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RedState:
Exclusive Video: Lauren Valle Before The Head Stomp Vid — RedState has obtained exclusive video of the precipitating events prior to the “head stomping incident” at a recent Rand Paul event, which can be viewed below the fold. — Let us begin with what should be obvious and unnecessary to discuss: don't stomp on anyone's head.
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The Other McCain, Mediaite, Pajamas Media, Doug Ross, Althouse, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Daily Kos, No More Mister Nice Blog, Balloon Juice, The Sundries Shack, The Mahablog, CBS News, TPMDC, Sadly, No!, American Power, Left Coast Rebel, Top of the Ticket, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Washington Independent, AmSpecBlog, Riehl World View, National Review, Patterico's Pontifications and Big Journalism
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Matthews: How Long Before We See Tea Partiers Start Showing Up in Uniform, 1930s Style? — Chris Matthews, on Wednesday's Hardball, not so cryptically compared the actions of Republican volunteers to that of Nazi-style tactics from the 1930s as he claimed the restraining of a MoveOn.org activist …
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The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, Media Research Center and Freedom's Lighthouse
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Police Consider More Arrests in Rand Paul Heckler Scuffle
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TPMDC
Ryan J. Reilly / TPMDC:
Kentucky Stomper Wants An Apology From Woman He Assaulted (VIDEO)
Kentucky Stomper Wants An Apology From Woman He Assaulted (VIDEO)
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The Moderate Voice, Balloon Juice, The Huffington Post, WKYT-TV, The Reaction, Lance Mannion, Barefoot and Progressive, Politics Daily, Left Coast Rebel, Washington Monthly, The Impolitic, Wonkette, Salon, Crooks and Liars, Indecision Forever, Boing Boing, The Awl, Talking Points Memo, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Mahablog, pandagon.net, The Poor Man Institute, Raw Story, Blue Bluegrass and First Draft
Ezra Klein / The Plum Line:
Happy Hour Roundup: Rand Paul camp flip-flops on returning stomper's campaign cash
Happy Hour Roundup: Rand Paul camp flip-flops on returning stomper's campaign cash
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Barefoot and Progressive, ThinkProgress and TPMDC
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama pleads for patience from Stewart on ‘Daily Show’ — President Obama took to The Daily Show on Wednesday as part of his effort to motivate the young voters who propelled him into the Oval Office in 2008. — The president, who faces a possible GOP takeover of the House in less than a week …
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Firedoglake and The Politico
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Obama, Jon Stewart and Change — President Obama took his campaign get-out-the-vote blitz to “The Daily Show” on Wednesday, telling the host, Jon Stewart, that he never promised transformational change overnight. — “When we promised during the campaign change you can believe in …
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Raw Story and HotAirPundit
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Democrats Say Jon Stewart Rally Will Spur Enthusiasm to Vote
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The Huffington Post, Mashable!, Rock the Vote Blog, Opinionator and Guardian
Ryan Kearney / TBD All News:
A guide to the misguided criticism of the Stewart/Colbert rally
A guide to the misguided criticism of the Stewart/Colbert rally
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Rough Sketch, sisu and PostPartisan
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Poll: Independents Keep GOP Ahead in Four Key Senate Races — From left: Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle, moderator Mitch Fox and Senate majority leader Harry Reid appear at a debate in Las Vegas on Oct. 14, 2010 — Democrats may not lose their Senate majority …
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The Page, FiveThirtyEight, The Reaction, RealClearPolitics, Sister Toldjah, Hotline On Call, Conservatives4Palin.com and SENATUS
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Coalition for Obama Split by Drift to G.O.P., Poll Finds — Critical parts of the coalition that delivered President Obama to the White House in 2008 and gave Democrats control of Congress in 2006 are switching their allegiance to the Republicans in the final phase of the midterm Congressional elections …
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The Hill, Taylor Marsh, Lawyers, Guns & Money, JammieWearingFool and Booman Tribune
Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: Paul leads Kentucky Senate race — (CNN) - The hotly contested race for Kentucky's open Senate seat is nearing an end with Republican nominee Rand Paul holding a seven-point lead, according to a new poll. — Fifty percent of likely voters support Paul in the CNN …
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The Note, Daily Kos, Page One, Bluegrass Politics, Politics Daily, Outside the Beltway, The Politico, cn|2 Politics and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Early Voting v. Likely Voters
Early Voting v. Likely Voters
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Public Policy Polling
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Karl Rove questions Sarah Palin's suitability for president — Karl Rove, the former senior adviser to George W Bush, has cast doubt on Sarah Palin's viability as a White House candidate, questioning if the American people thought she had the “gravitas” for the “most demanding job in the world”.
