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2:45 AM ET, October 26, 2010

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David Espo / Associated Press:
Obama assails GOP on clouded final campaign push  —  WOONSOCKET, R.I. - President Barack Obama attacked Republicans with gusto Monday as he plunged into a final week of midterm election campaigning, but his party's prognosis remained darkened by the feeble economy and his itinerary was designed largely to minimize losses.
Discussion: RedState and All American Blogger
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama Gets a Caustic Welcome in Rhode Island  —  WOONSOCKET, R.I. - Welcome to Rhode Island, where Democratic politics are so quirky that the party's nominee for governor welcomed President Obama on Monday by declaring, on live radio, that the president could “take his endorsement and really shove it.”
Discussion: CNN and The Politico
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.
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
‘Fighting’ Obama tells House Dem candidate to ‘run scared’  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — President Obama, working overtime to blunt his party's losses on election day next week, told a Democratic candidate here to “run scared.”  —  Obama also attracted criticism during the trip for not endorsing …
Discussion: The Politico
Bill Haberman / 630wpro.com:
Caprio tells WPRO President can “shove” his endorsement
The Atlantic Online:
MoveOn Supporter Brutally Attacked by Rand Paul Supporter  —  The Rand Paul-Jack Conway debate may have been staid, but things were not so outside the debate.  A Kentucky reader sends word that according to the local Fox affiliate, a young woman affiliated with MoveOn.org was brutally attacked …
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Lauren Valle / WDRB-TV:
Woman stomped outside Conway-Paul debate  —  Watch Video  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB Fox 41) — Outside the Conway-Paul debate, a Rand Paul supporter pulled the woman's blonde wig off and stomped on her head.  She was representing the liberal organization MoveOn.org and claimed to be presenting Paul with an award from RepubliCorp.
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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William Yardley / New York Times:   In Alaska Senate Race, Front-Runner Isn't on Ballot
Ben Stein / Alaska Dispatch:
Good Old Tail-Gunner Joe Miller
Discussion: CNN, The Note and Ben Smith's Blog
Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Aide to Harry Reid Lied to Feds, Submitted False Documents About Sham Marriage  —  An aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid repeatedly lied to federal immigration and FBI agents and submitted false federal documents to the Department of Homeland Security to cover …
Fhardingj / CNN:
TRENDING: Aide fired over Florida debate foul  —  Tampa (CNN) - Alex Sink's campaign violated rules Monday evening at the CNN/St. Petersburg Times Florida gubernatorial debate when her make-up artist delivered a message during a television break.  —  Sink, the Democratic nominee …
Bloomberg:
Treasury Draws Negative Yield for First Time During TIPS Sale  —  The Treasury sold $10 billion of five-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities at a negative yield for the first time at a U.S. debt auction as investors bet the Federal Reserve will be successful in sparking inflation.
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Anjeanette Damon / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Sharron Angle dodges press at Reno event  —  In recent days, the Nevada Democratic Party has set up a website tracking Republican senate candidate Sharron Angle's expected appearances.  Angle has refused press interviews and hasn't held any public events since the debate.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Sharron Angle ad shows Mexican border …
Discussion: TPMDC
Fhardingj / CNN:
Reid ad: Angle would be a disaster
Discussion: The Politico and The Page
Tyler Durden / zero hedge:
SIGTARP Calls Out Tim Geithner On Various Violations Including Data Manipulation, Lack Of Transparency, “Cruel” Cynicism, And Gross Incompetence  —  SigTarp Neil Barofsky has just released the most scathing critique of all the idiots in the administration, with a particular soft spot for Tim Geithner.
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
How Obama Lost the Narrative
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.
Henry / Crooked Timber:
Rhetorical violence … Megan McArdle 2003 vintage … I'm afraid I'm not quite bright enough to understand why kerb-stomping-as-a-metaphor for-argumentative-victory is creepy and unfunny, while actually beating up war-protesters with bits of lumber is hee-LAIRIUS.
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Paragraphs to Ponder  —  From Scientific American, on “taboo trade-offs”:
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 …
Robert Reich / The Huffington Post:
After the Midterms: Why Democrats Move to the Center, and Republicans Don't  —  What's Your Reaction:  —  If Republicans succeed in taking over the House and come even close to gaining a majority in the Senate, expect calls for the president to “move to the center.”
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 …
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 …
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.
Justin Elliott / Salon:
Donation to Rove-tied group sparks Gold's Gym revolt  —  (UPDATED)Four Gold's Gyms franchises in the San Francisco Bay Area will leave the Gold's brand after 22 years following the revelation that the owner of Gold's gave $2 million to American Crossroads, the conservative outfit …
Discussion: SpeakEasy
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Top 10 districts in outside spending  —  Ground zero for the midterm election is in the middle of the Midwest, a Michigan district so milquetoast that its chief attraction is “Cereal City” in Battle Creek.  —  With a week left to go in the campaign, outside groups have spent $6 million …
LATimes / Top of the Ticket:
Transcript of President Barack Obama with Univision  —  President Barack Obama was interviewed by Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo last week in Los Angeles for a Univision radio program that aired Monday.  —  Sotelo asked the president to focus on immigration.  When the Spanish-language radio giant suggested …
Discussion: protein wisdom and Verum Serum
Myglesias / Yglesias:
A Call for Judgment  —  Over the weekend at the behest of Reihan Salam and Steve Teles, I read Amar Bhidé's A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy.  From a progressive perspective, this is a sort of odd book.  You basically get an argument familiar to the left …
Discussion: Mother Jones and National Review
Eric Lach / TPMDC:
Tea Party Nation: Retire Rep. Ellison For Being A Muslim  —  This weekend, Tea Party Nation (TPN) sent an email in support of Lynne Torgerson, who is running against Rep. Keith Ellison in Minnesota.  In the email, TPN lists the reasons Ellison should be “retired.”  Among them: “He is the only Muslim member of congress.”
Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
National Journal editor wants to ‘win the morning’ (and then some)  —  Editor-in-chief Ron Fournier has ambitious goals for the just-relaunched National Journal.  —  “We have got to win the morning,” Fournier said.  “We've got to win the afternoon.  And we've got to win the evening.
 
 
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BP Leader Calls Spill Furor Excessive
Yassin Musharbash / Spiegel Online:
A Top Terrorist Returns to Al-Qaida Fold
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Marc Lacey / New York Times:
House Democrats Fight to Survive in Arizona
Jordan Fabian / Ballot Box:
Poll: Toomey reclaims narrow lead in Pa. Senate race
Benjamin Sarlin / The Daily Beast:
Five Signs Your Party Is Doomed
Discussion: Hot Air and RedState
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New York Times:
Taking Harder Stance Toward China, Obama Lines Up Allies
Discussion: Brookings Institute and Swampland
Ed O'Keefe / Federal Eye:
'Government Doesn't Suck' march planned
Andrew Marcus / Big Government:
Identified: Right Nation Protester Who Called Andrew Breitbart 'Gay …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
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