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The Politico:
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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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.
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.
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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 …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
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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Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
GOP Wins in NY House Race, Seen as Obama Rebuke — Republicans have scored an upset victory in a House race that started as a contest to replace Rep. Anthony Weiner after he resigned in a sexting scandal but became a referendum on President Barack Obama's economic policies.
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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.
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.
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Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
After Turner Earthquake in Weiner District, Democrats' Civil War Against Obama Begins
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
GOP coasts to victory in Nevada race
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
GOP's Turner wins House seat vacated by Weiner
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Dan Senor / Wall Street Journal:
Why Obama Is Losing the Jewish Vote
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Republicans win Weiner's seat
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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Amodei defeats Marshall for Nevada congressional seat
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Washington Monthly
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
A Guide to Cutting Through Special-Election Spin
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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.
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
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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Ben White / The Politico:
Obama Is not the king of Queens …
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Joe Stephens / Washington Post:
Solyndra loan: White House pressed on review of solar company now under investigation — The Silicon Valley company, a centerpiece in President Obama's initiative to develop clean energy technologies, had been tentatively approved for the loan by the Energy Department but was awaiting …
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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.
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Karin Tanabe / The Politico:
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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Seth Abramovitch / Gawker:
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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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 …
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Ben Howe / aglanon's blog:
Bachmann Stayed Quiet on Mandatory Vaccinations While Serving Minnesota
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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
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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Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Testimony: Cain campaign concealed gay aide's role — IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Facing concerns from supporters in Iowa, Herman Cain's presidential campaign tried to conceal the role of a top adviser who had been ousted as leader of a gay pride group in Wisconsin amid a financial scandal, a former staffer has alleged in legal testimony.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
‘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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Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
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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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.
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