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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Many deficit commission staffers paid by outside groups — The leaders of President Obama's deficit commission sparked criticism from both sides of the political aisle Wednesday for proposing broad cuts to federal programs. — But the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform …
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Mike Lux / Open Left:
The details are worse — I wrote my initial post in such a hot rage …
The details are worse — I wrote my initial post in such a hot rage …
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Crooks and Liars, Balloon Juice, The Huffington Post and The Politico
Matt Miller / PostPartisan:
Sorry, Alan and Erskine — it's not nearly enough
Sorry, Alan and Erskine — it's not nearly enough
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Is the Deficit Commission Serious?
Is the Deficit Commission Serious?
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Erskine Bowles, Morgan Stanley, and the Deficit Commission
Erskine Bowles, Morgan Stanley, and the Deficit Commission
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The Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Lance Mannion, DownWithTyranny! and Firedoglake
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
The Morning Plum — UPDATE: White House denies giving …
The Morning Plum — UPDATE: White House denies giving …
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Alaska_Politics / Anchorage Daily News:
Should this ballot count? — Floyd Brown, the man responsible for the “Willie Horton” television ad that helped derail the Michael Dukakis presidential campaign in 1998, has signed up for the Joe Miller campaign. — Brown is here in Juneau today for the write-in ballot review and he has called …
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
How strong is Joe Miller's argument against the Leeza Markovsky vote? … Like This Story … - Shafer: Why Do We Give Away So Much of Our Privacy on the Web? - Oklahoma Tried To Invalidate Islamic Wills. What Is an Islamic Will? - Steve Jobs Reinvented Technology …
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Election Law, The Volokh Conspiracy and Daily Kos
Matt Bai / New York Times:
Alaska May Offer a View to Future Elections
Alaska May Offer a View to Future Elections
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Salon, The Politico, CNN, Anchorage Daily News, The Atlantic Online and Barcepundit
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Miller's Chances of Victory Dim as Alaska Senate Write-In Count Begins
Miller's Chances of Victory Dim as Alaska Senate Write-In Count Begins
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Patterico's Pontifications, Weigel, The Note and The Caucus
Nick Summers / New York Observer:
Observer Exclusive: Newsweek and Daily Beast to Merge — Newsweek and The Daily Beast will announce tomorrow morning that the two publications will merge, a source close to the deal tells The Observer. — It will be a 50-50 merger of the two companies. The editorial staffs will combine under …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: Newsweek to merge with Daily Beast
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
2012 Contenders to Bet Against — I'm not quite sure whom I'd call the odds-on favorite to capture the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. But I have a pretty good idea of who I'd bet against. — The table below compiles a number of statistics related to prospective G.O.P. candidates in 2012.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Rep.-elect West says conservative talk radio host won't be his chief of staff — Rep.-elect Allen West (R-Fla.) announced Thursday that a controversial radio host would not serve as his chief of staff after all. — West said in a statement that Joyce Kaufman, the conservative radio talk show host …
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Lesley Clark / Naked Politics:
Allen West's chief of staff resigns …
Allen West's chief of staff resigns …
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Jana Winter / Fox News:
Some Muslims Attending Capitol Hill Prayer Group Have Terror Ties, Probe Reveals — An Al Qaeda leader, the head of a designated terror organization and a confessed jihadist-in-training are among a “Who's Who” of controversial figures who have participated in weekly prayer sessions …
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Commentary, The Jawa Report and Atlas Shrugs
Jim Newell / Gawker:
Does This Google Veterans Day Logo Look Muslim to You? — Boy howdy, Google has done it now! The company's special Veterans Day logo this year, you see, features a mysterious crescent shape. And you know who loves crescent shapes? The Muslims. Yeah, some people are actually upset about this.
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
It's “Otb” Time: One-Term Barack — The wreckage of the Democratic Party is strewn just about everywhere. President Obama's carefully constructed 2008 Electoral College breakthrough is now just broken, a long-ago memory of what might have been a lasting shift in partisan alignment.
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People-Press.org:
Mixed Reactions to Republican Midterm Win — Public Less Happy Than After 2006 and 1994 Elections — The public, voters and non-voters alike, has a subdued reaction to the Republican Party's midterm election victory. Four years ago, the response to the Democrats regaining full control …
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Politics Daily, The Plum Line, Ballot Box, CNN, The Page and Gallup
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Fhardingj / CNN:
McConnell ‘willing to listen’ on temporary extension of Bush tax cuts
McConnell ‘willing to listen’ on temporary extension of Bush tax cuts
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Steven T. Dennis / Roll Call:
Sources: Pelosi Says Obama Must Be ‘Perfect’ to Win Again — Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democratic leaders Wednesday afternoon that President Barack Obama has to be “perfect” to win a second term, several senior Democratic aides told Roll Call. — Pelosi told leaders on a conference call …
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Weasel Zippers, Gateway Pundit and HotAirPundit
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Sarah Palin plans heartland tour — Sarah Palin — accompanied at times by family members — later this month will launch a nine-day, 16-stop signing tour for her new book, “America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag.” — Among the destinations sure to get buzz: Des Moines and Spirit Lake, Iowa.
James Besser / The Jewish Week:
Glenn Beck's “monstrous” Soros accusations rile Holocaust survivors, Jewish groups — Fox news commentator Glenn Beck may have thought he had an easy target in the controversial financier George Soros - but he didn't reckon with Jews who care about Holocaust remembrance and don't take kindly …
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Michelle Goldberg / The Daily Beast:
Glenn Beck's Anti-Semitic Attacks
Glenn Beck's Anti-Semitic Attacks
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NewsReal Blog, Salon and Liberal Values
Ezra Klein:
How Joe Lieberman helped the Democrats lose the election — Since the election, there's been a lot of talk about what President Obama and the Democratic leadership could've done differently. I offered six ideas here. But there's been rather less discussion of what individual legislators could've done differently.
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Washington Monthly, Right Wing News and Economist's View
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
I Owe Bruce Bartlett an Apology — Back when Bush 43 was President, I was a huge fan of Bruce Bartlett. I especially loved his book Impostor. But when Bartlett broke with the Republicans back in 2008, it seemed to me that he had gone “from being inside the tent pissing out to being outside the tent pissing in.”
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
POLITICO, NBC News co-host first 2012 debate at Reagan Library — Former first lady Nancy Reagan announced plans Thursday to invite the leading Republican contenders to the first debate of the presidential primary season, to be held at her late husband's presidential library and co-hosted by POLITICO and NBC News.
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Matt Lewis / Politics Daily:
Why the GOP Should Insist on New Debate Rules for 2012
Why the GOP Should Insist on New Debate Rules for 2012
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Michelle Malkin
Daily Mail:
Poppy-burning Muslim protesters mar Armistice Day commemorations as millions fall silent to remember war dead — Islamic protesters sparked fury today after they burned a model of a poppy and deliberately broke the silence at Armistice Day commemorations in central London.
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The Huffington Post:
Media Matters Pays $86,000 In Auction To Have Lunch With Murdoch — What's Your Reaction? — facebook Twitter stumble reddit del.ico.us — Amazing — Inspiring — Important — Weird — WASHINGTON — In one of the more clever moments of issue advocacy in recent memory …
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Ronald Grover / Bloomberg:
Bristol Palin Survives ‘Dancing’ Elimination Round With Help of Tea Party — Bristol Palin survived another elimination round on ABC's “Dancing With the Stars” as fans including Tea Party supporters mustered enough votes to overcome low scores from the talent show's judges.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Time says Tea Party will cause hyperinflation
Time says Tea Party will cause hyperinflation
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