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9:45 AM ET, September 14, 2011

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Twin defeats spark Democratic fears — HOWARD BEACH, N.Y. — The Democratic Party's rare loss of a congressional seat in its urban heartland Tuesday, accompanied by a blowout defeat in a Nevada special election, marked the latest in a string of demoralizing setbacks that threatened to deepen …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Washington Post, NY Daily News, Associated Press, RedState, Pirate's Cove, JammieWearingFool, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Pajamas Media

Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:

Republican Bob Turner wins New York special election — Businessman Bob Turner (R) defeated state Assemblyman David Weprin (D) in the special election for the House seat held by former New York Rep. Anthony Weiner (D). — Turner's victory is regarded as an upset given the Democratic history …

Discussion: Associated Press, Washington Monthly, The Daily Caller, The Politico, The Other McCain, theblogprof, The Lonely Conservative, Politics, AmSpecBlog, Atlas Shrugs, Betsy's Page, Campaign 2012, National Review, Outside the Beltway and Don Surber

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

For Democrats, It's 2010 All Over Again — The outcome of any individual election to the United States House, even in a highly partisan era where Congressional elections have a relatively strong correlation with presidential voting and national trends, is going to be determined based on a combination of local and national factors.

Discussion: Guardian, The Moderate Voice, Swampland, AmSpecBlog and Balloon Juice

Washington Post:

Republican wins Democratic New York House seat — With the outcome of his own reelection effort 14 difficult months away, President Obama suffered a sharp rebuke Tuesday when voters in New York elected a conservative Republican to represent a Democratic district that has not been in GOP hands since the 1920s.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, NO QUARTER, TalkLeft, Patterico's Pontifications and Gawker

Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:

GOP wins in NY House race, seen as Obama rebuke — NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans have scored an upset victory in a House race that became a referendum on President Barack Obama's economic policies. — Retired media executive and political novice Bob Turner defeated Democratic state Assemblyman David Weprin …

Discussion: NOM Blog, Los Angeles Times, FiveThirtyEight, Israel Matzav, Michelle Malkin and Hotline On Call

New York Times:

Bob Turner Wins Anthony Weiner's House Seat — A little-known Republican businessman from Queens, channeling voter discontent with President Obama into an upset, won election to Congress on Tuesday from the heavily Democratic district in New York City last represented by Anthony D. Weiner.

Discussion: NY Daily News, iWatch News, City Room, Salon, Politics, Towleroad News #gay, The Reaction, The Raw Story, The BLT, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Prairie Weather and Balloon Juice

Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:

Republicans win Weiner's seat — Republican Bob Turner won former Rep. Anthony Weiner's (D-N.Y.) House seat on Tuesday, a bad sign for President Obama and down-ticket Democrats heading into next year's election. — Turner was leading Democrat David Weprin by 53 percent to 47 percent …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Pajamas Media and National Review

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Ridiculous NY-09 spin: “It's a very difficult district for Democrats” — Republicans won two House seats in a special election last night. One, in Nevada, had been a relatively safe district, and Republican Mark Amodei cruised to victory over Democrat Kate Marshall as expected.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
GOP coasts to victory in Nevada race

Discussion: The Politico

Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Amodei defeats Marshall for Nevada congressional seat

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Marc Ambinder / NationalJournal.com:
White House Already Spinning Feared New York Loss

Discussion: Top of the Ticket, Hot Air, FiveThirtyEight, Daily Pundit, Scared Monkeys, Washington Post, Politisite and Fox News

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
NY-09 Results (AP Calls Race for Republican)(Victory Song and Tweet of Night added)

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Daily Kos, Pajamas Media and RedState

David Weigel / Slate:
NY-09 and NV-02: Results Thread

Discussion: New York Post, American Power, Taegan Goddard's …, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos and Taylor Marsh

Andrew Breitbart / Big Government: After Turner Earthquake in Weiner District, Democrats' Civil War Against Obama Begins

Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Wins in Race to Replace Weiner

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Erick's blog, The Sundries Shack and Pajamas Media

The Atlantic Online:
Bob Turner Wins New York 09 Special Election

Discussion: PolitickerNY, Israpundit and Ballot Box

Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
In NY-9 special election, Dems race to stave off an upset

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Julianna Goldman / Bloomberg:

Obama Approval Plummets on Jobs Plan: Poll — A majority of Americans don't believe President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs plan will help lower the unemployment rate, skepticism he must overcome as he presses Congress for action and positions himself for re- election.

