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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The First Reactions to the Exits, if Not the Exits Themselves — I don't have the exits, but folks I know in the media and political worlds are getting their first glimpses. — Indicator Number One: I am told that one Democratic strategist, helping a television network with Election Night analysis …
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Hot Air, Fox Nation, Pajamas Media and New York Magazine
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Exit Polls: Voters give low marks to both parties — (CNN) - Voters may not be happy with the Democratic Party. But they aren't too thrilled with the GOP either, according to early exit polls. — Democrats have a 10-point favorability gap: 43 percent of voters have a positive opinion of the party, while 53 percent aren't thrilled.
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Washington Monthly, Firedoglake, AMERICAN DIGEST, POLISING and Daily Kos
The Huffington Post:
ORIGINAL POST: — In just a few moments, exit polling data will start percolating through news sites and blogs. Before looking at the data, what should you know before consuming exit poll data? — When will the exit polls tell us who won? — The exit pollsters release no data …
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Taegan Goddard's …, Firedoglake and The Eye
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Preliminary Exit Polls: Large Majority of Voters Dissatisfied With Government
Preliminary Exit Polls: Large Majority of Voters Dissatisfied With Government
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The Reaction, JammieWearingFool and Gateway Pundit
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
THE LATEST: Live Blogging 2010 Elections from the CNN Election Center
THE LATEST: Live Blogging 2010 Elections from the CNN Election Center
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FiveThirtyEight and Right Pundits
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Exit Polls: How do voters feel about Obama?
Exit Polls: How do voters feel about Obama?
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Examiner and The New Republic
Torey Van Oot / Capitol Alert:
Exit polls show voters split by age on Prop. 19
Exit polls show voters split by age on Prop. 19
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Top of the Ticket and The Reality-Based Community
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Exit polls: Economy the No. 1 issue
Exit polls: Economy the No. 1 issue
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The Atlantic Online and The Daily Dish
Bruce Drake / Politics Daily:
Exit Polls Show Voters Dissatisfied With Government, Worried About Their Finances
Exit Polls Show Voters Dissatisfied With Government, Worried About Their Finances
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CNN and The Caucus
Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Coons Camp Expresses Turnout Worries — Most polls have predicted that the closely watched Delaware Senate race between Democrat Chris Coons and Republican tea-party favorite Christine O'Donnell was going to be anything but close. One poll last week had Mr. Coons up by 10 points …
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CNN, American Power, Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway, Wonkette, iOwnTheWorld.com, Beltway Confidential and JOSHUAPUNDIT
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Michael O'Brien / Ballot Box:
Endangered Democrat: 'Turnout isn't where we need it to be' — A key endangered Democratic incumbent admitted Tuesday that “turnout isn't where we need it to be” if he's to win reelection. — Rep. Steve Kagen's (D-Wis.) campaign manager e-mailed supporters to warn them that turnout numbers …
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Firedoglake, Daily Kos and Gateway Pundit
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Delaware Dems claim GOP intimidation by O'Donnell backers, worry over turnout
Delaware Dems claim GOP intimidation by O'Donnell backers, worry over turnout
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Michelle Malkin, Fox Nation, Pat Dollard, YID With LID and Outside the Beltway
Molly Ball / The Politico:
Sharron Angle files voter intimidation complaint — LAS VEGAS — A lawyer for Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle has filed a complaint with the Justice Department alleging illegal voter intimidation on behalf of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's campaign.
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Mediaite and Washington Post
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Elizabeth Crum / National Review:
Collusion: Harrah's Bosses Put Squeeze on Employees to Vote Reid — Internal emails obtained from Harrah's in Las Vegas show the casino company's executives scrambling to push company employees to early vote in an all-out effort to help the Harry Reid campaign.
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CNN, Hot Air, RedState, Ben Smith's Blog, Big Government, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Nevada News Bureau and Pajamas Media
Elizabeth Crum / National Review:
Harrah's Bosses Put Squeeze on Employees to Vote in Pro-Reid Effort
Harrah's Bosses Put Squeeze on Employees to Vote in Pro-Reid Effort
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Ballot Box, Beltway Confidential, Publius Forum, Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller
Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
A Referendum on Washington: Senate Races Test Anti-Incumbent Sentiment
A Referendum on Washington: Senate Races Test Anti-Incumbent Sentiment
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The Hill
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Reid expects he'll have to ‘wait for a decision’
Reid expects he'll have to ‘wait for a decision’
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Fox Nation
Coordinator / ABC News' Press Room:
ABC's Letter to Andrew Breitbart — The following letter was sent from ABC and received by Mr. Breitbart: — Dear Mr. Breitbart, — We have spent the past several days trying to make clear to you your limited role as a participant in our digital town hall to be streamed on ABCNews.com and Facebook.
