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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Divided We Fail — Barring a huge upset, Republicans will take control of at least one house of Congress next week. How worried should we be by that prospect? — Not very, say some pundits. After all, the last time Republicans controlled Congress while a Democrat lived in the White House …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Next Two Years — President Obama is likely to suffer a pummeling defeat on Tuesday. But the road map for his recovery is pretty straightforward. — First, the president is going to have to win back independents. Liberals are now criticizing him for being too timid.
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The Atlantic Online, Mother Jones, No More Mister Nice Blog, Swampland and The Washington Independent
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The great campaign of 2010 — In a radio interview that aired Monday …
The great campaign of 2010 — In a radio interview that aired Monday …
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CNN:
U.S. alert focuses on cargo after suspicious packages found overseas — For more coverage visit CNN affiliates WPVI and WABC. Are you there? Send pictures and video. — (CNN) — Cargo planes and trucks in several U.S. cities were inspected Friday after investigators found suspicious packages …
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Washington Post:
Suspicious packages possibly linked to al-Qaeda — U.S. counterterrorism officials said that two suspicious packages removed from cargo planes en route to the United States on Friday did not contain explosives but may have been part of an attempt by an al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen to test cargo screening systems for vulnerabilities.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Bomb found on Yemen-to-US cargo flight; Update …
Breaking: Bomb found on Yemen-to-US cargo flight; Update …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Gibbs: Obama notified of ‘potential terrorist threat’ Thursday night
Gibbs: Obama notified of ‘potential terrorist threat’ Thursday night
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Chicago Tribune:
Why is Assange still alive? — I'd like to ask a simple question: Why isn't Julian Assange dead? — In case you didn't know, Assange is the Australian computer programmer behind WikiLeaks, a massive — and massively successful — effort to disclose secret or classified information.
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DougJ / Balloon Juice:
Murder he wrote — Jonah Goldberg calls for Julian Assange's murder. … Of course, this is nowhere near as bad as using the word curb-stomping in a post. — When hundreds of thousands of Iraqis die as a result of “collateral damage”, that just proves freedom is messy.
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The Smoking Gun:
On The Trail Of “Anonymous,” Christine O'Donnell's Sex-Free Pal — Buster … [UPDATE: TSG has identified the “Anonymous” correspondent who today detailed his purported (sexless) one-night stand with Christine O'Donnell. See bottom of piece.] — Readers of today's first-person account …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Swamping Murkowski — The latest from Alaska's procedural wars: — Just hours before the final deadline, more than 100 Alaskans came out Thursday to file as write-in candidates in an effort to thwart Sen. Lisa Murkowski's bid to retain her Senate seat. — At the urging of a local talk radio host …
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Bloomberg:
Poll Shows Americans Don't Know GDP Grew With Tax Cuts and Bailout Profits — The Obama administration cut taxes for middle-class Americans, expects to make a profit on the hundreds of billions of dollars spent to rescue Wall Street banks and has overseen an economy that has grown for the past four quarters.
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Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Angle poll data improve — Reid countering with huge effort to get out his voters — Positioned to pull off the biggest upset in the nation, GOP challenger Sharron Angle heads into Election Day leading Democratic incumbent Sen. Harry Reid by 4 percentage points, says a new poll for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and 8NewsNow.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Alabama Supreme Court Justice Compares DADT Judge To Al-Qaeda — Justice Tom Parker (center) poses with the leaders of two hate groups — Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker, a disciple of disgraced former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, released a campaign ad comparing the judge …
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Scott Wong / The Politico:
Senator David Vitter refuses to say if he broke law — Louisiana Democrats are seizing on Republican Sen. David Vitter's repeated refusals during a debate to say whether he broke the law in connection with a prostitution ring in Washington, D.C. — The state Democratic Party on Friday launched …
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Jan Moller / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
David Vitter sex scandal gets spotlight again in debate with Charlie Melancon
David Vitter sex scandal gets spotlight again in debate with Charlie Melancon
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Ballot Box, Salon and RealClearPolitics
Peter Wallsten / Washington Wire:
Crist Would Caucus With Democrats, Advisor Says — Florida Gov. Charlie Crist would caucus with Senate Democrats if he wins Florida's three-way U.S. Senate contest on Tuesday, a close advisor told Washington Wire Friday. — That's a big “if.” Mr. Crist is trailing Republican candidate Marco Rubio in most polls.
