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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
ABC News Exclusive: Nancy Pelosi Seriously Considers Staying as Democratic Leader — In the Wake of Tuesday's Shellacking, the Current Speaker May Remain in Congress and in Leadership — In the wake of Tuesday's shellacking, outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Great, great news: Pelosi might stay on as House minority leader
Great, great news: Pelosi might stay on as House minority leader
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Outside the Beltway, Washington Wire and Moe Lane
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Rep. John Boehner Says President Obama and Democrats in ‘Denial’
Rep. John Boehner Says President Obama and Democrats in ‘Denial’
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Firedoglake, The Daily Beast, The Politico, Political Punch, CNN, The Page and The Note
The Politico:
Top Blue Dog calls for Pelosi to quit
Top Blue Dog calls for Pelosi to quit
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Commentary, Scared Monkeys, Doug Ross, Weasel Zippers and Gateway Pundit
The Politico:
Nancy Pelosi mulls minority leader run
Nancy Pelosi mulls minority leader run
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New York Magazine, Commentary and Daily Kos
Joe Klein / Swampland:
Blue Dogs Dumped
Blue Dogs Dumped
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Firedoglake, The Confluence, Hot Air, Yglesias, Mother Jones, Balloon Juice, NewsBusters.org blogs and DownWithTyranny!
Kathleen Hunter / Roll Call:
Shuler Threatens to Challenge Pelosi for Minority Leader
Shuler Threatens to Challenge Pelosi for Minority Leader
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TPMDC, NewsBusters.org blogs and AmSpecBlog
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Pelosi seriously considering bid for minority leader
Pelosi seriously considering bid for minority leader
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Prairie Weather and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Jim Brunner / Seattle Times:
Sen. Patty Murray wins fourth term — Democrat Patty Murray has won a fourth term to the U.S. Senate. Her Republican challenger, Dino Rossi, conceded the race Thursday evening after new vote totals showed Murray widening her lead. — Sen. Patty Murray has won a fourth term …
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New York Times:
A Democrat Is the Winner in Washington — Senator Patty Murray of Washington State has won a fourth term, narrowly defeating her Republican challenger Dino Rossi, who conceded Thursday afternoon. — Her victory brings the number of Democratic seats in the Senate to 53 …
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Washington Monthly
JDill / Dino Rossi for Senate:
Rossi Statement On Washington State Senate Race
Rossi Statement On Washington State Senate Race
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msnbc.com and Seattle Times
Curt Woodward / Associated Press:
US Sen. Murray of Washington state wins 4th term
US Sen. Murray of Washington state wins 4th term
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Gabriella Schwarz / CNN:
Murray holds on to Dem Senate seat in Washington
Murray holds on to Dem Senate seat in Washington
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New York Magazine
Simmi Aujla / The Politico:
Keith Olbermann contributed to three Democrats — MSNBC host Keith Olbermann made campaign contributions to two Arizona members of Congress and failed Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway ahead of Tuesday's election — a potential violation of NBC's ethics policies.
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Mediaite, NewsBusters.org blogs and Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
Tea Party Flexes Muscle with Republicans — WASHINGTON — The incoming leadership of the new House Republican majority hardly had a chance to relish its dismantling of the Democrats before the Tea Party came calling in the form of Representative Michele Bachmann.
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Prairie Weather, The Other McCain and Suburban Guerrilla
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
For G.O.P., Big Ambitions Face Daunting Obstacles — WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in Congress are preparing to take power in two months with ambitious and sometimes contradictory goals for economic and fiscal policies, leaving little common ground with President Obama and much uncertainty …
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CNN and The Future of Capitalism
Matt Kibbe / live.washingtonpost.com:
Election 2010: Tea Party results
Election 2010: Tea Party results
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RedState, Weigel and National Review
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Rasmussen Polls Were Biased and Inaccurate; Quinnipiac, SurveyUSA Performed Strongly — Every election cycle has its winners and losers: not just the among the candidates, but also the pollsters. — On Tuesday, polls conducted by the firm Rasmussen Reports — which released more than 100 surveys …
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Zandar Versus The Stupid, Outside the Beltway and Prairie Weather
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
No, Obama's not taking 34 Navy ships to India with him — I'm relieved to say that we didn't bite on this one, notwithstanding Drudge's touting of it today. I did, though, link in Headlines the stories about his trip allegedly costing $200 million(!!!) per day and his team booking every room in a five-star hotel in Mumbai.
