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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Guardian, The Moderate Voice, Swampland, AmSpecBlog and Balloon Juice
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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.
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Weasel Zippers, NO QUARTER, TalkLeft, Patterico's Pontifications and Gawker
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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 …
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NOM Blog, Los Angeles Times, FiveThirtyEight, Israel Matzav and Michelle Malkin
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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.
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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 …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Pajamas Media and National Review
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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.
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Weasel Zippers and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Amodei defeats Marshall for Nevada congressional seat
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Washington Monthly
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White House Already Spinning Feared New York Loss
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Top of the Ticket, Hot Air, FiveThirtyEight, Daily Pundit, Scared Monkeys, Washington Post, Politisite and Fox News
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NY-09 Results (AP Calls Race for Republican)(Victory Song and Tweet of Night added)
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Taylor Marsh, Daily Kos, Pajamas Media and RedState
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NY-09 and NV-02: Results Thread
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New York Post, American Power, Taegan Goddard's …, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos and Taylor Marsh
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GOP Wins in Race to Replace Weiner
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americanthinker.com, Erick's blog, The Sundries Shack and Pajamas Media
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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.
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Taegan Goddard's …, RedState, JammieWearingFool and Business Insider
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Obama Is not the king of Queens …
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Financial Times, Politics and Business Insider
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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 …
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Hot Air, The Politico, Wizbang, Right Wing News, Hit & Run, National Review and Slate
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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)
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Committee Launched an Investigation into Obama's Hallmark Stimulus Jobs Program in February …
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Washington Post and Green
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WH Pressured OMB on Solyndra Decision
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The Politico, Hit & Run, Pajamas Media and Flopping Aces
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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 …
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Bachmann Stayed Quiet on Mandatory Vaccinations While Serving Minnesota
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Guardian, Erick's blog, GOP 12, Leon_H_Wolf's blog and Washington Monthly
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Sarah Palin's Alaska Took Federal Funds to Increase Access to Gardasil
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On HPV, Palin Makes First Overt Attack on Perry
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Outside the Beltway, The Moderate Voice and Mother Jones
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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.
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Balloon Juice and Runnin' Scared
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N.C. Senate joins House in backing same-sex marriage amendment
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NOM Blog, Nation Now, Hotline On Call and The Politico
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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.
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Betsy's Page
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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?
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NewsBusters.org, New York Times, The Atlantic Online, Don Surber and The Hill
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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.
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Taegan Goddard's … and Hotline On Call