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The Fix, Washington Monthly and Hot Air
Gary Langer / The Numbers:
Tea Party or No, Palin's Popularity Still Lags — Sarah Palin's interest in the presidency is not being reciprocated by most Americans: Two-thirds of registered voters in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll say she's unqualified for the job, and more than half continue to rate her unfavorably overall.
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The Atlantic Online, The Moderate Voice, Ben Smith's Blog, Weigel, Outside the Beltway and GOP 12
Jennifer E. Duffy / Hotline On Call:
Farewell to ‘Precinct Reporting’ — For as long as anyone can remember, television networks and the Associated Press have reported votes on election night by saying, “With x percent of precincts reporting ...” But, this method of reporting election results is about to go the way of the VCR.
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Jay Newton-Small / Time:
Many Dems Expected to Retire — Including Pelosi — if They Lose the House — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives for a press conference on Capitol Hill to discuss Democratic accomplishments during the past congressional session — As Nancy Pelosi goes, so might a generation of her colleagues.
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The Moderate Voice, Beltway Confidential, JammieWearingFool, Swampland and Don Surber
CBS News:
DNC Chair: No Sign of GOP Wave in Early Voting — Kaine Says Turnout of Registered Democrats Indicates Better-Than-Predicted Performance in Midterms — (CBS) The chairman of the Democratic National Committee was optimistic that turnout of registered Democratic in early voting across …
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Michael P. McDonald / The Huffington Post:
A Late Democratic Early Voting Surge in Nevada
A Late Democratic Early Voting Surge in Nevada
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Capitol Hill Blue, CNN and America's Voice Blog
Bruce Bartlett / The Fiscal Times:
GOP Insurgents May Disrupt Leaders' Plans and Go Rogue — DLHawthorne — I wish ‘gridlock’ was all it is, but I am afraid that the vast majority of people (left, right, and fringe) do not understand that we are rapidly approaching the threshold of political collapse.
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Mother Jones and The Daily Dish
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
4-Year-Old Can Be Sued, Judge Rules in Bike Case — Citing cases dating back as far as 1928, a judge has ruled that a young girl accused of running down an elderly woman while racing a bicycle with training wheels on a Manhattan sidewalk two years ago can be sued for negligence.
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The League of Ordinary …, City Room, The Volokh Conspiracy, Law Blog and Gawker
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Most troops wouldn't oppose serving with gays — A majority of active-duty and reserve service members surveyed by the Defense Department would not object to serving and living alongside openly gay troops, according to multiple people familiar with the findings.
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Washington Monthly, Wonk Room, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Neptunus Lex and Towleroad News #gay
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Report: Justice Department tried to hide officials involvement in dismissing voter-intimidation lawsuit — The Justice Department has tried to hide the involvement of high-level political officials in the dismissal of a controversial voter-intimidation lawsuit against members of the New Black Panther Party …
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Verum Serum and iOwnTheWorld.com
Robert B. Reich / Wall Street Journal:
Why Business Should Fear the Tea Party — CEOs who complain about uncertainties caused by President Obama's policies aren't going to be happy about a new crop of congressman seeking to abolish the Fed. — America's business leaders have not exactly shied away from offering political views.
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National Review, Left Coast Rebel and Cafe Hayek
Suzy Khimm / Mother Jones:
Complaint: Elderly Black Voters Intimidated at Home — A voting rights lawyer has filed a complaint with the Department of Justice that elderly black voters are being harassed and intimidated at their homes in eastern Texas. Gerry Hebert, executive director of the Campaign Legal Center …
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John Nolte / Big Hollywood:
NYT: Jon Stewart's ‘Restore Sanity’ Will ‘Parody’ Glenn Beck's ‘Religious-Themed Rally’ — Didn't Jon Stewart tell the media “Restore Sanity” was not a response to Glenn Beck? Yes, he did. — According to what the New York Times has dug up, Jon Stewart's “Restore Sanity” …
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