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Political Punch, JOSHUAPUNDIT, The Other McCain, Mediaite, Althouse, Telegraph, AMERICAN DIGEST, Outside the Beltway and Pundit & Pundette
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Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
It's not 1994 again — Democrats are apt to prettify recollections …
It's not 1994 again — Democrats are apt to prettify recollections …
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Hot Air
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
Fuzzy Math Dogs Obama's Asia Trip
Fuzzy Math Dogs Obama's Asia Trip
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ThinkProgress, Fox News, Examiner, Mediaite, TPMDC, FactCheck.org, MyFox Philadelphia, USA Today and No More Mister Nice Blog
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Focus Hocus-Pocus — Democrats, declared Evan Bayh in an Op-Ed article on Wednesday in The Times, “overreached by focusing on health care rather than job creation during a severe recession.” Many others have been saying the same thing: the notion that the Obama administration erred …
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Daily Kos, Prairie Weather, The New Republic and The Bilerico Project
The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin Complains About Invasion Of Her Privacy On First Episode Of Her Reality Show (VIDEO) — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … WASHINGTON — The first episode of Sarah Palin's new show, “Sarah Palin's Alaska,” has been placed online and it starts with what is now a familiar lament …
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Cubachi, No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story, Tuned In, Liberty Pundits Blog and Hullabaloo
Renee / Renee Ellmers for Congress:
Conservative Recount Alert! — Etheridge Asks for Recount — Dear Supporters, Election night, after the ten counties in my district had reported their votes, I led Bob Etheridge by 2,100 votes. (That number is crucial because under North Carolina law Congressman Etheridge is not entitled …
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Power Line, Conservatives4Palin.com, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Beltway Confidential, The Politico, Michelle Malkin and IMAO
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Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
GOP candidate slams the NRCC
GOP candidate slams the NRCC
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The Other McCain, Balloon Juice, Ballot Box, Riehl World View, TPM LiveWire and No More Mister Nice Blog
Jonathan Capehart / PostPartisan:
GOP: Gay Old Party? More gays voted Republican than in 2008 — If you want more data that gay men and lesbians are pretty much just like everyone else — worried about the economy, freaked out about the direction of the country and perhaps ticked at the slow pace of change with regard …
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The Politico, GayPatriot, Weasel Zippers and Weigel
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Ian Katz / Bloomberg:
Geithner Visited Jon Stewart in April, Though Not for Laughs — In the midst of debates on financial regulation and China's currency in April, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner sat down to discuss the U.S. economy — with comedian Jon Stewart. — Geithner and Stewart, host of Comedy Central's …
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Empire Strikes Back — The GOP picks up six Senate seats. Let the recriminations begin! — Incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet has been called the winner of Colorado's Senate race, which puts the Republican gain at six seats, assuming Sen. Patty Murray of Washington holds on to her lead over Republican Dino Rossi.
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Scared Monkeys, Instapundit, Weigel and Hotline On Call
Richard Wolffe / The Daily Beast:
Team Obama Blaming Rahm — As they assess Tuesday's disaster, some Obama advisers are singling out the recently departed chief of staff. Richard Wolffe on the clash between Emanuel's personal ambition and his party loyalty. — As chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee …
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DownWithTyranny!
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
A return to the norm — For all the turmoil, the spectacle, the churning - for all the old bulls slain and fuzzy-cheeked freshmen born - the great Republican wave of 2010 is simply a return to the norm. The tide had gone out; the tide came back. A center-right country restores …
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The New Republic and Betsy's Page
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHY WHINE ABOUT SUCCESS?.... In his speech at the Heritage Foundation today, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) repeatedly complains about “bailouts.” It seemed like an odd point to whine about — in 2008, McConnell not only endorsed and voted for the financial industry bailout …
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U.S. Senate Republican …, Wonk Room and Swampland
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