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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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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.

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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Pajamas Media, The Crawdad Hole, Randy's Roundtable, Weasel Zippers and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion


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 …

Revenge of the Jews? — I've never been to a Republican victory party (or any event in Howard Beach!) where black velvet yarmulkes were as plentiful as they were at Bob Turner's event last night, and there are few elections in which the Jewish politics I've always covered with interest are going to get spun quite this hard.
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The Atlantic Online and Pajamas Media

Hill Dems pick apart Obama jobs plan — President Barack Obama's new jobs plan is hitting some unexpected turbulence in the halls of Congress: lawmakers from his own party. — As he demands Congress quickly approve his ambitious proposal aimed at reviving the sagging economy …
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ThinkProgress and Hot Air


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.


GOP wins in NY House race, seen as Obama rebuke
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FiveThirtyEight, NOM Blog, Wonkette, The Atlantic Online, The Gateway Pundit, Israpundit and Corrente


Amodei defeats Marshall for Nevada congressional seat
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Washington Monthly

Republicans win Weiner's seat
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The Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Pajamas Media and National Review

Republican wins Democratic New York House seat
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Associated Press, NO QUARTER, Weasel Zippers, TalkLeft, Patterico's Pontifications and Gawker

Why Obama Is Losing the Jewish Vote
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Betsy's Page and Shot in the Dark

GOP coasts to victory in Nevada race
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The Politico and Power Line

GOP's Turner wins House seat vacated by Weiner
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Pajamas Media, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Ballot Box and The Hill


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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Virginia Voters Back Tougher Abortion Rules, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Gov. McDonnell's …
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GOP 12, Hotline On Call and Taegan Goddard's …

Poll: Obama is still popular abroad
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CNN and Outside the Beltway

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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Pennsylvania Ponders Bold Democrat-Screwing Electoral Plan — Laura Olson reports on the happenings in Harrisburg, where Republicans now control all of the branches of government: — In other reports, Pileggi sounds awfully sanguine about the effect this would have on PA as a swing state.
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ThinkProgress, Mother Jones, Hot Air, Taegan Goddard's … and msnbc.com
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Ron Paul's Campaign Manager Died of Pneumonia, Penniless and Uninsured — At CNN's Tea Party-indulging debate on Monday, Ron Paul, a medical doctor, faced a pointed line of questioning from Wolf Blitzer regarding the case of an uninsured young man who suddenly found himself in dire need of intensive health care.
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ThinkProgress, Mediaite, The Moderate Voice and Guardian


Huntsman staffer says she is ‘sick and sad’ for the Republican Party after watching presidential debates — The behavior by some members of the audience at the most recent Republican presidential debates has at least one campaign staffer concerned about the future of the GOP.
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Shakesville and NewsBusters.org

Al Gore calls out Colbert's ‘character’ — He talked about global warming, his television projects and the days when Rick Perry was a Democrat, but the highlight of Al Gore's appearance on Tuesday night's “Colbert Report” was his giggle fit. — After the former VP talked about his new Current TV show …
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ThinkProgress


U.S. Scrambles to Avert Palestinian Vote at U.N. — WASHINGTON — The United States faced increasing pressure on Tuesday as the Palestinian quest for statehood gained support from Turkey and other countries, even as the Obama administration sought an 11th-hour compromise that would avoid a confrontation at the United Nations next week.
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ThinkProgress, Voice of America, Rasmussen Reports, RedState, Guardian and Booman Tribune

‘Supercommittee’? More than stupor committee. — So what's so super about the “supercommittee”? — The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, as the supercommittee is known formally, held a first meeting last week that consisted entirely of speech-making by the panel members.
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Simply Left BehindThe …, Prairie Weather, New York Times and Capital Gains and Games blogs


Underwear bomber shouts 'Osama's alive' as he enters court during jury selection — The 24-year-old Nigerian student who is accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009 showed up for jury selection today in a foul mood. — “Osama's alive,” Umar Farouk …
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Jihad Watch and Campaign 2012

Court backs district on teacher's religious banners — Saying a high school teacher has no right to “use his public position as a pulpit,” a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a San Diego County school district was on solid legal ground when it ordered a math instructor …
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Los Angeles Times and Pajamas Media

Perry courts religious voters, calls for defense of ‘Christian values’ — LYNCHBURG, Va. — Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry used his speech to a packed audience at the conservative evangelical Liberty University to discuss his own faith - and to call for more Christian influence on America.
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Weasel Zippers


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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Runnin' Scared, Facing South and Balloon Juice