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Winnebago County vote-count change alters Supreme Court race — By Sharif Durhams of the Journal Sentinel — The latest vote count in the state Supreme Court race in Winnebago County indicates incumbent David Prosser is leading Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg in votes.
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Christian Schneider / National Review:
BREAKING: Computer Error Gives Prosser 7,381 More Votes, Almost Certain Victory — After Tuesday night's Wisconsin Supreme Court election, a computer error in heavily Republican Waukesha County failed to send election results for the entire City of Brookfield to the Associated Press.
JSOnline:
Prosser gains 7,500 votes in Waukesha County — By Jason Stein, Bill Glauber and Sharif Durhams of the Journal Sentinel — Madison - In a political bombshell, the clerk in a Republican stronghold released new vote totals adding a net total of 7,403 new votes in the tight state Supreme Court race …
JSOnline:
Prosser's huge gain comes after Waukesha County flub is caught — By Laurel Walker of the Journal Sentinel — David Prosser gained 7,582 votes in Waukesha County, after a major counting error of Brookfield results was detected, County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus announced in a stunning development this afternoon.
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Daily Kos, The Policy Page, Blogcritics, Hotline On Call, Althouse and TPMDC
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
UPDATED: Conservative Waukesha County Clerk “Finds” 7,000 Votes For Prosser — 4:30pm Update: In her press conference about a half-hour ago, Kathy Nickolaus claimed she failed to import the results from Brookfield City into her master tally that was reported to the press.
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The Political Carnival and The Mahablog
John Nolte / Big Government:
BREAKING IN WISCONSIN: Clerical Error Gives Prosser Net Gain of 7300+ Votes — By the time the votes in Wisconsin's State Supreme Court race were all counted the day after Tuesday's big election, Big Labor candidate, Joanne Kloppenburg, had a 204 vote lead out of almost 1.5 million cast.
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WisPolitics Election Blog, Big Hollywood, The Lonely Conservative and Cold Fury
620WTMJ:
Prosser Picks Up More Than 7,000 Votes — WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A conservative incumbent surged to a commanding lead in Wisconsin's hotly contested Supreme Court election Thursday, after a predominantly GOP county's clerk announced she had incorrectly entered vote totals in the race seen …
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The Gateway Pundit, Pundit Press, TPMDC and The Politico
Lisa Sink / brookfield-wi.patch.com:
Brookfield Gives Prosser Nearly 11K Votes — Incumbent State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser gets 10,859 votes from city residents or 76 percent against JoAnne Kloppenburg. — As expected, Brookfield city voters ran up a good turnout in the state Supreme Court race and gave incumbent Justice David Prosser nearly 11,000 votes.
Randallmelchert / RandyMelchert.com:
Latest: Prosser Landslide!
Latest: Prosser Landslide!
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Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Prosser Now Up 7,000+ Votes After Error Is Corrected
WisPolitics Election Blog:
Waukesha County clerk apologizes for ‘human error’ that led to reporting incorrect vote totals
Waukesha County clerk apologizes for ‘human error’ that led to reporting incorrect vote totals
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Firedoglake, Ben Smith's Blog, iOwnTheWorld.com and Daily Pundit
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Wisconsin Supreme Court race in flux as vote count conintues
Wisconsin Supreme Court race in flux as vote count conintues
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TPMDC, JSOnline and AmSpecBlog
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama: I'll veto funding for the troops — Consider this a trap well set and sprung. Frustrated that the Senate won't pass any budget bill while the House continues to negotiate to the brink of a government shutdown, John Boehner proposed a one-week CR to keep government open for a week …
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Political Punch, Pajamas Media, Doug Ross, BLACKFIVE and Outside the Beltway
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Riders Caused The Storm: Government Shutdown Looms Over Anti-Abortion And Anti-EPA Measures — If a government shutdown happens, it'll be because Republicans are demanding policy restrictions in addition to spending cuts before agreeing to fund the government through September.