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Ezra Klein / The Plum Line:
ABC News pulls plug on Andrew Breitbart — ABC News sends over the letter that Andrew Morse, the chief of their digital division, has sent to Andrew Breitbart, pulling the plug on their much-discussed, widely-parsed-over invitation for him to join in their election night coverage:
Daniel Davies / Standpoint:
Rushdie on Jon Stewart — In my previous post about Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam I quoted Salman Rushdie's surprise that Jon Stewart had given a starring role at his “Rally for Sanity” to a crooner who had previously opined that Rushdie deserved to die for deciding of his own free will to abandon Islam and criticise its texts.
MyFox Philadelphia:
New Black Panther Seen At Polling Place — No Voter Intimidation Reported Tuesday At Poll — PHILADELPHIA - Fox 29 News spotted Tuesday a member of the New Black Panther Party standing outside of a local polling place where voter intimidation was reported two years ago.
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Weasel Zippers, The Atlantic Online, Wonkette, TPMMuckraker, Gawker, Talking Points Memo, Salon, Outside the Beltway and Atlas Shrugs
Bertha Lewis / ACORN:
The end of an era: ACORN files Chapter 7 bankruptcy — For over 40 years ACORN has fought the good fight. From a few initial neighborhoods in Little Rock, Arkansas, we grew to become a large, active, national organization of low- and moderate-income families, mostly people of color …
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The Hill, The Nation, TPMMuckraker, Pajamas Media, Beltway Confidential and Ian Welsh
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
ACORN formally folds
Wall Street Journal:
Democratic Coalition Crumbles, Exit Polls Say — Amid deep pessimism about the economy, the coalition of voters that gave Democrats control of Congress in 2006 appears to have fractured. — Preliminary exit polls showed that the party lost ground to Republicans in Tuesday's midterm elections among women …
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Fox Nation and NewsBusters.org blogs
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Janet Adamy / Washington Wire:
Pelosi: ‘On Pace’ to Keep Majority — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said late this afternoon that she is confident the House Democrats' message to preserve Social Security and fight for the middle class will resonate with voters. “We're on pace to maintain the majority in the House of Representatives …
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POWIP and The Politico
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Jolie O'Dell / Mashable!:
After Giants' World Series Win, San Francisco Erupts in Riots
After Giants' World Series Win, San Francisco Erupts in Riots
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CNN, Gawker, Mediaite, L.A. NOW and TechCrunch
Peter Baker / The Caucus:
Bush Considered Dropping Cheney From 2004 Ticket — President George W. Bush considered dumping Vice President Dick Cheney from his 2004 reelection ticket to dispel the myths about Mr. Cheney's power in the White House and “demonstrate that I was in charge,” the former president says in a new memoir.
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The Note, The Hill, Telegraph and Taegan Goddard's …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Record Midterm Enthusiasm as Voters Head to Polls — Republican enthusiasm exceeds that for either party in prior midterm election years — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' enthusiasm about voting exceeds the recent midterm election high set four years ago, with 50% of Americans and 53% …
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Washington Post, Crooks and Liars, The Plum Line, Wake up America, Pajamas Media, POLISING, Gateway Pundit and AMERICAblog News
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Final Gallup enthusiasm gap: nineteen points
Final Gallup enthusiasm gap: nineteen points
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Democrats file first legal challenges — Democrats have filed their first legal challenges even before the polls close on Election Day, asking for an extension of voting hours in Connecticut and questioning the denial of provisional ballots in Illinois. — Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) …
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CNN and Don Surber
Michael Kinsley / The Politico:
U.S. is not greatest country ever — When foreign car companies started opening factories in the United States, back in the 1980s, it seemed like an act of obeisance. The plants didn't make economic sense — Americans had to be paid so much more — but this was a tactful bit of tribute to Empire Central.
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Wall Street Journal, Pirate's Cove, The Greenroom, Pat Dollard, The Atlantic Online, Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
What I'm Hearing: Absolutely Nothing — Like many of you, I'm reading the collected anecdotes of high turnout in Democratic urban areas, and then the inevitable stories about said turnout anecdotes from Democratic-leaning publications, and then the Tweets, and then more stories, etc.
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Taylor Marsh, The Daily Dish and The Awl
Rachel Slajda / TPMMuckraker:
Kansas Voters Report Callers Telling Them They Need Proof Of Home Ownership To Vote — The Kansas attorney general has opened an investigation into reports that voters across Kansas have received calls giving them a slew of false information about the election: That the election has been moved to Wednesday …
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The BRAD BLOG and Colorlines
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Cornyn: GOP would ‘welcome’ party switch by Joe Lieberman — Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said Senate Republicans would “welcome” any Democrats who wish to switch parties and caucus with the GOP. — Cornyn, the head of Senate Republicans' campaign efforts, floated the possibility …
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Washington Monthly, POLISING, Donklephant, Daily Kos, Wake up America and TRAIL BLAZERS
Paul Krugman:
Focus Hocus Pocus — If there's one piece of conventional pundit wisdom that annoys me most, it's the constant refrain that Obama was wrong to pursue health care, that he should have focused on the economy instead. — For the question people saying this never answer is, what would that focus have consisted of?
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Economist's View, Washington Monthly, The Plum Line, Hullabaloo and Eschaton