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David Carr / New York Times:
Rally to Shift the Blame — In his new role as a political leader, which is what you call somebody if he hosts a rally on the Washington Mall for over 200,000 people, Jon Stewart was a little hemmed at the Rally to Restore Sanity on Saturday. Because sanity should know no party, partisan rhetoric was not on the teleprompter.
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David Weigel / Weigel:
What I Saw at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear — As soon as the Rally to Restore Sanity was announced, Democrats who were sweating their GOTV operations took after it as yet another problem. I spent much of Saturday at the rally — a crush of humanity unlike anything I've seen liberals put together …
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This Just In and CNN
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Fox & Friends Mock Rally For Sanity: Stewart 'Looks Fancy In His Suit …
Fox & Friends Mock Rally For Sanity: Stewart 'Looks Fancy In His Suit …
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Washington Monthly, Rolling Stone, Feministing, Raw Story and TPM LiveWire
Gallup:
Republicans Appear Poised to Win Big on Tuesday — Lead in generic ballot large enough to give Republicans solid majority control of U.S. House — PRINCETON, NJ — The final USA Today/Gallup measure of Americans' voting intentions for Congress shows Republicans continuing to hold …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
What if it's a massacre? …
What if it's a massacre? …
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Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Morning Jay: Special “Hulk Angry! Hulk Smash!” Edition
Morning Jay: Special “Hulk Angry! Hulk Smash!” Edition
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Commentary, Pundit & Pundette and Power Line
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Miller leads in Alaska — Joe Miller is favored heading into the final two days of the US Senate campaign in Alaska. 37% of voters say they'll pick him while 30% plan to vote for Scott McAdams and another 30% plan to write in Lisa Murkowski. — Miller is winning despite having …
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John Harwood / New York Times:
With Victory, Republicans Would Face Uncertainty
With Victory, Republicans Would Face Uncertainty
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The Politico, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Raw Story and George's Bottom Line
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Lisa Murkowski soft on caucusing with GOP
Lisa Murkowski soft on caucusing with GOP
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Weasel Zippers, Election Law, The Hill and Daily Kos
Scott Rasmussen / Wall Street Journal:
A Vote Against Dems, Not for the GOP — Voters don't want to be governed from the left, right or center. They want Washington to recognize that Americans want to govern themselves. — In the first week of January 2010, Rasmussen Reports showed Republicans with a nine-point lead on the generic congressional ballot.
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Russell Simmons / The Huffington Post:
Don't Vote and We'll Get the Alice in Wonderland Congress From Hell!
Don't Vote and We'll Get the Alice in Wonderland Congress From Hell!
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Weasel Zippers
The Politico:
Next for GOP leaders: Stopping Sarah Palin — Top Republicans in Washington and in the national GOP establishment say the 2010 campaign highlighted an urgent task that they will begin in earnest as soon as the elections are over: Stop Sarah Palin. — Interviews with advisers …
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Scott Wong / The Politico:
Michael Steele to GOP Sarah Palin critics: ‘Shut up’
Michael Steele to GOP Sarah Palin critics: ‘Shut up’
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CNN, The Note and Taylor Marsh
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Romney calls Palin presidential run ‘great’
Romney calls Palin presidential run ‘great’
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Ben Smith's Blog, CNN and The Right Scoop
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama prepared to dust off veto pen should GOP take the House — President Obama is ready to flex some muscle by using the veto pen if Republicans win back a majority in the House. — Democrats and White House aides said that Obama is prepared to wield his veto pen and effectively stare …
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CNN, The Politico, Wake up America, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and Liberty Pundits Blog
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
BUMMER. Kid Dresses Up as Obama Joker For White House Halloween Party
BUMMER. Kid Dresses Up as Obama Joker For White House Halloween Party
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Fox Nation, Media Matters for America, Scared Monkeys and Pajamas Media
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Labor Unions Fear Rollback of Rights if G.O.P. Wins
Labor Unions Fear Rollback of Rights if G.O.P. Wins
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Beltway Confidential
The Huffington Post:
President Obama To Do Interview With Ryan Seacrest — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … WASHINGTON — The administration's last-minute push to turn out the vote is spurring some unconventional media outreach efforts. But none of them have been quite as unlikely as that announced on Monday …
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Ben Smith's Blog and Weasel Zippers
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Ryan Seacrest / Facebook:
What Do YOU Want To Know from President Obama?
