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8:00 PM ET, October 30, 2010

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Rally to Restore Sanity: ‘If we amplify everything, we hear nothing’ — Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, the first names in fake-news anchormen, drew throngs of exuberant supporters to Washington on Saturday for a televised and live-streamed joint rally that shut down streets, overloaded the transit system and flooded the Mall.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Moraes on TV, Taylor Marsh, Pajamas Media, Achenblog, skippy the bush kangaroo, Hot Air and Corrente, more at Mediagazer »

J.P. Freire / Beltway Confidential:

“Rally to Restore Sanity” pledges to “strictly prohibit filming” at National Mall — Irony reaches new heights as Comedy Central is going to “strictly prohibit filming” of the Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive. PJTV's Washington Bureau chief Richard Pollock inquired …

Discussion: Associated Press, theblogprof, NY Daily News, Moonbattery, Patterico's Pontifications, The Other McCain, Gateway Pundit, protein wisdom, Big Journalism, Riehl World View and Confederate Yankee, more at Mediagazer »

Louise Radnofsky / Washington Wire:

Counting the Crowd: Hard to Do for Jon Stewart's Rally — How many people are on the National Mall for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert? The final answer? We don't know. — Mr. Stewart opened the rally with an allusion to the difficulties of figuring this out, proposing to the assembled crowd, “We're going to count them all.”

Discussion: Gateway Pundit and The BRAD BLOG

Dave Itzkoff / The Caucus:

Live Blog: At the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear — Thousands gathered on the National Mall with the comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on Saturday for the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. Below is the live blog of the event. [Related Article]

Discussion: New York Times, The Nation, The Daily Beast, Guardian, Joe. My. God. and Theo Spark

Hope Yen / Associated Press:

Stewart-Colbert rally draws tens of thousands — In election's shadow, comedians entertain throngs at D.C. ‘sanity’ event — WASHINGTON — In the shadow of the Capitol and the election, comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert entertained a huge throng Saturday at a “sanity” …

Discussion: TBD All News, msnbc.com, Big Hollywood, Doug Ross and Weasel Zippers

Aaron Worthing / Patterico's Pontifications:

WTF?! Islamofascist at the Rally to Restore Sanity?! (Update: A trip Down Memory Lane with Stewart and South Park; Salman Rushdie on Yusuf Islam; Video: Yusuf Islam on Wishing He Could Burn Rushdie Alive) — [Guest post by Aaron Worthing; send your tips here.

Discussion: TPMDC and American Power

The Politico:

Jon Stewart points finger at media — Jon Stewart has met the enemy, and it's the media. — The Comedy Central comedian and “Daily Show” host walked a fine line between politics and humor Saturday as he gathered tens of thousands on the National Mall for his “Rally to Restore Sanity.”

Discussion: CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, Guardian and JammieWearingFool

Ed Driscoll / Pajamas Media:

Video: Riding the Peace Train — Earlier today, Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, whom you may remember from such 1970s hits as “Peace Train” and “The First Cut is the Deepest” appeared at Jon Stewart's “Rally to Restore Sanity.” Mediaite has the vide of his appearance there, and notes:

Discussion: Mediaite, blogs.telegraph.co.uk and NewsBusters.org blogs

Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Crowd estimates for Stewart-Colbert rally uncertain, but Mall was packed

Discussion: TPMDC, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Moderate Voice and NPR

Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Democrats Recruit Volunteers Outside Stewart-Colbert Rally

Discussion: Beltway Confidential, TPMDC, JammieWearingFool, Hot Air and Prairie Weather

Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Cat Stevens Appearance At Sanity Rally Rankles Right Winger

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Fatwa-endorsing singer featured at “Restoring Sanity” rally?

