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Robin Bravender / Politico:

Wisconsin recall: Democrats prepare for recall recount — Brace yourself: Wisconsin Democrats say they are preparing for the event that the hotly contested recall race could drag on for weeks, or even longer. — Floating the prospect of a recount is, of course, a message that bolsters …

Discussion: WTAQ News Talk 97.5FM …, Washington Examiner, ABCNEWS, Hot Air, JSOnline, americanthinker.com, Riehl World View and The New Republic

Josh Eidelson / Salon:

Nasty robo-calls in Wisconsin? — Some voters say they've received calls telling them they don't need to vote if they signed the recall petition — With both sides counting on dramatic turnout, Tom Barrett's campaign is charging Scott Walker supporters with dirty tricks.

Discussion: Politico, ThinkProgress, WDJT-TV, The Impolitic, WisPolitics Election Blog, Althouse and Prairie Weather

WisPolitics Election Blog:

Dems cry foul early into Election Day; Sen. Taylor demands investigation — With only about four hours into the Election Day voting, members of the Milwaukee Democratic Party claim that calls are going out to voters telling them if they'd signed the recall, they didn't need to vote today.

Discussion: The Jawa Report and Jammie Wearing Fools

Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
Notes on Wisconsin — Notes on Wisconsin: 1) Tomorrow's recall …

Discussion: Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, The New Republic, Althouse, Hot Air and Pirate's Cove

Michelle Malkin:
Decision day in Wisconsin: Democratic fleebaggers prepare for the worst; Updated

Discussion: The Jawa Report, neo-neocon, Politico and Via Meadia

Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
NOTABLES: — TOTAL RECALL: Today, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker …

Discussion: Washington Wire, Real Clear Politics and The Daily Caller

Robin Bravender / Politico:
Wisconsin Dems sidestep labor debate in recall

Discussion: JSOnline, Hot Air, Pirate's Cove, Taylor Marsh, National Review, The Hill, Slate, The Daily Caller and CNN

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Late Polls Find Walker Is Still Favored

Reuters:

Fear factors: What worries Romney backers — Mitt Romney has done the unthinkable: silenced the legions of conservatives who saw him as too starched, too ideologically wobbly and too Richie Rich to win a few months ago. — Now comes the hard part: getting those same conservatives …

Discussion: Daily Kos, No More Mister Nice Blog and Politico

David Shepardson / detroitnews.com:

Romney vows quick U.S. exit from GM — He says Obama delays stock sale to avoid embarrassment of big losses — Washington — Republican Mitt Romney believes President Barack Obama is holding on to the government's stake in General Motors to avoid an embarrassing financial loss before the election …

Discussion: Washington Wire, Politico, The Maddow Blog and Mediaite

The Boston Globe:

Romney's solar slam at Obama backfires — A Lowell-based solar technology company that received $1.5 million in state loans when Mitt Romney was governor has filed for bankruptcy, opening the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to charges of hypocrisy.

Discussion: Washington Post

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Government Down $16 Billion on GM Bailout — Mitt Romney maintains that “President Barack Obama is holding on to the government's stake in General Motors to avoid an embarrassing financial loss before the election, and says he'd sell the stock quickly if he wins the White House,” …

Discussion: The Hope For America

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Giffords's potential successor runs from Obama

Discussion: Power Line, CNN, The Gateway Pundit and Ballot Box

CBO's Publications:

The 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook — Over the past few years, the federal government has been recording budget deficits that are the largest as a share of the economy since 1945. Consequently, the amount of federal debt held by the public has surged. By the end of this year …

Discussion: The Enterprise Blog, National Review, Ezra Klein and The PJ Tatler

Erik Wasson / The Hill: Dire CBO report projects US debt will be double GDP by 2037

Ace / minx.cc:

National Day of Blogger Silence — This Friday — I'm writing a post about what's happened to Ali Akbar. It's taking some time. — Warning: DO NOT CLICK ON ANY SITE YOU DON'T TRUST ABOUT THIS STORY. I think there is reasonable grounds for suspicion that your IP will be captured …

Discussion: protein wisdom, Datechguy's Blog, Conservative Hideout 2.0, “The Lid”, The Other McCain, TBogg and American Power

Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:

How Romney Pushed State Health Bill — Emails Show Governor Defending Insurance Mandate for Massachusetts Residents — When Mitt Romney left office as Massachusetts governor, his aides removed all emails from a server computer in the governor's office, and purchased and carted off hard drives …

Discussion: American Prospect, The New Republic, ThinkProgress, The Maddow Blog, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh, Hit & Run, ABCNEWS, The Huffington Post and Ricochet Conversations Feed

Amanda Covarrubias / L.A. NOW:

Proposition 8 ruling opens door to Supreme Court test — A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected an appeal of February's ruling that overturned Proposition 8, a move that is likely to send the debate over same-sex marriage to the U.S. Supreme Court. — The decision by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court …

Discussion: Joe. My. God.

Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Passes on Further Review of Prop 8 Case, Setting Up Appeal to Supreme Court

Discussion: Prop 8 Trial Tracker, Firedoglake and ThinkProgress

Edward Morrissey / The Week:

Obama's awkward embrace of the devil... who wears Prada — As Americans grapple with disastrous unemployment numbers, the Obama campaign releases a video starring blatantly elitist Vogue editor Anna Wintour — In last week's column, I wrote that the Obama campaign woes in May were mainly the result of circumstance.

Discussion: Hot Air

New York Post:
Team O turns tone-deaf

Discussion: National Review, Pundit & Pundette and Betsy's Page

Roger Simon / Politico:

Bill Clinton is out of control — Bill Clinton has to be the smartest guy in the room even when he's not in the room. — Clinton is not on Barack Obama's campaign staff, is not a trusted adviser, does not set Obama's strategy. — But Bill Clinton is pretty good at sabotaging Obama's strategy.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Hot Air, GayPatriot and CNN

David Román / Wall Street Journal:

Spain Warns Market Access Being Shut — MADRID—Spain urged euro-zone partners on Tuesday to act more swiftly to help support its enfeebled banks, with Budget Minister Cristóbal Montoro saying that the government has effectively lost access to capital markets because of steep risk premiums demanded by sovereign bond investors.

Discussion: The Heritage Foundation

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Newsweek hires Atlantic's Megan McArdle — Megan McArdle, the Atlantic's libertarian economics blogger, is joining Newsweek & The Daily Beast, POLITICO has learned. — McArdle, who is currently on book leave, has blogged about business and economics for the Atlantic since 2007.

Discussion: TBogg

Michael D. Lemonick / Time:

NASA Gets Two New Hubble Telescopes — Absolutely Free — It hardly bears mentioning that the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most extraordinarily successful scientific instruments of all time. Since 1993, when the telescope's flawed mirror was set right by a set …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Reaction

Politico:

Inhofe goes after another EPA official - House picks up energy and water bill, with amendments - California, New Mexico primary races to watch - RGGI says emissions fell — With help from Talia Buford, Andrew Restuccia, Darius Dixon and Darren Goode — INHOFE GOES AFTER ANOTHER EPA OFFICIAL …

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Campaign 2012