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, RedState, JammieWearingFool and Business Insider

Ben White / The Politico:
Obama Is not the king of Queens …

Discussion: Financial Times, Politics and Business Insider

CNN:
CNN Poll: President gets no bounce from speech, but disapproval rating peaks

Discussion: Scared Monkeys

Washington Post:

White House pressed on $500 million loan to solar company now under investigation — The Obama White House tried to rush federal reviewers for a decision on a nearly half-billion-dollar loan to the solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra so Vice President Biden could announce the approval …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Politico, Wizbang, Right Wing News, Hit & Run, National Review and Slate

ABCNEWS:

Emails: Obama White House Monitored Huge Loan to ‘Connected’ Firm — Chris Gronet, right, talks about solar technology with President Barack Obama on a tour of the Solyndra solar panel company, in this May 26, 2010 file photo, in Fremont, Calif. (Paul Chinn/Pool/Getty Images)

Discussion: nation.foxnews.com, Business Insider, Doug Ross, RedState, Money & Company, Weasel Zippers, The Huffington Post, National Review and Hot Air

Mr. Jeffrey Zients / House Energy …:
Committee Launched an Investigation into Obama's Hallmark Stimulus Jobs Program in February …

Discussion: Washington Post and Green

Andrew Stiles / National Review:
WH Pressured OMB on Solyndra Decision

Discussion: The Politico, Hit & Run, Pajamas Media and Flopping Aces

Henry I. Miller / National Review:

Gardasil and the GOP — More than an hour into last night's debate, Rep. Michele Bachmann attacked Gov. Rick Perry on the HPV vaccination controversy — or more accurately pseudo-controversy. It stems from an executive order issued by Perry in 2007 that required all Texas girls to receive Gardasil …

Discussion: Power Line, Pajamas Media, Flopping Aces, Outside the Beltway, Riehl World View, RedState, Ben Smith's Blog, The Volokh Conspiracy and The Politico

Ben Howe / RedState:
Bachmann Stayed Quiet on Mandatory Vaccinations While Serving Minnesota

Discussion: Guardian, Erick's blog, GOP 12, Leon_H_Wolf's blog and The Politico

First Read / msnbc.com:
Perry ‘taken aback’ by debate crowd reaction

Discussion: The Right Scoop, Washington Post, The Reaction, Mother Jones, Swampland, ThinkProgress, 24Ahead, Daily Kos, Associated Press, Business Insider, National Review, Campaign 2012, The Huffington Post, Gawker, Weekly Standard and The Daily Caller

Bryan Preston / Pajamas Media:
Sarah Palin's Alaska Took Federal Funds to Increase Access to Gardasil

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Ace of Spades HQ, Michelle Malkin, A Time For Choosing, RedState, Don Surber, National Review, Hot Air, theblogprof, Conservatives4Palin, iOwnTheWorld.com and The Right Scoop

Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Bachmann: I'm A-Goin' to Go Ahead and Push This Lunatic Vaccines=Autism Lie

Discussion: RedState, The Right Scoop, Hot Air, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, The Incidental Economist and American Power

Kim Severson / New York Times:

North Carolina Voters to Decide on Same-Sex Marriage — ATLANTA — North Carolina on Tuesday took a big step toward losing its status as the last state in the Southeast without a constitutional amendment making it clear that marriage is legal only when there is a bride and bridegroom.

Discussion: Balloon Juice and Runnin' Scared

Jbfrank / Raleigh News & Observer:
N.C. Senate joins House in backing same-sex marriage amendment

Discussion: NOM Blog, Nation Now, Hotline On Call and The Politico

Wall Street Journal:

The 2013 Tax Cliff — Business had better enjoy the next 16 months. — President Obama unveiled part two of his American Jobs Act on Monday, and it turns out to be another permanent increase in taxes to pay for more spending and another temporary tax cut. No surprise there.

Discussion: Betsy's Page

James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:

The Phony War on Unemployment — Even Robert Reich admits Obama's so-called jobs bill was “never really serious.” — During his historic address to a joint session of Congress last week, President Obama announced that his $447 billion Stimulus Jr. “jobs” bill “will be paid for.” How?

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, New York Times, The Atlantic Online, Don Surber and The Hill

Quinnipiac University:

Virginia Voters Back Tougher Abortion Rules, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Gov. McDonnell's 3-1 Approval Is One Of Best Scores — By an overwhelming 55 - 22 percent, Virginians support a new law requiring abortion clinics to be regulated like hospitals, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Hotline On Call

Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:

Obama's bill makes it illegal to discriminate against unemployed — President Obama's American Jobs Act, which he presented to Congress on Monday, would make it illegal for employers to run advertisements saying that they will not consider unemployed workers, or to refuse to consider or hire people because they are unemployed.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Wisconsin unions start feeding on each other — If you want a good measure of how deeply the collective bargaining bill in Wisconsin has disrupted public sector unions, there is no better example than the Wisconsins Education Association Council (WEAC). — Last month WEAC announced that it was laying off 40% of its staff.

Discussion: Power Line, Hot Air, The Atlantic Online and JSOnline