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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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The Politico, Firedoglake, The Atlantic Online, AMERICAN DIGEST, The Daily Dish, 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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Firedoglake and CNN
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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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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Politics Daily, FiveThirtyEight and Right Pundits
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Senate Exit Polls
Senate Exit Polls
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The Moderate Voice, JOSHUAPUNDIT and The Eye
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
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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Daily Kos, Firedoglake 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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CNN, Michelle Malkin, Pat Dollard, Fox Nation, YID With LID and Outside the Beltway
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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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Ballot Box, Pajamas Media, Mediaite and Washington Post
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, Big Government, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Ben Smith's Blog, 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
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:
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Andrew Breitbart: ABC's move is ‘cowardice’
Andrew Breitbart: ABC's move is ‘cowardice’
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Salon, Big Government, Pat Dollard, Colorlines and Media Matters for America
Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
ABC News Projects Tea Party Favorite Rand Paul Will Win Ky. Senate Race — Tea Party Projected to Nab Key Victories in Florida, Kentucky, Indiana in First Exit Poll Results — Sen. Blanche Lincoln has become the first Democratic incumbent casualty of the night, with Republican …
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The Reaction and JammieWearingFool
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Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
ABC News Projects Republican Rand Paul to Win Kentucky Senate Race
ABC News Projects Republican Rand Paul to Win Kentucky Senate Race
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Examiner and Indecision Forever
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Cornyn: GOP would ‘welcome’ party switch by Joe Lieberman
Cornyn: GOP would ‘welcome’ party switch by Joe Lieberman
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Washington Monthly, POLISING, Donklephant, Daily Kos, Wake up America and TRAIL BLAZERS
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Senate Republicans pick up Arkansas and Indiana, Democrats hold onto West Virginia
Senate Republicans pick up Arkansas and Indiana, Democrats hold onto West Virginia
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The Daily Beast
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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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, TPMMuckraker, Wonkette, The Atlantic Online, Gawker, Salon, National Review, Outside the Beltway and Atlas Shrugs
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, The Politico and Scared Monkeys
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Pelosi, Van Hollen predict victory for Dems
Pelosi, Van Hollen predict victory for Dems
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Swampland and Weasel Zippers
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Pelosi Defies Polls and Predicts Dem Victory
Pelosi Defies Polls and Predicts Dem Victory
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The Hill, The Note and Cassy Fiano
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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CNN, Ben Smith's Blog, The Hill, NewsReal Blog, The Daily Caller, The Nation, TPMMuckraker, Pajamas Media, Beltway Confidential and Ian Welsh
Denis / Gay Politics:
BREAKING: Lexington, Kentucky elects openly gay mayor — Kentucky's second-largest city has elected an openly gay man as its next mayor. Vice-Mayor Jim Gray was victorious tonight in his second campaign for the city's top job, beating incumbent Mayor Jim Newberry.
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Poliglot, Daily Kos and Barefoot and Progressive
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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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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Blumenthal Pins Down McMahon, Wins Connecticut Senate Race — Unfortunately for Linda McMahon, the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, she couldn't write the ending to this storyline. In the Connecticut Senate race, Democratic state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has defeated McMahon …
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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
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 and The Awl
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, The Greenroom, Pirate's Cove, The Atlantic Online, Pat Dollard, Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media