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ThinkProgress, Bloomberg, RedState, The Reality-Based Community, The Democratic Daily and Democratic Strategist
Scott Wong / The Politico:
Senate Dems craft short-term stopgap
Senate Dems craft short-term stopgap
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Washington Post, Hot Air and National Review
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
White House Meeting on Budget Fails to End Impasse
White House Meeting on Budget Fails to End Impasse
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TalkLeft, New York Magazine, Mother Jones and The Caucus
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
In past, Democrats embraced policy riders
In past, Democrats embraced policy riders
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CNN, New York Times, Outside the Beltway, New York Magazine, Washington Monthly, The Note and Shakesville
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House approves stopgap despite White House veto threat
House approves stopgap despite White House veto threat
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Firedoglake, The Hill, Outside the Beltway and No More Mister Nice Blog
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Harry Reid: We Can't Pass Troop Funding Bill Because It Bans Taxpayer Funding of Abortion in D.C.
Harry Reid: We Can't Pass Troop Funding Bill Because It Bans Taxpayer Funding of Abortion in D.C.
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Weasel Zippers and That Mr. G Guy's Blog
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
While Slamming Obama For Opposition To ‘Troop Funding Bill,’ House GOP Votes Down Troop Funding — Twice
While Slamming Obama For Opposition To ‘Troop Funding Bill,’ House GOP Votes Down Troop Funding — Twice
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NationalJournal.com, Weigel and Daily Kos
The Politico:
Does Ryan plan cause self-rationing? - Coburn: Drop the riders - BCBSA tracks exchange bills - Arizona ‘no’ to waiver - Women's health rally on the hill — **With reporting contributions from J. Lester Feder and David Nather — CLOSING IN ON A BUDGET DEAL?
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Mother Jones and The Atlantic Online
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
It May Be a ‘Budget Battle,’ but Some Skirmishes Have Little to Do With Money — WASHINGTON — There are fights about money and fights about ideas, and the battle over a spending plan to keep the government open is increasingly centered on the latter. — The frenetic negotiations to avert …
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The Atlantic Online and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WOULD BOEHNER SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT OVER PLANNED PARENTHOOD? …
WOULD BOEHNER SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT OVER PLANNED PARENTHOOD? …
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Associated Press, The Moderate Voice, The Caucus, The Politico, PERRspectives, MyDD, Little Green Footballs and CNN
Myglesias / Yglesias:
All Rationing Is Self-Rationing — Suzy Khimm writes that …
All Rationing Is Self-Rationing — Suzy Khimm writes that …
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Mother Jones, Hit & Run, National Review and The New Republic
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Breaking down Trump's numbers — There's been a lot of coverage of Donald Trump's good poll numbers with Republicans over the last week- what's gotten less attention is that Trump's popularity with GOP voters is a brand new development. — We did a national poll asking about Trump …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Barbour, Bryant lead in Mississippi
Barbour, Bryant lead in Mississippi
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hullabaloo, GOP 12 and msnbc.com
Myglesias / Yglesias:
The Trouble With Taxing Exclusively The Rich — In their sketch version of a budget (PDF) the Congressional Progressive Caucus makes a heroic effort to finance progressive government basically exclusively by raising taxes on rich people. — Specifically:
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National Review and Angry Bear
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
The People's Budget — Phil Klein has a leaked version …
The People's Budget — Phil Klein has a leaked version …
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Washington Examiner
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Tea Party senator: Obama might have planned shutdown with ‘malicious’ intent — Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) suggested Thursday that President Obama might have begun planning a government shutdown last year with “malicious” intent. — “Why was it that a few months ago ... when the president …
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Cubachi, The Lonely Conservative, RealClearPolitics Video Log, Pat Dollard, Mediaite and Liberty Pundits Blog
Hampton Roads Daily Press:
FAA sets up no-fly zone for Obama's planned trip to Williamsburg — The leader of the free world may be coming to Williamsburg for some rest and relaxation if Congress is able to come to agreement on the budget. President Obama and the First Family are planning to visit the area this weekend …
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The Gateway Pundit, The Lonely Conservative and Doug Ross
Ynetnews:
Iron Dome intercepts first rocket — Ashkelon residents report seeing Grad explode in midair as dozens of rockets fired at south, meanwhile Hamas says Israel taking advantage of Goldstone's regret over Gaza war report to bomb Strip — Latest Update: — Residents in Ashkelon reported …
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Weasel Zippers, BLACKFIVE, Pajamas Media and JOSHUAPUNDIT
Geoffrey R. Stone / The Huffington Post:
Eviscerating the Establishment Clause … In a decision earlier this week in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn, the five conservative Justices on the Supreme Court (Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito) carved a large hole out of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
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Firedoglake and The Atlantic Online