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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.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: The greatest press conference of all time — Schadenfreude. — Alternate headline via Mary Katharine Ham, ever mindful of developing media narratives: “Small, state-wide election with vital national implications soon to have no national implications whatsoever.”
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Corrected Brookfield tally puts Prosser ahead after 7,500-vote gain — By Jason Stein, Laurel Walker and Bill Glauber of the Journal Sentinel — In one explosive stroke Thursday, the clerk in a Republican stronghold tilted the tight Supreme Court race in favor of Justice David Prosser …
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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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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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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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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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WisPolitics Election Blog:
Waukesha County clerk apologizes for ‘human error’ that led to reporting incorrect vote totals
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Wisconsin Supreme Court race in flux as vote count conintues
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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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Scott Wong / The Politico:
Senate Dems craft short-term stopgap — Senate Democrats said Thursday they're working on their own short-term spending resolution to avert a government shutdown, a response to the Republican House-passed bill that President Barack Obama has threatened to veto.
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Ezra Klein / Bloomberg:
What's really holding up the budget deal
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Riders Caused The Storm: Government Shutdown Looms Over Anti-Abortion And Anti-EPA Measures
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
White House Meeting on Budget Fails to End Impasse
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama: I'll veto funding for the troops
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Washington Post:
White House talks fail to produce budget deal; House passes stopgap bill
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Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
In past, Democrats embraced policy riders
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama vows to veto short-term bill
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
While Slamming Obama For Opposition To ‘Troop Funding Bill,’ House GOP Votes Down Troop Funding — Twice
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House approves stopgap despite White House veto threat
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Jon Terbush / TPMDC:
Nearly Half Of Mississippi Republicans Think Interracial Marriage Should Be Illegal — Americans nationwide are evenly divided over the issue of same sex marriage. But Republicans in Mississippi are divided over a wholly different wedlock issue: interracial marriage.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Ludicrous and Cruel — Many commentators swooned earlier this week after House Republicans, led by the Budget Committee chairman, Paul Ryan, unveiled their budget proposals. They lavished praise on Mr. Ryan, asserting that his plan set a new standard of fiscal seriousness.
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E.D. Kain / American Times:
Andrew Sullivan and the Paul Ryan Budget
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Henry Aaron / Health Affairs Blog:
Vouchers Or Premium Support: What's In A Name?
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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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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
The People's Budget — Phil Klein has a leaked version …
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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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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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Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Story Correction: Clinton Did Pay Military in 1995 Shutdown, But... Corrected: This story was wrong as written. It's below, but here's the scoop. — First, the Air Force Times did get this wrong, leading to the confusion, which got picked up by Mike Flynn. — But like I said— that story gets it wrong.
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