Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:55 PM ET, October 25, 2010

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Bill Haberman / 630wpro.com:
Caprio tells WPRO President can “shove” his endorsement  —  Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio is livid after the Providence Journal reported Monday morning President Obama would not endorse Caprio during his visit to the state today.  —  “He can take his endorsement and really shove it” …
RELATED:
First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: How to spot a GOP wave
Discussion: Chicago Tribune, NRSC and Pajamas Media
Chris Good / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Can ‘Take His Endorsement And...Shove It’
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Blue Gal
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Lisa's Gall vs. Miller's Honor  —  I have never seen a candidate stoop as low as was seen last night in Alaska's senatorial debate.  —  Alaska's Joe Miller is facing a tough three-way race for U.S. Senate.  Though Joe decisively defeated the incumbent Senator in the primary …
RELATED:
Ben Stein / Alaska Dispatch:
Good Old Tail-Gunner Joe Miller  —  When we think of a dangerous politician in these United States, if we are of a certain age, we think of Broderick Crawford playing “Willy Stark,” the doppelganger for Huey Long, the colorful, swaggering demagogue of Louisiana in the Depression era …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, CNN and The Note
Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
AK senate hopeful admits earlier policy violation
Discussion: Politics Daily and National Review
Next Media Animation:
Jon Stewart rallies the troops in Washington  —  Guest starring Nicholas J Longtin as ‘Sane Demonstrator’.  —  Comedian Jon Stewart plans to hold a rally for viewers and fans in Washington on October 30.  Dubbed the “Rally to Restore Sanity,” the event is seen as a response to a similar rally held by Glenn Beck over the summer.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Awl
RELATED:
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Just who does Jon Stewart think he is?
Ed O'Keefe / Federal Eye:
'Government Doesn't Suck' march planned
RELATED:
David Brody / The Brody File:
Christine O'Donnell Interview With The Brody File  —  In an exclusive sit-down interview with The Brody File, Christine O'Donnell says first time voters in Delaware will propel her to victory on November 2nd despite the media's “double standard” against conservative women.
Charlie Cook / National Journal Online:
Dems' House Losses Likely Enormous, but Senate Hard to Read  —  There is no clear narrative in the Senate, just bizarre ups and downs.  —  Sen. Russell Feingold and Republican candidate Ron Johnson debate.  —  It's easy to look at what appears to be a gigantic Republican 2010 midterm election wave …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Pelosi: 'We haven't really gotten the credit for what we have done'  —  Democrats haven't necessarily gotten the credit they're due for the work they've done the last two years, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said.  —  Pelosi, in the middle of a tough campaign to defend Democrats' majority …
RELATED:
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Manchin expands lead  —  The great challenge of Joe Manchin's Senate campaign has been this: convincing West Virginia voters who like him but don't like Barack Obama to let their affection for him outweigh their animosity toward the President in deciding how to vote this fall.
RELATED:
Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:   Nugent to rock out for Raese
Ashley Southall / The Caucus:
In Appeal to Hispanics, Obama Promises to Push Immigration Reform  —  In the final week leading up to the midterm elections, President Barack Obama is encouraging Hispanic voters to turn their frustration over stalled immigration reform against Republicans on Election Day.
RELATED:
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Barack Obama to Eddie ‘Piolin’ Sotelo: Don't blame me
Fhardingj / CNN:
Reid ad: Angle would be a disaster  —  (CNN) - As Nevada's bitter and bruising Senate race nears its end, Sen. Harry Reid is hoping that voters look past the rancor and focus squarely on jobs.  —  A new ad released by Reid's campaign over the weekend combines a series of damning newspaper quotes …
Discussion: The Politico and The Page
RELATED:
Anjeanette Damon / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Sharron Angle dodges press at Reno event
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
A Second Pass at Early Voting Totals: Now With Extra Skepticism  —  I've gotten a lot of pushback on my column from Sunday night about early voting figures.  Michael P. McDonald of the Huffington Post, for instance — whose work I referenced at a couple of points in my article - calls it …
The Note:
Sarah Palin Gets Gift of Pink Underwear from Sheriff Arpaio  —  ABC News' Mary Bruce Reports:  —  Add this to list of bizarre and unusual campaign trail antics: at last week's Tea Party Express rally in Phoenix, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio welcomed Sarah Palin with a pair of pink underwear.
Andrew Marcus / Big Government:
Identified: Right Nation Protester Who Called Andrew Breitbart ‘Gay’ Is A Democrat Party Official  —  During last month's Right Nation gathering just outside of Chicago, Andrew Breitbart found himself confronting a group of angry protesters who had been bussed in by the Democratic Party.
Alexis Levinson / The Daily Caller:
Scalia takes Kagan to gun range, sources say  —  According to two witnesses, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia took fellow Justice Elena Kagan out for a lesson in skeet shooting at his shooting club in Virginia last week.  —  The witnesses saw Scalia at the Fairfax Rod and Gun Club …
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Republicans Remain in Control of Race for House  —  Democrats have gained modestly among independents  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans remain in position to win control of the House of Representatives in next week's midterm elections, although Democrats are doing slightly better now than they were early in October.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Republican: Expect ‘two years of good old-fashioned gridlock’ if GOP wins House  —  Voters should expect “good old-fashioned gridlock” in Washington if Republicans win control of one or both chambers of Congress, one GOP lawmaker said.  —  Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), a vice chairman …
John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
2012: How Sarah Barracuda Becomes President  —  Why do you think Barack Obama is being so nice to Michael Bloomberg?  —  On a pale-gold mid-October afternoon, Sarah Palin takes the stage at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, and the faithful are ready for her.
Michelle Malkin:
Voter fraud watch: They're at it again  —  Here we go again.  Desperation plus the by-any-means-necessary credo plus a nationwide force of Alinsky avengers equals another recipe for voter fraud.  —  In Colorado, it's Common Cause of Colorado, Mi Familia Vota Education Fund …
Tennessean.com:
(5 of 7)  —  “It really undermines the trust in nonprofits,” he said.  “This is really off the grid.”  —  The Frist Foundation's Bird said the discrepancy between the Investigative Project's application to the IRS and its practices is troubling.  —  “It looks like they told the government one thing and did another,” he said.
Myglesias / Yglesias:
The Money Market Run  —  Something that's been bugging me for a while now is that people largely seem to have forgotten what it is that actually happened in the fall of 2008 as the financial crisis reached its most acute stage.  Amar Bhidé's new book, A Call for Judgment …
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 …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 6:55 PM ET, October 25, 2010.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Azi Paybarah / The Empire:
Bloomberg wants to ‘restore’ term limits
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Congressman wants chewing tobacco thrown out of World Series
Jordan Fabian / Ballot Box:
Poll: Toomey reclaims narrow lead in Pa. Senate race
Robert Reich / The Huffington Post:
After the Midterms: Why Democrats Move to the Center, and Republicans Don't
Discussion: National Review
The Huffington Post:
Social Conservative Robocall Drops ‘Homosexual’ …
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Paragraphs to Ponder  —  From Scientific American, on “taboo trade-offs”:
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Oklahoma's Preemptive Strike Against Sharia Law
 Earlier Items: 
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Key Tax Breaks at Risk as Panel Looks at Cuts
Catherine E. Shoichet / CNN:
‘Hiccup Girl’ charged in Florida slaying
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Pro-Republican Groups Prepare Big Push at End of Races