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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 …
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Riehl World View, New York Magazine, Doug Ross, Hot Air, Conservatives4Palin.com, Liberty Pundits Blog, The Right Scoop and GOP 12
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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 …
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CNN, The Note and Ben Smith's Blog
Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
AK senate hopeful admits earlier policy violation
AK senate hopeful admits earlier policy violation
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Politics Daily and National Review
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” …
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The Moderate Voice, Providence Journal, Projo 7 to 7 News Blog, The Note, Wake up America, Beltway Confidential, The Politico, The Hill, Top of the Ticket, WPRI-TV, The Caucus, Sister Toldjah, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Taylor Marsh, Front Row Washington, New York Times, The TrogloPundit, Gretawire, Hot Air and TPMDC
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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: How to spot a GOP wave
First Thoughts: How to spot a GOP wave
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Chicago Tribune, NRSC and Pajamas Media
Michelle R. Smith / Associated Press:
RI Dem: Obama can ‘shove it’ for not endorsing him
RI Dem: Obama can ‘shove it’ for not endorsing him
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The Atlantic Online, Gawker, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, WPRI-TV, Politics Daily, Blue Gal and Liberty Pundits Blog
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.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Just who does Jon Stewart think he is?
Just who does Jon Stewart think he is?
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NewsBusters.org blogs, more at Mediagazer »
Ed O'Keefe / Federal Eye:
'Government Doesn't Suck' march planned
'Government Doesn't Suck' march planned
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The Daily Caller, Hit & Run, LewRockwell.com Blog and NewsBusters.org blogs
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Sharron Angle ad shows Mexican border — after she insisted her ads weren't about Latinos — Here's Sharron Angle's latest ad attacking Harry Reid over illegal immigration. It's a doozy — it sounds the alarm about “waves of illegal aliens streaming across our border joining violent gangs.”
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Anjeanette Damon / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Sharron Angle dodges press at Reno event
Sharron Angle dodges press at Reno event
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The Note, Salon, The Political Carnival and HarryReid.com
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 …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Democratic Rep. Taylor says he voted for McCain, not Obama
Democratic Rep. Taylor says he voted for McCain, not Obama
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Sun Herald, Washington Wire, The Fix, Sister Toldjah, Weasel Zippers, Washington Post, TPMDC, Beltway Confidential, National Review and Daily Kos
Jordan Fabian / Ballot Box:
Democratic Rep. Taylor says he voted McCain for president, not Obama
Democratic Rep. Taylor says he voted McCain for president, not Obama
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Michelle Malkin
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.
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Politics Daily, National Review, The Political Carnival and Daily Kos
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Jesse Zwick / The Washington Independent:
Raese's Companies Relied on Government Contracts in West Virginia
Raese's Companies Relied on Government Contracts in West Virginia
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ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Mitch McConnell: I Want To Be Senate Majority Leader In Order To Make Obama A One-Term President — From the moment Obama entered office, right-wing conservatives embraced the posture of hell-bent opposition. Recall, in Jan. 2009, hate radio host Rush Limbaugh expressed his hope that Obama fails.
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NationalJournal.com, American Glob, Climate Progress, Blogcritics, Indecision Forever, New York Magazine, Riehl World View and Gawker
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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 …
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The Politico, Taylor Marsh, protein wisdom, The Capitol Fax Blog and The Washington Note
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.
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.
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Balloon Juice and The Washington Independent
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 …
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 …
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Crooks and Liars, USU Statesman, Washington Monthly, Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, Raw Story and The Moderate Voice
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.
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Breitbart.tv, Wonkette, The Other McCain, Mediaite and GayPatriot
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Falling Into the Chasm — This is what happens when you need to leap over an economic chasm — but either can't or won't jump far enough, so that you only get part of the way across. — If Democrats do as badly as expected in next week's elections, pundits will rush to interpret the results as a referendum on ideology.
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.
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Taegan Goddard's … and Wake up America
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.
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Little Green Footballs, Atlas Shrugs, Salon and TPMMuckraker
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 …
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Don Surber, The Anchoress, Wonk Room, Wonkette and Babalú Blog
Benjamin Sarlin / The Daily Beast:
Five Signs Your Party Is Doomed — Democrat or Republican, party leaders and pundits all turn to the same spin when they're staring down a tidal wave. Benjamin Sarlin offers this handy list of signs that your team is in deep trouble, from mythical last-minute surges to impotent attacks on the next Speaker.
New York Times:
Taking Harder Stance Toward China, Obama Lines Up Allies — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, facing a vexed relationship with China on exchange rates, trade, and security issues, is stiffening its approach toward Beijing, seeking allies to confront a newly assertive power that officials …
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Swampland
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 …
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iOwnTheWorld.com, The Sundries Shack, 24Ahead, Gateway Pundit and The Other McCain
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.
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Salon, Outside the Beltway, GOP 12, Conservatives4Palin.com and Althouse
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 …
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Ross Douthat, Modeled Behavior and The American Scene
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Paragraphs to Ponder — From Scientific American, on “taboo trade-offs”: … For me, this resonates with my growing disgust at the level of anger in the blogosphere. I don't mean irritation, pointed jibes, or even spirited discussion; I mean an aggressive revelling in rage.
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Crooked Timber and The New Republic