams
Hume: Race had role in NPR firing Williams
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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.
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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 …
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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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The Independent:
Secret war at the heart of Wikileaks — Crisis in Haiti as cholera epidemic reaches the capital — An ungodly row at the Dawkins Foundation — Why don't they leak their funding? Why don't they leak their staff and founders. Why don't they leak their true intentions?
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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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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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Detroit News:
Clinton: Democrats must make strong showing at Nov. polls — Detroit- The U.S. is on its way to financial recovery but Democrats must show up at the polls Nov. 2 to prevent further economic strife, former president Bill Clinton told a rally in Detroit today.
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Gateway Pundit
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.
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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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