Top Items:
Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.com:
‘Fan’ dispute overshadows sharp debate between Charlie Crist and Gov. Rick Scott — › — ‹ — In the weirdest start of a gubernatorial debate, Florida Gov. Rick Scott initially refused to take the stage Wednesday night because Democrat Charlie Crist insisted on a fan to keep him cool.
RELATED:
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
The Absolute Weirdest Thing Ever To Happen At A Political Debate — The Florida gubernatorial debate got off to a rocky start Wednesday night when Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) refused to come out because his Democratic opponent, former Gov. Charlie Crist, asked for and received a fan under his podium.
Discussion:
BillMoyers.com, Balloon Juice and FOX News Radio
Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Times poll: All tied up in Florida governor's race between Rick Scott, Charlie Crist
Times poll: All tied up in Florida governor's race between Rick Scott, Charlie Crist
Discussion:
National Review and The Daily Banter
Justin Sink / The Hill:
President Obama's Ebola problem — The Ebola crisis in the United States has become an anchor threatening to sink the Obama presidency. — Already under fire from critics who saw the federal response to the outbreak as disorganized and timid, things went from bad to worse on Wednesday …
RELATED:
Brendan Nyhan / New York Times:
The Partisan Divide on Ebola Preparedness — A scene from a training course on Ebola preparedness. The three-day course, operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and held at an old Army base in Anniston, Ala., will provide instruction to about 40 health care workers a week through January.
Discussion:
CBS News, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and ThinkProgress
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama, Ebola and optics
Obama, Ebola and optics
Discussion:
Washington Post, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit and ABC News
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrats push back on travel ban
Democrats push back on travel ban
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air and National Review
NY Daily News:
Paging Dr. Obama — The American health-care system's failure to prepare for Ebola became even more terrifyingly evident with the revelation that a Dallas nurse traveled by air after treating a patient who ultimately died from the virus. — Amber Joy Vinson began running a fever the day after her flight …
Discussion:
Hinterland Gazette and Hot Air
RELATED:
Nancy Dillon / NY Daily News:
Second Ebola nurse was given green light to fly back to Dallas by CDC
Second Ebola nurse was given green light to fly back to Dallas by CDC
Discussion:
Truth Revolt
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers call for CDC director to resign
GOP lawmakers call for CDC director to resign
Discussion:
New York Times and Fox News
Brittany M. Hughes / CNSNews:
CDC: You Can Give—But Can't Get—Ebola on a Bus
CDC: You Can Give—But Can't Get—Ebola on a Bus
Discussion:
YouGov US Opinion Center News
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Witness adds new perspective to Ferguson shooting — • By Christine Byers cbyers@post-dispatch.com > 314-340-8087 — CLAYTON • A stream of eyewitnesses has been testifying in secret before a grand jury considering whether to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting …
Discussion:
Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Prairie Weather
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
The Democrats' Most Effective Midterm Message: Outsourcing — Taking a page from Obama's 2012 playbook, Democrats have found a winning message in a dismal political environment. — CHICAGO—Of all the negative campaign messages that Democrats have used this midterm election …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Political Insider blog, Booman Tribune, Democratic Strategist and New York Times
Peter Foster / Telegraph:
John Grisham: men who watch child porn are not all paedophiles — As best-selling novelist John Grisham prepares to publish his new legal thriller, he argues America's prison system has run out of control — America is wrongly jailing far too many people for viewing child pornography …
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, John Grisham, Mediaite, Gawker, Shakesville and Jezebel
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Meghan McCain: My dad hates Rand Paul — Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) daughter said on Wednesday that her father and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) “hate each other.” — Meghan McCain appeared on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show to promote her “TakePart Live” talk show on Pivot TV.
Discussion:
Liberaland
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic Online:
The Divorce-Proof Marriage — A diamond is forever, but an expensive engagement ring means the marriage might not last that long. According to a new study, spending between $2,000 and $4,000 on an engagement ring is significantly associated with an increase in the risk of divorce.
Michael Scherer / TIME:
The Reinventions of Rand Paul — Subscriber content preview. or Sign In — Can he fix what ails the GOP? — The tattooed and pierced longhairs never showed up to see Senator Rand Paul speak with students at the University of South Carolina in Columbia last month.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo and Hit & Run
Danny Vinik / The New Republic:
Markets Panicked On Wednesday. Here's Why the U.S. Economy Is OK. — Wednesday was an ugly day for the global economy. British and German stocks each fell around 3 percent. Greek stocks fell 6 percent. (That's huge.) In the U.S., a trifecta of economic indicators—retail sales …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, New York Times, Washington Post and New York Magazine
Dave McKenna / Deadspin:
Is A Colorado Senate Candidate Lying About His Football Career? — UPDATE: Gardner campaign spokesman Alex Siciliano sent the following, presented in its entirety, via email: “Cory Gardner played football from Junior High through Sophomore year in high school.”
Andrew Johnson / National Review:
Michelle Nunn Won't Say If She Voted for Obama — Another Democratic Senate candidate has refused to say whether she voted for President Obama: This time it was Michelle Nunn in Georgia. — The same question has tripped up other red-state Democrats on the campaign trail.
Discussion:
The Other McCain, Power Line, The Daily Caller, The Moderate Voice and FOX News Radio
Ascrouch / CBS Dallas:
CDC: Ebola Patient Traveled By Air With “Low-Grade” Fever — DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The CDC has announced that the second healthcare worker diagnosed with Ebola — now identified as Amber Joy Vinson of Dallas — traveled by air Oct. 13, with a low-grade fever, a day before she showed up at the hospital reporting symptoms.
Discussion:
Firedoglake, TheDenverChannel.com, FOX News Radio, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, Scared Monkeys, Mashable, Real Clear Politics, Daily Mail, Balloon Juice, Business Insider, Hinterland Gazette, Little Green Footballs, The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, National Review and CNN
RELATED:
Jonathan LaPook / CBS News:
Infected Ebola healthcare worker flew on commercial flight
Infected Ebola healthcare worker flew on commercial flight
Discussion:
New York Magazine, Betsy's Page and Gawker
Gina Barton / JSOnline:
Milwaukee officer in fatal Red Arrow Park shooting fired — By Gina Barton and Ashley Luthern of the Journal Sentinel — The Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot Dontre Hamilton at Red Arrow Park has been fired because he did not follow department procedures for dealing …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
How Presidents Handle Pandemics — Obama's response to the Ebola outbreak will affect his legacy. But he's far from the first president to deal with such a crisis. — The government's response to Ebola's arrival in America has been rocky at best, with each new case raising legitimate questions …
Dion Leflerthe / Kansas City Star:
Pat Roberts, Greg Orman spar on abortion, political gridlock in Kansas Senate debate — › — ‹ — Washington gridlock took the spotlight at Wednesday's Kansas Senate debate, with challenger Greg Orman calling Sen. Pat Roberts part of the problem and Roberts saying that Orman …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal