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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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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: How to spot a GOP wave — How to spot a GOP wave on Election Night: Watch the early races in IN-9, GA-8, and KY-6... Tomorrow's midterm topic: How to see if Democrats are on their way toward pulling off the upset and holding the House... If John Dingell's in trouble …
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John E. Mulligan / Providence Journal:
Obama won't endorse Caprio during R.I. visit
Obama won't endorse Caprio during R.I. visit
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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, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Politics Daily and Liberty Pundits Blog
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE VALUE OF MCCONNELL'S OCCASIONAL CANDOR.... For all of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) many faults, he has one especially interesting habit. Once in a while, for no apparent reason, McConnell will say what he's actually thinking, giving us fairly valuable insights into his plans and motivations.
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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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Indecision Forever, NationalJournal.com, Climate Progress, New York Magazine and Riehl World View
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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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
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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protein wisdom, The Atlantic Online, The Capitol Fax Blog and The Washington Note
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Election Day could bring historic split: Democrats lose House, keep Senate
Election Day could bring historic split: Democrats lose House, keep Senate
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Washington Wire and Naked Politics
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.
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The Note, CNN, Top of the Ticket, Politics Daily, Little Green Footballs, Wonkette, The Politico, The Hill, The Political Carnival, National Review and msnbc.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 — Conservative Democratic Rep. Gene Taylor (Miss.) said over the weekend that voted against his own party when he went to the ballot box to vote for president in 2008. — Taylor told the Sun Herald of South Mississippi that he chose …
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Sun Herald, Washington Post, Weasel Zippers, TPMDC, National Review and Daily Kos
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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Taegan Goddard's …, National Review and The Political Carnival
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Jeremy P. Jacobs / Hotline On Call:
Starting Lineup: California Dreaming
Starting Lineup: California Dreaming
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The Atlantic Online, About.com Conservative …, The Agonist, GayPatriot, NRSC, The Moderate Voice and Calitics
Patricia Murphy / Politics Daily:
Joe Manchin Not Endorsing Reid for Leader, Obama for President
Joe Manchin Not Endorsing Reid for Leader, Obama for President
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CNN, The Politico, The Fix, Swing State Project, Weasel Zippers, MyDD, Squawk Box and Don Surber
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, Ben Smith's Blog and The Note
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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
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Pro-Republican Groups Prepare Big Push at End of Races — OVIEDO, Fla. — The anonymously financed conservative groups that have played such a crucial role this campaign year are starting a carefully coordinated final push to deliver control of Congress to Republicans, shifting money among …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Democrats' excuse: Outside groups killed us
Democrats' excuse: Outside groups killed us
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Ben Smith's Blog, The Plum Line and The Sundries Shack
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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Outside the Beltway, GOP 12, Conservatives4Palin.com and Althouse
The Politico:
Poll: Independents siding with GOP — Republicans are on the verge of broad wins next week for one big reason: independent voters are ready to boot Democrats from office, according to a new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll. — Expressing deep dissatisfaction …
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Politics Daily, Hot Air, National Review, Right Wing News, NDN blogs, Conservatives4Palin.com, Taylor Marsh, NRSC and Don Surber
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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The Anchoress, Wonk Room, Babalú Blog, Wonkette and The Volokh Conspiracy
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 …
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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protein wisdom, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Sundries Shack, Gateway Pundit and The Other McCain
Alan Wirzbicki / Boston Globe:
Democrats hold edge in two key House contests — But lead slim in 10th; GOP finds new vigor — With the election just a week away, Democrats lead in two of the state's most closely watched congressional races but are battling to hold on amid far greater enthusiasm among Republican voters, according to new Boston Globe polls.
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The Hill, Hot Air, National Review, Raw Story, The Confluence, Beltway Confidential and Salon
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Bill Clinton ‘disturbed and ticked off’ — Former President Bill Clinton is “disturbed and ticked off” by much of what he's seen from the midterm election campaign. — Speaking at a rally for 28-term incumbent Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) Sunday, Clinton said argued “right-wing rhetoric” …
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Michelle Malkin, Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
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
Jessica Harrison / Deseret News:
America hasn't improved much over past 3 decades, Jimmy Carter says — America is no better off now than it was in the late 1970s and early 1980s, says former President Jimmy Carter. From national politics to relationships with other nations, there is a lot of room for improvement.
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JustOneMinute, Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool
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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Wonkette, The Other McCain and Mediaite
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.
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