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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Reflecting on the Colorado recalls — We did a poll last weekend in Colorado Senate District 3 and found that voters intended to recall Angela Giron by a 12 point margin, 54/42. In a district that Barack Obama won by almost 20 points I figured there was no way that could be right and made a rare decision not to release the poll.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Firm suppressed Colorado recall poll — Public Policy Polling (PPP) sparked controversy after the left-leaning firm declined to release a survey it conducted last weekend that accurately forecasted the successful recall of a Democratic state senator from Colorado.
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Denver Post:
COLORADO SENATE PRESIDENT JOHN MORSE, STATE SEN. ANGELA GIRON OUSTED — An epic national debate over gun rights in Colorado on Tuesday saw two Democratic state senators ousted for their support for stricter laws, a “ready, aim, fired” message intended to stop other politicians for pushing for firearms restrictions.
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Sean Sullivan / The Fix:
The Colorado recalls dealt a serious blow to gun-control advocates. Here's why.
The Colorado recalls dealt a serious blow to gun-control advocates. Here's why.
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New York Times, Hot Air and The Week
Joseph Weber / Fox News:
Colorado state senators recalled over gun control support
Colorado state senators recalled over gun control support
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Fox News Insider, americanthinker.com and Real Science
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Colorado lawmakers ousted in recall election over strict gun laws
Colorado lawmakers ousted in recall election over strict gun laws
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Weekly Standard
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
WSJ op-ed writer Elizabeth O'Bagy fired for resume lie — The Syria researcher whose Wall Street Journal op-piece was cited by Secretary of State John Kerry and Sen. John McCain during congressional hearings about the use of force has been fired from the Institute for the Study of War for lying …
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Susannah George / BuzzFeed:
Controversial Syria Researcher Fired Over Doctorate Claim — Elizabeth O'Bagy's ties to the Syrian opposition had become an issue. Think Tank founder says she had “no problem” with O'Bagy's affiliation. — A young researcher whose opinions on Syria were cited by both Senator McCain …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
McCain Calls Russia's Syria Plan a Stall Tactic
McCain Calls Russia's Syria Plan a Stall Tactic
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Washington Wire and Israpundit
Nile Gardiner / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Barack Obama's Syria speech was an incoherent mess - he is outperforming Jimmy Carter as the most feeble US president of modern times — Billed as a game-changer on Syria, the President's White House address landed with a thud that could be heard as far away as Damascus.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Who Do You Trust? — WASHINGTON — Vladimir Putin, who keeps Edward Snowden on a leash and lets members of a riotous girl band rot in jail, has thrown President Obama a lifeline. — The Russian president had coldly brushed back Obama on Snowden and Syria, and only last week called John Kerry a liar.
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Obama's Zig vs. Zag
Obama's Zig vs. Zag
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CNN, Guardian, TIME, Slate, americanthinker.com, Hot Air, Taegan Goddard's …, John Lott's Website and The Hill
New York Times:
An Unlikely Evolution, From Casual Proposal to Possible Resolution
An Unlikely Evolution, From Casual Proposal to Possible Resolution
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Obama's speech may not have sounded novel, but the president may have helped his cause in unexpected ways.
Obama's speech may not have sounded novel, but the president may have helped his cause in unexpected ways.
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Guardian, The Week, NBCNews, Bloomberg and The American Conservative
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Syria Tells You Everything You Need to Know About Barack Obama
Syria Tells You Everything You Need to Know About Barack Obama
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
A new error in U.S. foreign policy.
A new error in U.S. foreign policy.
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Sense of Events, The Gateway Pundit and American Spectator
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
McCain: Obama should weigh bombing Syria without congressional approval
McCain: Obama should weigh bombing Syria without congressional approval
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Hot Air, Right Turn and Weasel Zippers
Dave Jamieson / The Huffington Post:
Trader Joe's To Drop Health Coverage For Part-Time Workers Under Obamacare: Memo — After extending health care coverage to many of its part-time employees for years, Trader Joe's has told workers who log fewer than 30 hours a week that they will need to find insurance on the Obamacare exchanges next year …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Who would get blamed for government shutdown?
CNN Poll: Who would get blamed for government shutdown?
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Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:
Exclusive: IAC And Daily Beast Editor Tina Brown To Part Ways — A source with direct knowledge of the situation says IAC does not plan to renew Tina Brown's contract when it expires in January. A decision has not yet been made on the future of The Daily Beast. — Jason Kempin / FilmMagic
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Tina Brown to leave Daily Beast, start new company
Tina Brown to leave Daily Beast, start new company
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Forbes and Erik Wemple, more at Mediagazer »
Mara Gay / NY Daily News:
Sydney Leathers, former sexting partner of Anthony Weiner, attempts to crash his election night party — The 23-year-old, clad in a tight red dress and platform heels, said that she wanted to finally meet the man who ‘manipulated’ her into a months-long relationship.
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
The Scariest Question For Anthony Weiner: What's Next?
The Scariest Question For Anthony Weiner: What's Next?
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Michelle Malkin and Business Insider
Tom Junod / Esquire:
THE FALLING MAN — Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in it, are our most intimate connection to the horror of that day. — SPECIAL OFFER
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Connecting.the.Dots, Poynter, Mediaite and The Huffington Post
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
House GOP to delay vote on government funding measure — House GOP leaders have delayed a vote on a bill to avert a government shutdown until next week. — An aide to Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) confirmed the decision, which is designed to give GOP leaders more time to round up votes.
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Reuters:
Mark Zuckerberg to meet with top four House Republicans
Mark Zuckerberg to meet with top four House Republicans
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CNN, The Hill and AllThingsD
Rich Lowry / National Review:
NR v. Booker — Newark mayor Cory Booker has a very active imagination. Eliana Johnson demonstrated that with her report on Booker's moving, highly detailed accounts of his involvement with “T-Bone,” a hard-luck drug dealer who Booker admitted to a friend is a fiction.
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Guardian:
NSA shares raw intelligence with Israel — • Secret deal places no legal limits on use of data by Israelis — • Only official US government communications protected — • Agency insists it complies with rules governing privacy — • Read the NSA and Israel's ‘memorandum of understanding’
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Luck and a Shrewd Strategy Fueled de Blasio's Ascension — The commercial that changed the course of the mayor's race almost never happened. — Bill de Blasio's campaign team had mused about building an ad around his wife, Chirlane McCray, a telegenic African-American poet, then abandoned the concept.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Lhota Hopes to Capitalize on Elite Dismay Over a Liberal Tilt
Lhota Hopes to Capitalize on Elite Dismay Over a Liberal Tilt
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
GOP bill blocks food stamp users from buying junk food — Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) on Tuesday proposed legislation that would require people using federal food stamps to buy only healthy food. — The Healthy Food Choices Act, H.R. 3073, reflects a long-standing criticism …
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