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The Moderate Voice, Tammy Bruce, Mediaite, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, LewRockwell.com Blog, Samizdata.net and HotAirPundit
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Obama says he's evolving on gay marriage — President Barack Obama told a group of liberal bloggers Wednesday that his views on same-sex marriage, which he has previously opposed, are evolving and that society is moving in the direction of granting marriage rights to same-sex couples.
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Power Line
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Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog Gay:
Transcript of Q and A with the President about DADT and Same-sex marriage
Transcript of Q and A with the President about DADT and Same-sex marriage
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AMERICAblog News, Oliver Willis, Wonk Room and Pam's House Blend
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Clinton on the stump: Does he really want Obama and Dems to win?
Clinton on the stump: Does he really want Obama and Dems to win?
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Betsy's Page
Chris Carl / WDEL 1150AM, Wilmington, DE:
O'Donnell campaign threatens to sue WDEL — The Christine O'Donnell campaign is apologizing to WDEL after it demanded that video of an O'Donnell appearance on “The Rick Jensen Show” be destroyed and threatened a lawsuit if it wasn't. — In a Tuesday afternoon appearance on WDEL, O'Donnell …
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CNN, Wonkette, Top of the Ticket, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Raw Story, Gawker, The Eye and Washington Post
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Christine O'Donnell threatened to sue radio station
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The Atlantic Online and Outside the Beltway
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Radio Station: O'Donnell Threatened To Sue Us For...Posting An Interview Online!
Radio Station: O'Donnell Threatened To Sue Us For...Posting An Interview Online!
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WDEL 1150AM & WDEL.com
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President Obama Meets with Progressive Bloggers — As the clock ticks down to the midterms and the White House tries to rally the base, President Obama this afternoon is meeting with five popular progressive bloggers. — Photo credit: J. Paul Tapper ©2010.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Boehner: ‘Not a time for compromise’ — Republicans aren't in the mood for compromise, especially on repealing healthcare reform, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Wednesday. — Boehner, the party leader who would likely become Speaker in a GOP-controlled House …
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The Politico, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
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Washington Post:
Feds arrest N.Va. man in D.C. Metro bomb plot — Federal law enforcement authorities arrested a Northern Virginia man Wednesday in connection with an alleged plot to carry out terrorist bombings at stations in the Washington Metro system. — Farooque Ahmed, 34, of Ashburn conspired …
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TBD All News, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Checkpoint Washington, City Desk, Gawker, TPMMuckraker and Boing Boing
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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
DNC Asks Pentagon for Info on Romney, Others — DNC Requests Records Related to Palin, Romney, Seven Other Possible 2012 Contenders — The Democratic National Committee formally has asked the Pentagon for reams of correspondence between military agencies and nine potential Republican …
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Outside the Beltway and Conservatives4Palin.com
Henry / Crooked Timber:
A not-so-brief history of violence — Public health warning: much much more McArdle-blogging beneath the fold. But take heart - this may possibly be my last and most definitive statement on the topic. I certainly can't imagine that I will want to write at length about this any more.
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The Edge of the American West
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In Writings of Obama, a Philosophy Is Unearthed — When the Harvard historian James T. Kloppenberg decided to write about the influences that shaped President Obama's view of the world, he interviewed the president's former professors and classmates, combed through his books, essays …
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Althouse and Prairie Weather
The Atlantic Online:
A New Plague: Stomping-Deniers — I thought the Kentucky head-stomping story had more or less played itself out. Sure, the prime stomper, Tim Profitt, would get charged and arraigned and hopefully jailed for a spell (anger management classes would also be a good idea).
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Alaska judge rules write-in candidates can't be listed at polling sites — In a decision that could strike a blow to the write-in campaign of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a judge ruled Wednesday that state elections officials cannot hand out the names of write-in candidates at polling places Tuesday.
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The Politico
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Sjones / CNSNews:
Michelle Obama's $400 Million ‘Food Desert’ Scam — First Lady Michelle Obama has called on Congress to create a $400 million-a-year program to encourage the establishment of supermarkets in places she calls “food deserts.” — The situation in these “food deserts,” as Mrs. Obama describes it, is quite dire indeed.
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JammieWearingFool and iOwnTheWorld.com
Communications / OpenSecrets.org:
Election 2010 to Shatter Spending Records as Republicans Benefit from Late Cash Surge — Center for Responsive Politics predicts midterms could cost nearly $4 billion — Contact: Dave Levinthal (202-354-0111) — WASHINGTON - This year's federal election will obliterate spending records …
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Politics Daily and USA Today