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James Hohmann / Politico:
Why Terry McAuliffe barely won — How the heck did that happen? — Most public polls leading up to Election Day had Terry McAuliffe coasting to victory, some by double digits, in the Virginia governor's race. Instead he squeaked by, beating Republican Ken Cuccinelli by less than 3 percentage points.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Tell Me Again Who Won in Virginia? — Before we get into any more election analysis, I have to make a preliminary objection to what we are hearing this morning about the Virginia governor's race. Yes, we all play the expectations game, and Terry McAuliffe only won by two-and-a-half percent …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Portents of Election 2013 — Republicans beat themselves in Virginia. Is Christie a model? — The major political parties split Tuesday's pair of Governor's races, as Democrat Terry McAuliffe won a close race for an open seat in the swing state of Virginia while Republican Chris Christie romped to a second term in New Jersey.
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Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Ken Cuccinelli's near miss sparks recriminations
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Cuccinelli's stance on Obamacare was a liability, McAuliffe pollster says
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Jonathan Strong / National Review:
RNC Allies Ward Off Cuccinelli Attack
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Bill Turque / Washington Post:
Obenshain, Herring virtually tied in Virginia attorney general's race; recount expected
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Some reflections on the Virginia and New Jersey elections
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Steven Dennis / The World's Greatest Deliberative Body:
Democrats Up in 2014 Vent Their Obamacare Anger in White House Meeting (Updated) — Sen. Mark Udall said he let the president know how upset he is about the troubled rollout of the health care law at a White House meeting Wednesday. (CQ Roll Call File Photo) — Updated 3:50 p.m. |
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama Meets With Senate Dems on Health Care
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama to push Republican governors for ObamaCare expansion of Medicaid
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Adam Aigner-Treworgy / CNN:
Sebelius' chief tech officer leaving, first major departure since website troubles — Washington (CNN) - The official in charge of technology at the federal agency that developed the problem-plagued HealthCare.gov website is leaving the government for a private sector job, according to an internal email announcement.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Sebelius Rejects Bipartisan Calls for Delay in Health Law
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New York Times:
Chris Christie Coasts to 2nd Term as Governor of New Jersey — Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey won re-election by a crushing margin on Tuesday, a victory that vaulted him to the front ranks of Republican presidential contenders and made him his party's foremost proponent of pragmatism over ideology.
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John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Christie's Reelection Triumph Is a Revenge of the RINOs
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George Neumayr / American Spectator:
Look to Cruz, Not to Christie
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sebelius: ObamaCare enrollment numbers will be ‘quite low’ — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius acknowledged on Wednesday that the initial enrollment numbers through the new healthcare exchanges will be “quite low.” [WATCH VIDEO] — In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee …
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Monte Whaley / Denver Post:
51ST STATE QUESTION ANSWERED “YES” IN 6 OF 11 COUNTIES CONTEMPLATING SECESSION — Weld County Commissioner Sean Conway, center, with other elected officials address a group of supporters of the 51st State Initiative during an election result watch party at the Historic Fort Lupton Fort, November 5, 2013.
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Five Counties Vote To Secede From Colorado
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ProPublica:
Loyal Obama Supporters, Canceled by Obamacare — San Francisco architect Lee Hammack says he and his wife, JoEllen Brothers, are “cradle Democrats.” They have donated to the liberal group Organizing for America and worked the phone banks a year ago for President Obama's re-election.
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Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Vice President Biden congratulates the wrong Marty Walsh — Just minutes after the election returns arrived in Boston Tuesday night, Martin Walsh's cellphone rang. It was the vice president of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, offering his congratulations. — “You son of a gun, Marty!” he thundered.
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Steven T. Dennis / Roll Call:
Democrats' Anxiety Grows Over Obamacare Problems — When a loyal leader on your own team says there is a “crisis of confidence” surrounding your signature initiative, you've got trouble. — That's the phrase Democratic Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski of Maryland used repeatedly Tuesday morning …
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Major Garrett / NationalJournal.com:
Obama's ‘Crisis of Confidence’
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Alex Tabarrok / Marginal Revolution:
Did Obama spy on Mitt Romney? As recently as a few weeks ago if anyone had asked me that question I would have consigned them to a right (or left) wing loony bin. Today, the only loonies are those who think the question unreasonable. Indeed, in one sense the answer is clearly yes.
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Tim Stanley / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
VIDEO: Dan Savage says ‘abortion should be mandatory’ to reduce the population. How liberal — To those who don't know him, Dan Savage is an internationally respected “sexpert” who has made a living out of touring college campuses and telling students how to perform oral sex.
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Robert Shiller / Guardian:
is economics a science? — Critics of ‘economic sciences’ sometimes refer to the development of a ‘pseudoscience’ of economics, arguing that it uses the trappings of science, like dense mathematics, but only for show — I am one of the winners of this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences …
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Guardian:
Swedish cinemas take aim at gender bias with Bechdel test rating — Movies need to pass test that gauges the active presence of women on screen in bid to promote gender equality — You expect movie ratings to tell you whether a film contains nudity, sex, profanity or violence.
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Democrats' Original Food-Stamp Sin — “Today, 47 million Americans struggling to put food on the table will have to make do with less,” began the emailed press release from House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi's office. The statement lamented the $5 billion cut to food-stamp benefits …
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