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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Tom Harkin: Don't Be Fooled Because Joni Ernst Is “Really Attractive,” “Sounds Nice” — “I don't care if she's as good looking as Taylor Swift...” — Retiring Democratic Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin says that Iowa voters shouldn't be fooled because Joni Ernst is “really attractive” and “sounds nice.”
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Sen. Harkin: Joni Ernst Is ‘As Good Looking As Taylor Swift’ But Wrong For Iowa — Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst may be “as good looking as Taylor Swift,” but she's the wrong choice for Iowans, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) said at a recent event. — Buzzfeed on Sunday night flagged Harkin's remarks …
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Nicole Weisensee Egan / People.com:
Terminally Ill Woman Brittany Maynard Has Ended Her Own Life — Brittany Maynard, who became the public face of the controversial right-to-die movement over the last few weeks, ended her own life Saturday at her home in Portland, Oregon. She was 29. — “Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love.
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Final Senate survey: It's the GOP's to lose — It's the GOP's to lose. — In the waning days of Election 2014, key Senate races that had been razor-close affairs for months have moved toward Republicans — from the open seats of Iowa and Georgia to challenges to incumbents in Arkansas and Alaska.
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Voters Favor GOP by Slim Margin for Control of Congress, WSJ/NBC News Poll Shows
Voters Favor GOP by Slim Margin for Control of Congress, WSJ/NBC News Poll Shows
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Washington Post
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg View:
Midterms Cover Everything Except Governing Agenda
Midterms Cover Everything Except Governing Agenda
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New York Times:
Cancel the Midterms — DURHAM, N.C. — By Tuesday night about 90 million Americans will have cast ballots in an election that's almost certain to create greater partisan divisions, increase gridlock and render governance of our complex nation even more difficult.
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Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August for safety, but audio recordings show …
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Claire Trageser / KPBS San Diego Public Radio & TV:
Second Campaign Staffer Accuses GOP Congressional Candidate Carl DeMaio Of Sexual Harassment — Justin Harper, a staffer for Carl DeMaio's congressional campaign, works the phones in DeMaio's campaign office on May 28, 2014. Harper is on the far left. Less than two months later, Harper says DeMaio sexually harassed him.
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John Zogby / Forbes:
Crist Opens Up 7 Point Lead Over Scott in Florida — In the race for Florida Governor, which has been neck and neck for months, a new poll by Zogby Analytics shows former Governor Charlie Crist now leading incumbent Governor Rick Scott 45% to 38%. Libertarian Adrian Wyllie is polling an impressive 8% and 9% are undecided.
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Rick Hampson / USA Today:
Pope Francis agitates conservative U.S. Catholics — Pope Francis tells an audience that the Big Bang does not contradict the “creative intervention of God”. He says, “on the contrary, it requires it”. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Newslook — A senior American cardinal …
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Politico:
Can Obama Reboot? — Does he even want to? — But those numbers are now crushing his presidency, like the converging trash compactor walls in Star Wars, forcing him into a narrower political space than that occupied by presidents of the past. “We'll never see 51 percent again …
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Hot Air
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Obama Declares Stay-at-Home Moms Aren't Worth a Hill of Beans; Says It's a Choice 'We Don't Want Americans to Make' — Well that just takes the cake. Sure, Obama's latest shot across the bow in his own “War on Women” is easily deflected by women like my friends and me testifying to the most precious …
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Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Little Green Footballs
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Romney predicts ‘big Republican year’ — Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney predicted that the GOP will have a “big year” in Tuesday's midterm elections, though he stopped short of saying definitively that Republicans will take control of the Senate.
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