Discussion: Power Line, Mediaite and AmSpecBlog

Coordinator / ABC News' Press Room:

Breitbart's Participation in ABC News Digital Town Hall Event Draws Fire — The following is attributable to Andrew Morse, Executive Producer, ABC News Digital: — Since conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart announced on his website that he was going to be a participant …

Discussion: Liberty Pundits Blog, Little Green Footballs, The Plum Line and TPMDC

Digby / Hullabaloo:
Why our elections are a joke …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Washington Monthly and Media Matters for America

P.J. Salvatore / Big Journalism:
ABC Election Night Coverage to Feature Loesch, Breitbart

Discussion: The Plum Line, Weasel Zippers, Media Matters for America, SpeakEasy, Mediaite, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Reid Report, Pajamas Media and TPMDC

The Huffington Post:
ABC Taps Andrew Breitbart For Election Night Analysis

Discussion: JammieWearingFool, Media Matters for America, The Jawa Report, iOwnTheWorld.com and Big Journalism

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Kate Zernike / New York Times:

Tea Party Kingmaker Becomes Power Unto Himself — On election night last year, South Carolina's freshman senator, Jim DeMint, convened a conference call with 4,000 supporters to declare the next battle: conservatives had to rally behind Marco Rubio, a relative unknown who was trailing …

Discussion: The Page

Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Clinton rallies base, slams ‘fact-free’ Republican midterm campaigning

Discussion: The Politico and CNN

Damien Cave / New York Times:
Bill Clinton's Role in Florida Senate Race Seems to Cost Democrat Some Black Votes

Discussion: protein wisdom, msnbc.com and Hot Air

Sarah Palin / Facebook:

Lisa, are you going to shut down my Facebook page for writing this? — Yesterday, Lisa Murkowski's hired guns threatened radio host Dan Fagan, and more importantly, the station that airs Fagan's show, with legal action for allegedly illegal “electioneering.”

Discussion: Hot Air, sisu, Gateway Pundit, POWIP, Wake up America, GOP 12, The Right Scoop, Right Wing News, Riehl World View, five feet of fury. and National Review

msnbc.com:

Yemen: Woman detained in terror bomb plot — More packages examined for explosives; U.S. suspects al-Qaida affiliate — Yemeni authorities on Saturday arrested a woman thought to be involved in sending explosive packages headed to the United States and were searching for more suspects …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Beast and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

New York Times:
U.S. Sees Complexity of Bombs as Link to Qaeda Group

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Runnin' Scared, Gawker, The Greenroom, Althouse, The Moderate Voice, Telegraph, New York Magazine and The Daily Beast

Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:

Republicans lose ground for second straight day in early voting, maintain turnout percentage edge — Republicans lost ground to the Democrats in the urban counties on the largest and last day of early voting Friday, surely giving Democrats hope that a surge to blunt the GOP momentum could carry over into Election Day.

Discussion: National Review, Daily Kos and POLISING

Vicki Needham / The Hill:

Obama urges cooperation after election, calls GOP remarks ‘troubling’ — President Obama urged Republicans and Democrats to work together to solve the nation's economic issues regardless of the outcome of Tuesday's midterm elections. — In his weekly address Saturday …

Discussion: theblogprof, Weasel Zippers, The Politico, CNN and JammieWearingFool

CQ-Roll Call / The Eye:
Rich Iott Won't Commit to Backing Boehner for Speaker

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Hullabaloo and TPMDC

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:

Palin's plan to stop Obama — Charleston, West Virginia (CNN) - Stopping the Obama agenda means electing John Raese to the Senate, Sarah Palin said Saturday. — At an event in West Virgnia, the former Alaska Governor and 2008 vice presidential nominee appeared with rock star and conservative activist …

Discussion: The Politico, Capitol Hill Blue and Ballot Box

The White House:

Weekly Address: President Obama Calls on GOP Leadership to Put Aside Partisan Politics and Focus on Strengthening the Economy — WASHINGTON - In his weekly address, President Obama called the recent comments by the GOP leadership, which put scoring political points over solving the problems facing …

Discussion: The Plum Line