What Do YOU Want To Know from President Obama?
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National Review
Tina Brown / The Daily Beast:
Obama's Morning-After Plan
Obama's Morning-After Plan
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
O'Donnell has trouble airing 30-minute TV ad in Delaware — Christine O'Donnell is taking a page from the playbook of Barack Obama. The Republican Senate candidate has produced a 30-minute television advertisement in the form of a documentary chronicling her connection with the people of Delaware.
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Jsimoncnn / CNN:
War of words ensues in Delaware after TV exec hits back against O'Donnell — (CNN) - In the process of trying to motivate her base and convince last minute undecided voters to cast a ballot in her favor, Republican Christine O'Donnell has entered a war of words with a local television executive …
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Crooks and Liars, The Hill and iOwnTheWorld.com
Robin Bravender / The Politico:
Harry Reid loss could reopen nuke debate — Opponents of a Nevada nuclear waste dump thought they'd finally managed to kill the Yucca Mountain project. Then came Sharron Angle. — The tea party-backed Republican stands a good chance at ousting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Can Reid Still Win?
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THAT'S NOT AN ESPECIALLY IMPRESSIVE SKILL IN A PRESIDENT.... Before last night's World Series game, former Presidents Bush took the mound for a ceremonial pitch, thrown, not surprisingly, by the younger one. It was in Texas, and Bush 43 used to own one of the teams in the game, so the Bushes were well received.
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Balloon Juice and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
U.S. plays conflicted role in global climate debate — As the next round of U.N. climate talks approaches this month in Cancun, Mexico, the Obama administration finds itself in an awkward position: pushing its enduring commitment to bold climate action even as the prospects for comprehensive legislation have evaporated at home.
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Doug Kendall / The Huffington Post:
United States v. Arizona — Liveblog
United States v. Arizona — Liveblog
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
A Donation Clouds Fox News Report — The Fox Business Network focused on what it called “The War on Business” all last week, but on Tuesday its coverage was decidedly more focused — with a series of reports about a California ballot initiative that its parent company, the News Corporation, had spent $1.3 million to defeat.
WNYMedia.net:
Carl Paladino's Halloween Drunktacular — While Andrew Cuomo was in Monroe County rallying supporters and actually campaigning, Carl Paladino was having himself a helluva time at South Buffalo watering hole, Potter's Field. The bar, just down the block from Carl's house is one of his favorite places …
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Balloon Juice, Wonkette, Gawker and Outside the Beltway
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Mugged by the Moralizers — “How many of you people want to pay for your neighbor's mortgage that has an extra bathroom and can't pay their bills?” That's the question CNBC's Rick Santelli famously asked in 2009, in a rant widely credited with giving birth to the Tea Party movement.
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Paul Krugman and The Big Picture
Michelle Malkin:
Colorado Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet's disastrous cut-and-run radio interview — Just last week, I noted Colorado Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet's botched attempt to spoon-feed the local media. — The Bennet campaign screwed up again big time again — sending him to phone …
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Ben Smith's Blog, National Review and The Spot
Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
‘Kill Some Crackers’: GOP Group Pays Fox Affiliates To Influence Election With Anti-Obama Propaganda — Several Fox television stations and one ABC affiliate in key battleground states are running a Republican front group's anti-Obama propaganda as paid programming in the final days leading up to the election.
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Hullabaloo, TPMMuckraker, Raw Story and Wake up America
David Weigel / Weigel:
Evan Bayh, Get Off the Air — It's not usually a good idea to write off of a negative reaction to a TV show. It works for recaps of reality shows, perhaps, but not politics. But I have watched Evan Bayh, the retiring senator from Indiana, bring his Eeyore act to Morning Joe and I'm not sure …
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Washington Monthly and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Associated Press:
Baghdad church siege ends with 52 dead — BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces stormed a Baghdad church where militants had taken an entire congregation hostage for four hours, leaving at least 52 people dead, including a priest, Iraqi officials said Monday. — It was not immediately clear whether …
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